<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782</id><updated>2012-02-13T09:08:10.254+01:00</updated><category term='Supernova'/><category term='The Sun'/><category term='Venus'/><category term='All'/><category term='Jupiter'/><category term='Moon'/><category term='Open Clusters'/><category term='Galaxies'/><category term='DeepSky'/><category term='Comets'/><category term='Globular Clusters'/><category term='Nebula'/><category term='Saturn'/><title type='text'>Stars and Planets</title><subtitle type='html'>Knut's Astronomy Blog, Copyright and Photo, Knut Skaar.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>76</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3962623226717607049</id><published>2011-09-24T22:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T15:36:30.030+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Hercules cluster of Galaxies, 450 MLY away</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-erPOrPW_AkM/Tn5OklBLGOI/AAAAAAAADVY/m78G5h4DY-0/s1600/NGC6050Group2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-erPOrPW_AkM/Tn5OklBLGOI/AAAAAAAADVY/m78G5h4DY-0/s400/NGC6050Group2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The image contains about 30 galaxies in Hercules cluster of galaxies. In the middle the NGC 6050/IC 1179 (Arp 272) is a remarkable collision between two spiral galaxies. The galaxy cluster is part of the Great Wall of clusters and superclusters, the largest known structure in the universe. Arp 272 is located some &lt;strong&gt;450 million light-years away from Earth&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;5 subs 900 sec, ISO 1600 with AP1200, C11 at f10, guided with Williams Optics APO 110 mm and NexImage videocamera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3962623226717607049?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3962623226717607049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3962623226717607049' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3962623226717607049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3962623226717607049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/09/image-contains-about-30-galaxies-in.html' title='Hercules cluster of Galaxies, 450 MLY away'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-erPOrPW_AkM/Tn5OklBLGOI/AAAAAAAADVY/m78G5h4DY-0/s72-c/NGC6050Group2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3002041205332254233</id><published>2011-09-24T22:27:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-24T22:57:24.614+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Globular Clusters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Globular Cluster M92</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-feaei-EtrWQ/Tn5MrFA_kfI/AAAAAAAADVQ/9ZtIIsMpkbU/s1600/M92AllsubsWeb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="288" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-feaei-EtrWQ/Tn5MrFA_kfI/AAAAAAAADVQ/9ZtIIsMpkbU/s400/M92AllsubsWeb.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Globular Cluster Messier 92 in Hercules is a beautiful cluser not far from M13.&lt;br /&gt;It is 27 kLY from the Earth and a nice target for astrophoto as well as visual observing. The image is taken with AP 1200 and C11, Canon 40D plus Williams Optics 110 mm Williams Optics and NexImage for guiding. The image is made of 42 subs with 90-120-240 sec at ISO 1600.&amp;nbsp;	&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3002041205332254233?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3002041205332254233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3002041205332254233' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3002041205332254233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3002041205332254233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/09/httppub20.html' title='Globular Cluster M92'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-feaei-EtrWQ/Tn5MrFA_kfI/AAAAAAAADVQ/9ZtIIsMpkbU/s72-c/M92AllsubsWeb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-470252853301698207</id><published>2011-09-17T08:36:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T16:51:21.590+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Supernova in galaxy M51</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1BO2busQRv8/TnROMB3DOlI/AAAAAAAADVI/X-mBbv4U178/s1600/M51_GroupSupernovaWEB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="400" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653229400821545554" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1BO2busQRv8/TnROMB3DOlI/AAAAAAAADVI/X-mBbv4U178/s400/M51_GroupSupernovaWEB.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" width="376" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_TpyDJ8S6M/TnROL4687yI/AAAAAAAADVA/zv-858YN9I8/s1600/M51_2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="313" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653229398421991202" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_TpyDJ8S6M/TnROL4687yI/AAAAAAAADVA/zv-858YN9I8/s400/M51_2009.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Earlier this summer, a Supernova appeared in the M51 galaxy in constallation Ursa Major.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Supernova is show marked with a circle from a image taken 17 of September 2011. As comparison I have added a image I took in 2009 of the same galaxy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;AP1200 with C11 at f10, guided with Williams Optics APO 110 and NexImage videocamera. 5 images of 10 min, ISO 1600, Canon 40D modified.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-470252853301698207?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/470252853301698207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=470252853301698207' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/470252853301698207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/470252853301698207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/09/supernova-in-galaxy-m51.html' title='Supernova in galaxy M51'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1BO2busQRv8/TnROMB3DOlI/AAAAAAAADVI/X-mBbv4U178/s72-c/M51_GroupSupernovaWEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4811040660205255118</id><published>2011-09-17T08:08:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T16:51:38.990+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Supernova in galaxy M101</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vlOveeibROA/TnRHmcsSl0I/AAAAAAAADU0/rXYIqvNBYMs/s1600/M101_2009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653222158119376706" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vlOveeibROA/TnRHmcsSl0I/AAAAAAAADU0/rXYIqvNBYMs/s400/M101_2009.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 314px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o7hDEcjTz88/TnRHmMwJWYI/AAAAAAAADUs/298OsYC69bI/s1600/M101Group1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653222153840580994" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o7hDEcjTz88/TnRHmMwJWYI/AAAAAAAADUs/298OsYC69bI/s400/M101Group1600.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 359px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24. of August this year, Oxford university astronomers discovered a Supernova called SN2011fe, in the Pinnwheel galaxy M101 in Ursa Minor. See the circle marker in the photo taken in 17 Sept 2009. The Supernova has brightened day by day since its discovery, quite astonishing! As comparison I have added the last picture I have taken of the galaxy in April 2009.&lt;br /&gt;AP1200 with C1100 at f10, guided with Williams Optics APO 110 with NexImage videocamera. 11 images of 10 min, ISO 3200, Canon 40D modified.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4811040660205255118?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4811040660205255118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4811040660205255118' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4811040660205255118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4811040660205255118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/09/supernova-in-galaxy-m101.html' title='Supernova in galaxy M101'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vlOveeibROA/TnRHmcsSl0I/AAAAAAAADU0/rXYIqvNBYMs/s72-c/M101_2009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7673591869797205703</id><published>2011-09-17T07:45:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T16:51:51.955+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Supernova'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Fireworks Galaxy NGC6946</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YLIhk4wshg/TnRCGAexkPI/AAAAAAAADUg/-XI6sjZ8CRU/s1600/NGC6946Group1600web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5653216103232540914" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YLIhk4wshg/TnRCGAexkPI/AAAAAAAADUg/-XI6sjZ8CRU/s400/NGC6946Group1600web.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 265px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The NGC6946 galaxy 1o MLY away between Cepheus and Cygnus is a spiral galaxy known to have had more than 10 Supernovas the last 100 years. As comparison, we believe the rate of Supernovas in the Milkyway is about 1-2 Supernovas every 100 year. But the last one was 400 years ago!&lt;br /&gt;Image taken using AstroPhysics 1200 with Celestron C11 at f10, guided with Williams Optics APO 110 and NexImage video camera. 10 images of 10 min, ISO 1600.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7673591869797205703?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7673591869797205703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7673591869797205703' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7673591869797205703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7673591869797205703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/09/fireworks-galaxy-ngc6946.html' title='The Fireworks Galaxy NGC6946'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YLIhk4wshg/TnRCGAexkPI/AAAAAAAADUg/-XI6sjZ8CRU/s72-c/NGC6946Group1600web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3868708788531719882</id><published>2011-05-08T14:02:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-05-08T16:43:17.321+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>NGC4631 - The Whale Galaxy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VJXUwKdsChk/TcaUtxUz35I/AAAAAAAADSw/DaAIrsuWeZM/s1600/WhaleGalaxy02Web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VJXUwKdsChk/TcaUtxUz35I/AAAAAAAADSw/DaAIrsuWeZM/s400/WhaleGalaxy02Web.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5604330300364808082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Whale Galaxy is a edge on galaxy in Canes Venatici constellation.  It is 25 MLY away from us.&lt;div&gt;AP1200 with C11 and Canon 40 D. 20 images at 6 min and 10 min at ISO 1600. Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3868708788531719882?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3868708788531719882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3868708788531719882' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3868708788531719882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3868708788531719882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/05/ngc4631-whale-galaxy.html' title='NGC4631 - The Whale Galaxy'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VJXUwKdsChk/TcaUtxUz35I/AAAAAAAADSw/DaAIrsuWeZM/s72-c/WhaleGalaxy02Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-8956363192561740416</id><published>2011-04-25T07:54:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-04-25T07:55:53.087+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Globular Clusters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M13 in Hercules</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s2qXiZ9zBuE/TbUa46zElwI/AAAAAAAADSU/karluAHvA58/s1600/M13_FinalWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s2qXiZ9zBuE/TbUa46zElwI/AAAAAAAADSU/karluAHvA58/s400/M13_FinalWeb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599411276863543042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CQwtY8op4JA/TbUaQ3v1OvI/AAAAAAAADSM/M-2Qu8XyxRA/s1600/M13_FinalWeb.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;M13, 12x90 sec and 12x120 sec with Williams Optic 110 mm Refractor and Canon 40D, Guided&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-8956363192561740416?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/8956363192561740416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=8956363192561740416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8956363192561740416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8956363192561740416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/04/m13-in-hercules.html' title='M13 in Hercules'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s2qXiZ9zBuE/TbUa46zElwI/AAAAAAAADSU/karluAHvA58/s72-c/M13_FinalWeb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4946747887665613017</id><published>2011-02-27T19:52:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-28T09:04:54.722+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Little Dumbell Nebula - M76</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-txX5BtFhzOg/TWqd6ZHVW5I/AAAAAAAADOc/Ux_mVSfhlqE/s1600/M76DumbellNebula_1024WEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px; height: 259px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578444714951400338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-txX5BtFhzOg/TWqd6ZHVW5I/AAAAAAAADOc/Ux_mVSfhlqE/s400/M76DumbellNebula_1024WEB.