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Member Websites - Huntsville Amateur Astronomy Society
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Huntsville Amateur Astronomy Society. Directions to the Observatory. 8211; Allan Hall is a professional photographer with a passion for astrophotography. His website highlights his various interests and hobbies, including pen and watch collecting, and astronomy. 8211; Don Taylor is an avid astro-imager who does much of his work at the SHSU observatory. Some of his images have been featured in National Geographic magazine. Clayton’s Wanderlust for Stardust. His excellent images can be seen on his blog.
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Eastex Astronomy: Baader Contrast Booster
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Monday, July 20, 2015. This post is fairly long, so here are the pictures. I'll meet you on the other side! Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula; ST80 w/Baader CB on Vixen SP; Canon EOS Rebel T3; 11x120 @ ISO-3200. Messier 7, Ptolemy's Cluster; ST80 w/Baader CB on Vixen SP; Canon EOS Rebel T3; 32x60 @ ISO-3200. The Vixen Super Polaris was the last mount of the Polaris line that was produced without. I'm always trying to...
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Eastex Astronomy: February 2015
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Thursday, February 26, 2015. Clouds. Clouds, clouds, clouds, clouds, clouds, clouds. It's been cloudy lately. A lot. And when it isn't cloudy the humidity is so high you can practically drink the air. I thought I was going to miss the Moon/Venus/Mars conjunction on February 20, 2015, but the clouds parted just long enough for me to take a few shots. This one is my favorite. Did I mention that it has been cloudy?
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Eastex Astronomy: A Cluster of Open Clusters
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Friday, August 6, 2010. A Cluster of Open Clusters. This is post lists the rest of the open cluster images that I have made, but have not yet posted. Here is Messier 7. Also known as Ptolemy. S Cluster. It is visible to the naked eye as a fuzzy patch near the end of the tail of Scorpius. From our perspective, the cluster is superimposed on the Sagittarius Arm. Of the Milky Way. Messier 34 in Perseus. Other inter...
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Eastex Astronomy: November 2014
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Sunday, November 2, 2014. These are images of a Moon Halo. Halos like this are caused by tiny ice crystals in high clouds. The crystals act as prisms, bending the light at various angles to produce a circle of light around the Sun or Moon. When the conditions are just right, ice crystals can produce multiple halos. Moon Halo; Canon EOS Rebel T3 on tripod; 1 15-second image at ISO-800. About the difficulties that...
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Eastex Astronomy: December 2014
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Wednesday, December 31, 2014. New Post, New Year, Another Redo. A few days ago I asked, " What do amateur astronomers do when the weather is lousy? Today I ask, "What do amateur astronomers do when the weather is lousy, they have a cold, and they can't sleep? Well, the answer is the same: they reprocess old images! Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy). Famed amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy. Discovered long period comet.
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Eastex Astronomy: January 2015
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Friday, January 30, 2015. I was sick, but I couldn't resist the temptation to image part of the flyby of asteroid 2004 BL86. The other night. Below is a time-lapse video taken of the event as the asteroid moved across Messier 44. Is around 577 light years. The video compresses about 27 minutes down to 6 seconds. The Epsilon 200 has not been manufactured for about 20 years now, and according to Anjal there are pr...
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Eastex Astronomy: August 2014
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Friday, August 15, 2014. This is the Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318) in Cygnus, taken in late July 2014. I used a #15 yellow filter and the processing technique described here. The bright star at the bottom center is Sadr. Open cluster NGC 6910 is located on the lower right. Butterfly Nebula (IC 1318) in Cygnus; ST80 on Vixen SP; #15 yellow filter; Canon EOS Rebel T3; 25x90 lights @ ISO-3200; 16 darks; 16 flats.
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Eastex Astronomy: March 2015
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Sunday, March 29, 2015. Messier 51 and Omega Centauri. The sky has been clear for the past few nights, and last night I finally got some observatory time! Most of the night was spent helping another amateur astronomer with his scope and making adjustments to the Epsilon-200, but I did get a little bit of time for imaging. The first, an image of the Whirlpool. I did not shoot dark, flat, or bias frames. The weath...
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Eastex Astronomy: October 2014
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Adventures in astroimaging and miscellaneous nonsense by an amateur astronomer in East Texas. Sunday, October 26, 2014. NGC 6992/6995, The Eastern Veil Nebula. The Astronomy Bug has been biting me pretty viciously lately. It's been too long since I've been out to the observatory! I try to ease my pain with an occasional imaging session with the ST80 whenever possible. One night in mid-October I managed to get a few minutes to take a few subs of the Eastern Veil Nebula. Is also relatively bright. These fi...