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Radio image of the ring of geosynchronous satellites
Ring of satellites in geosynchrnous orbit
Radio image of the ring of geosynchronous satellites
The same image (as previous), overlaid on a 360 image taken from the same location. The images were taken using a homemade motorized 60cm radio telescope and a commercial 360 camera. Specifically, this image was taken in the 10-12ghz range. The largest blob at the top of the arc is intelsat 11.
2017 Solar Eclipse
Prominences
2017 Solar Eclipse
Diamond Ring
2017 Solar Eclipse
Corona
Joe Whorton M101
First Submission
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
Taken in Winter 2017 in LRGB from an 8″ Explore Scientific Newtonian and QSI583ws camera. Submitted by Chris Westphal.
Markarian’s Chain
Submitted by Chris Westphal
The Double Cluster (NGC 869 and 884)
Submitted by Chris Westphal
The Eagle Nebula (M16)
Submitted by Chris Westphal
The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula
The North American Nebula and Pelican Nebula in Hubble Palette view. Submitted by Chris Westphal.
Comet Neowise
Got lucky on July 9 and spotted the brilliant Comet Neowise through a gap in some trees in my neighborhood. Submitted by Chris Westphal.
Messier 83
Messier 83. Submitted by Chris Westphal
Centaurus A Galaxy
Centaurus A Galaxy taken at the Winter Star Party in 2016. Submitted by Chris Westphal.
Rho Ophiuchi
The Rho Ophiuchi nebular complex is a beautiful, gigantic cloud of colorful cosmic dust and gas, Taken at the St. Johns County Fairgrounds from an RedCat 51 and ASI2600 camera.
M31 Andromeda Galaxy
M31 was my first deep sky object that I ever photographed years ago and since then I was intrigued to capture those faraway photons of light. Image was captured during two nights at Sanderson, FL. (Swamp). Submitted by Harold Soto.
M45 Pleiades
Hot blue Pleiades stars (M45) were only formed within the last 100 million years. This faint nebulosity appears easily on the photographs but is also possible to be observed visually under a dark sky. Submitted by Harold Soto
The Wizard Nebula
The Wizard Nebula is a collection of interstellar gas surrounding the open star cluster, NGC 7380. It lies approximately 7200 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 7.2 in the constellation Cepheus. Submitted by Harold Soto.
First Light from my ZWO SeeStar S50
A short 3 minute exposure of M42. First light for my ZWO SeeStar S50 shot from my driveway in Orange Pk. Unaltered autostack, right from the SeeStar. – Russell Grokett
NGC7293 – Helix Nebula
NGC7293 – Helix Nebula Taken with 8″ Edge HD EQ6-R Pro ASIAIR ASI533MC Pro Astro Pixel Processor PixInsight – Submitted by Ryan Haley