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Messier 76 the Little Dumbell Nebula. The Nebula (upper left) is very small in this image. Hopefully I can make a more close up image one day. The large star is Phi Persei.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Willams Optics 110 mm APO refractor on AP1200 and Canon 40D. Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4946747887665613017?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4946747887665613017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4946747887665613017' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4946747887665613017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4946747887665613017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/02/little-dumbell-m76.html' title='The Little Dumbell Nebula - M76'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-txX5BtFhzOg/TWqd6ZHVW5I/AAAAAAAADOc/Ux_mVSfhlqE/s72-c/M76DumbellNebula_1024WEB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-590435290865919818</id><published>2011-02-26T18:58:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-26T19:06:20.131+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M82 The Cigar Galaxy.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7SIWK8I8oQ/TWk_qT4ymsI/AAAAAAAADN4/nClF5sizUUg/s1600/M82.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 269px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578059609600596674" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7SIWK8I8oQ/TWk_qT4ymsI/AAAAAAAADN4/nClF5sizUUg/s400/M82.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;M82 the Cigar Galaxy using C11 on a a1200. 5 frames of 8.5 minutes at ISO1600. Guided with Stellarvue 200 mm f4 and NexImage videocamera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-590435290865919818?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/590435290865919818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=590435290865919818' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/590435290865919818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/590435290865919818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/02/m82-cigar-galaxy.html' title='M82 The Cigar Galaxy.'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H7SIWK8I8oQ/TWk_qT4ymsI/AAAAAAAADN4/nClF5sizUUg/s72-c/M82.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2501708013232807822</id><published>2011-02-26T18:52:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T12:08:15.794+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M27 in constellation Vulpecula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_Fa4oHDRXk/TWk-bw7zYCI/AAAAAAAADNs/4oXpb-BT8kg/s1600/7F0D680E08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578058260188192802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_Fa4oHDRXk/TWk-bw7zYCI/AAAAAAAADNs/4oXpb-BT8kg/s400/7F0D680E08.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M27 with C11 on AP1200 using Canon 40D camera. 5 frames of 8.5 minutes at ISO1600. Guided with Stellarvue 200 mm f4 and NexImage videocamera.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2501708013232807822?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2501708013232807822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2501708013232807822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2501708013232807822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2501708013232807822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2011/02/m27.html' title='M27 in constellation Vulpecula'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e_Fa4oHDRXk/TWk-bw7zYCI/AAAAAAAADNs/4oXpb-BT8kg/s72-c/7F0D680E08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1883289452073889842</id><published>2010-10-17T11:20:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T11:24:21.246+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Elephant Nebula in Ha</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrOGIrxj-I/AAAAAAAADJo/0e5TtBFKIrw/s1600/ElephantNebulaHa_BW_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528958097356328930" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrOGIrxj-I/AAAAAAAADJo/0e5TtBFKIrw/s400/ElephantNebulaHa_BW_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Elephant Nebula, IC1396 in Cepheus. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Williams Optics 110 APO Refractor FR0.8, Canon 40D modified, AP 1200.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;13x10 min exposures, ISO1600&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1883289452073889842?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1883289452073889842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1883289452073889842' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1883289452073889842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1883289452073889842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/10/elephant-nebula-in-ha.html' title='The Elephant Nebula in Ha'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrOGIrxj-I/AAAAAAAADJo/0e5TtBFKIrw/s72-c/ElephantNebulaHa_BW_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2836397740914454748</id><published>2010-10-17T10:21:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-10-17T11:24:54.022+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Flame Nebual and Horsehead Nebula in Orion.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrBS0bVqsI/AAAAAAAADJc/y_um_ldHgPM/s1600/NGC2024_IC434_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528944021605821122" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrBS0bVqsI/AAAAAAAADJc/y_um_ldHgPM/s400/NGC2024_IC434_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The NGC 2024 and IC 434 in Orion, Canon 40D modified, 18x10min exposures, ISO1600. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Williams Optics 110 APO, FR0.8 on AP 1200.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2836397740914454748?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2836397740914454748/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2836397740914454748' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2836397740914454748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2836397740914454748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/10/ngc-2024-and-ic-434-in-orion-canon-40d.html' title='The Flame Nebual and Horsehead Nebula in Orion.'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLrBS0bVqsI/AAAAAAAADJc/y_um_ldHgPM/s72-c/NGC2024_IC434_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7293042563693559320</id><published>2010-10-17T10:01:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T08:00:15.296+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 33 in the Triangulum</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLq7vCQdMSI/AAAAAAAADJQ/X6RLXmC4uk0/s1600/M33_justert1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528937909284843810" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLq7vCQdMSI/AAAAAAAADJQ/X6RLXmC4uk0/s400/M33_justert1024.jpg" style="float: left; height: 266px; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 400px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Messier 33 in Triangulum is a beautiful galaxy 'only' 3 MLY from us.&lt;br /&gt;Williams Optics 110 Refractor with FR0.8. Astro Phystics 1200 mount.&lt;br /&gt;Canon 40D modified, 13x5min and 13x10 exposures ISO 1600.&lt;br /&gt;With a diameter of about 50,000 light years, the Triangulum galaxy is the third largest member of the Local Group, a group of galaxies which also contains the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, and it may be a gravitationally bound companion of the Andromeda Galaxy. Triangulum may be home to 40 billion stars, compared to 400 billion for the Milky Way, and 1000 billion stars for Andromeda.[:)]&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7293042563693559320?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7293042563693559320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7293042563693559320' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7293042563693559320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7293042563693559320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/10/messier-33-called-pinwheel-galaxy-in.html' title='Messier 33 in the Triangulum'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/TLq7vCQdMSI/AAAAAAAADJQ/X6RLXmC4uk0/s72-c/M33_justert1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4872221642970733020</id><published>2010-03-24T19:11:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-30T11:07:56.421+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 49 in Virgo Cluster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S6pW6ow642I/AAAAAAAADEA/7nXxGtip-Qc/s1600/M49_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 310px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452265864260412258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S6pW6ow642I/AAAAAAAADEA/7nXxGtip-Qc/s400/M49_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M49 is a elliptic galaxy in the constellation Virgo and a part of the Virgo cluster of many galaxies. M49 has mag8,5 and is about 60 MLY away. It is estimated to be 160 000 LY across.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;There are at least 6 other galaxies in the image, NGC4464/NGC4465/NGC4467/ NGC4471/IC3417/NGC4470&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron CPC11/focal reducer 0,63/Canon 40D modified. Guided with NexImage and Stellarvue 200mm/f4.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;6x5 min and 10x2 min at ISO 800&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4872221642970733020?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4872221642970733020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4872221642970733020' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4872221642970733020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4872221642970733020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/03/messier-49-in-virgo-cluster.html' title='Messier 49 in Virgo Cluster'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S6pW6ow642I/AAAAAAAADEA/7nXxGtip-Qc/s72-c/M49_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1533729610020834708</id><published>2010-01-13T23:15:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T09:39:06.782+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The M109 Galaxy in Ursa Major</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S05GQnQZDMI/AAAAAAAADAc/MVPRUj6ceSA/s1600-h/M109.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426351852257610946" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S05GQnQZDMI/AAAAAAAADAc/MVPRUj6ceSA/s400/M109.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Galaxy Messier 109, NGC3992 is a fine barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major with Mag10,6 (13200 x fainter than Vega). It is about 46 MLY away from us. The faint galaxy to the left is UGC06969 (Mag15.4 - 132xfainter than M109) and the other one below the M109 is UGC06940(Mag16.7 - 275xfainter than M109). If you look even more carefully there are at least two more faint galaxies in the image.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The image is a result from a frustrating night with guiding problems. CPC 1100, 2240 mm, f 8 (WO 0.8 Reducer/Flattner) and Canon 40D modified. 7x10 min at ISO1600, guided, flats, darks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1533729610020834708?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1533729610020834708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1533729610020834708' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1533729610020834708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1533729610020834708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/01/m109-galaxy-in-ursa-major.html' title='The M109 Galaxy in Ursa Major'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S05GQnQZDMI/AAAAAAAADAc/MVPRUj6ceSA/s72-c/M109.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3245608059315548902</id><published>2010-01-11T10:17:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T09:26:32.649+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Crab Nebula M1 in Taurus with no filters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0rsv-MiBvI/AAAAAAAADAA/p5SDku8Uk80/s1600-h/Group11_Open_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425409010014750450" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0rsv-MiBvI/AAAAAAAADAA/p5SDku8Uk80/s400/Group11_Open_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The nebula was first observed by John Bevis in 1731, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054. About 6500 LY from us and 11 LY across. It is called the Crab Nebula here imaged in a Ha, Oiii and RGB sandwich. CPC11, 2000 mm with f 6,3. About 3 hours exposure time, 190 min, ISO1600 without filter. Camera Canon 40 D modified, guided, darks, flats.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3245608059315548902?