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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri - our nearest star system. #astronomy

A Close Neighbour Rigel Kentaurus Image exposure: 30 secondsImage size: 39.5 x 26.2 arcminImage date: 2022-07-27one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. Carl Sagan once said: “Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” If humans ever do learn to…

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#Alpha Centauri #amateur astronomy #Astronomy #Centaurus #cosmos #creation #deep sky #Featured #image #Meade LX-90 #nature #photography #science #space #Stars #Universe #world #ZWO ASI 071 Pro

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firstnotifications · 11 months

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Are you Looking Best Telescopes For Viewing Planets And Galaxies

Are you interested in viewing planets and galaxies and finding the best telescopes to help you view galaxies? We've examined everything from entry-level examples to state-of-the-art instruments, including refractors, reflectors, catadioptric telescopes such as Maksutov-Cassegrains, and indeed a wide range of other types, including the recently acquired Smart Telescope.Here is the list of Best Telescopes For Viewing Planets And Galaxies

1. Sky-Watcher SkyMax 180 Pro Maksutov

2. Celestron Astro Fi 5 Schmidt-Cassegrain Wi-Fi System

3. Orion StarSeeker IV 150mm Mak-Cass Telescope

4. Explore Scientific Carbon Fibre 127mm Triplet Apo Refractor

5. Sky-Watcher Evostar-90 AZ Pronto Telescope Mount

6. Meade Series 6000 115mm Apo Refractor

7. Ishtar 150mm F12 With Moonlite Focuser

8. Celestron Advanced VX 9.25 Schmidt-Cassegrain System

9. Meade LX 200 8-Inch Telescope

10. Celestron CPC Deluxe 1100 EdgeHD Schmidt-Cassegrain

#telescopes #Best telescopes

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leisurelyscientist · 7 years

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Tonight’s Waxing Gibbous Moon - June 2, 2017

Tonight’s Waxing Gibbous Moon – June 2, 2017

Here is a two image composite image of tonight’s (June 2, 2017) waxing gibbous moon, 8.9 days old and 66% illuminated. Tech Specs: Canon 6D, Meade LX-90 12” Telescope, Backyard EOS v3, best 50% of two 1500 frame video captures, spliced together using Microsoft ICE. Location: Weatherly, PA. …Tom

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#2017 #gibbous #june #moon #waxing

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zairru-ceonja · 7 years

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Meade LX Piggy-back Bracket 8"10" Astrophotography Telescope Camera Mount 90 200 http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&toolid=10044&campid=5337506718&customid=&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&item=162364493744

#IFTTT #Telescope

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koalvo-naucfa · 7 years

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MEADE LX90 8" TELESCOPE LX-90 8x50 Viewfinder and Stand http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&toolid=10044&campid=5337506718&customid=&lgeo=1&vectorid=229466&item=322399471134

#IFTTT #Telescope

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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Retina Nebula

✨ A Unique Planetary Nebula in Scorpius. The Retina Nebula. #astronomy

IC 4406 A Unique Planetary Nebula in Lupus Image exposure: 60 minutesImage field of view: 7.98 x 7.98 arcminImage date: 2022-06-22 Planetary nebulae are the signatures which represent the transition of an elderly mid-mass star* into a white dwarf. When the mid-mass star runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core, it swells up into a red giant, then puffs off its outer layers, revealing the high…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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SN 2022hrs

SN 2022hrs - A Supernova in Galaxy NGC 4647

A Supernova in Galaxy NGC 4647 Image exposure: 25 minutesImage field of view: 23.9 x 16 arcminImage date: 2022-05-03 On 16th April, April 2022 a large star blew itself into oblivion. Or to be more accurate, the light from the explosion finally brought us the news of an explosion which occurred 57 million years ago, during the Eocene Era, when the land mass of Earth was covered from pole to…

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cosmicfocus · 1 month

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Look Back

Close Conjunction of Venus & Jupiter Image exposure: not recordedImage Size:33′ x 22′ arc-minutesImage date:2015-07-01 This old-timer seems to forget about a lot of stuff these days and this old image was no exception. I was looking through some of my old posts and stumbled across it in a 2015 post. It was taken with my trusty old Meade LX-90 f/10 telescope on its alt-az mount, (which means it…

