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Some Recent Photos from the r.j.s. observatory!

Discussion in 'Astrophotography and Imaging' started by Orion25, Jun 3, 2023.

Some Recent Photos from the r.j.s. observatory!

Started by Orion25 on Jun 3, 2023 at 7:15 PM

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  1. Orion25

    Orion25 Well-Known Member

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    Orion25, Jun 3, 2023
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    Theta Lyrae, a striking carbon red giant in the constellation of Lyra, not too far from the "double-double":
    ASTRONOMY - THETA LYRAE PRIME FOCUS 6-02-23 SM.jpg

    Mars was parked in the middle of the Beehive:
    ASTRONOMY - MARS IN THE BEEHIVE (M44) PRIME FOCUS 6-02-23 B SM.jpg

    Albireo always delights:
    ASTRONOMY - ALBIREO (PRIME FOCUS) 6-02-23 SM.jpg

    Mizar & Alcor in the tail of the Great Bear; you can split Mizar in this image:
    ASTRONOMY - MIZAR & ALCOR (PRIME FOCUS) 6-02-23 SM.jpg

    All images were taken at prime focus using my Nikon D3200 and 127mm Mak.

    Regards,
    Reggie:D
     

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    Orion25, Jun 4, 2023
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    Made a typo there. I should have referred to the red carbon star in Lyra as T Lyrae instead of Theta Lyrae. Theta is an orange star but it is not burning carbon, and it's visible to the naked eye from a dark sky site at mag 4.5.
     
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    Great stuff Reggie, makes me wish I could get out there. I did see a naked eye 'Strawberry Moon', not an actual strawberry in sight though. I did have a strawberry milkshake later, however. :D
     
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    Orion25, Jun 4, 2023
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    :p Strawberry milkshakes are fun!

    Got a good shot of the moon after the thin cloud dissipated. It was all fuzzy there for several hours until finally after 1 a.m. things cleared a bit (it should read June 4 but I used the date the moon officially became full in my time zone at 11:42 EDT June 3):

    ASTRONOMY - MOON - FULL MOON OF JUNE 6-03-23 SM.jpg

    Not a strawberry in sight, but it was looking milky there for awhile :confused:
     
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    Ed D, Jun 6, 2023
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    Beautiful photos, Reggie. Wish I had some strawberries to put in my Cheerios. :)
     
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    Orion25, Jun 6, 2023
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    Thanks, Ed. Strawberries are always nice!
     
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    Orion25, Jun 17, 2023
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    Erratum in the original post: the Mars image was not shot at prime focus but using a zoom lens on my Nikon D3200 at 300x.
     

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