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3245608059315548902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3245608059315548902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3245608059315548902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3245608059315548902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/01/crab-nebula-m1-in-taurus.html' title='The Crab Nebula M1 in Taurus with no filters'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0rsv-MiBvI/AAAAAAAADAA/p5SDku8Uk80/s72-c/Group11_Open_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-5254659866542137862</id><published>2010-01-10T19:49:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T10:20:54.247+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Crab Nebula, Messier1 using Ha and Oiii</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0pc-YJYy1I/AAAAAAAAC_0/8VpzDf-HMS4/s1600-h/CrabNebula_M1_01_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425250927824653138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0pc-YJYy1I/AAAAAAAAC_0/8VpzDf-HMS4/s400/CrabNebula_M1_01_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0pRgBOkIpI/AAAAAAAAC_o/buWtLb6p8UQ/s1600-h/CrabNebula_M1_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The nebula was first observed by John Bevis in 1731, and corresponds to a bright supernova recorded by Chinese and Arab astronomers in 1054. About 6500 LY from us and 11 LY across. It is called the Crab Nebula here imaged in a Ha, Oiii and RGB sandwich. CPC11, 2000 mm with f 6,3. About 3 hours exposure time, 130 min Ha, 20 min Oiii, 40 min RGB, ISO1600. Camera Canon 40 D modified, guided, darks, flats.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-5254659866542137862?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/5254659866542137862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=5254659866542137862' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5254659866542137862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5254659866542137862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/01/crab-nebula-messier1.html' title='The Crab Nebula, Messier1 using Ha and Oiii'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0pc-YJYy1I/AAAAAAAAC_0/8VpzDf-HMS4/s72-c/CrabNebula_M1_01_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1235379626869477765</id><published>2010-01-08T11:36:00.017+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T13:20:00.443+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><title type='text'>The Christmas Tree and the Cone Nebula - NGC2264</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0h0RRAuBdI/AAAAAAAAC_E/GUGXhXXoUxQ/s1600-h/ChristmasTree_1024_plusOpen_GradientRemoved.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424713591140779474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0h0RRAuBdI/AAAAAAAAC_E/GUGXhXXoUxQ/s400/ChristmasTree_1024_plusOpen_GradientRemoved.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0hbkbC1WpI/AAAAAAAAC-4/MYwopipqQlM/s1600-h/ChristmasTree_1024_plusOpen.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0cK1culW5I/AAAAAAAAC-s/R8zWkDlV93U/s1600-h/ChristmasTree_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Christmas Tree Nebula (upside down) including the Cone Nebula at the bottom is in constallation Monoceros. The top of the Cone Nebula has a bright star forming the christmas tree top. The bright bluee and red nebula in the middle of tht picture is the Foxfur nebula. About 2600 LY from us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron 80ED refractor, 600mm at f7,5 piggy back on CPC1100, Canon 40D modified with Ha, Oiii filter.ISO 1600, 9x10min Ha, 6x10min Oiii, 6x10min RGB. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Adjusted in MaximDL and Photshop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;No darks and flats. A cold night at minus 22 DegrC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Guided with Stellarvue 200mm, f4 and NexImage videocamera using MaxImDL&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1235379626869477765?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1235379626869477765/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1235379626869477765' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1235379626869477765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1235379626869477765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2010/01/christmas-tree-nebula-ngc2264.html' title='The Christmas Tree and the Cone Nebula - NGC2264'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/S0h0RRAuBdI/AAAAAAAAC_E/GUGXhXXoUxQ/s72-c/ChristmasTree_1024_plusOpen_GradientRemoved.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4571988317792067671</id><published>2009-12-30T13:41:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T11:43:27.464+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Open Clusters'/><title type='text'>The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros in Ha</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SztKlcrABaI/AAAAAAAAC-A/hfrCiuBliag/s1600-h/RosetteNebulaHa_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421008583682688418" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SztKlcrABaI/AAAAAAAAC-A/hfrCiuBliag/s400/RosetteNebulaHa_01.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;The Rosette Nebula with NGC 2244 star cluster in its middle is beautiful. The mass of the nebula is estimated to be around 10,000 &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;solar masses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;The cluster and nebula lie at a distance of some 5,200 LY from Earth and measure roughly 130 LY in diameter. It is my first Ha picture.&lt;/span&gt; Conditions: minus 20 C and moonlight.&lt;br /&gt;Celestron ED80 - 600 mm at f7.5 piggyback on CPC 1100, Canon 40D modified, Astronomic 12nm Ha filter.&lt;br /&gt;16 x 10 min at ISO 1600. Darks and flats, guided with Stellarvue 200mm f4, NexImage video camera and MaxImDL.&lt;br /&gt;I will revisit the nebula on a later occation to get more data with and without filters.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4571988317792067671?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4571988317792067671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4571988317792067671' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4571988317792067671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4571988317792067671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/12/rosette-nebula-in-monoceros.html' title='The Rosette Nebula in Monoceros in Ha'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SztKlcrABaI/AAAAAAAAC-A/hfrCiuBliag/s72-c/RosetteNebulaHa_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7652588304994709258</id><published>2009-10-28T18:50:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T11:44:12.469+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Flame Nebula and The Horsehead Nebula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SuiE0Zld2RI/AAAAAAAAC68/ItGix0wB3WE/s1600-h/HorseHead_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397710189159635218" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SuiE0Zld2RI/AAAAAAAAC68/ItGix0wB3WE/s400/HorseHead_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Flame Nebula (NGC2024) and The Horsehead Nebula (Bernard33) sticking its head out of the red glowing Nebula IC434. In the constellation Orion.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The blue reflection nebula between the Horsehead and Flame nebula is NGC2024.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron 80ED - 600 mm, f7.5 with 0,8 reducer/flattener, Canon 40D modified  - no filters, guided with Stellarvue 200 mm, f4 and NexImage videocamera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;20x5min ISO1600, darks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7652588304994709258?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7652588304994709258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7652588304994709258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7652588304994709258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7652588304994709258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/10/flame-nebula-and-horsehead-nebula.html' title='The Flame Nebula and The Horsehead Nebula'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SuiE0Zld2RI/AAAAAAAAC68/ItGix0wB3WE/s72-c/HorseHead_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1686736556556794463</id><published>2009-10-18T07:15:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-18T07:27:19.092+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>NGC1977  the Running Man in Orion</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StqzledQ-tI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/ZGgnQzmBxyM/s1600-h/NGC1977_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393820960141933266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StqzledQ-tI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/ZGgnQzmBxyM/s400/NGC1977_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NGC1977 is a reflection nebula in the constallation Orion. The nick name 'The Running Man' is a good one.&lt;br /&gt;1500 LY away from us, the light intensive stars in the region reflects all the dust and gas around them.&lt;br /&gt;26x5 min, ISO 1600 with CPC 11, 2800 mm, f10 and Canon 40D modified. Guided with Stellarvue 200 mm, f4 and NexImage. Darks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1686736556556794463?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1686736556556794463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1686736556556794463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1686736556556794463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1686736556556794463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/10/ngc1977-running-man-in-orion.html' title='NGC1977  the Running Man in Orion'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StqzledQ-tI/AAAAAAAAC6Y/ZGgnQzmBxyM/s72-c/NGC1977_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3089479876175426065</id><published>2009-10-17T09:19:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-17T09:53:57.079+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M74 - NGC628 in Pisces</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Stl_5xM_90I/AAAAAAAAC50/UG31ScuKjHQ/s1600-h/M77_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393482659190011714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Stl_5xM_90I/AAAAAAAAC50/UG31ScuKjHQ/s400/M77_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Stl-UuPps1I/AAAAAAAAC5s/0jI78QbclHM/s1600-h/M77_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The spiral galaxy M74/NGC628 in Pisces, about 30 MLY away. A low surface object not quite easy to get. Here is my first try.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron CPC11, focal lenght 2800 mm, f10, Canon 40D modified. Guided with Stellarvue 200 mm, f4 and NexImage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;10 x 10 min, ISO 1600, darks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3089479876175426065?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3089479876175426065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3089479876175426065' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3089479876175426065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3089479876175426065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/10/m77-in-pisces.html' title='M74 - NGC628 in Pisces'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Stl_5xM_90I/AAAAAAAAC50/UG31ScuKjHQ/s72-c/M77_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3204422243632149010</id><published>2009-10-09T18:32:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T17:02:29.116+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Open Clusters'/><title type='text'>IC5134 and NGC7129 in constellation Cepheus.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StAhxTnmEVI/AAAAAAAAC5g/qoTCrB25yHY/s1600-h/IC5134_3_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390845884926136658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StAhxTnmEVI/AAAAAAAAC5g/qoTCrB25yHY/s400/IC5134_3_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StAgd6Qk6oI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/ktgpLNovP7s/s1600-h/IC5134_3_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Ss90MexIjFI/AAAAAAAAC5M/HB2MpPm3dLE/s1600-h/IC5134_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The reflection nebula IC 5134 and associated star cluster NGC 7129. 3000 LY away from us. Unfortunately the moon was up all night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;CPC 1100, 2800 mm, f10, Guided with Stellarvue 200mm, f4 and NexImage video camera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;15x10 min ISO 1600 with Canon 40D (modified).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3204422243632149010?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3204422243632149010/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3204422243632149010' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3204422243632149010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3204422243632149010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/10/ic5134-and-ngc7129-in-constellation.html' title='IC5134 and NGC7129 in constellation Cepheus.'