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cosmicfocus · 6 months

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Saturn's Ring Rumours

I’ve noticed some recent articles written by other astronomers which have debunked social media posts which sensationally predict that Saturn’s rings will have disappeared by 2025! I haven’t seen any such posts myself -but is it true? Will Saturn’s rings disappear in 2025? The short answer is “yeah… but… no… but…”. The longer answer is that as Saturn continues along its 29.5 year orbital path…

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#amateur astronomy #Astronomy #axial tilt #C45 #Cosmic Focus Observatory #cosmos #Featured #image #Meade LX-90 #nature #photography #Rings #Saturn #science #Skywatcher EQ6-R #Skywatcher esprit 120 #space #Universe #ZWO ASI071

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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Albireo

Albireo, a double star in the constellation of Cygnus. #astronomy

A Double Star in Cygnus Image date: 2022-07-29 In the inky blackness of deep space, in the constellation of Cygnus, lies this gem of a double star, well known to most amateur astronomers as Albireo. It has two main stellar components of contrasting colours and is a popular target for public star-gazing nights. The separation between the pair of stars is an easily splittable 34.6 arc-seconds,…

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#albireo #amateur astronomy #Astronomy #Cosmic Focus Observatory #cosmos #cygnus #deep sky #Featured #image #Meade LX-90 #nature #photography #science #space #Stars #Universe #ZWO ASI 071 Pro

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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NGC 6384

NGC 6384, a Spiral Galaxy in Ophiucus #astronomy

Spiral Galaxy in Ophiucus Image exposure: 56 minutesImage size: 36.3 x 24.7 arcminImage date: 2022-07-24one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. This is a barred spiral galaxy a little more than half the diameter of the Milky Way. It is 80 million light years away, a distance which is equivalent to about 800 Milky Way diameters. NGC 6384 appears about 2.5 arc minutes in size, about one twelfth of…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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M2

Messier 2 is a globular cluster 55,000 light years away. #astronomy

Globular Cluster NGC 7089 in Aquarius Image exposure: 35 minutesImage size: 24 x 20 arcminImage date: 2022-07-29one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. Messier hunts are mostly the domain of visual observers, keen to clock us many of the 110 Messier objects as quickly as possible, sometimes even over the course of one night during a Messier Marathon. Astro-photographers tend to avoid many of the…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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M18

Open cluster Messier 18 and strings of stars in space. #astronomy

Open Cluster in Sagittarius Image exposure: 60 minutesImage size: 38.5 x 24.9 arcminImage date: 2022-07-30one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. About 4,000 light years away, M18 is a classic open star cluster, consisting of a few dozen young bright foreground stars bound together since their “birth” a mere 32 million years ago. When I look at the more distant star fields “surrounding” M18, it…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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NGC 6781

Planetary Nebula NGC 6781. #astronomy

Planetary Nebula in Aquila Image exposure: 67 minutesImage size: 24 x 16 arcminImage date: 2022-07-27one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. Low and intermediate mass stars, from 0.8 of a solar mass up to about 8 solar masses, will end their lives as a planetary nebula. Something like two hundred billion stars exist in the Milky Way galaxy and a large percentage of them fit this category. Yet…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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M28

Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius #astronomy

Globular Cluster NGC 6626, in Sagittarius Image exposure: 60 minutesImage size: 39.1 x 24.6 arcminImage date: 2022-07-30one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. Charles Messier, a French astronomer, was a comet hunter who prepared a list of extended objects in the night sky which did not move and therefore were not to be confused with comets. He discovered this object in 1764 and entered it into…

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cosmicfocus · 2 years

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NGC 3324

The Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Carina. #astronomy

Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Carina Image exposure: 32 minutesImage size: 35.4 x 23.7 arcminImage date: 2022-07-27one arcmin is a sixtieth of a degree. NGC 3324 was one of the first five objects imaged by the Webb Telescope a couple of months ago. Webb zoomed in on a very tiny portion of the nebula and captured it in infrared with incredible detail. I’ve imaged this object once before. I found…

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