tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157849725265786832012-01-29T13:01:17.911-05:00Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-75320023742451664572012-01-29T13:00:00.001-05:002012-01-29T13:01:17.926-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-00RMnw5v4R4/TyWIRrDYvfI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/9B8OO8iFxrY/s1600/M97-Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-00RMnw5v4R4/TyWIRrDYvfI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/9B8OO8iFxrY/s320/M97-Small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">M97 also known as the “Owl Nebula” is a planetary nebula locatedin the constellation Ursa Major.&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 240Minutes (mapped to red)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">O3 = 195Minutes (mapped to blue and green)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7532002374245166457?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-35633513616616780752012-01-05T14:48:00.002-05:002012-01-05T14:48:29.047-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-anfPbv0sd1o/TwX9xgk-KRI/AAAAAAAAAf4/nBFvLZ9D4Ww/s1600/M81-555m-Ha-Small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-anfPbv0sd1o/TwX9xgk-KRI/AAAAAAAAAf4/nBFvLZ9D4Ww/s320/M81-555m-Ha-Small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">A work in progress!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; Ha <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 555Minutes (15 min sub frames)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3563351361661678075?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-40025497244311825662011-12-30T14:20:00.001-05:002011-12-30T14:20:58.726-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xQu10zoNWL8/Tv4K2R4CXdI/AAAAAAAAAfs/FP7ml12PwgU/s1600/IC1848-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xQu10zoNWL8/Tv4K2R4CXdI/AAAAAAAAAfs/FP7ml12PwgU/s320/IC1848-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">This photois a small part of the IC 1848 emission nebula located in Cassiopeia.&nbsp; This image so reminds me of the “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tos_city-on-the-edge.png">Time Portal</a>”from Star Trek series “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardian_of_Forever#Guardian_of_Forever">TheCity on the Edge of Forever</a>”.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; S2, Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">S2 = 540Minutes (mapped to red)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 480Minutes (mapped to green)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">O3 = 450Minutes (mapped to blue)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4002549724431182566?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-63289019076287107782011-12-19T12:54:00.001-05:002011-12-19T12:54:40.156-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v02ot-rBZ6k/Tu96IyUyttI/AAAAAAAAAfc/PBHIixWzsC4/s1600/M42small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-v02ot-rBZ6k/Tu96IyUyttI/AAAAAAAAAfc/PBHIixWzsC4/s320/M42small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">M42is located approximately 1350 light years from our home in the constellationOrion.&nbsp; This photo is a small portion ofthe dim outer arm of this nebula.&nbsp; Theimaged was processed to accent the wispy almost smoke like features of thisregion.&nbsp; Hope that you enjoy.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 375Minutes (mapped to red)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">O3 = 375Minutes (mapped to both blue and green)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6328901907628710778?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-77370679876465057382011-12-05T09:32:00.001-05:002011-12-05T09:36:55.282-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hb1uxt9pqXA/TtzV-KUFm1I/AAAAAAAAAfM/9kxWZEFkUo8/s1600/ABELL779-200MIN-LUMINANCE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Hb1uxt9pqXA/TtzV-KUFm1I/AAAAAAAAAfM/9kxWZEFkUo8/s320/ABELL779-200MIN-LUMINANCE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">AbellGalaxy Cluster #779 is located in the Constellation Lynx.&nbsp; This galaxy cluster is less than onedegree SSW of Alpha Lynx. &nbsp;Its brightestmember is 12th magnitude NGC 2832 with several faint companions. The cluster isrelatively far away at an estimated 700 million light years.&nbsp; &nbsp;MegaStarV5 was used to label some of the faint background galaxies to 17 magnitude.&nbsp; I inverted the image to make it easier toview the faint background galaxies.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon:&nbsp; Luminance<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">L = 200Min(5 Min exposures)<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7737067987646505738?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-947939889696282522011-11-16T16:21:00.001-05:002011-11-16T16:22:20.740-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M8hCqACal4o/TsQpUAFRieI/AAAAAAAAAec/mRXeJrw5HIE/s1600/IC1805-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M8hCqACal4o/TsQpUAFRieI/AAAAAAAAAec/mRXeJrw5HIE/s320/IC1805-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">Melotte15 is centered in the Heart Nebula IC1805 and is located about 7,500 light yearsaway in the constellation Cassiopeia.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; S2, Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">S2 = 450Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 525Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">O3 = 405Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-94793988969628252?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-24752653411690907672011-11-16T07:12:00.001-05:002011-11-16T07:13:34.959-05:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SyynBjPloYs/TsOojRRarmI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/cAruDvvY-sc/s1600/M27-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SyynBjPloYs/TsOojRRarmI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/cAruDvvY-sc/s320/M27-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">M27,the Dumbell Nebula, is a beautiful planetary nebula located in theconstellation Vulpecula.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">GuidingCamera:&nbsp; SBIG ST-i<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">FiltersAstrodon&nbsp; Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">Ha = 300Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;">O3 = 300Minutes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2475265341169090767?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-35872619527060497382011-10-27T11:34:00.000-04:002011-10-27T11:35:52.344-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8O5Pj3SAqM/Tql5o9RksGI/AAAAAAAAAeA/vH7pLTnfwz0/s1600/IC5070-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d8O5Pj3SAqM/Tql5o9RksGI/AAAAAAAAAeA/vH7pLTnfwz0/s320/IC5070-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">The mistymountains of IC5070 are located in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan) veryclose to the star Deneb.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">FiltersAstrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;Roswell, Georgia</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">S2 = 660Minutes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">Ha = 390Minutes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: white;">O3 = 540Minutes</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3587261952706049738?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-89014689251225019552011-10-08T09:52:00.001-04:002011-10-08T09:52:25.297-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PEUAQOCVqaA/TpBQmE1eWxI/AAAAAAAAAds/TnUUuDjdsNk/s1600/NGC281-color-Scaled-small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PEUAQOCVqaA/TpBQmE1eWxI/AAAAAAAAAds/TnUUuDjdsNk/s320/NGC281-color-Scaled-small.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">I had awonderful time at the Peach State Star Gaze this year - Seeing old friends andmeeting new ones under the dark skies at the Deerlick Astronomy Village.&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Also thanks again to Rich Simons ofDeep Sky Instruments for the use of his exceptional 10”<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Ritchey-Chrétien<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astrograph.&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>The optics and engineering of thisscope are simply amazing.&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><b><span lang="EN"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_281">NGC 281</a></span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN">&nbsp;</span></span><span lang="EN">is an H II region in the constellation of Cassiopeia and part of thePerseus Spiral Arm.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Optics:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Mount:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Camera:&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>SBIG ST2K XM<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">FiltersAstrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Location:&nbsp;<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>Deerlick Astronomy Village<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">ExposureDetails<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">S2 = 435Minutes<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">Ha = 165Minutes<u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3;">O3 = 210Minutes</span><o:p></o:p></div></span><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8901468925122501955?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-19046140802849037642011-10-08T09:26:00.001-04:002011-10-08T09:26:36.661-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNuexeA0vTE/TpBO7irCP5I/AAAAAAAAAdo/Y4FHLCxYQus/s1600/Moon-10-1-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNuexeA0vTE/TpBO7irCP5I/AAAAAAAAAdo/Y4FHLCxYQus/s320/Moon-10-1-11.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">Optics:<span>&nbsp; </span>Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mount:<span>&nbsp; </span>Astro-Physics AP900GTO<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">Camera:<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>SBIG ST2K XM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">FiltersAstrodon HA<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">Location:<span>&nbsp; </span>Deerlick Astronomy Village<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">ExposureDetails<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;">HA= 1 second<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-1904614080284903764?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-48897418575881886482011-10-06T17:21:00.002-04:002011-10-06T17:22:42.155-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fO9NjmpaNM/To4cBhUV9aI/AAAAAAAAAdk/YOZ7om5Qbe8/s1600/NGC206-small-V4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660492594100434338" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5fO9NjmpaNM/To4cBhUV9aI/AAAAAAAAAdk/YOZ7om5Qbe8/s320/NGC206-small-V4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>NGC 206 is a bright <a title="Star cloud" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_cloud">star cloud</a> in the <a title="Andromeda Galaxy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a>. Total exposure time was a little over 7 hours.<br /><br />Optics: Deep Sky Instruments RC10C<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 315 Minutes<br />RGB = 150 Minutes Bin 2x2</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4889741857588188648?