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/StAhxTnmEVI/AAAAAAAAC5g/qoTCrB25yHY/s72-c/IC5134_3_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-8624659403812011643</id><published>2009-09-30T18:06:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T17:01:26.113+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Open Clusters'/><title type='text'>The center of the Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia - The Pacman Nebula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscC8CZ2-dI/AAAAAAAAC14/DrhecRdN5To/s1600-h/NGC281_1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388278709632825810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscC8CZ2-dI/AAAAAAAAC14/DrhecRdN5To/s400/NGC281_1600.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SsOSDLYmHLI/AAAAAAAAC1w/d-Bk9V2hpAs/s1600-h/NGC281_1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The NGC 281 Nebula in Casseopeia - The Pacman Nebula, is quite hard to get. The field of view in my picture does not quite cover the whole nebula. I will have to come back on the target with larger field of view using my refractor later. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Nebual is about 10 kLY from us and IC 1590 in the center is an open cluster of stars. It is believed to be a Nebula with star formation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Telescope Celestron CPC 11, 2800 mm, f10 with Canon 40D modified, guided with Stellarvue 200 mm, f4 and Neximage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;5x10 min ISO 1600.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-8624659403812011643?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/8624659403812011643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=8624659403812011643' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8624659403812011643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8624659403812011643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/center-of-nebula-ngc-281-in-cassiopeia.html' title='The center of the Nebula NGC 281 in Cassiopeia - The Pacman Nebula'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscC8CZ2-dI/AAAAAAAAC14/DrhecRdN5To/s72-c/NGC281_1600.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7720606129600074062</id><published>2009-09-27T04:04:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2010-04-05T11:13:41.225+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>MGC 7331 Group in Pegasus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscDmRA31gI/AAAAAAAAC2A/vBbEcqIX9Vc/s1600-h/NGC7331_1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388279435109062146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscDmRA31gI/AAAAAAAAC2A/vBbEcqIX9Vc/s400/NGC7331_1600.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sr7bJxI7N_I/AAAAAAAAC1Q/5L9YcRF30WQ/s1600-h/NGC7331_1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sr7WW5TDmHI/AAAAAAAAC1I/IxRvgn1U6Dg/s1600-h/NGC7331_1600.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The NGC 7331 group of galaxies in constellation Pegasus. The larger galaxy NGC 7331 is 40-50MLY from us. It is often reffered to as the Milkyway's twin galaxy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Telescope CPC 1100, 2800 mm, f10, Canon 40D modified, Guided with Celestron 80 ED and NexImage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;11x5min, ISO1600.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7720606129600074062?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7720606129600074062/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7720606129600074062' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7720606129600074062'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7720606129600074062'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/mgc-7331-group-in-pegasus.html' title='MGC 7331 Group in Pegasus'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscDmRA31gI/AAAAAAAAC2A/vBbEcqIX9Vc/s72-c/NGC7331_1600.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-5895214348889094804</id><published>2009-09-26T11:59:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:31:05.726+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>NGC7662 - The Blue Snowball in Andromeda</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscLp6FmwnI/AAAAAAAAC3g/QRNiL6BVyX0/s1600-h/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscI340zbjI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/o8cjRDWieow/s1600-h/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 278px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388285235411775026" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscI340zbjI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/o8cjRDWieow/s400/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sr30S2WKTpI/AAAAAAAAC1A/z7gptEa6jJc/s1600-h/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 384px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385729334068268690" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sr30S2WKTpI/AAAAAAAAC1A/z7gptEa6jJc/s400/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Blue Snowball - a planetary nebula - in constellation Andormeda is small, you need a larger telescope to see i good. Here I have used CPC 11oo, Focal length 2800, f10 with Canon 40D modified. 19x2 min ISO 800 and 8x4min ISO1600, guided with Celestron 80ED and NexImage videocamera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-5895214348889094804?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/5895214348889094804/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=5895214348889094804' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5895214348889094804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5895214348889094804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/ngc7662-blue-snowball-in-cassiopeia.html' title='NGC7662 - The Blue Snowball in Andromeda'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscI340zbjI/AAAAAAAAC3Q/o8cjRDWieow/s72-c/BlueSnowBallNGC7662_1024Crop2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-5227134524725243898</id><published>2009-09-22T21:15:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T17:02:58.505+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Open Clusters'/><title type='text'>Messier 52 Open Cluster and The Bubble Neblua, NGC7635</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscECVXXNkI/AAAAAAAAC2I/ZaROrKiRlSI/s1600-h/Group4_crop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388279917313472066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscECVXXNkI/AAAAAAAAC2I/ZaROrKiRlSI/s400/Group4_crop.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SrkxhPJMWYI/AAAAAAAAC04/Za0ZOWy47Kw/s1600-h/Group4_crop.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M52 in the upper center of the image is an open cluster in Cassiopeia with about 200 stars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Bubble Nebula in the middle right of the image has a very distinct 'bubble' emmison nebula.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The image is a crop from in the upper right coner, thus some coma in the picture. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celeston ED80, 600 mm, f7.5, 3x 10 min ISO 800, guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-5227134524725243898?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/5227134524725243898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=5227134524725243898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5227134524725243898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5227134524725243898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/messier-52-open-cluster-and-bubble.html' title='Messier 52 Open Cluster and The Bubble Neblua, NGC7635'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscECVXXNkI/AAAAAAAAC2I/ZaROrKiRlSI/s72-c/Group4_crop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2688937629010110585</id><published>2009-09-16T04:22:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:04:59.845+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Pleiades, Messier 45 or Seven Sisters</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscFplFD4aI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/f_2OoxaqQnE/s1600-h/M45.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388281691058200994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscFplFD4aI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/f_2OoxaqQnE/s400/M45.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SrBa4axbyxI/AAAAAAAAC0w/QC9jRutZyIA/s1600-h/M45.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Pleiades in Taurus.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron 80ED piggyback on CPC11, Canon 40D modified, 9x10 min ISO 1600, darks. Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2688937629010110585?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2688937629010110585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2688937629010110585' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2688937629010110585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2688937629010110585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/pleiades-messier-45-or-seven-sisters.html' title='The Pleiades, Messier 45 or Seven Sisters'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscFplFD4aI/AAAAAAAAC2Q/f_2OoxaqQnE/s72-c/M45.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3851381856835848035</id><published>2009-09-15T08:32:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:06:20.651+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Pelican Nebula, IC5067 and IC 5070</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscF9uILwtI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/xhjrPLmllZQ/s1600-h/PelicanNebula.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 271px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388282037084603090" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscF9uILwtI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/xhjrPLmllZQ/s400/PelicanNebula.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sq9DyRAlciI/AAAAAAAAC0o/8J5jCdUwOKg/s1600-h/PelicanNebula.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Pelican Nebula, IC5067 and IC5070, in the constallation Cygnus. With some imagination you can resemble a pleican in the red nebula. 1800 LY away from us.&lt;br /&gt;Celestron 80ED, 600 mm f7.5, piggyback on CPC11, 6x10 min ISO1600 with Canon 40D modified. Gudied, 20 darks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3851381856835848035?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3851381856835848035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3851381856835848035' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3851381856835848035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3851381856835848035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/peican-nebula-ic5067-and-ic-5070.html' title='The Pelican Nebula, IC5067 and IC 5070'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscF9uILwtI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/xhjrPLmllZQ/s72-c/PelicanNebula.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6339873656576793936</id><published>2009-09-13T10:18:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:27:34.368+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 27 - The Dumbell Nebula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscK14VSDPI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/Tl8fRe11E8Q/s1600-h/M27_crop3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 295px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388287399943081202" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscK14VSDPI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/Tl8fRe11E8Q/s400/M27_crop3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscGPyuJV9I/AAAAAAAAC2g/IJJttlxGx-8/s1600-h/M27_crop1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388282347555215314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscGPyuJV9I/AAAAAAAAC2g/IJJttlxGx-8/s400/M27_crop1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sqy5Td41hgI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/ZfiMcnO4CgE/s1600-h/M27_crop1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M27-Dumbell Nebula in Vulpecula is 1360 LY from us. There is a white dwarf in the central region of the nebula.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Celestron 80ED - 600 mm f7.5, piggyback on CPC11, no filters, guided. 10 x 10 min ISO 800, darks, cropped.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-6339873656576793936?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/6339873656576793936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=6339873656576793936' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6339873656576793936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6339873656576793936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/messier-27-dumbell-nebula.html' title='Messier 27 - The Dumbell Nebula'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscK14VSDPI/AAAAAAAAC3Y/Tl8fRe11E8Q/s72-c/M27_crop3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2199429497172268510</id><published>2009-09-13T10:05:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:08:44.476+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><title type='text'>NGC 1499 - The California Nebula</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscGhv9StWI/AAAAAAAAC2o/WH65eRJWDlw/s1600-h/NGC1499-00X_600c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 266px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388282656051082594" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscGhv9StWI/AAAAAAAAC2o/WH65eRJWDlw/s400/NGC1499-00X_600c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sqy3YQUJRrI/AAAAAAAAC0I/b3088f032_s/s1600-h/NGC1499-00X_600c.