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Photograph Details Telescope: Meade 127ED f/9 refractor Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST-4 Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Ektapress PJ400 Comments: Discovered in 1781, M101 is the largest and brightest member of a group of galaxies that is located 25 million light years away. |
| Object Details Common Name: The Pinwheel Galaxy Catalog Designation: M101 Constellation: Ursa Major Visual Magnitude: 7.7 Angular Size: 27'x26 Right Ascension: 14h 03' 19" Declination: +54° 20' 18" |
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Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7.8 APO refractor |
| Object Details Common Name: The Andromeda Galaxy Catalog Designation: M31 Constellation: Andromeda Visual Magnitude: 3.47 Angular Size: 3.0° x 1.1° Distance from Earth: 2.2 million light years Right Ascension: 00h 42' 50" Declination: +41° 16' 59" |
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Photograph Details Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST-4 Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Ektapress PJ400 Comments: One of the faintest nebulas in the northern sky to photograph, the Witch Head nebula is one of the few objects that actually resembles its given name. The smiling face of the "Witch" can easily be seen in the image. The nebula glows by the light of Rigel, the second brightest star in Orion. Rigel is located just off the right edge of the image thus is not visible. To record its extremely faint light, an astrophotographer must have a very clear, dark, transparent sky that is free from dust, haze and light pollution. This was the photographer's fourth attempt in 5 years at photographing this nebula. The past three were unsuccessful because of poor weather and/or transparency. The 13.4 to 15.8 magnitude galaxies NGC1752, MCG-1-13-49 and MCG-1-13-51 can be seen in the far upper left corner of the image. |
| Object Details Common Name: The Witch Head Nebula Catalog Designation: IC2118 Constellation: Eridanus Angular Size: 3.0° x 1.0° Right Ascension: 05h 07' 03" Declination: -07° 12' 31" |
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Photograph Details Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST-4 Film: gas-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF) Comments: This deep exposure shows the very faint and often non-photographed cloud of nebulosity that surrounds the much brighter nebulas M42, M43, NGC1973-75-77.
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| Object Details Common Name: The Orion Nebula Catalog Designation: M42 Constellation: Orion Angular Size: 1.1° x 1.0° Right Ascension: 05h 35' 33" Declination: -05° 26' 40" |
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Photograph Details Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST4 Film: un-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF) |
| Object Details Common Name: The Seagull Nebula Catalog Designation: IC 2177 Constellation: Monoceros Right Ascension: 07h 05' 14" Declination: -10° 42' 06" |
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Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f7.8 APO refractor |
| Object Details Common Name: The Lagoon & Trifid Nebulas Catalog Designation: M8 & M20 Constellation: Sagittarius Right Ascension: 18h 04' 01" | 18h 02' 49" Declination: -24° 23' 04" | -23° 02' 04" |
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Telescope: TeleVue NP101 - 101mm f/5.4 APO refractor |
| Object Details Common Name: The Snake Nebula Catalog Designation: B72 Constellation: Ophiuchus |
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Photograph Details Telescope: TeleVue 85mm f/7 APO refractor @ f/5.6 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST-4 Film: un-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF) |
| Object Details Catalog Designation: M44 Common Name: The Beehive Cluster Visual Magnitude: 3.1 Angular Size: 1.1° Distance from Earth: 521 light years Constellation: Cancer Right Ascension: 08h 40' 16" Declination: +19° 58' 26" |
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Photograph Details Telescope: TeleVue 102mm f/8.6 APO refractor @ f/6.9 Mount: Losmandy G11 Guiding: SBIG ST-4 Film: un-hypered 35mm Kodak Pro 400(PPF) Comments: One of the most beautiful clusters in the entire sky, The Pleiades, also known as The Seven Sisters, is located 410 light years away in the constellation Taurus. |
| Object Details Common Name: The Pleiades Star Cluster Catalog Designation: M45 Visual Magnitude: 1.2 Distance from Earth: 407 light years Constellation: Taurus Angular Size: 1.8° Right Ascension: 03h 47' 10" Declination: +24° 07' 36" |
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Photograph Details
Telescope: TeleVue 102mm f/8.6 APO refractor @ f/6.9 |
| Object Details Common Name: Comet Ikeyz-Zhang Catalog Designation: C/2002 C1 |
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