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-66933367010428813382011-10-06T16:26:00.001-04:002011-10-06T16:29:27.463-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rO-OHatZqAg/To4PkckH8jI/AAAAAAAAAdc/St23iwi1fPA/s1600/Arcturus-clip-v2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 229px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660478900468707890" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rO-OHatZqAg/To4PkckH8jI/AAAAAAAAAdc/St23iwi1fPA/s320/Arcturus-clip-v2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Arcturus is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes. Look to the west this month at sunset to see this beautiful star - Love those diffraction spikes!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6693336701042881338?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-68258387576407829272011-07-08T10:49:00.002-04:002011-07-08T10:55:45.084-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vLba2_61qV8/ThcZSANG7VI/AAAAAAAAAbw/0ZDQYrQ-X2w/s1600/SH2-239-LRGB-SMALL2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626994056506043730" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vLba2_61qV8/ThcZSANG7VI/AAAAAAAAAbw/0ZDQYrQ-X2w/s320/SH2-239-LRGB-SMALL2.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B <br />Dates: November 11, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 240 Minutes<br />RGB = 150 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6825838757640782927?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-82514227841431092832011-06-27T15:22:00.002-04:002011-06-27T15:31:31.872-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lLdlHfY1_nE/TgjYlfWpgmI/AAAAAAAAAbU/l2-Mts52aR0/s1600/color-Scaled-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 234px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622982273355317858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lLdlHfY1_nE/TgjYlfWpgmI/AAAAAAAAAbU/l2-Mts52aR0/s320/color-Scaled-small.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B <br />Dates: April 12, 2010 through May 9, 2011<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 120 Minutes<br />RGB = 360 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8251422784143109283?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-61608214671345715912011-05-11T11:45:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:42:27.007-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_CLO6Diwz1A/TcqvQwUaQJI/AAAAAAAAAbI/T2p7Pym6rAY/s1600/CCD-Image-360-moon-Scaled.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605485388599279762" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_CLO6Diwz1A/TcqvQwUaQJI/AAAAAAAAAbI/T2p7Pym6rAY/s400/CCD-Image-360-moon-Scaled.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Waxing Cresent Moon from the evening of 5-6-11 at Deerlick Astronomy Village in Sharon, Georgia.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6160821467134571591?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-45476525335811565552011-05-11T10:50:00.003-04:002011-05-11T10:54:07.457-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGSDKJEZ3c0/TcqiySF9vZI/AAAAAAAAAbA/YaWyCdZS3cQ/s1600/M65-SMALL2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 238px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5605471670950018450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xGSDKJEZ3c0/TcqiySF9vZI/AAAAAAAAAbA/YaWyCdZS3cQ/s320/M65-SMALL2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Galaxies M65 at the upper right, M66 at the lower right and NGC3628 at the lower left are often referred to as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Triplet">Leo Triplet</a>. The group of galaxies is approximately 35 million light years from our home planet in the constellation Leo.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: February 29, 2009 through May 7, 2011<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 600 Minutes<br />L = 240 Minutes<br />RGB = 180 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4547652533581156555?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-28910372204867355252010-11-23T11:08:00.005-05:002010-11-23T11:24:25.031-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOvnEiKlBlI/AAAAAAAAAas/gu8KwJAhmb8/s1600/SH2-273-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5542777831486195282" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOvnEiKlBlI/AAAAAAAAAas/gu8KwJAhmb8/s400/SH2-273-small.jpg" /></a>Located about 2,600 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros, this 16+ hour photograph of NGC 2264 is sometimes referred to as the Christmas Tree cluster. <br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: October 6, 2008 through November 10, 2010<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia and Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 360 Minutes<br />L = 285 Minutes<br />RGB = 370 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2891037220486735525?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-76500413993691185112010-11-19T13:12:00.002-05:002010-11-19T13:37:58.740-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOa-WrZ6ZnI/AAAAAAAAAak/rqJOzatrvas/s1600/NGC891-AGC347-label.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5541325688343783026" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOa-WrZ6ZnI/AAAAAAAAAak/rqJOzatrvas/s400/NGC891-AGC347-label.jpg" /></a><br /><div>I have to say I love galaxy clusters. It is like the feeling you get when swimming in the deep ocean water or standing at the precipice of a high cliff and looking over the edge. It is amazing what you can see in the sky. Thanks to the Deerlick Astronomy Village for the wonderful dark skies!<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: November 7, 2010 through November 10, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 180 Minutes<br />RGB = 180 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7650041399369118511?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-31750775682096012912010-11-15T14:57:00.002-05:002010-11-15T15:05:42.794-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOGQ7oEzNqI/AAAAAAAAAac/IBDuRWMVoTU/s1600/SH2-202-small2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 294px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5539868370686654114" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TOGQ7oEzNqI/AAAAAAAAAac/IBDuRWMVoTU/s400/SH2-202-small2.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Located in the constellation Camelopardalis, the open star grouping named Pazmino’s Cluster is contained in the very large diffuse nebula of Sharpless SH2-202. The nebula does very well in the HA filter. It was a nice surprise to find a light blue reflection area in the center of the cluster.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: December 30 2008 through November 10, 2010<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia and Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 870 Minutes<br />L = 150 Minutes<br />RGB = 180 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3175077568209601291?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-81422975004395818392010-10-21T16:49:00.001-04:002010-10-21T16:51:19.541-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TMCnkuwni9I/AAAAAAAAAZs/VgiTlbqTvtc/s1600/M78-2-v3-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5530604591880047570" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TMCnkuwni9I/AAAAAAAAAZs/VgiTlbqTvtc/s400/M78-2-v3-small.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha, Luminance, Red, Green and Blue<br />Dates: October 4, 2010 through October 11, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br />Exposure Details<br />L = 360 Minutes<br />RGB = 710 Minutes<br />Ha = 150 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8142297500439581839?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-80711914935924985622010-10-19T15:28:00.000-04:002010-10-19T15:30:45.641-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TL3xqnf_d1I/AAAAAAAAAZc/-VQVWMbjldE/s1600/VDB152-small-v3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 297px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529841631940802386" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TL3xqnf_d1I/AAAAAAAAAZc/-VQVWMbjldE/s400/VDB152-small-v3.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green and Blue<br />Dates: October 4, 2010 through October 11, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br />Exposure Details<br />L = 510 Minutes<br />RGB = 620 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8071191493592498562?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-36647375942783988162010-10-19T11:09:00.003-04:002010-10-19T11:13:22.503-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TL20wXrkMdI/AAAAAAAAAZU/XLzslYAwDmE/s1600/M45-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529774660564300242" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TL20wXrkMdI/AAAAAAAAAZU/XLzslYAwDmE/s400/M45-small.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Luminance, Red, Green and Blue<br />Dates: October 9, 2010 through October 11, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3664737594278398816?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-59713584780116906332010-10-13T11:24:00.003-04:002010-10-13T11:31:23.709-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TLXPurAPz0I/AAAAAAAAAZM/q3CCrzefch4/s1600/SH2-220-detail.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 219px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527552518391844674" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TLXPurAPz0I/AAAAAAAAAZM/q3CCrzefch4/s400/SH2-220-detail.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TLXPjAWf_RI/AAAAAAAAAZE/6GVX1Dq2dxA/s1600/SH2-220-small2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527552317963894034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TLXPjAWf_RI/AAAAAAAAAZE/6GVX1Dq2dxA/s400/SH2-220-small2.jpg" /></a><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: November 11 2008 through October 11, 2010<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia and Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 375 Minutes<br />Ha = 360 Minutes<br />O3 = 210 Minutes<br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5971358478011690633?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-76937888773022194732010-09-07T14:25:00.002-04:002010-09-07T14:38:58.142-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TIaD5onWMtI/AAAAAAAAAY0/2CTKrR_ylvU/s1600/NGC896-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514239819939984082" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/TIaD5onWMtI/AAAAAAAAAY0/2CTKrR_ylvU/s400/NGC896-small.jpg" /></a><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 10 2009 through September 7, 2010<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 795 Minutes<br />Ha = 720 Minutes<br />O3 = 735 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7693788877302219473?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-61903931237626790382010-05-07T10:18:00.001-04:002010-05-07T10:32:01.382-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S-Qhc9SidgI/AAAAAAAAAYs/hPLfeCEI7M4/s1600/Final-5-Frame-Lunar-Eclipse-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468532628906997250" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S-Qhc9SidgI/AAAAAAAAAYs/hPLfeCEI7M4/s320/Final-5-Frame-Lunar-Eclipse-small.jpg" /></a>This shot was from several years ago now – I remember it being very cloudy during the day and evening. As I was setting up and aligning the equipment it seemed that the night would be a washout. The full moon was rising in the east completely blocked by the clouds. At about thirty minutes before the start of the eclipse - the clouds cleared and I was able to get the pictures. Each shot of the moon is a separate image digitally combined into a single photograph. <br /><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B<br />Dates: February 20, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6190393123762679038?