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Carlifornia nebula is a beautiful red Nebula in Perseus. 1000 LY from us. Celestron ED80 600mm f7.5, piggyback on CPC11, Canon 40D modified, No filters, Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Only 4x10 min, ISO 1600 before the clouds stopped the session.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2199429497172268510?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2199429497172268510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2199429497172268510' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2199429497172268510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2199429497172268510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/ngc-1499-california-nebula.html' title='NGC 1499 - The California Nebula'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscGhv9StWI/AAAAAAAAC2o/WH65eRJWDlw/s72-c/NGC1499-00X_600c.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1139585076991990164</id><published>2009-09-11T10:05:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:10:25.768+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>NGC6992 - Estern Veil Nebula in Cygnus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscG43fAK3I/AAAAAAAAC2w/jxf05Ufv6l0/s1600-h/NGC6992_1-7_20min_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388283053208513394" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscG43fAK3I/AAAAAAAAC2w/jxf05Ufv6l0/s400/NGC6992_1-7_20min_3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SqtBhB3mWFI/AAAAAAAAC0A/vqjMjIQd9Ok/s1600-h/NGC6992_1-7_20min_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SqtATbKcGHI/AAAAAAAACz4/mAwW6BhynpQ/s1600-h/NGC6992_1-7_20min_3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Estern part of the Veil Nebula. Celestron refractor 80ED, 600 mm f7.5, piggyback on CPC 11, Canon 40D modified, 7x20 min ISO 1600. Darks and flats, guided. I will go back to this target when I have some serious filters!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1139585076991990164?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1139585076991990164/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1139585076991990164' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1139585076991990164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1139585076991990164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/ngc6992-estern-veil-nebula-in-cygnus.html' title='NGC6992 - Estern Veil Nebula in Cygnus'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscG43fAK3I/AAAAAAAAC2w/jxf05Ufv6l0/s72-c/NGC6992_1-7_20min_3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1515413846949835343</id><published>2009-09-10T13:11:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:11:40.782+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Western Veil nebula, NGC6960</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscHN7FqAeI/AAAAAAAAC24/9TRY4OkA8co/s1600-h/NGC6960-00X_600c.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388283414953198050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscHN7FqAeI/AAAAAAAAC24/9TRY4OkA8co/s400/NGC6960-00X_600c.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SqjuhnKGVeI/AAAAAAAACzY/H9MLiubqlz8/s1600-h/NGC6960-00X_600c.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;NGC6960, The Western Veil nebula in Cygnus is beautiful. The large star is 52 Cygnus, mag about 4. The image has been obtained by Celestron 80ED refractor 600mm f7,5 - piggy back on CPC 11, Canon 40D modified DSLR, 14x10 min at ISO 1600 and full moon. 20 darks, no flats. Guided with NexImage and Stellarvue 200mmf4 guide scope. Full frame.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1515413846949835343?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1515413846949835343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1515413846949835343' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1515413846949835343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1515413846949835343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/veil-nebula.html' title='The Western Veil nebula, NGC6960'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscHN7FqAeI/AAAAAAAAC24/9TRY4OkA8co/s72-c/NGC6960-00X_600c.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2732853228854703672</id><published>2009-09-07T10:52:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-03T09:16:18.086+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>North American Nebula, NGC7000</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscIS5P-FGI/AAAAAAAAC3I/KJMIvBMlha0/s1600-h/NGC700_Sigma-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388284599870559330" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscIS5P-FGI/AAAAAAAAC3I/KJMIvBMlha0/s400/NGC700_Sigma-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscHgY7dHrI/AAAAAAAAC3A/Lz6bVLHlM70/s1600-h/NGC700_Sigma.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SqTX13xCBqI/AAAAAAAACyU/6f5k0d6qZDs/s1600-h/NGC700_Sigma.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The North American nebula, Canon 40D modified, Celestron ED80 600mm f7,5, 6x10min ISO800, 20 darks, no flats. Guided. Binned 2x2. Under full Moon - not at all good conditions.&lt;br /&gt;I really need to get some filters to enhance the nebulas. I plan to come back to that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; CLEAR: both"&gt;&lt;a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" border="0" alt="Posted by Picasa" align="middle" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2732853228854703672?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2732853228854703672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2732853228854703672' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2732853228854703672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2732853228854703672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/09/north-american-nebula-ngc7000.html' title='North American Nebula, NGC7000'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SscIS5P-FGI/AAAAAAAAC3I/KJMIvBMlha0/s72-c/NGC700_Sigma-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7197207451795346371</id><published>2009-08-24T21:00:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-06T15:12:55.040+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Andromeda Galaxy M31</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvMWhYiV5UI/AAAAAAAAC7U/cEOpjPmINTg/s1600-h/M31_LayerTest_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400685140925343042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvMWhYiV5UI/AAAAAAAAC7U/cEOpjPmINTg/s400/M31_LayerTest_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SpLxfijmlYI/AAAAAAAACyM/lfi8sp3aa2o/s1600-h/Group1_5_240WEB.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We finally have got some decent dark skies here in Norway. My first image this autumn is Andromeda - M31-M32- M110.&lt;br /&gt;The Andromeda galaxy is our nabour galaxy only 2.5 MLY away. It has trillions of stars and Magitude 4.4, you can see it easy with a binocular under dark skies.&lt;br /&gt;Celestron ED80 piggyback on CPC 1100 - 600 mm f7.5, Canon 40D modified, 30x4 min guided, ISO 800, 20 darks, no flats.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7197207451795346371?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7197207451795346371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7197207451795346371' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7197207451795346371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7197207451795346371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/08/we-finally-have-got-some-decent-dark.html' title='Andromeda Galaxy M31'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvMWhYiV5UI/AAAAAAAAC7U/cEOpjPmINTg/s72-c/M31_LayerTest_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7080045534381112082</id><published>2009-05-12T08:27:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T09:26:20.986+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 58-59-60 and many more Galaxies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgkqlA--KLI/AAAAAAAAChQ/k8g_eDWMH_w/s1600-h/M58_M59_M60Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 270px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334842049004710066" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgkqlA--KLI/AAAAAAAAChQ/k8g_eDWMH_w/s400/M58_M59_M60Web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This image shows 10 galaxies I identified in the constellation Virgo. By a closer look there are even many more there, but you need a magnified view to see them.&lt;br /&gt;From left to right across the picture are:M60 (elliptic galaxy)at 55MLY with its companion NGC4647, lower in the image NGC4667, M59 (elliptic galaxy) 60 MLY, high up NGC4606 and NGC4607, M58 (spiral galaxy) at 68 MLY, lower - The Siamese Twins NGC4568 and NGC4567, finally a little higher up NGC4564. All NGCs are galaxies. In M60 there is a Black Hole with 3.4 billions solar masses.&lt;br /&gt;15 subs each 9 min, ISO800 with Canon 40D using C80ED, guided. Not ideal conditions, no real dark skies here in May.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7080045534381112082?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7080045534381112082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7080045534381112082' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7080045534381112082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7080045534381112082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/messier-58-59-60-and-many-more-galaxies.html' title='Messier 58-59-60 and many more Galaxies'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgkqlA--KLI/AAAAAAAAChQ/k8g_eDWMH_w/s72-c/M58_M59_M60Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2352386525132864241</id><published>2009-05-11T10:07:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:45:36.368+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 97 and 108 in Ursa Major</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SghFy3pdYzI/AAAAAAAAChI/PAwf4XJzB5I/s1600-h/M108_M97web_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334590498853970738" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 316px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SghFy3pdYzI/AAAAAAAAChI/PAwf4XJzB5I/s400/M108_M97web_02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SghASmQ5lcI/AAAAAAAAChA/j552zkVjXTU/s1600-h/M108_M97web_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The planetary nebula M97, also called Owl Nebula is bottom left in the picture. 2.6 kLY away and Mag 9.9. It is believed to be formed 6000 years ago.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The spiral galaxy M108 seen from the edge is about 50 MLY away with Mag 10.7.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The image was made out of 14 subs (5 at 3 min, 9 at 6 min), ISO 1600, light polluted sky, Telescope  C 80ED (600mm, f7.5), Canon 40D, Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2352386525132864241?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2352386525132864241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2352386525132864241' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2352386525132864241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2352386525132864241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/messier-97-and-108-in-ursa-major.html' title='Messier 97 and 108 in Ursa Major'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SghFy3pdYzI/AAAAAAAAChI/PAwf4XJzB5I/s72-c/M108_M97web_02.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7936797541981687634</id><published>2009-05-10T13:15:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:47:08.061+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M96 Galaxy Group in Leo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sgb5pi93NUI/AAAAAAAACgo/09QOvnr3acs/s1600-h/M96Group_Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334225300823160130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sgb5pi93NUI/AAAAAAAACgo/09QOvnr3acs/s400/M96Group_Web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgbGKqbmS7I/AAAAAAAACgg/LrqphYDeFPM/s1600-h/M96Group_Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M96 group, left to right: NGC3373/3389, NGC3371/3384, M105, M95, M96. The are all about 32 MLY away and magnitude about 10-12. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;12 frames through Celestron C80ED (600 mm, f7.5), 6min, ISO 1600, Canon 40D(modified) on a light polluted sky. Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7936797541981687634?