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Astro Photos Contributed by Club Members
Photos by Rick Johnson

Canon S-10 on 10" f/5. 32 mm plossl and 2.5x Powermate


SNR CAS A (click for larger image).
Taken with the 14" LX200R on a Paramount ME. Luminosity was 14, 10 minute exposures while each the RGB frames consisted of 5 10 minute frames for each color. Camera is the STL-11000XM. Imaging was done three non consecutive nights.

P73 and M57 Animated (click for larger image)
6" f/4, 10 one minute frames with an ST-7 through clouds.

14" LX200R@f/10, 1 minute frames over 30 minutes binned 3x3, STL-11000M, Paramount ME. 10/28/06. (click on image to see animation)

M101: Luminosity image was 2 hours in 20 minute sub frames binned 1x1. The RGB frames were all 20 minutes using 10 minute sub frames binned 2x2. Camera was a STL-11000XM. Scope is a 14" LX200R on a Paramount ME.


P17 Holmes, November 4, 2007 UT


P17 Holmes, October 29, 2007 UT


Photos by Mark Dahmke

Sagittarius and the Milky Way

Moon and venus

Orion




Nikon D100 through 8" LX200
Photos by Dave and Joey Churilla

Sunspot/Filament/Plage