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-51238195808881000622010-05-03T18:01:00.003-04:002010-05-03T18:07:21.794-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S99HxdZdZBI/AAAAAAAAAYk/XttGm27GU94/s1600/ngc2403-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467167387681645586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S99HxdZdZBI/AAAAAAAAAYk/XttGm27GU94/s320/ngc2403-small.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B<br />Dates: February 13, 2010 through March 25, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 300 Minutes<br />HA = 225 Minutes<br /><br />Hopefully I’ll be able to finish the color portion of this photo next year.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5123819580888100062?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-5392595948789465022010-05-03T17:09:00.004-04:002010-05-03T17:33:18.326-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S988mhqt6uI/AAAAAAAAAYc/tWJzwiEPGZM/s1600/ABELL-1656-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467155105221307106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S988mhqt6uI/AAAAAAAAAYc/tWJzwiEPGZM/s320/ABELL-1656-small.jpg" /></a>How many galaxies can you see in the Photo of Abell 1656? The object is also known as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coma_Cluster">Coma Cluster</a> and is located in the constellation Coma Berenices. The cluster of galaxies is estimated to be 321 million light years from our home. <br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B<br />Dates: April 7, 2010 through April 12, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 360 Minutes<br />RGB = 400 Minutes<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Below is a cropped portion of the central region. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S987uthe8NI/AAAAAAAAAYU/qkcsKXMDgHA/s1600/ABELL-1656-crop.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 218px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467154146331128018" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S987uthe8NI/AAAAAAAAAYU/qkcsKXMDgHA/s320/ABELL-1656-crop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-539259594878946502?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-54043229853988864382010-04-22T10:34:00.004-04:002010-04-22T11:24:12.020-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S9BepT3kQnI/AAAAAAAAAYM/PnU44ZOJslY/s1600/M101-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462970411801395826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/S9BepT3kQnI/AAAAAAAAAYM/PnU44ZOJslY/s320/M101-small.jpg" /></a>It’s good to be out under the clear sky again. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwheel_Galaxy">M101</a> is a spiral galaxy estimated at 27 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The Ha filter was used to highlight the HII regions in the galaxy.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B, &amp; Ha<br />Dates: May 19, 2009 through April 12, 2010<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 450 Minutes<br />L = 240 Minutes<br />RGB = 180 Minutes<br /><br />I want to dedicate this picture to Chuck Duff my Dad and great friend. His thirst for knowledge and wisdom will always be a great inspiration to me. We shared a great life. He had the opportunity to see the Lord this past Christmas day. While I miss our time eating ice cream under the stars and talking of life’s great mysteries - I can still remember him and with confidence look forward to seeing him again. If I could instill the love that his children had for him into my two boys – I would consider myself a worthy dad. Thank you for the time we had together and let me always remember how precious every moment of every day is to have with my sweetheart and boys. <div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5404322985398886438?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-32079123081416940972009-11-25T14:53:00.005-05:002009-11-25T15:07:12.149-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sw2OS8Wk1TI/AAAAAAAAAYE/--O_tgtOtEE/s1600/SH2-162-clip.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408135183631439154" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sw2OS8Wk1TI/AAAAAAAAAYE/--O_tgtOtEE/s320/SH2-162-clip.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sw2NyEPB9iI/AAAAAAAAAX8/wo2TU33vhG8/s1600/SH2-162-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 237px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408134618811594274" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sw2NyEPB9iI/AAAAAAAAAX8/wo2TU33vhG8/s320/SH2-162-small.jpg" /></a> <div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sw2MbyZk0xI/AAAAAAAAAXs/hNoWpUzjU_4/s1600/SH2-162-small.jpg"></a></div><div>The Bubble Nebula is an emission nebula in the constellation Cassiopeia. </div><div></div><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 10 through September 28, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 450 Minutes<br />Ha = 300 Minutes<br />O3 = 240 Minutes<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3207912308141694097?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-49884418636048695852009-10-25T17:00:00.006-04:002009-10-28T14:49:56.609-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SuiSRhbRwAI/AAAAAAAAAXk/7nCgbci_nDk/s1600-h/M31-1230m-small3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397724983131750402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SuiSRhbRwAI/AAAAAAAAAXk/7nCgbci_nDk/s400/M31-1230m-small3.jpg" /></a><br /><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SuS8mPTXuCI/AAAAAAAAAXU/ko1-cXiUxU8/s1600-h/M31-1230m-small.jpg"></a>This object is also known as the great <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy">Andromeda Galaxy</a>. On Sunday night October 18 we had a clear moonless night at the Deerlick Astronomy Village near Sharon, Georgia. After several days of rain for the Peach State Star Gaze, it was great to see the sky once again. M31 holds a special meaning for me; it was one of the first galaxies shown to me through a telescope so many years ago. Thanks again to Vince Garland for allowing me to visually see this galaxy again this year through his great 18” Dobsonian. Hope that you enjoy the photo.<br /><br />Additional galaxies in the photo include M32 and M110.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B, &amp; Ha<br />Dates: July 14 through October 19, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 540 Minutes<br />L = 300 Minutes<br />RGB = 390 Minutes</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4988441863604869585?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-34466944019014031282009-08-25T15:35:00.008-04:002009-08-25T15:52:17.778-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SpQ_H7RDpaI/AAAAAAAAAW0/D7GbeR45JnA/s1600-h/NGC7331small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373989660760712610" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SpQ_H7RDpaI/AAAAAAAAAW0/D7GbeR45JnA/s320/NGC7331small.jpg" /></a> <div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, &amp; B<br />Dates: August 23 and August 24, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village near Sharon, Georgia.<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 330 Minutes<br />RGB = 350 Minutes<br /></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SpQ-t2AcFWI/AAAAAAAAAWs/9HUmNUvh6C0/s1600-h/NGC7331-zoom.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373989212672234850" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SpQ-t2AcFWI/AAAAAAAAAWs/9HUmNUvh6C0/s320/NGC7331-zoom.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7331">NGC7331 Wikipedia Information</a><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7318">Stephan’s Quintet Wikipedia Information</a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SpQ9IRpvBqI/AAAAAAAAAWk/uEK_CcFC6dQ/s1600-h/NGC7331small.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3446694401901403128?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-78236073612407574602009-08-12T11:21:00.002-04:002009-08-12T11:25:11.955-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SoLeS0gfLBI/AAAAAAAAAWc/rEWulMDIzDs/s1600-h/SH2-105-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369098120692968466" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SoLeS0gfLBI/AAAAAAAAAWc/rEWulMDIzDs/s320/SH2-105-small.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Also known as NGC 6888, the Crescent nebula, is a ring nebula surrounding the Wolf Rayet star.<br /><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: June 8 through July 27, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 540 Minutes<br />O3 = 450 Minutes<br /><br /><a href="http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details.py?id=21434&amp;t=hii&amp;s=4_p39.0xp33.5&amp;name=S105">Galaxy Map Information</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7823607361240757460?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-9663624885386706422009-07-27T15:39:00.001-04:002009-07-27T15:46:48.000-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sm4CfepjZYI/AAAAAAAAAWU/9KdWh6H9Ih8/s1600-h/SH2-132-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363226946071389570" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sm4CfepjZYI/AAAAAAAAAWU/9KdWh6H9Ih8/s320/SH2-132-small.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: June 19 through July 27, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 195 Minutes<br />Ha = 330 Minutes<br />O3 = 135 Minutes<br /><br /><a href="http://galaxymap.org/cgi-bin/details.py?id=21419&amp;t=hii&amp;s=4_p51.5xp27.0&amp;name=S132">Galaxy Map Information</a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-966362488538670642?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-77343601833833961692009-07-27T15:34:00.003-04:002009-07-27T15:38:22.815-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sm4BaLQJE8I/AAAAAAAAAWM/buepweoH0bk/s1600-h/M31-ha-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363225755453559746" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sm4BaLQJE8I/AAAAAAAAAWM/buepweoH0bk/s320/M31-ha-small.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 14 through July 27, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 540 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7734360183383396169?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-40527618331214909332009-07-22T15:27:00.000-04:002009-07-22T15:28:40.490-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SmdoNMaUAII/AAAAAAAAAVs/oYVX4uBFJ10/s1600-h/M8-small.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361368457287041154" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SmdoNMaUAII/AAAAAAAAAVs/oYVX4uBFJ10/s320/M8-small.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 2 through July 21, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 270 Minutes<br />Ha = 45 Minutes<br />O3 = 90 Minutes<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_8">Wikipedia Information</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4052761833121490933?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-47426840616136083442009-07-22T15:11:00.003-04:002009-07-22T15:23:13.651-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SmdkpSCjEnI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-fvLQjHIfBw/s1600-h/NGC6992-small3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361364541787804274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SmdkpSCjEnI/AAAAAAAAAVk/-fvLQjHIfBw/s320/NGC6992-small3.jpg" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 2 through July 21, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 510 Minutes<br />O3 = 300 Minutes<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula">Wikipedia Information</a><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4742684061613608344?