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Tag: LX-90

The Dog Star & the Pup

Camera :ZWO ASI071 Exposure:300 x 2 sec., stacked Image date:2022-02-09 Which is the first star to become visible after sunset? … More

amateur astronomy, Astronomy, Canis Major, cosmos, creation, deep sky, Featured, image, LX-90, Meade LX-90, nature, photography, science, Sirius, southern skies, space, Stars, The Pup, Universe, world

Spirograph Nebula

A rare break in the weather enabled me to capture this elegant looking planetary nebula.

amateur astronomy, Astronomy, black hole, cosmos, creation, deep sky, Featured, IC 418, image, LX-90, microlensing, MOA-2011-BLG-191/OGLE-2011-BLG-0462, nature, photography, Planetary Nebula, science, southern skies, space, Spirograph Nebula, Stars, Universe, Webb Telescope, world

The Eskimo Nebula

Planetary Nebulae are pretty darn’ small in the telescope.

amateur astronomy, Astronomy, C39, Caldwell 39, clown face nebula, cosmos, creation, deep sky, Eskimo Nebula, Featured, Gemini, HD 59087, HD 59088, image, LX-90, Meade LX-90, nature, NGC 2392, photography, Planetary Nebula, science, southern skies, space, Stars, Universe, world, ZWO ASI071
2021-10-06 Neptune

Neptune

The eighth and outermost planet

amateur astronomy, Astronomy, cosmos, covid, covid-19, creation, deep sky, Featured, image, LX-90, Meade, nature, Neptune, orbit, photography, planet, science, Skywatcher esprit 120, southern skies, space, Stars, Universe, unvaccinated, vaccination, world

Two Planets

No, that really isn’t the Moon. It’s a planet – Venus. It’s summer here in Sydney and the late sunsets … More

Astronomy, gas giant, LX-90, phase, Planets, Solar System, Uranus, Venus

Moon

Some Lunar images taken from home with my Meade LX-90 ACF 8″ Schmidt-Cassegraine telescope:   All images © R.Powell  

Craters, Lunar, LX-90, Mare, Meade, Moon

The Jewel Box

2015-05-09 Jewel Box 90 sec 2000mm f/10 ISO 6400-1000 (two images stacked). Having converted my Meade LX90 telescope mount from … More

Clusters, Crux, deep sky, Jewel Box, LX-90, NGC 4755

Jupiter

Above: Jupiter: Meade LX-90, Canon 60D, 4xBarlow Jupiter is high in the evening sky at the moment and I took … More

Barlow, Jupiter, LX-90, planet, Solar System

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