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Paul Owen - Leo Triplet
Edge HD 8” SCT w/ Hyperstar. ASI294MC-Pro Camera. 39 x 120sec.
Paul Owen - M82 - Cigar Galaxy
Edge HD 8” SCT at f/7. ASI294MC-Pro Camera. 18 x 120sec.
Paul Own - M57 - Ring Nebula
Edge HD 8” SCT at f/7. ASI294MC-Pro Camera. 61 x 120sec.
James Cleland - M42 - Orion Nebula
Stacked image with about 30 minutes of data taken in 2017
James Cleland - Crescent Moon
Crescent moon setting over the Centre Maillet in Edmundston
James Cleland - Jupiter
Jupiter with its four Galilean moons.
Emile Cormier - M51 - Whirpool Galaxy
Was chosen as the Sky News Magazine's online Photo of the Week, on May 24, 2019.
Emile Cormier - M51 Sketch
Sketch of M51 made in 2016. Spirals perceived with "averted imagination" seem to line-up well with their counterparts in the previous photo.
Emile Cormier - M104 Sketch
Sombrero Galaxy. Sketched in graphite on white paper, colors reversed during scanning.
Emile’s astrophotography portfolio is available on his website.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the July issue of this blog is June 29th.
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François Thériault - M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Taken with ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro & Meade 127ED. 57min lum 1x1, 90min RGB 4x4
François Thériault - NGC4631 Whale Galaxy
Taken with C11 @ f/6.3 and ASI1600MM-Pro. 44min lum 1x1, 66min RGB 1x1
François Thériault - M42 Great Orion Nebula
Taken with ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro & Astrotech AT72ED. 44min lum 1x1, 66min RGB 1x1
Sophie Melanson - Lunar Corona
Moncton, NB April 9, 2019
Sophie Melanson - Solar Corona
Moncton NB January 21, 2016
Sophie Melanson - Northern Lights & Meteor
Grand Barachois, NB, May 6, 2018. Two consecutive photos merged to show the full meteor trail.
Emile Cormier - Sketch of M13 - The Hercules Cluster
Graphite on white paper with colors reversed during scan. Recently received Honorable Mention in RASC's Imagining the Skies contest.
Richard Haché - Markarian's Chain
Single exposure. Markarian's Chain is a stretch of galaxies that forms part of the Virgo Cluster.
François’ complete astrophotography gallery is available on his Astrobin page.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the June issue of this blog is May 30th.
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[Featured image above by James Cleland – see panoramic version below]
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James Cleland - Northern Lights
Northern lights panorama taken near Riviere Verte, NB in November 2017
James Cleland - Milky Way
Milky Way panorama taken in New Mexico
James Cleland - The Moon
Richard Haché - M67
M67, the King Cobra cluster in constellation Cancer
Richard Haché - NGC2903
Spiral galaxy NGC2903 in constellation Leo
Richard Haché - Leo Triplet
Galaxies M65, M66, and NGC3628 in constellation Leo
François Thérault - 12-panel mosaic of the Moon
Taken around 3/4 moon phase with a Canon 40d and C11. Best 12 shots out of 167 assembled in Photoshop.
James Stewart - Nightscape
Nightscape taken from front porch, featuring Orion and Taurus
James Stewart - Nightscape
Nightscape taken from front porch
Paul Owen - The Sun in H-alpha
Prominences are visible along the periphery of the Sun
Paul Owen - M81 & M82
Bode's Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy in constellation Ursa Major
Roger Pitre - Aurora
35mm ASA 800 using a 50mm lens. 15 second exposure. Circa March 2002.
Emile Cormier - M44 Sketch
Beehive Cluster in Cancer. Graphite on white paper, reversed during scan.
Emile Cormier - M45 Sketch
Pleiades Cluster in Taurus. Graphite on white paper, reversed during scan.
Emile Cormier - Markarian's Chain
Markarian's Chain in Virgo. Graphite on white paper, reversed during scan.
François’ complete astrophotography gallery is available on his Astrobin page.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the May issue of this blog is April 29th.
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Stephen Townsend - M1 - Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula in Constellation Taurus. Narrowband SII/Ha/OIII image.
Stephen Townsend - IC434 - Horsehead Nebula
Horsehead Nebula in constellation Orion. Narrowband Ha/OIII/SII palette.
Richard Haché - M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
Roger Pitre - M45 - Pleiades Cluster
20 minute total exposure through a Televue Genesis SDF, with a Canon 50D
Roger Pitre - Aurora
30 second exposure with a Canon 50D and a 28mm lens. March 2013.
Roger Pitre - IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula
Shot through HA, OIII, SII filters, using an SBIG CCD camera and a 70mm telescope at f/4.8.
François Thériault - M42
The Great Orion Nebula
François Thériault - IC443
Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini
François Thériault - M101
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
James Cleland - Moon Ring
James Cleland - Moon Ring
James Cleland - Nightscape
Nightscape featuring the constellations Canis Major, Orion, and Taurus
Emile Cormier - Melotte 20 - Alpha Persei Cluster
Single 4-minute exposure through 80mm f/6 refractor
Emile Cormier - M97 - Owl Nebula
Graphite sketch of the Owl Nebula in Ursa Major. Scanned in reverse color.