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-7301774277312189882009-06-20T16:11:00.005-04:002009-06-20T20:22:05.924-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sj18nfzsgVI/AAAAAAAAAVc/uzOjgUgK9Fg/s1600-h/LDN888-720m-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349568950381085010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sj18nfzsgVI/AAAAAAAAAVc/uzOjgUgK9Fg/s400/LDN888-720m-small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>This photo is a two part mosaic of a small section of Sharpless SH2-108 in the constellation Cygnus. The bright central star in the bottom of the picture is Sadr.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: May19 through June 19, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 720 Minutes</div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sj17iB34z2I/AAAAAAAAAVU/cYHQmoUKd_U/s1600-h/LDN888-720m-ha-100.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349567756934631266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sj17iB34z2I/AAAAAAAAAVU/cYHQmoUKd_U/s320/LDN888-720m-ha-100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sj1CjMPLZRI/AAAAAAAAAVM/W-FQB97E0dI/s1600-h/LDN888-720m-small.jpg"></a>The cropped portion above is a scaled view of LDN888.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-730177427731218988?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-46555015928479504462009-06-02T10:23:00.005-04:002009-06-05T11:06:54.137-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sik0dyazNrI/AAAAAAAAAUs/z8g86tOuzNw/s1600-h/m17-crop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343860119206835890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/Sik0dyazNrI/AAAAAAAAAUs/z8g86tOuzNw/s400/m17-crop.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SiU2IV94OEI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ci9gV06IHoA/s1600-h/m17-Small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342736049908496450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SiU2IV94OEI/AAAAAAAAAUc/ci9gV06IHoA/s320/m17-Small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: April 9 through June 2, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 465 Minutes<br />Ha = 195 Minutes<br />O3 = 345 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4655501592847950446?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-47539310390714045532009-04-27T16:07:00.002-04:002009-04-27T16:13:10.813-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SfYQmBjjf4I/AAAAAAAAAUU/ozguMw_hEyQ/s1600-h/NGC-7023-Small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329465454478196610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SfYQmBjjf4I/AAAAAAAAAUU/ozguMw_hEyQ/s320/NGC-7023-Small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon LRGB<br />Dates: April 24 and April 25, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 330 Minutes<br />R = 30 Minutes<br />G = 30 Minutes<br />B = 30 Minutes<br /><br />The color data was previously taken at DAV on 8/2/08<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4753931039071404553?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-54033749864011864042009-04-27T15:55:00.002-04:002009-04-27T16:13:33.249-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SfYPA1p4d6I/AAAAAAAAAUM/f2Ph_xhJzT4/s1600-h/M106-810m-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329463716116723618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SfYPA1p4d6I/AAAAAAAAAUM/f2Ph_xhJzT4/s320/M106-810m-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha &amp; Luminance<br />Dates: January 14 through April 25, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 570 Minutes<br />L = 240 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5403374986401186404?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-17113436162994233602009-03-23T15:33:00.004-04:002009-03-23T15:41:01.435-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ScfkNxP1mSI/AAAAAAAAAUE/awxrMjqiXe8/s1600-h/M42-690m-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316468810343356706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ScfkNxP1mSI/AAAAAAAAAUE/awxrMjqiXe8/s320/M42-690m-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: February 23 through March 23, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 315 Minutes<br />Ha = 60 Minutes<br />O3 = 315 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-1711343616299423360?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-55795241810711413372009-02-20T17:29:00.005-05:002009-02-21T16:49:54.630-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SaB22aEjiFI/AAAAAAAAAT8/mD5_pw7pwoI/s1600-h/ngc2239-765m-s2-195M-hA-510m-o3-8-1-3-Scaled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305371038125885522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SaB22aEjiFI/AAAAAAAAAT8/mD5_pw7pwoI/s320/ngc2239-765m-s2-195M-hA-510m-o3-8-1-3-Scaled.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SZ8vERDeMFI/AAAAAAAAAT0/HUGBm-mT86Q/s1600-h/ngc2239-765m-s2-195M-hA-510m-o3-8-1-3-Scaled.jpg"></a>Also known as the Rosette Nebula &amp; SH2-275.<br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: February 5 through February 20, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 765 Minutes<br />Ha = 195 Minutes<br />O3 = 510 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5579524181071141337?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-22277440016931105632009-02-18T10:58:00.002-05:002009-02-18T11:09:20.060-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SZwwXqm0gYI/AAAAAAAAATQ/3iyzpDjANYQ/s1600-h/M81-510m-ha-Bicbspline-Scaled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304167644267839874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SZwwXqm0gYI/AAAAAAAAATQ/3iyzpDjANYQ/s320/M81-510m-ha-Bicbspline-Scaled.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: February 2, 2009 through February 12, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 510 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2227744001693110563?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-61798168968731372092009-02-18T10:12:00.001-05:002009-02-18T10:16:48.746-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SZwliFskIZI/AAAAAAAAATI/Ipop1MEg6yI/s1600-h/M5-120mHA-60m-O3-ha-ha-o3-2-1-3-Scaled.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304155728710476178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 295px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SZwliFskIZI/AAAAAAAAATI/Ipop1MEg6yI/s400/M5-120mHA-60m-O3-ha-ha-o3-2-1-3-Scaled.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: January 16, 2009 through January 21, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 120 Minutes<br />O3 = 60 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6179816896873137209?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-57828443140627330592009-02-02T16:36:00.003-05:002009-02-02T19:22:14.453-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SYdnY_pb-yI/AAAAAAAAATA/zTqK8SAty5U/s1600-h/SH2-302-final-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298317165724433186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SYdnY_pb-yI/AAAAAAAAATA/zTqK8SAty5U/s400/SH2-302-final-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha, R, G, &amp; B<br />Dates: January 9, 2009 through February 01, 2009<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 705 Minutes<br />RGB = 420 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5782844314062733059?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-21425377785204507472009-01-22T16:13:00.003-05:002009-01-22T16:21:50.529-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SXjhmdwv29I/AAAAAAAAASg/OFbMOFj_AY4/s1600-h/IC434-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294229412914387922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SXjhmdwv29I/AAAAAAAAASg/OFbMOFj_AY4/s320/IC434-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2K XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: December 15, 2008 through January 22, 2009<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 570 Minutes<br />Ha = 270 Minutes<br />O3 = 390 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2142537778520450747?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-77532953044749702182008-12-09T10:11:00.001-05:002008-12-09T10:15:02.729-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ST6KwW8HbOI/AAAAAAAAARY/85i-CBNeEbM/s1600-h/SH2-290-795m-ha-bspline-scaled-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277808376720878818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ST6KwW8HbOI/AAAAAAAAARY/85i-CBNeEbM/s320/SH2-290-795m-ha-bspline-scaled-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: October 28 through December 8, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 795 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7753295304474970218?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-57037536333373699102008-12-08T16:44:00.000-05:002008-12-08T16:55:54.936-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ST2VSPNdWjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ppyGNnQwV54/s1600-h/SH2-252-405-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277538478901254706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/ST2VSPNdWjI/AAAAAAAAARQ/ppyGNnQwV54/s400/SH2-252-405-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: November 18 through December 8, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 405 Minutes<br />Ha = 135 Minutes<br />O3 = 255 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5703753633337369910?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-57079780653616689052008-12-02T16:01:00.000-05:002008-12-02T16:06:18.064-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/STWiQ-IgYMI/AAAAAAAAARI/uGai3VDWi2U/s1600-h/SH2-199-pt3-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275300950974685378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/STWiQ-IgYMI/AAAAAAAAARI/uGai3VDWi2U/s320/SH2-199-pt3-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: November 5 through November 21, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 585 Minutes<br />Ha = 600 Minutes<br />O3 = 600 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5707978065361668905?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-90515556644734314952008-11-17T12:38:00.000-05:002008-11-17T12:41:55.709-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SSGsQhNqCNI/AAAAAAAAARA/di7sSOb8MK8/s1600-h/SH2-273-small2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269682438793726162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 236px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SSGsQhNqCNI/AAAAAAAAARA/di7sSOb8MK8/s320/SH2-273-small2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: October 6 through November 17, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 615 Minutes<br />Ha = 360 Minutes<br />O3 = 450 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-9051555664473431495?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-41090448843882088272008-11-07T11:31:00.000-05:002008-11-07T11:35:53.937-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SRRtdmy9SYI/AAAAAAAAAQw/uptpRuTSS3c/s1600-h/Copy+of+SH2-199-pt-1-%26-2-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265954219700865410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 222px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SRRtdmy9SYI/AAAAAAAAAQw/uptpRuTSS3c/s320/Copy+of+SH2-199-pt-1-%26-2-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: October 14 through November 7, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 855 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4109044884388208827?