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7936797541981687634/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7936797541981687634' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7936797541981687634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7936797541981687634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/m96-group-in-leo.html' title='M96 Galaxy Group in Leo'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sgb5pi93NUI/AAAAAAAACgo/09QOvnr3acs/s72-c/M96Group_Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6340256008752743258</id><published>2009-05-10T03:12:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:50:33.772+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier81, Messier82 and NGC3077</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgY4R2JBVhI/AAAAAAAACgY/L60dNVXo6H0/s1600-h/M81_Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334012687909213714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgY4R2JBVhI/AAAAAAAACgY/L60dNVXo6H0/s400/M81_Web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M81, M82 and NGC3077 in constellation Ursa Major. M81 (bottom right) is 11.8 MLY away with mag 7.8. M82 (top right) is 11.5 MLY away with mag 9.3 and the smaller NGC3077 is 12.8 MLY away with mag 10.6. 14 images each 6 min, ISO1600 with Canon 40D(modified) through Celestron C80ED, 600 mm, f7.5. Guided with Stellarvue 200 mm f4, Neximage videocamera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-6340256008752743258?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/6340256008752743258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=6340256008752743258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6340256008752743258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6340256008752743258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/05/m81-and-m82.html' title='Messier81, Messier82 and NGC3077'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgY4R2JBVhI/AAAAAAAACgY/L60dNVXo6H0/s72-c/M81_Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7440771988991851193</id><published>2009-04-26T15:09:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-07-17T22:15:37.114+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Galaxy NGC4565 in Coma Berenices</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWqHqLyLkI/AAAAAAAACfo/awIno81qmVs/s1600-h/NGC4565Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 286px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333856382249741890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWqHqLyLkI/AAAAAAAACfo/awIno81qmVs/s400/NGC4565Web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfRrPPRBw4I/AAAAAAAACfA/4qBX6JxGmFE/s1600-h/NGC4565Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Galaxy NGC4565 position in the sky is interesting since we see the galaxy on the edge. 53 MLY away from us with Mag 10.4. 13 subs each 6 minutes, ISO1600 through CPC 11 using focal reducer 0,63, Canon 40D(modified), Guided with Celestron80ED with NexImage video camera.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7440771988991851193?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7440771988991851193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7440771988991851193' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7440771988991851193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7440771988991851193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/galaxy-ngc4565-in-coma-berenices.html' title='Galaxy NGC4565 in Coma Berenices'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWqHqLyLkI/AAAAAAAACfo/awIno81qmVs/s72-c/NGC4565Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-174074655438034967</id><published>2009-04-24T11:51:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T08:50:23.680+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 106 in constellation Canes Venatici</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Shj8N4AGn9I/AAAAAAAACiI/hjrN6OEYl2c/s1600-h/M106_1-31Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339294673549041618" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Shj8N4AGn9I/AAAAAAAACiI/hjrN6OEYl2c/s400/M106_1-31Web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWtAOn721I/AAAAAAAACf4/Dkx0W7fS2K0/s1600-h/M106_1-31Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWss6ZwxxI/AAAAAAAACfw/XpNFscfQu_Y/s1600-h/M106_1-31Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfGZ0aXajSI/AAAAAAAACe4/niSxHLjIwM4/s1600-h/M106_1-31Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The spiral galaxy M106 has a beautiful pattern in the core. It is located 23.7 MLY from us in the constellation Canes Venatici and has apparent magnitude of 9.1. The image is produced from 28 subs of 6 min each, ISO 1600, CPC11 with focal reducer 0.63 (1760 mm, f6.3), Canon 40D. NexImage guiding with C80ED.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-174074655438034967?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/174074655438034967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=174074655438034967' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/174074655438034967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/174074655438034967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/messier-106-in-canes-venatici.html' title='Messier 106 in constellation Canes Venatici'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Shj8N4AGn9I/AAAAAAAACiI/hjrN6OEYl2c/s72-c/M106_1-31Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3672120664789705597</id><published>2009-04-22T09:28:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:52:13.460+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Cat's eye galaxy - Messier 94</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfAbmDfjcKI/AAAAAAAACew/RE7jWQOiEs0/s1600-h/M94-05_2web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327788699765928098" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfAbmDfjcKI/AAAAAAAACew/RE7jWQOiEs0/s400/M94-05_2web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfAa7Ks57TI/AAAAAAAACeo/8cs8N09y4Sw/s1600-h/M94-05_2web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Se7VUGepOvI/AAAAAAAACeg/TkVTrfWmtgw/s1600-h/M94-03web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Messier 94 or the cat's eye galaxy in Canes Venatici has beautiful structure in the core. It is 16 frames of 6 minutes each, ISO 1600 through the CPC 11 f10, camera Canon 40D(modified). Messier 94 is at distance 16 MLY and has apparent magnitude 9. Guided with C80ED.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3672120664789705597?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3672120664789705597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3672120664789705597' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3672120664789705597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3672120664789705597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/cats-eye-galaxy-messier-94.html' title='The Cat&apos;s eye galaxy - Messier 94'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SfAbmDfjcKI/AAAAAAAACew/RE7jWQOiEs0/s72-c/M94-05_2web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6387033464055641027</id><published>2009-04-20T16:54:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:51:10.289+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 63 - Sunflower Galaxy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWn_V94u5I/AAAAAAAACfg/W0-rZMbSqi8/s1600-h/M63_2Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333854040360532882" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWn_V94u5I/AAAAAAAACfg/W0-rZMbSqi8/s400/M63_2Web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SezJUZ-3kHI/AAAAAAAACc0/i4nmCdn8gKs/s1600-h/M63_1web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeybAuGhwYI/AAAAAAAACck/bBpCtXj-5d0/s1600-h/M63_1web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici is 37 MLY away from us and has apparent magnitude of 9.3. The photo is 20 exposures of 6 min each, ISO 1600, CPC11-f10, Canon 40D(modified). Guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-6387033464055641027?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/6387033464055641027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=6387033464055641027' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6387033464055641027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6387033464055641027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/messier-63-sunflower-galaxy.html' title='Messier 63 - Sunflower Galaxy'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWn_V94u5I/AAAAAAAACfg/W0-rZMbSqi8/s72-c/M63_2Web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1415921388672974178</id><published>2009-04-19T12:35:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T06:51:49.294+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWvQyltSjI/AAAAAAAACgA/Z7nQd6UWOds/s1600-h/M101-0web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333862036682918450" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWvQyltSjI/AAAAAAAACgA/Z7nQd6UWOds/s400/M101-0web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SesMs5OnUMI/AAAAAAAACcc/rQL7VaQ_xws/s1600-h/M101-0web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A new attempt on the famous The Pinwheel galaxy in constellation Ursa Minor. With the distance of 27 MLY from us, it is one of the larger galaxies (almost 2x the Milky Way). It contains enormous hydrogen starforming clouds. Apparent magnitude 8.3. 13 subframes each 6min, ISO3200 throught CPC 11-f10 and camera Canon 40D(modified). Guided C8oED.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1415921388672974178?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1415921388672974178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1415921388672974178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1415921388672974178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1415921388672974178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/messier101-pinnwheel-galaxy.html' title='Messier101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWvQyltSjI/AAAAAAAACgA/Z7nQd6UWOds/s72-c/M101-0web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-277629284431085818</id><published>2009-04-11T09:47:00.023+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-03T22:32:27.757+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvZ-PiF0uuI/AAAAAAAAC7g/TSkFf2Xh4X0/s1600-h/M51+copy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 315px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401643608391858914" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvZ-PiF0uuI/AAAAAAAAC7g/TSkFf2Xh4X0/s400/M51+copy.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWxi-nA7JI/AAAAAAAACgI/b4314gsYKiY/s1600-h/M51Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeSti_v1rdI/AAAAAAAACcM/mE3icNYI_h4/s1600-h/Copy+of+Group1_4-1a.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeBZaTFbGZI/AAAAAAAACbc/Ve5vNMMtEE0/s1600-h/Copy+of+Group1_4-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Messier 51 also called the Whirlpool Galaxy, is a beautiful galaxy in Canes Venatici constallation in the northern sky. NGC5195 on top in the pictures is the smaller dwarf galaxy interacting with M51. It has apparent magniturde 8,6. Being 37 MLYs away from us, I used about 3 hours of exposure time to get this picture with my slow f10 CPC 11 telescope and Canon EOS 40Da. If you look carefully there are also other more distant galaxies (IC4278 and IC4277 with magnitude about 16) in the picture. I have adjusted and finetuned my telescope and it paid off, so far my best galaxy picture. Guided with C80ED.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-277629284431085818?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/277629284431085818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=277629284431085818' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/277629284431085818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/277629284431085818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/04/messier-51-whirlpool-galaxy.html' title='Messier 51, The Whirlpool Galaxy'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SvZ-PiF0uuI/AAAAAAAAC7g/TSkFf2Xh4X0/s72-c/M51+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-412522786530566923</id><published>2009-03-27T10:19:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T10:01:12.776+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M65 and M66 in the constellation Leo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeSiolLAaDI/AAAAAAAACcE/vrnK9aWM2xw/s1600-h/M65_M66_83-127_3aWeb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324559477515511858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeSiolLAaDI/AAAAAAAACcE/vrnK9aWM2xw/s400/M65_M66_83-127_3aWeb.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sc4vw_wbHgI/AAAAAAAACa8/iAS9SzOOW5k/s1600-h/M65_M66_83-127_3Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScyaYPvPeeI/AAAAAAAACa0/7N5aYBDNlrk/s1600-h/M65_M66_83-127_2Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;2 of the 3 galaxies in Leo triplet. M65 to the right is 35 MLY asway(mag 10.3) and M66 to the left is 22 MLY from our solar system (mag 8.9).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-412522786530566923?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/412522786530566923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=412522786530566923' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/412522786530566923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/412522786530566923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/m65-and-m66-in-constellation-leo.html' title='M65 and M66 in the constellation Leo'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeSiolLAaDI/AAAAAAAACcE/vrnK9aWM2xw/s72-c/M65_M66_83-127_3aWeb.