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by jjjnettie
Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:26 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2015 January
Replies: 295
Views: 149650

Re: Submissions: 2015 January

The Great Foot of Sagittarius. Starting with M8 as the heel and finishing with IC4685 as the toes, it really does look a giant foot wearing a flip flop (or thong for we Aussies) Info 42x5min subs, imaged through a Takahashi FS78 using a .8x focal reducer. Canon CDS1100D modified/cooled camera. Captu...
by jjjnettie
Wed Oct 08, 2014 12:05 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2014 October
Replies: 242
Views: 79459

Re: Submissions: 2014 October

The Yaminba Sandstone caves are located in The Pilliga region of New South Wales. The caves were used by the Aboriginal people in years past.
The Yaminba Sandstone caves are located in The Pilliga region of New South Wales. The caves were used by the Aboriginal people in years past.
by jjjnettie
Thu Mar 27, 2014 3:02 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 273
Views: 2164006

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

Hi, I've always had a passing interest in space and astronomy, fueled by my relentless consumption of science fiction books and tv shows. But it came to a head when my two youngest boys studied Astronomy in Primary school in 2004. The school had an Open Night with an amateur astronomer giving tours ...
by jjjnettie
Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:04 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 December
Replies: 227
Views: 163067

Re: Submissions: 2013 December

A starless, Great Orion Nebula. A run of cloudy nights has led me to this. But I do like how you can see the image from a slightly different perspective now. The original image was taken through my ED127 and captured with a CDS1100d. 3hr and 20min of exposure time. Stacked in DSS and processed in CS...
by jjjnettie
Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:24 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 December
Replies: 227
Views: 163067

Re: Submissions: 2013 December

And here is this season's obligatory M42. 3hrs and 20min of data, not including the 10sec and 30sec subs I took for the core. Sadly the seeing has been atrocious so the stars in the Trap aren't as nice as I would have liked them. Scope - ED127 Camera - CDS1100D Stacked in DSS and processed in CS3. T...
by jjjnettie
Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:40 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 October
Replies: 235
Views: 423353

Re: Submissions: 2013 October

I thought with Halloween just around the corner, I'd share this photo I captured in March 2012. I have a fruit bat colony just up the road from me, and the night before Full Moon they take to the air just at the right time to coincide with the rising Moon. To capture is as simple as sitting on my fr...
by jjjnettie
Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:42 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Eta Carina Nebula
Replies: 0
Views: 642

Eta Carina Nebula

The Eta Carina Nebula. http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_jjj_unprocessed_data/8468800091/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Jewel of our Southern Skies. Imaged through my new camera/scope combo. An ED127 APO and a CDS1100D. Just 1 hour and 24 minutes of data were captured, using 3 minutes subs. (flooding rain...
by jjjnettie
Sat Jan 19, 2013 11:23 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2013 January
Replies: 201
Views: 116628

Re: Submissions: 2013 January

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8395667587_8e2f3524cd_c.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_jjj_unprocessed_data/8395667587/in/photostream/lightbox/ Comet Lemmon, strolling through Crux. :) Imaged on January 19th 2012. Camera Camera Canon 550D @ ISO1600, lens Tamron 90mm @ F3.5. Just over 7 m...
by jjjnettie
Thu Aug 30, 2012 7:43 am
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 273
Views: 2164006

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

:) Hi Everyone, My name is Jeanette, I'm from a small town in Queensland, Australia. My interest in all things spacey started when our primary school class was led to a near by house to watch the first Moon Landing. RIP Neil :( Since then I've fed my interest with copious amounts of sci fi. Heinlein...