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-21100391120399305542008-11-02T17:55:00.000-05:002008-11-02T17:59:08.754-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQ4wHS9a-iI/AAAAAAAAAQo/26s7b5Wq-YE/s1600-h/SH2-155-525M-S2-480m-Ha-450M-O3-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264197916349364770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 299px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQ4wHS9a-iI/AAAAAAAAAQo/26s7b5Wq-YE/s400/SH2-155-525M-S2-480m-Ha-450M-O3-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: October 14 through November 1, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 525 Minutes<br />Ha = 480 Minutes<br />O3 = 450 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2110039112039930554?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-36066288064151234602008-10-31T14:04:00.000-04:002008-10-31T14:33:06.748-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQtKDt1W1TI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Gji0Rb5yJWU/s1600-h/SH2-254-615mHa-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263382017216009522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQtKDt1W1TI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Gji0Rb5yJWU/s320/SH2-254-615mHa-small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sharpless SH2-254 is the central large Nebula in the photo. In addition to this are Sharpless objects SH2-256, SH2-257, Sh2-255 and SH2-258 located above SH2-254. SH2-259 is located on the far left of the picture as the small hazy patch of light. For additional reading on the Sharpless objects refer to Dean Salmon's <a href="http://www.ccdimages.com/sharpless.aspx">site</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: October 20 through October 31, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 615 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3606628806415123460?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-36772318947666591582008-10-31T10:45:00.001-04:002008-10-31T11:12:02.505-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQsaakz3nRI/AAAAAAAAAQY/PcbC8IAwazY/s1600-h/SH2-199-pt2-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263329633372708114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQsaakz3nRI/AAAAAAAAAQY/PcbC8IAwazY/s320/SH2-199-pt2-small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The Soul Nebula or SH2-199 – The photo is of the lower portion of this Nebula.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: October 14 through October 31, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 600 Minutes<br />Ha = 300 Minutes<br />O3 = 645 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3677231894766659158?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-33838081985106910172008-10-30T11:54:00.002-04:002008-10-30T12:10:13.057-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQnY-ZeZ7TI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/_naef6KOiFY/s1600-h/SH2-155-480m-Ha-qbspline-psr-scaled-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262976206061038898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SQnY-ZeZ7TI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/_naef6KOiFY/s320/SH2-155-480m-Ha-qbspline-psr-scaled-small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Nebula">Cave Nebula</a>, Sh2-155 or Caldwell 9, is a dim and very diffuse bright nebula within a larger nebula complex containing emmison, reflection, and dark nebulosity located in the Constellation Cepheus. The picture above only contains the emmision part of this nebula.<br /><br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: October 14 through October 20, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 480 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3383808198510691017?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-9886052276665386872008-10-10T10:15:00.000-04:002008-10-10T10:20:16.046-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO9jrS5WPMI/AAAAAAAAAP4/KuZ1iwVstcE/s1600-h/IC1805-small-final2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255528885622553794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO9jrS5WPMI/AAAAAAAAAP4/KuZ1iwVstcE/s320/IC1805-small-final2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 6 through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 510 Minutes<br />Ha = 405 Minutes<br />O3 = 360 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-988605227666538687?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-49403108349022491602008-10-10T10:02:00.001-04:002008-10-12T18:20:35.601-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO9gqw5INdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/XhyvW88JDaU/s1600-h/Helix-FINA-ver2-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255525577959945682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO9gqw5INdI/AAAAAAAAAPw/XhyvW88JDaU/s320/Helix-FINA-ver2-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: July 14through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />RGB = 250 Minutes<br />Ha = 225 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4940310834902249160?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-12959060386052204192008-10-08T17:52:00.001-04:002008-10-08T18:21:17.625-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO0s1n0c32I/AAAAAAAAAPo/B7QDpSigHL4/s1600-h/SH2-171-Small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254905639944904546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SO0s1n0c32I/AAAAAAAAAPo/B7QDpSigHL4/s320/SH2-171-Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 28 through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 600 Minutes<br />Ha = 390 Minutes<br />O3 = 420 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-1295906038605220419?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-77967567645816165742008-10-08T12:07:00.001-04:002008-10-13T12:39:10.164-04:00Revised for color balance 10-11-08:<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SPN5Ws-WFWI/AAAAAAAAAQA/DCTxUC5XEdM/s1600-h/M33-LRGB-Ha-O3-Final2-REV1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256678621008237922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SPN5Ws-WFWI/AAAAAAAAAQA/DCTxUC5XEdM/s320/M33-LRGB-Ha-O3-Final2-REV1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SOza2-J-WmI/AAAAAAAAANo/XiM-QeYddAw/s1600-h/M33-LRGB-Ha-O3-Final-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254815503167150690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SOza2-J-WmI/AAAAAAAAANo/XiM-QeYddAw/s320/M33-LRGB-Ha-O3-Final-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon L, R, G, B, O3 &amp; Ha<br />Dates: Semptember 30 through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Luminance = 195 Minutes<br />RGB = 239 Minutes<br />Ha = 30 Minutes<br />O3 = 45 Minutes<br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7796756764581616574?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-54695956151959711102008-10-08T08:59:00.001-04:002008-10-13T15:24:08.921-04:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SPOgOSHMSNI/AAAAAAAAAQI/oJvwJNYVqBw/s1600-h/SH2-227-HaRGB-Small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256721357312116946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SPOgOSHMSNI/AAAAAAAAAQI/oJvwJNYVqBw/s320/SH2-227-HaRGB-Small.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><div><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon R, G, B &amp; Ha<br />Dates: Semptember4 through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 840 Minutes<br />RGB = 180 Minutes</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5469595615195971110?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-18548386311049454302008-10-08T06:48:00.000-04:002008-10-08T06:56:32.874-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SOyQC-56CpI/AAAAAAAAANY/LrZLEuVQIO8/s1600-h/Sh2-117-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254733246154541714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SOyQC-56CpI/AAAAAAAAANY/LrZLEuVQIO8/s320/Sh2-117-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 14 through October 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 720 Minutes<br />Ha = 405 Minutes<br />O3 = 675 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-1854838631104945430?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-84661720265207406192008-09-10T14:22:00.001-04:002008-09-10T14:29:17.310-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SMgQnzNYlYI/AAAAAAAAANQ/sHNQgh70tTw/s1600-h/Rotate+IC1805-900m-3part-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244460042020230530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SMgQnzNYlYI/AAAAAAAAANQ/sHNQgh70tTw/s400/Rotate+IC1805-900m-3part-small.jpg" border="0" /></a>Three-Part Mosaic of the “Heart Nebula”.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 6 through August 30, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 900 Minutes Total<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8466172026520740619?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-66192979234099981152008-09-08T13:31:00.000-04:002008-09-08T13:44:54.628-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SMVho2d3P1I/AAAAAAAAANI/8Zw6Fzb2YQI/s1600-h/NGC281small-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243704695586242386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SMVho2d3P1I/AAAAAAAAANI/8Zw6Fzb2YQI/s320/NGC281small-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a> Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 30 through September 8, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 450 Minutes<br />Ha = 190 Minutes<br />O3 = 345 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6619297923409998115?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-75083909314028515242008-09-02T12:38:00.001-04:002008-09-03T07:50:42.810-04:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SL1sQ5fLdWI/AAAAAAAAANA/2OR_M8WGhbs/s1600-h/Sh2-117-780m-pt1-%26-pt2-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241464578894427490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SL1sQ5fLdWI/AAAAAAAAANA/2OR_M8WGhbs/s320/Sh2-117-780m-pt1-%26-pt2-small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Two part Mosaic of the Pelican Nebula.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 14 through August 29, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 780 Minutes Total</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7508390931402851524?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-76215841772757800732008-08-18T12:27:00.001-04:002008-09-03T07:53:49.537-04:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SKmjRPu4G9I/AAAAAAAAAME/ASfDbKIStBE/s1600-h/Sh2-142-small-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235895558471162834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SKmjRPu4G9I/AAAAAAAAAME/ASfDbKIStBE/s320/Sh2-142-small-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>NGC 7380 is the open cluster entwined in the emission nebula SH2-142. The very dim nebula in the lower left portion of the photo is cataloged as SH2-143.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon S2, Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 12 through August 10, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 480 Minutes<br />Ha = 420 Minutes<br />O3 = 555 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7621584177275780073?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-4974241263592575842008-08-12T15:26:00.001-04:002008-09-03T07:54:36.820-04:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SKHkDjj_RzI/AAAAAAAAAL8/IC62PzTZj6A/s1600-h/NGC6960-465m-HA-270m-o3-Final-Small-Frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233714991718156082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SKHkDjj_RzI/AAAAAAAAAL8/IC62PzTZj6A/s320/NGC6960-465m-HA-270m-o3-Final-Small-Frame.jpg" border="0" /></a>NGC6960 is a small part of the Veil Nebula, also known as the Witch's Broom Nebula, is a large, relatively faint <a title="Supernova remnant" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_remnant">supernova remnant</a> in the constellation <a title="Cygnus (constellation)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cygnus_%28constellation%29">Cygnus</a>.