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1089082350312337033</id><published>2009-03-27T10:06:00.011+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T09:18:16.318+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Globular Clusters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 13, a nice globular cluster in Hercules</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ShkCwQ8FufI/AAAAAAAACiQ/l2N_1PO-p8w/s1600-h/M13_web3_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339301861428410866" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ShkCwQ8FufI/AAAAAAAACiQ/l2N_1PO-p8w/s400/M13_web3_1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeSf1lrvF0I/AAAAAAAACb8/FMum68zs1OI/s1600-h/M13_web3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeJjqxG_jfI/AAAAAAAACb0/Lx0QLIDfiwk/s1600-h/M13_web1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeGjXAolH7I/AAAAAAAACbs/1CMdr49RY3c/s1600-h/M13_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScyXtKg-20I/AAAAAAAACas/bju3knw-Wj0/s1600-h/M53-130-153_1Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Messier 13 in the constellation Hercules 25 kLY distant in the Milkyway. Apparent magnitude 5.8.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-1089082350312337033?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/1089082350312337033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=1089082350312337033' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1089082350312337033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/1089082350312337033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/messier-53-nice-globular-cluster.html' title='Messier 13, a nice globular cluster in Hercules'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ShkCwQ8FufI/AAAAAAAACiQ/l2N_1PO-p8w/s72-c/M13_web3_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-5513072439684308104</id><published>2009-03-27T09:43:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-05-09T17:47:23.179+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Blackeye Galaxy, Messier 64</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWzlR7iYjI/AAAAAAAACgQ/533vlGNP2mM/s1600-h/M64_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333866786739872306" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWzlR7iYjI/AAAAAAAACgQ/533vlGNP2mM/s400/M64_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeGiIzuyTMI/AAAAAAAACbk/H_mjJeikHpg/s1600-h/M64_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScyR1RxLIdI/AAAAAAAACak/UR2AjVrFdq4/s1600-h/M64_1Web.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Blackeye Galaxy (M64) is about 24 MLY away and has apparent magnitude of 9,4. Located in the constellation Coma Berenices, it is a particular galaxy appearance and we all understand it's nickname. It really look like and eye! Astronomers have discovered that there is to rotating systems in the galaxy with opposite directions causing collisions and unusual appearance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-5513072439684308104?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/5513072439684308104/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=5513072439684308104' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5513072439684308104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5513072439684308104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/blackeye-galaxy-messier-64.html' title='Blackeye Galaxy, Messier 64'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SgWzlR7iYjI/AAAAAAAACgQ/533vlGNP2mM/s72-c/M64_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4979290672801270011</id><published>2009-03-14T12:14:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T10:05:28.738+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M42 Orion Nebula with Canon EOS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScNava3J7pI/AAAAAAAACaU/3tE6jhQCdzo/s1600-h/M42_-0XXc2web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315191755938328210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScNava3J7pI/AAAAAAAACaU/3tE6jhQCdzo/s400/M42_-0XXc2web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sb6r86LPPJI/AAAAAAAACZ8/Lb4eWF9HdJY/s1600-h/M42_-0XXc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A starforming nebual located below Orions belt. Apparent magnitude 3, visual to the naked eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4979290672801270011?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4979290672801270011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4979290672801270011' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4979290672801270011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4979290672801270011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/03/m42-orion-nebula-with-canon-eos.html' title='M42 Orion Nebula with Canon EOS'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/ScNava3J7pI/AAAAAAAACaU/3tE6jhQCdzo/s72-c/M42_-0XXc2web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-8514969804315772000</id><published>2009-02-28T19:40:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T10:10:56.990+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comets'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamFknTS9kI/AAAAAAAACZc/peVgnjgIvd8/s1600-h/2LulinX.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307920499904542274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamFknTS9kI/AAAAAAAACZc/peVgnjgIvd8/s400/2LulinX.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Comet Lulin again, this time with focus on the Comet and because of its velocity through our solar system, the multiple subpictures stacked here are rubbing out the background stars in the constellation Leo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-8514969804315772000?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/8514969804315772000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=8514969804315772000' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8514969804315772000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8514969804315772000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/comet-lulin-again-this-time-with-focus.html' title=''/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamFknTS9kI/AAAAAAAACZc/peVgnjgIvd8/s72-c/2LulinX.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3622125375481707554</id><published>2009-02-28T19:37:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-09T09:39:33.146+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comets'/><title type='text'>The Comet Lulin, Regulus and a satellite</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamEx5mFlCI/AAAAAAAACZU/2Sa-DtbJ6BA/s1600-h/2Lulin-Satelite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307919628641866786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamEx5mFlCI/AAAAAAAACZU/2Sa-DtbJ6BA/s400/2Lulin-Satelite.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Comet Lulin here passing through Leo contellation with Regulus in the upper part of the picture. Also a satellite is passing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3622125375481707554?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3622125375481707554/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3622125375481707554' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3622125375481707554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3622125375481707554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/comet-lulin-regulus-and-satelite.html' title='The Comet Lulin, Regulus and a satellite'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SamEx5mFlCI/AAAAAAAACZU/2Sa-DtbJ6BA/s72-c/2Lulin-Satelite.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-4844875010687635243</id><published>2009-02-27T11:18:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T10:11:22.813+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comets'/><title type='text'>A close up picture of the comet Lulin Feb 26 - 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sae-SPxy6RI/AAAAAAAACZM/K9o3Bp20QKE/s1600-h/Lulin191_203.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307419906561730834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sae-SPxy6RI/AAAAAAAACZM/K9o3Bp20QKE/s400/Lulin191_203.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The comet Lulin was jointly discovered by Asian astronomers in July of 2007. It is probably the first time the comet visits our solar system and will most likely never come back, or at least not in thousands of years. Lulin was closest to Earth on Feb 24. We will still be able to see the comet through March and may be April. Comets normally consist of dirty snow/ice and dust. Being close to the Sun the experts have calculated a water dissipation of 400 l per second! The comet actually travels opostit direction of the planets and therefore are moving fast against background stars viewed from Earth.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4844875010687635243?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4844875010687635243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4844875010687635243' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4844875010687635243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4844875010687635243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2009/02/comet-lulin-feb-26-2009.html' title='A close up picture of the comet Lulin Feb 26 - 2009'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Sae-SPxy6RI/AAAAAAAACZM/K9o3Bp20QKE/s72-c/Lulin191_203.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-892614300180950699</id><published>2008-12-28T08:26:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T00:13:24.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Crab Nebula.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYSlIhfIkhI/AAAAAAAACX0/dxHboYuASI8/s1600-h/CrabNebulaM1_-04Xc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297540627541037586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYSlIhfIkhI/AAAAAAAACX0/dxHboYuASI8/s400/CrabNebulaM1_-04Xc2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVcqlhIU_mI/AAAAAAAACTY/nJw2JN0q3Vk/s1600-h/CrabNebulaM1.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Crab Nebula in Taurus was first seen in 1024 by the Chineese and Arabs. The supernove explosion 6500 LY away in our Milky Way was visible to the naked eye in daylight for almost a month and in the night sky for almost two years. The remaining nebula is today called Messier 1, NGC 1952 or the Crab Nebula. Camera Nikon D70, CPC11 2000 mm at f6,3, guided.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-892614300180950699?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/892614300180950699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=892614300180950699' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/892614300180950699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/892614300180950699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/crab-nebula.html' title='The Crab Nebula.'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYSlIhfIkhI/AAAAAAAACX0/dxHboYuASI8/s72-c/CrabNebulaM1_-04Xc2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-8664314652638286491</id><published>2008-12-25T11:39:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T11:41:12.778+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon'/><title type='text'>The Moon</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNjF8UPo4I/AAAAAAAACTQ/zcc_rc8YC0s/s1600-h/Moon13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283675741577257858" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNjF8UPo4I/AAAAAAAACTQ/zcc_rc8YC0s/s400/Moon13.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Moon again.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-8664314652638286491?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/8664314652638286491/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=8664314652638286491' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8664314652638286491'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8664314652638286491'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/moon.html' title='The Moon'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNjF8UPo4I/AAAAAAAACTQ/zcc_rc8YC0s/s72-c/Moon13.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-8682669653494284806</id><published>2008-12-25T11:15:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T10:12:18.566+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>The Whirlpool galaxy, M51</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNdmEJMpHI/AAAAAAAACTA/DJJYaYLM9ws/s1600-h/M51.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283669696364455026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNdmEJMpHI/AAAAAAAACTA/DJJYaYLM9ws/s400/M51.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The M51 is 23 MLY from us in Canis Venatici, Mag 9,0. The companion on top is NGC 5195. The spiral structure is believed to be caused by the interacdtion with the companion galaxy NGC5195. If you look closely on the large picture, you will find many more galaxies.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-8682669653494284806?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/8682669653494284806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=8682669653494284806' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8682669653494284806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/8682669653494284806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/whirlpool-galaxy-m51.html' title='The Whirlpool galaxy, M51'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNdmEJMpHI/AAAAAAAACTA/DJJYaYLM9ws/s72-c/M51.