Conjunction of Venus/Jupiter March 2nd, 2023 Four moons of Jupiter showing. – Brenda GlendenningRichard Weatherston: This is the Orion Nebula. It is a star forming region in Orion about 1,500 light years away. It is found in the middle star or Orion’s sword. I merged a 3 minute photo with a 10 second photo with photoshop in order to stop the central nebula from being over exposed.Leo Triplet – Richard WeatherstonEclipse Photos taken by Richard, Oregon, 2017Michelle, Scott and Gord (Doug was there but late for the pics) enjoying the Black Forest Star Party 2019.Bruno’s – M31 with M110 nearby.M51 – Starfest 2019 was at Mt. Forest and the sky was nice and dark. AlFraser’s new rig for easy viewing.
Bruno’s – M42
Brenda – The Venus Jupiter conjunction on November 24th– taken with a Canon 70d and a 100-400 lens at 100mm, ISO 1250, 1/125 sec, f 4.5.
Jerome’s M42
M1 The Crab Nebula – JeromeM13 – 20 sec exposure video capture – FraserM82 – JeromeM82 -15 sec exposure video capture – FraserM42 – Fraser 20 sec exp. Unprocessed.Orion EOS 115
Comet C2020 by Steve Arnold. Mavic 2 Pro, 1600ISO x 2 seconds x 4 images stacked, tweaked in Affinity Photo
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