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 Object: M57, The Ring Nebula

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Astrovid StellaCam II

 Description: This is a planetary nebula about 2,000 light years away.  The white spot in the center is a white dwarf star.  It is what's left of the star after throwing off it's outer  gasses to form the nebula.  This picture was taken using red, green and blue filters.
Object: The Antennae

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Meade DS Imager PRO II

 Description:  This is two spiral galaxies that have crashed together.  It is called the Antennae because of the two long arms of stars that have been slung out in space.  You have to look close but they can be seen in this photograph.  The bright areas in the main bodies of the galaxies is caused by the gasses coming together creating a lot of new star birth.
Object: M13, The Hercules Cluster

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Astrovid StellaCam II

 Description:  M13 is one of the best known globular clusters.  In near perfect conditions it can be seen with the naked eye.  It is at a distance of about 25,100 light years away.  Globular clusters are in the halo area outside our galaxy and orbit the center of the it.  There's about 150 of these clusters.
Object: Saturn

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Astrovid StellaCam II

 Description:  Pictures of the planets are difficult to take in this area because of the thickness of the atmosphere.  When you look at them through the telescope it's like looking at them from the bottom of a swimming pool.  The image is constantly distorting which makes it impossible to stack images.  Deep sky objects are easier to photograph because you use a lot less magnification.

 
 Object: M64, The Black Eye Galaxy

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Meade DS Imager PRO II

 Description:  This galaxy is 19,000,000 light years away.  The dark area near the center is caused heavy dust clouds blocking out the light from the stars.
Object: Venus in Front of the Sun

 Telescope:  60mm Monolux

 Camera:  Vivtar Digital Camera

 Description:  On June 8, 2004, Venus moved across the face of the sun.  The last time this happened was 1882.  I had to work that day so I took my smallest telescope with me and took this shot holding the camera over the eyepiece of the scope.  There were a lot of clouds that morning.  I was lucky to get this shot.  the telescope I used was the first one I ever owned.  I received it for Christmas in 1963.
Object: M17, The Swan Nebula

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Astrovid StellaCam II

 Description:  At a distance of about 5,000 light years, the energy this nebula receives is from the many young stars forming.  These young stars are mostly hidden by the nebula itself.

 
Object: Mars

 Telescope: 12" Meade LX 200 GPS

 Camera: Astrovid StellaCam II

 Description:  Pictures of the planets are difficult to take in this area because of the thickness of the atmosphere.  When you look at them through the telescope it's like looking at them from the bottom of a swimming pool.  The image is constantly distorting which makes it impossible to stack images.  Deep sky objects are easier to photograph because you use a lot less magnification.

 

 

 

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