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: August 6 through August 12, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 465 Minutes<br />O3 = 270 Minutes<br />The Ha channel was assigned to red with the O3 used for both the blue and green.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-497424126359257584?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-36998629349943915162008-07-28T11:04:00.003-04:002008-12-11T03:56:27.221-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI91cBQvOJI/AAAAAAAAALc/ErEAAObPaE0/s1600-h/m27-525m-small-final-frame3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228526816635861138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI91cBQvOJI/AAAAAAAAALc/ErEAAObPaE0/s320/m27-525m-small-final-frame3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Revision#3 - Added a Shadow/Hightlight adjustment layer in PS to tone down the center and add more contrast.<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI4Xx_HEx4I/AAAAAAAAALU/Sse_faw6qB8/s1600-h/m27-525m-small-final-frame2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228142364945860482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI4Xx_HEx4I/AAAAAAAAALU/Sse_faw6qB8/s320/m27-525m-small-final-frame2.jpg" border="0" /></a>The above photo was revised for color balance - <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hopefully</span> to add a a greater blue teal contrast.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI3gOxibG5I/AAAAAAAAALM/J4lai5pF1GE/s1600-h/m27-525m-small-final-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228081286867524498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SI3gOxibG5I/AAAAAAAAALM/J4lai5pF1GE/s320/m27-525m-small-final-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Optics: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Takahashi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">FSQ</span>-106<br />Mount: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Astro</span>-Physics <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ap</span>900<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">GTO</span><br />Camera: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">SBIG</span> ST200<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">XM</span><br />Filters <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Astrodon</span> Ha &amp; O3<br />Dates: July 15 through July 28, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 330 Minutes<br />O3 = 195 Minutes<br /><br />The Ha channel was assigned to red with the O3 used for both the blue and green.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3699862934994391516?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-279623422388809152008-07-18T12:50:00.003-04:002008-12-11T03:56:27.433-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIHmqCGSQvI/AAAAAAAAAK8/H4klebqb3h4/s1600-h/IC405-rotate-final-small-frame-revised-1-.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224710652518613746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIHmqCGSQvI/AAAAAAAAAK8/H4klebqb3h4/s320/IC405-rotate-final-small-frame-revised-1-.jpg" border="0" /></a>Revised for color balance - Thanks for the great help John!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIDKGMtrXHI/AAAAAAAAAK0/qEKhtdbLoVU/s1600-h/IC405-rotate-small-frame2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224397775590612082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIDKGMtrXHI/AAAAAAAAAK0/qEKhtdbLoVU/s320/IC405-rotate-small-frame2.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div><div>Technical Details</div><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.</div><div>Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.</div><div>Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.</div><div>Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.</div><div>Dates: February 2008.</div><div>Location: Roswell, Georgia.</div><div>Exposure Details:</div><div>Ha = 6.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).</div><div>S2 = 4.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).</div><div>O3 = 1.75 hours (15-minute individual exposures).</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-27962342238880915?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-42038360934863904192008-07-12T11:13:00.001-04:002008-12-11T03:56:28.530-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SHjKPnhZzKI/AAAAAAAAAKs/9wzEpFXGmqE/s1600-h/Sh2-86-small-frame2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222146137592024226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SHjKPnhZzKI/AAAAAAAAAKs/9wzEpFXGmqE/s320/Sh2-86-small-frame2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sharpless SH2-86 is located in the constellation Vulpecula and contains the open star cluster NGC 6823 in the center of the frame.<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: June 17 through July 12, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 480 Minutes<br />Ha = 300 Minutes<br />O3 = 330 Minutes</div><div></div><div>Total exposure 18.5 hrs.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4203836093486390419?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-53517689774376164652008-07-05T13:27:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:28.672-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SG-vVd96ypI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/4PCEr7rXmeM/s1600-h/Markarian-Chain-small-Frame2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219583276502141586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SG-vVd96ypI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/4PCEr7rXmeM/s320/Markarian-Chain-small-Frame2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Markarian's Chain of galaxies is a small portion of the Virgo Cluster. The lower right portion of the picture resembles a human face with Messier galaxies M86 and M87 as the eyes, NGC 4388 as the mouth and NGC 4387 in the middle as the nose.<br /><br /><div>Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Luminance<br />Dates: March 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L = 225 Minutes<br /></div><div></div><div>(From APOD 2001 January 26):<br /><br />Well over a thousand galaxies are known members of <a href="http://www.seds.org/messier/more/virgo.html">the Virgo Cluster</a>, the closest large cluster of galaxies to our own <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991114.html">local group</a>. The galaxy cluster is difficult <a href="http://www.seds.org/messier/more/virgo_gal.html">to see</a> all at once because it covers such a large area <a href="http://people.ne.mediaone.net/mbendaniel/gallery/astro/index.html">on the sky</a>. A close examination of the image will reveal that many of the "stars" are actually surrounded by a telltale fuzz, indicating that they are <a href="http://www.limber.org/cruise.html">Virgo Cluster galaxies</a>. On average, <a href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/xray_sources/virgo/index.html">Virgo Cluster</a> galaxies are measured to be about 48 million light-years away. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5351768977437616465?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-71756913368797444612008-07-03T18:02:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:28.969-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SG1Nq-qtgdI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/31F7po-YRC8/s1600-h/Sh2-131-LRGB-small-Frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218912943964258770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SG1Nq-qtgdI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/31F7po-YRC8/s320/Sh2-131-LRGB-small-Frame.jpg" border="0" /></a>This one is a small part of SH2-131 that includes the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula IC 1396. The nebula is located in the Constellation Cepheus.<br /><div></div><div>Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Dates: June 4 through July 3, 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />S2 = 630 Minutes<br />Ha = 315 Minutes<br />O3 = 765 Minutes</div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7175691336879744461?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-30759017455508419672008-06-27T08:12:00.001-04:002008-12-11T03:56:29.121-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SGTZbXAIFxI/AAAAAAAAAJs/ZBZj-A--J90/s1600-h/sh2-91-moasic.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216533332456118034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SGTZbXAIFxI/AAAAAAAAAJs/ZBZj-A--J90/s320/sh2-91-moasic.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sh2-91 is a very dim nebula located near the southern part of Cygnus.<br /><br />Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = Two part mosaic totaling 330 Minutes</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3075901745550841967?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-80092410206403388582008-06-26T18:45:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:29.412-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SGQcLfFcXNI/AAAAAAAAAJk/8-lFNq5T7RU/s1600-h/Sh2-131-315m-Ha-Frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5216325252050345170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SGQcLfFcXNI/AAAAAAAAAJk/8-lFNq5T7RU/s320/Sh2-131-315m-Ha-Frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon Ha<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 315 Minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8009241020640338858?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-82587506931532312562008-06-10T19:34:00.006-04:002008-12-11T03:56:29.831-05:00Revised Processing 8-22-08.<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SK7m-61H_xI/AAAAAAAAAMU/6VKgfgEJeN0/s1600-h/Copy+of+SH2-115-HaRGB-final-frame-2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237377385296822034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SK7m-61H_xI/AAAAAAAAAMU/6VKgfgEJeN0/s320/Copy+of+SH2-115-HaRGB-final-frame-2.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><p>Revised Processing 7-6-08.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SHEc7h6t4MI/AAAAAAAAAKE/6jsdSg4Khds/s1600-h/SH2-115-HaRGB-small-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5219985252141621442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SHEc7h6t4MI/AAAAAAAAAKE/6jsdSg4Khds/s320/SH2-115-HaRGB-small-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SE8PskeM1eI/AAAAAAAAAI8/2eyonV0KbDM/s1600-h/SH2-115-HaRGB-flat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210400552269960674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SE8PskeM1eI/AAAAAAAAAI8/2eyonV0KbDM/s320/SH2-115-HaRGB-flat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Sh2-116 is the small round HII region near the right and SH2-115 is the larger nebula in the photo - both are located in the Constellation Cygnus.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM<br />Filters Astrodon HaRGB<br />Dates: June 4 through June 8 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village and Roswell, Georgia<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />Ha = 375 Minutes<br />R = 60 Minutes<br />B = 60 Minutes<br />G = 60 Minutes</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8258750693153231256?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-71771635082838750542008-06-09T18:52:00.006-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.003-05:00Revised Processing 8-22-08.