Daily Random Photos - ONE PIX PER DAY (Sony, 2013, lights)

[orogenicman]

Messier 1 - The location corresponds to a supernova observed by astronomers in China and the Middle East in 1054, now known as SN 1054. At the center of the nebula lies a pulsar, a neutron star spinning roughly 30 times per second, yet only ~30km across.

M1 lies approximately 6.5 kly away, though its exact distance is still being determined. It’s approximately 13ly across in its longest dimension.

Image:

8x5min = 40 minutes total exposure at ISO 800

Stacked with DeepSky Stacker. Processed with Adobe Photoshop CS3

Equipment:

Modified Konus 200 mm f5 Newtonian
Baader Coma corrector with Baader UV/Infrared blocking filter
Hutech-modified Canon T1i
Orion Shorty 80 mm auto guide scope with Star shooter auto guider
Losmandy G-11 GEM on Losmandy heavy duty tripod.

Taken from Taylorsville Lake, Kentucky, October 8, 2010

[TroutDude]

Hope I haven't posted this one here before.

[dizzybint]

Love the barrow

St Andrews students

[elnina]

[Lamplight]

I see this van around town occasionally, and I want it. All-wheel drive and right-hand drive!

[Chilkoot]

Something to do when the sunset just doesn't turn out.

[Head coach]

[orogenicman]

A high dynamic range (HDR) image of the inner core region of Messier 42, the great orion nebula, in Orion.

Image taken on February 12, 2012 at the Louisviile Astronomical Society James Baker Observatory, in Curby, Indiana.

[dizzybint]

[szyy]