Emile Cormier - Leo Triplet
Graphite sketch of M65, M66, and NGC 3628 galaxies in constellation Leo. Scanned in reverse color.
François’ complete astrophotography gallery is available on his Astrobin page.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the April issue of this blog is March 30th.
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James Cleland - Nightscape featuring the Moon
James Cleland - Sun Dog
A sun dog is an optical phenomenon caused by the refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in the atmosphere.
James Cleland - Nightscape featuring the Moon
Roger Pitre - M42 - Great Orion Nebula
Mix of 3-second to 5-minute exposures, through the same 70mm telescope, using LRGB filters.
Roger Pitre - Orion Molecular Cloud
Canon 50D, through a lens, at 200mm f/4. 15X4 min exposures.
Roger Pitre - M35 & NGC2158
36 min exposure, calibrated with darks/flat. Taken with a Canon Rebel Xsi through an Intes-Micro MN65 Maksutov Newtonian.
François Thériault - IC444 Jellyfish Nebula in Gemini
13xHa, 12xOIII, 12xSII @ 300". Full res and tech details at https://www.astrobin.com/384448/
François Thériault - NGC2244 Rosette Nebula in Monoceros
14xHa, 12xOIII, 12xSII @ 300". Full res and tech details at https://www.astrobin.com/385179/
François Thériault - NGC2244 Horsehead and Flame Nebulas in Orion, from February 2016
François has a story behind this image. See story below the photo gallery.
Emile Cormier - M1 Crab Nebula
Sketch on white paper with black graphite. Inverted color scan.
Emile Cormier - M37 Open Cluster in Auriga
Sketch on white paper with black graphite. Inverted color scan.
Emile Cormier - M81 & M82 Galaxies in Ursa Major
Sketch on white paper with black graphite. Inverted color scan.
Astena Marsh - The Moon
The moon taken through a camera, by a youth member who recently joined RASC.
François has this story to share for his Horsehead nebula photo:
This is a Swedish – Canadian collaboration.
A fellow astronomer in Sweden contacted me wanting to cooperate on an image we both had targeted. I had added some Ha data in my data set that I had taken with a 8 inch newtonian. Göran noted that my Ha data would complement his image nicely by adding contrast and luminance to the one shot colour data set he had captured of the horsehead. He was absolutely right! While I cannot take credit for the processing or the colour image, I am thrilled with the resulting image.
Göran’s data was collected by an ES 127ED apo refractor with a TS 0.79 reducer giving at FL 750mm and a Canon 60Da (10 x 300″ at ISO 1600) His observatory is in Varmland, Sweden. My data was collected by an Antares 200mm Newtonian (FL 1000 mm) and a SBIG ST8300M (Baader Ha filter, 11 x 300″) from my observatory in Moncton.
To this day, I still cooperate with Goran, sharing my imaging data with him for his processing. I am also cooperating with a fellow astronomer in Brazil since December 2018.
Hope you enjoy. The original full size image is found at https://www.astrobin.com/236913/
François’ complete astrophotography gallery is available on his Astrobin page.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the March issue of this blog is February 27th.
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This is our first Photos of the Month blog post. We hope to make this a regular monthly thing, but we’ll need to keep receiving photo submissions from our members to keep this going.
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Paul Owen - Sun in H-alpha
The Sun captured with HA scope then processed negatively and color added.
Paul Owen - The Wall in the North American Nebula.
NGC7000. Stellarvue 105mm refractor, modified Canon T3i, stacked and processed in photoshop.
Paul Owen - Orion, Sirius and Procyon
Taken with Canon T3i, Samyang 14mm f2,8 lens, I sub at 3200 ISO, 28 sec on Bulb.
François Thériault - NGC1499 - California Nebula in Perseus
Narrowband Hubble palette (SHO). Hi-rez and tech info at https://www.astrobin.com/382948/
François Thériault - M45 Pleiades in Taurus
Done in LRGB. Hi-rez and tech info at https://www.astrobin.com/382951/
François Thériault - IC 1795 - Fishhead Nebula
Fishhead Nebula and Melotte 15 in the Heart Nebula - in Cassiopeia. Hi rez and tech info at https://www.astrobin.com/383064/
Emile Cormier - M42
The Great Orion Nebula, taken in 2017
Emile Cormier - Sketch of M42
M42 Orion Nebula. Graphite on white paper. Scanned with colors reversed.
Emile Cormier - Sketch of M35
M35 Shoebuckle Cluster in Gemini. Graphite on white paper. Scanned with colors reversed.
Roger Pitre - Horsehead Nebula
H-alpha filter, 100 min, C8 @ f/6.3, SBIG mono.
Roger Pitre - Rosette Nebula
70mm f/4.8 telescope, SHO, SBIG, 2 hrs.
Roger Pitre - Crab Nebula
72 min, SHO, SBIG ST2000XM, Intes MN65
Jonathan Melanson - Star trails
Star trails at the Moncton High School Observatory. Taken by a student of RASC member James Mosher.
Robert Pelletier - Eloi Lanteigne's Telescope
Mounted on a buggy he fabricated himself with his welding experience / Monté sur un buggy qu'il a fabriqué lui-meme avec son experience dans la soudure
François’ complete astrophotography gallery is available on his Astrobin page.
The deadline for members submitting their photos for the February issue of this blog is January 31st.
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