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C/2009 R1 McNaught, taken June 9, 2010. Click image for movie (4MB). The movie covers about 32 minutes in the life of the comet. Each frame is 1 minute long.
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Canon S-10 on 10" f/5. 32 mm plossl and 2.5x Powermate
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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.
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P73 and M57 Animated (click for larger image)
6" f/4, 10 one minute frames with an ST-7 through clouds.
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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)
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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.
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P17 Holmes, November 4, 2007 UT
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P17 Holmes, October 29, 2007 UT |

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Above: Barnard's Star. Click thumb for animation showing its motion from 2007 through 2011.
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Pete Schultz, one of the founders of our club, has an asteroid named for him. This is an animation of its motion through space for on hour on the night of October 20, 2010. The naming citation for his asteroid, Peteschultz, reads:
"Peter H. Schultz, a geologist at Brown University, has studied cratering phenomena experimentally and in the field. He has played a major role in defining and developing the Deep Impact mission, particularly through his cratering experiments at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range."
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Asteroid 2005 YU55 - The Movie
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Photos by Mark Dahmke |

Sagittarius and the Milky Way
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Moon and venus
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Orion
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Nikon D100 through 8" LX200
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Photos by Dave and Joey Churilla |

Sunspot/Filament/Plage
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