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Saturday, January 31, 2009

APOD

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

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My "Sh2-240" Supernova Remnant image was selected as an "Astronomy Picture of the Day" by the NASA. You can see the NASA page here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090131.html

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This was my second APOD, previous one can be seen here:

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081107.html

Friday, January 30, 2009

1. Universe Today, article

Yesterday the Universe Today publification
use one of my stereo image, "Rosette Nebula", in they article.
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The name of the article is "a rose by any other name... would look twice as sweet!"
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The image they used in the article
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The story is written by the Tammy Plotner, an impressive Lady, http://www.universetoday.com/author/tammy/

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Sh2-240, Supernova remnant as a Stereo Pair



Two versions, first for the Parallel Vision method and the second
for the Cross Vision method.
Viewing istructions, please, look for thr Right hand side menu.
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Original image and imaging data cna be found here:

Sunday, January 25, 2009

IC443, a start of the new project

False color Hydrogen alpha H-a
H-a, stars are supressed to show the nebulosity.
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IC443 is a supernova remnant in Gemini.
Last night I installed a Tokina 300mm AT f2.8 lens front of the QHY9 astro camera.
This combination gives me resolution of 3,5 "/pixel, witch mean practically seeing limited
details. The fiels of view is about 207' x 157'.
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At the time I was able to shot this target it was low in the sky, about
30 degrees, that and very bad transparency and seeing cut down the sharpness a lot.
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I will shot more Ha-light when weather allows and I'm going to
add O-III and S-II data as well to create a narrowband composition.
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Imaging details:
Optics, Tokina 300mm AT f2.8 @ 2.8
Camera, QHY9 astro camera Guiding, QHY5 and PHD-Guiding on LX200 GPS 12" Exposures, 8x600s +darks, bias and flats Filter, Baader 7nm H-alpha