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SK78F_8tQWI/AAAAAAAAAMc/5sklo_aoX70/s1600-h/Sh2-33-color-small-final-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237400596674068834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SK78F_8tQWI/AAAAAAAAAMc/5sklo_aoX70/s320/Sh2-33-color-small-final-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SFFQyMd6wgI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Z6j-L5DK5ic/s1600-h/Sh2-33-LRGB-3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211035067114766850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SFFQyMd6wgI/AAAAAAAAAJE/Z6j-L5DK5ic/s320/Sh2-33-LRGB-3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SE20POTMieI/AAAAAAAAAI0/c0c2rIdtbBo/s1600-h/Sh2-33-LRGB.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210018517567179234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SE20POTMieI/AAAAAAAAAI0/c0c2rIdtbBo/s320/Sh2-33-LRGB.jpg" border="0" /></a>This was a challenge object for me – both to get any data and to adequately process. I’ve attempted this one a few times from downtown Roswell with no luck – to many lights and a lot of skyglow. It wasn’t until I tried from a great dark site in Georgia that I was able to get any data for this object.<br /><br />Sharpless Sh2-33 is very dim reflection nebula located in the constellation Serpens – the raw 10 minute ccd images show a very small dusting of the nebula above the background. The nebula cast a light reddish hue to the surrounding stars. In addition to the main image I processed this to bring out the faint wispy glow of the extended object in the bottom lower corner of the picture.<br /><br />Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106<br />Mount: Astro-Physics Ap900GTO<br />Camera: SBIG ST200XM<br />Filters Astrodon LRGB<br />Dates: June 6 &amp; 7 2008<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village<br /><br />Exposure Details<br />L – 90 Minutes<br />R = 90 Minutes<br />B = 70 Minutes<br />G = 60 Minutes<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7177163508283875054?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-76845056155023054322008-06-04T08:23:00.001-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.215-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SEaJbKCo7II/AAAAAAAAAIs/T56CIc3IIqc/s1600-h/SH2-112.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208001118745455746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SEaJbKCo7II/AAAAAAAAAIs/T56CIc3IIqc/s320/SH2-112.jpg" border="0" /></a>Sharpless SH2-112<br /><br />Technical Details<br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.<br />Dates: May 20, 2008 through June 4, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details:<br />S2 = 345 minutes (mapped to red)<br />Ha = 300 minutes (mapped to green)<br />O3 = 435 minutes (mapped to blue)<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7684505615502305432?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-58247827158152904522008-05-26T16:19:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.361-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SDsbXoBHifI/AAAAAAAAAIk/PGRUqt2jEdQ/s1600-h/ngc7000.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204783887049787890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SDsbXoBHifI/AAAAAAAAAIk/PGRUqt2jEdQ/s320/ngc7000.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16832">Anacortes Telescope &amp; Wild Bird Photo Gallery</a><br />Picture of the Day 6-5-08<br /><br />NGC7000 Narrowband “The Great Rift”<br />Technical Details<br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.<br />Dates: May 12, 2008 through May 26, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details:<br />S2 = 435 minutes (mapped to red)<br />Ha = 165 minutes (mapped to green)<br />O3 = 360 minutes (mapped to blue)<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5824782715815290452?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-24443497407911029402008-05-26T12:19:00.001-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.543-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SDrjJYBHieI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Ug3i8gFiWoo/s1600-h/SH2-112-300min-reduced.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204722069585496546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SDrjJYBHieI/AAAAAAAAAIc/Ug3i8gFiWoo/s320/SH2-112-300min-reduced.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sharpless SH2-112 located in Cygnus.<br /><br />Technical Details Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filters: Astrodon 5nm Ha.<br />Dates: May 20, 2008 through May 26, 2008<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details: Ha = 300 minutes<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2444349740791102940?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-77542462057308894542008-05-07T17:17:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.715-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SCIcs_yPnLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/7fxOFsyBwuE/s1600-h/M16-825min-Flat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197748479300967602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SCIcs_yPnLI/AAAAAAAAAIM/7fxOFsyBwuE/s320/M16-825min-Flat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>ATWB Picture of the Day May 10, 2008</div><div><a href="http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16636">http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16636</a></div><div></div><div></div><div>M16 “Eagle Nebula” in Narrowband Color.<br />A work in progress </div><div><br />Technical Details:</div><div><br />Optics:Takahashi FSQ-106N.</div><div></div><div>Mount:Astro-Physics AP900GTO.</div><div><br />Camera:SBIG ST2000XM.</div><div><br />Filters:Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.</div><div><br />Dates:April 18, 2008 through May 6, 2008.</div><div><br />Location:Roswell, Georgia.</div><div><br />Exposure Details:<br />S2 = 300 minutes (mapped to red)<br />Ha = 285 minutes (mapped to green)<br />O3 = 240 minutes (mapped to blue)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7754246205730889454?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-73493645884576362922008-03-12T07:55:00.004-04:002008-12-11T03:56:30.904-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9fExFmAtmI/AAAAAAAAAHo/Pz0ndlaar1g/s1600-h/IC2177-narrowband-small.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176822644279916130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9fExFmAtmI/AAAAAAAAAHo/Pz0ndlaar1g/s320/IC2177-narrowband-small.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>ATWB Photo of the Day 4/20/08.</div><div></div><div><a href="http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16441">http://www.buytelescopes.com/gallery/view_photo.asp?pid=16441</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7349364588457636292?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-56412981349032775452008-03-12T07:43:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:31.082-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9fCVVmAtlI/AAAAAAAAAHg/JHRSFZBEPyA/s1600-h/IC2177-narrowband.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176819968515290706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9fCVVmAtlI/AAAAAAAAAHg/JHRSFZBEPyA/s320/IC2177-narrowband.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>IC2177 “Seagull Nebula” part one in Narrowband Color.</div><br /><div>Technical Details</div><br /><div>Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.</div><br /><div>Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.</div><br /><div>Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.</div><br /><div>Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.</div><br /><div>Dates: February 18, 2008 through March 8, 2008</div><div></div><div>Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia and Roswell, Georgia.</div><br /><div>Exposure Details:</div><div>S2 = 555 minutes (mapped to red)</div><div>Ha = 390 minutes (mapped to green)</div><div>O3 = 345 minutes (mapped to blue) </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5641298134903277545?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-46781836974464536292008-03-11T12:44:00.002-04:002008-12-11T03:56:31.187-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9a2_1mAtiI/AAAAAAAAAHA/hoOmzSwT5Ls/s1600-h/IC-2177-Moasic-Ha-705-min.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176526029543487010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R9a2_1mAtiI/AAAAAAAAAHA/hoOmzSwT5Ls/s320/IC-2177-Moasic-Ha-705-min.jpg" border="0" /></a> Two frame Mosaic of IC2177 “Seagull Nebula”<br /><br />Technical Details<br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filter: Astrodon 5nm Ha.<br />Dates: February 18, 2008 through March 8, 2008<br />Locations: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia and Roswell, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details: Ha = 11.75 hours (15-minute individual exposures).<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4678183697446453629?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-70233678977925112112008-02-24T14:40:00.002-05:002008-12-11T03:56:31.327-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R8HR_J_0gNI/AAAAAAAAAGg/6YtYj8l8PwY/s1600-h/MOON-RGB-6.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170644730143604946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R8HR_J_0gNI/AAAAAAAAAGg/6YtYj8l8PwY/s320/MOON-RGB-6.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>February 2008 Eclipse.<br /><br />Technical Details:<br /><br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filters: Astrodon RGB Filters.<br />Date: February 20, 2008.<br />Location: Deerlick Astronomy Village, Sharon, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details: 3s total exposure (1s through each filter)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7023367897792511211?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-57373668803662784682008-02-16T18:07:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:31.502-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7ds0J_0gLI/AAAAAAAAAFg/uJ-WuaA1uSM/s1600-h/M42-narrowband-color.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5167718740723531954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7ds0J_0gLI/AAAAAAAAAFg/uJ-WuaA1uSM/s320/M42-narrowband-color.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>M42 in narrowband color - 255 min. total exposure.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5737366880366278468?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-4701112424420121002008-02-12T14:50:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:31.631-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7H415_0gKI/AAAAAAAAAEk/_IOvUPZDkUI/s1600-h/m51-final.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166183852555927714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7H415_0gKI/AAAAAAAAAEk/_IOvUPZDkUI/s320/m51-final.jpg" border="0" /></a> 360 total exposure time through LRGB filters.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-470111242442012100?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-66252305979442715132008-02-12T14:07:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:31.836-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7Hufp_0gJI/AAAAAAAAAEc/QHC2peDjo6Y/s1600-h/m101-rgb-final.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166172475187560594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7Hufp_0gJI/AAAAAAAAAEc/QHC2peDjo6Y/s320/m101-rgb-final.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>300 minute total exposure through LRGB filters. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6625230597944271513?