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Grasslands Observatory
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NGC and IC objects. Photographic messier marathon album. Grasslands Observatory Image Gallery. Coma Cluster (Abel 1656; NGC4889). The early (1996-2001) Black and White and Color images displayed in this web page were obtained with an Apogee. AP7 camera (or its predecessor, the HPC-1 camera) running under MaxIm DL/CCD (Cyanogen Productions). MaxIm DL/CCD, or CCDSoft. In March 2001, a Finger Lakes Instrumentation. TCF temperature compensating focuser. The filter wheel contains Photometric R, V, and B f...
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Barnard 72 The Snake Nebula | Nights on Mars Hill
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Nights on Mars Hill. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. Laquo; NGC 6357 The Lobster Nebula. Barnard 72 The Snake Nebula. July 12, 2015. Barnard 72 The Snake Nebula. Distance: 650 Light Years. Size: 37’ x 16’ Arc Minutes. Exposure: L 24×60 Bin 1, RGB 24×30 Bin2. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Messier 1 ...
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NGC 5053 | Nights on Mars Hill
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Nights on Mars Hill. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. Laquo; NGC 4147. NGC 5139 Omega Centauri. May 25, 2015. Distance: 56,700 Light Years. Size: 10.5 Arc Minutes. Age: 16 Billion Years. Telescope: RC 10 2000mm FL. Exposure: L 11×180 Bin 1, RGB 20×90 Bin2. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Messier 17 Th...
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Nights on Mars Hill Clusters Page | Nights on Mars Hill
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Nights on Mars Hill. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. NGC 5139 Omega Centauri. Omega Centauri NGC 5139. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. Cocoon Nebula Wide Field. M8 and M20 Region. Barnard 72 The Snake Nebula. NGC 6357 The Lobster Nebula. Messier 101 The Pinwheel Galaxy. NGC 5139 Omega Centauri. Messier 27 The Dumbbell Nebula. NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy. Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy. Messier 104 The Sombrero Galaxy. Messier 63 The Sunflower Galaxy.
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Messier 51 The Whirlpool Nebula | Nights on Mars Hill
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Nights on Mars Hill. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. Laquo; Messier 104 The Sombrero Galaxy. NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy. Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy. May 15, 2015. Distance: 31 Million Light Years. Magnitude: 8.4 M51a. Magnitude: 10.5 M51b. Size: 11 x 7 Arc Minutes M51a. Size: 5 x 5 Arc Minutes M51b. Galaxy Type: M51a Spiral Sc. Galaxy Type: M51b Dwarf. Exposure: L 11×300 Bin 1, RGB 11×150 Bin 2. With a point source FWHM of .1. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window).
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NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy | Nights on Mars Hill
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Nights on Mars Hill. The Basics: Star Clusters. The Basics: The Sun. Laquo; Messier 51 The Whirlpool Galaxy. NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy. May 18, 2015. NGC 3628 The Hamburger Galaxy. Distance: 35 Million Light Years. Size: 14 x 3.6 Arc Minutes. Galaxy Type: Spiral sc. Exposure: L 11×600 Bin 1, RGB 18×300 Bin 2. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Messier 63 T...
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QSI 532 analysis
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A thorough analysis of the main characteristics of a QSI 532ws CCD camera employing the Kodak KAF-3200ME chip is given here. Please follow the links at left for more details. The topics include:. Bias frames: structure and variation with temperature, long-term stability, analysis of read noise. Dark signal: variation with temperature and time, analysis of 'particle' events (cosmic rays and radioactive decay). Flat fields: estimate of large scale photo-response non-uniformity, vertical banding. The photon...
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CloudMakers
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AstroImager, AstroDSLR, AstroTelescope, AstroGuider, INDI Server for OSX, Astrometry for OSX, FITS Preview, complete application suite for astrophotography. Read more ». IINDI and NightSkyToolbox, two handy applications for your iPhone. Read more ». INDI Drivers for ATIK, Shoestring Astronomy focusers and USB-Focus V3 focusers, INDI Server for Windows and other INDI related resources. Read more ». INDI Server for OS X. Astrometry for OS X. FITS Preview is a lightweight and fast viewer for images in FITS.
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