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Horsehead Nebula- IC434

IC 434

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Horsehead Nebula (IC434) is located in a the constellation of Orion at the end of Orion’s Belt, near the bright star Alnitak. It is 1300 light years from Earth. The ionized cloud of hydrogen is illuminated from the hot young stars within this stellar nursery allow us to see this dark cloud. The Horsehead gets its name from the part of the cloud shaped like a horses head. This image only covers a portion of the entire nebula.

Explore Scientific ES127ED @f7.5,
Paramount MX+
Atik One ccd
(20) x 300 seconds, 7nm Ha filter.
Photoshop CS5, Carboni’s tools for the false color

 

 

 

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Asteroid (111253) 2001 XU10

(111253) 2001 XU10 2017-06-11

Asteroid (111253) 2001 XU10 is an Apollo class asteroid, name for the first asteroid discovered in this class (01862) Apollo.  This class of asteroids are Eartth crossers which means thay can pass very close to Earth which can create the threat of collision.  It was tracked and measured at TDO on June 11,2017.

COD W33
CON Transit Dreams Observatory
OBS D. Wilde
MEA D. Wilde
TEL 127mm F7.5 APO Refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.06.11 11:56:10
NET UCAC-4
B1253 KC2017 06 11.33677 01 10 21.75 +17 48 06.0 16.6 R W33
B1253 KC2017 06 11.34819 01 10 23.50 +17 48 50.8 18.5 R W33
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Asteroid (136108) Haumea

(136108) Haumea 2017-05-16

Asteroid (136108) Haumea was imaged and measured at TDO on May 16,2017.  (136108) Haumea is a dwarf planet, in the plutoid class, discovered in 2004 at Palomar Observatory.  Two small moons were found to be orbiting Haumea in 2005 in images taken at the Keck Observatory. Haumaea is named after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth. 

COD W33
CON Transit Dreams Observatory
OBS D. Wilde
MEA D. Wilde
TEL 127mm F7.5 APO Refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.17 13:50:34
NET UCAC-4
D6108 KC2017 05 17.08046 14 07 07.34 +17 29 52.5 17.0 N W33
D6108 KC2017 05 17.08937 14 07 07.30 +17 29 51.9 16.8 N W33
D6108 KC2017 05 17.09826 14 07 07.26 +17 29 52.6 17.0 N W33
D6108 KC2017 05 17.10716 14 07 07.23 +17 29 52.4 17.0 N W33
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Asteroid (7194) Susanrose

2017-05-16 (3)

Here is an image of one of the asteroids I measured while conducting my asteroid astrometry program on May 15th. The images used to derive the measurements, shown at the lower right in the photo, consisted of 40 images, 30 seconds each with the ccd binned at 3×3 to increase sensitivity. The images were captured in 4 groups of 10 with 8 minutes separating the groups. The groups were stacked in Astrometrica software which also did the measuring. Stacking the image groups was necessary to create enough signal for an accurate measurement. It was measured at magnitude 16.5. It is currently cruising through the constellation of Serpens Caput.

What’s significant about this asteroid is its name. It is named for the President of my club in NY, Sue Rose, for her decades of support to the astronomical community. Sue was surprised with the announcement, and presentation of a beautiful plaque at the 2009 ALCon convention hosted by the Amateur Observers’ Society at Hofstra University.

COD W33
CON Transit Dreams Observatory
OBS D. Wilde
MEA D. Wilde
TEL 127mm F7.5 APO Refractor + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2017.05.16 11:31:28
NET UCAC-4
07194 KC2017 05 16.10882 15 49 00.31 -01 33 07.9 16.4 R W33
07194 KC2017 05 16.11851 15 48 59.78 -01 33 03.0 16.4 R W33
07194 KC2017 05 16.12817 15 48 59.25 -01 32 58.8 16.5 R W33
07194 KC2017 05 16.13787 15 48 58.74 -01 32 54.2 16.8 R W33
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M42- First Light image inside Transit Dreams Observatory

M 42- First Light inside Transit Dreams Observatory

This image of the Great Orion Nebula was captured as a test of the pointing and tracking of the MX+ mount.  It’s a combined total of 15.5 minutes exposure in LRGB.

ES127 F7.5 APO refractor- 952mm f.l.

Atik One 6.0 ccd

Astronomik LRGB filters

(1ea)-2sec to 4 min subs of Luminance, 11 minutes total.

(3) 30 sec each RGB, 4.5 minutes total.