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-28179027204925303562008-02-12T11:26:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:32.080-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7HJF5_0gII/AAAAAAAAAEU/-EQIuCRnMIA/s1600-h/ngc2244-color.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5166131350875701378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R7HJF5_0gII/AAAAAAAAAEU/-EQIuCRnMIA/s320/ngc2244-color.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Rosette Nebula in narrowband color. Total exposure time of 440 minutes.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-2817902720492530356?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-46881871332050493272008-02-03T16:52:00.001-05:002008-12-11T03:56:32.905-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R6Y3-XHS42I/AAAAAAAAACw/gd9XIK6XaS8/s1600-h/ic405-narrowband-color.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162875567322882914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R6Y3-XHS42I/AAAAAAAAACw/gd9XIK6XaS8/s320/ic405-narrowband-color.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Technical Details<br />Optics: Takahashi FSQ-106N.<br />Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO.<br />Camera: SBIG ST2000XM.<br />Filters: Astrodon 5nm S2, Ha, O3.<br />Dates: February 1, 2008 through February 1, 2008.<br />Location: Roswell, Georgia.<br />Exposure Details:<br />Ha = 6.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).<br />S2 = 4.5 hours (15-minute individual exposures).<br />O3 = 1.75 hours (15-minute individual exposures).<br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-4688187133205049327?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-35676182825888821512008-01-09T09:43:00.002-05:002008-12-11T03:56:33.844-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIPHxyGlAiI/AAAAAAAAALE/NPDGiNcI1PY/s1600-h/NGC1893-small-frame.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225239650756788770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/SIPHxyGlAiI/AAAAAAAAALE/NPDGiNcI1PY/s320/NGC1893-small-frame.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Revision #3 - Complete rework for color balance - 7-20-08.<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R435FbLVO0I/AAAAAAAAACo/GZpP6hm4EgI/s1600-h/NGC1893-color-layer-mask4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156051019999034178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R435FbLVO0I/AAAAAAAAACo/GZpP6hm4EgI/s320/NGC1893-color-layer-mask4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R4TdvLLVOzI/AAAAAAAAACg/2NF0IN0XZbk/s1600-h/NGC1893-color-layer-mask2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5153487676142598962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R4TdvLLVOzI/AAAAAAAAACg/2NF0IN0XZbk/s320/NGC1893-color-layer-mask2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Alternate processing of NGC1893, each color channel was optimized first and then color combined in Photoshop. Selective color adjustments levels were added to the S2 (red), Ha(green) &amp; O3(blue). Thanks to Neil Fleming for a great tutorial on this color combine method.</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3567618282588882151?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-73841263909056340552008-01-07T10:07:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:33.990-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R4JBBLLVOyI/AAAAAAAAACY/GMkEwgwgGdg/s1600-h/NGC1893-Narrowband.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5152752412101262114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R4JBBLLVOyI/AAAAAAAAACY/GMkEwgwgGdg/s320/NGC1893-Narrowband.jpg" border="0" /></a> Telescope - Tak FSQ-106<br />Camera – SBIG ST2K<br />Images taken over the nights of 1-1-08 to 1-6-08. Exposures were a combination of 10m &amp; 15m subs. Total exposure time of 14.75 hrs (S2-285m, O3-180m, Ha 420m). Images Calibrated/Combined/Aligned in CCDStack with final processing in Photoshop CS3.<br /><br />(The following description was from the APOD site)<br /><br />The image shows the faint emission nebula IC 410 in false-colors. It also shows two denizens of the glowing gas cloud at the right - the "tadpoles" of IC 410. The picture is a <a href="http://hubblesite.org/sci.d.tech/behind_the_pictures/meaning_of_color/eagle.shtml">composite</a> of images taken through narrow band filters intended to <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap040805.html">trace atoms</a> in the nebula. Emission from sulfur atoms is shown in red, hydrogen atoms in green, and oxygen in blue. Partly obscured by foreground dust, the nebula itself surrounds NGC 1893, a young galactic cluster of stars that energizes the glowing gas. Composed of denser, cooler gas and dust, the tadpoles are around 10 light-years long. <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050425.html">Sculpted by</a> wind and radiation from the cluster stars, their tails trail away from the cluster's central region. IC 410 lies some 12,000 light-years away, toward the constellation Auriga.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7384126390905634055?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-38147802693030335282008-01-02T09:07:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.169-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R3ua7rLVOxI/AAAAAAAAACM/f5BUS5QtrxA/s1600-h/M45-color-final2-1-2-08.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150880948821506834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R3ua7rLVOxI/AAAAAAAAACM/f5BUS5QtrxA/s320/M45-color-final2-1-2-08.jpg" border="0" /></a>Scope – Tak FSQ-106<br />Camera - SBIG ST2k<br />(3) Hours of RGB color added to the previous Luminance Data.<br />Combined and stacked in CCD Stack. Final processing in Photoshop CS3.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3814780269303033528?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-75943681305491013832007-12-29T11:40:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.277-05:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R3Z4trLVOwI/AAAAAAAAACE/IUk1EzOeJWk/s1600-h/heart-80.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5149435950024440578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R3Z4trLVOwI/AAAAAAAAACE/IUk1EzOeJWk/s320/heart-80.jpg" border="0" /></a> IC1805 Heart Nebula in narrowband color.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7594368130549101383?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-79622071286905093322007-12-19T08:53:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.504-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R2kiebLVOvI/AAAAAAAAAB8/wO53zN1dQ6k/s1600-h/M45-std-sr_al-Deconvolved-pc.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145681955334208242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R2kiebLVOvI/AAAAAAAAAB8/wO53zN1dQ6k/s320/M45-std-sr_al-Deconvolved-pc.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>210 minute Luminance filter</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-7962207128690509332?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-38487783045167706772007-12-15T18:59:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.609-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R2Rqi7LVOuI/AAAAAAAAAB0/1taYxwjT8uU/s1600-h/MeanM31-mask-sharp.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5144353822597266146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R2Rqi7LVOuI/AAAAAAAAAB0/1taYxwjT8uU/s320/MeanM31-mask-sharp.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />170 minute exposure in 5 min subs. M31 known as the Andromeda galaxy with M32 and M110 in the same field of view.<br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-3848778304516770677?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-52792878650646533322007-12-05T17:30:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.820-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1cm5_J2FDI/AAAAAAAAABs/iTqOsPlmdoY/s1600-h/NGC281RGB.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140620277313836082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1cm5_J2FDI/AAAAAAAAABs/iTqOsPlmdoY/s320/NGC281RGB.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>4.5Hrs RGB added to the earlier HA luminance data. I was trying to maintain star color while highlighting the structure in the nebula.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-5279287865064653332?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-80267261535980401462007-12-03T07:45:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:34.937-05:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1P6pfJ2FCI/AAAAAAAAABk/XA9cFbnZes0/s1600-R/M33-crop.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139727190404240418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1P6pfJ2FCI/AAAAAAAAABk/E3EMCRPZvhs/s320/M33-crop.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>M33 from Roswell, Georgia. 3 hrs of luminace data at 10 minute subs.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8026726153598040146?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-89802807502995507662007-12-03T07:42:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:35.208-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1P56_J2FBI/AAAAAAAAABc/faei1EkYWXU/s1600-R/ngc1499mean.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139726391540323346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R1P56_J2FBI/AAAAAAAAABc/yUk6TU97QKU/s320/ngc1499mean.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>1hr Ha data taken before the clouds rolled in Friday night. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8980280750299550766?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-62920971020473480202007-11-25T20:12:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:35.221-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0odohWjWPI/AAAAAAAAABU/lRDnT2LLxTk/s1600-h/SoulMediumps.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5136950906954406130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0odohWjWPI/AAAAAAAAABU/lRDnT2LLxTk/s320/SoulMediumps.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>240 Minutes of HA data, 10 minute subs. Lots of high clouds during the night interfered with the data. Photo was taken in Roswell, Georgia.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6292097102047348020?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-83709934918620992232007-11-19T20:35:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:36.746-05:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0I57hWjWOI/AAAAAAAAABM/IEUUYKGxdkc/s1600-h/ngc891colorfinal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134730219883813090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0I57hWjWOI/AAAAAAAAABM/IEUUYKGxdkc/s320/ngc891colorfinal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>First attempt with color data. I was able to add an additional 3 hours of combined RGB color to the luminance data taken earlier this month. I believe I had separate gradients in each of the RGB series of data. Images were taken from Roswell, Georgia. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-8370993491862099223?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1215784972526578683.post-66997186641080907742007-11-19T18:16:00.000-05:002008-12-11T03:56:36.880-05:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0IZjxWjWNI/AAAAAAAAABE/283lubmX2Do/s1600-h/IC434-Median2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134694627489831122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_LfrTZIQyMbQ/R0IZjxWjWNI/AAAAAAAAABE/283lubmX2Do/s320/IC434-Median2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>2.5 Hrs of HA data taken from DAV on 11/10/07</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1215784972526578683-6699718664108090774?l=ptank.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Tankersleyhttps://profiles.google.com/117058252828330788762noreply@blogger.com0