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-3975008363773331419</id><published>2008-12-25T11:05:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T10:12:29.160+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Andromeda galaxy M31, M32 and M110</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYQSv-VOvsI/AAAAAAAACXk/vzocmvjrERY/s1600-h/Andromeda_-00Xc2a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297379677089742530" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYQSv-VOvsI/AAAAAAAACXk/vzocmvjrERY/s400/Andromeda_-00Xc2a.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYNaGnldjFI/AAAAAAAACXc/FgtwTSZFtTA/s1600-h/Andromeda_-00Xc2.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYNZ7wDtPxI/AAAAAAAACXU/ZpJe_WHjhbg/s1600-h/Andromeda-02X.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVNbR2kW9KI/AAAAAAAACSc/waU43utLOkY/s1600-h/Andromeda.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Andromeda galaxy is our nabour galaxy only 2.5 MLY away. It has trillions of stars and Magitude 4.4, you can see it easy with a binocular under dark skies. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-3975008363773331419?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/3975008363773331419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=3975008363773331419' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3975008363773331419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/3975008363773331419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/andromeda-galaxy-m31-m32-and-m110.html' title='Andromeda galaxy M31, M32 and M110'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SYQSv-VOvsI/AAAAAAAACXk/vzocmvjrERY/s72-c/Andromeda_-00Xc2a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6668714745569428570</id><published>2008-12-23T14:26:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-29T13:23:48.478+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 33 - NGC 598 in Triangulum.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SumIz1hsnvI/AAAAAAAAC7I/SMyeyVwc96A/s1600-h/M33_1024.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397996052503371506" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SumIz1hsnvI/AAAAAAAAC7I/SMyeyVwc96A/s400/M33_1024.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVDnlpmnvCI/AAAAAAAACSU/oq9kYkCb7gg/s1600-h/M33_-XXXc6.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In Triangulum the M33 galaxy is impressive. 2.8 MLY from us with Mag6,3.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;25x10 min, ISO 1600 with Celestron 80ED refractor, 600 mm, f7,5 with 0.8 reducer/flattener.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Camera Canon 40D modified, guided with Stellarvue 200mm, f4 and NexImage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-6668714745569428570?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/6668714745569428570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=6668714745569428570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6668714745569428570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6668714745569428570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/messier-33-ngc-598-in-triangulum.html' title='Messier 33 - NGC 598 in Triangulum.'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SumIz1hsnvI/AAAAAAAAC7I/SMyeyVwc96A/s72-c/M33_1024.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2271814999589308451</id><published>2008-12-23T14:16:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-03-27T10:12:50.681+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Galaxies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 82 - Cigar galaxy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVDll7OubWI/AAAAAAAACSM/B2z_kv8EQ0U/s1600-h/M82_-08X_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282974802622967138" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVDll7OubWI/AAAAAAAACSM/B2z_kv8EQ0U/s400/M82_-08X_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;M82-NGC3034, the Cigar galaxy, 12 MLY from us in the Ursa Major constellation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2271814999589308451?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2271814999589308451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2271814999589308451' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2271814999589308451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2271814999589308451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/12/m82-ngc3034-cigar-galaxy-12-mly-from-us.html' title='Messier 82 - Cigar galaxy'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVDll7OubWI/AAAAAAAACSM/B2z_kv8EQ0U/s72-c/M82_-08X_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-5854264488065636928</id><published>2008-11-28T21:51:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T18:18:25.341+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Messier 3 - Globular Cluster</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeytHNCZMMI/AAAAAAAACcs/RF3Rz-57Sv0/s1600-h/M3_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326822798542844098" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeytHNCZMMI/AAAAAAAACcs/RF3Rz-57Sv0/s400/M3_web.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Messier M3 Globular cluster in Canes Venatici is 36.9 kLT from us in the Milky Way. It has apperent magnitude 6.2. It has a lot of variable stars.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-5854264488065636928?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/5854264488065636928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=5854264488065636928' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5854264488065636928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/5854264488065636928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/11/pleiades-m45-our-nabourhood.html' title='Messier 3 - Globular Cluster'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SeytHNCZMMI/AAAAAAAACcs/RF3Rz-57Sv0/s72-c/M3_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-7689479279436228949</id><published>2008-11-28T21:41:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2008-11-28T22:24:11.423+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturn'/><title type='text'>Saturn November 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/STBXv4o4Z-I/AAAAAAAACQE/U3ShLYFuQDw/s1600-h/Saturn27nov1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273811643820173282" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/STBXv4o4Z-I/AAAAAAAACQE/U3ShLYFuQDw/s400/Saturn27nov1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saturn November 2008, not my best picutre of Saturn, anyway-now we face the Saturn disk on its edge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-7689479279436228949?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/7689479279436228949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=7689479279436228949' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7689479279436228949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/7689479279436228949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/11/saturn-november-2008.html' title='Saturn November 2008'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/STBXv4o4Z-I/AAAAAAAACQE/U3ShLYFuQDw/s72-c/Saturn27nov1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-552421043848935205</id><published>2008-11-24T23:35:00.009+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-24T19:03:53.743+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DeepSky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nebula'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVdVuT8K7lI/AAAAAAAACTw/VB2JHd8LxMw/s1600-h/M57_05adj.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 265px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5284786941857558098" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVdVuT8K7lI/AAAAAAAACTw/VB2JHd8LxMw/s400/M57_05adj.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Planetary Nebula M57 is estimated to have exploded 20 000 years ago. The white dwarf in the middle (Magnitude 14) is surrounded by a darker space which is hotter than the visual ring. Since it so hot it does not emmit visual light but ultravioliet radiation. 23oo LY away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-552421043848935205?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/552421043848935205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=552421043848935205' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/552421043848935205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/552421043848935205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/11/m57-ring-nebula.html' title='M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SVdVuT8K7lI/AAAAAAAACTw/VB2JHd8LxMw/s72-c/M57_05adj.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2715308219004300894</id><published>2008-08-17T21:19:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-08-17T21:29:19.405+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon'/><title type='text'>The Lunar eclipse 16 August 2008 in Norway</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SKiIRHmCaRI/AAAAAAAABpk/cXPAVWkTC9M/s1600-h/DSC_5000.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235584394495944978" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SKiIRHmCaRI/AAAAAAAABpk/cXPAVWkTC9M/s400/DSC_5000.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2715308219004300894?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2715308219004300894/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2715308219004300894' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2715308219004300894'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2715308219004300894'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/08/lunar-eclipse-16-august-2008-in-norway.html' title='The Lunar eclipse 16 August 2008 in Norway'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SKiIRHmCaRI/AAAAAAAABpk/cXPAVWkTC9M/s72-c/DSC_5000.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-2171391315373734677</id><published>2008-08-01T20:44:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T20:41:52.874+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Sun'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><title type='text'>Solar eclipse seen from Sarpsborg Norway August 1 - 2008</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SJNoUDFobMI/AAAAAAAABmE/LRw99E_2iAY/s1600-h/DSC_4823.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229638285942877378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SJNoUDFobMI/AAAAAAAABmE/LRw99E_2iAY/s400/DSC_4823.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-2171391315373734677?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/2171391315373734677/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=2171391315373734677' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2171391315373734677'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/2171391315373734677'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2008/08/solar-eclipse-seen-from-sarpsborg.html' title='Solar eclipse seen from Sarpsborg Norway August 1 - 2008'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SJNoUDFobMI/AAAAAAAABmE/LRw99E_2iAY/s72-c/DSC_4823.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1823452776301587017</id><published>2008-06-14T06:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T20:41:53.209+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jupiter'/><title type='text'>Saturn occulting the Moon in 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/SFNbju1siFI/AAAAAAAABec/lKQsutLyWrY/s1600-h/DSC_6712.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="CLEAR: both; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RjGrOW7jm4I/AAAAAAAAArI/_4O2zjoc3fg/s400/DSC_8745.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-4132922282887358506?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/4132922282887358506/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=4132922282887358506' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4132922282887358506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/4132922282887358506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2007/04/moon-during-dusk.html' title='The Moon at dusk'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RjGrOW7jm4I/AAAAAAAAArI/_4O2zjoc3fg/s72-c/DSC_8745.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6626321165181128617</id><published>2007-04-20T07:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T20:41:55.396+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moon'/><title type='text'>Moon in the western sky</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RiheA0t4HbI/AAAAAAAAAi8/yYs6iMD3Qmw/s1600-h/DSC_8598.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RiheA0t4HbI/AAAAAAAAAi8/yYs6iMD3Qmw/s400/DSC_8598.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5055393949967457714" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-6626321165181128617?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/6626321165181128617/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=6626321165181128617' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6626321165181128617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/6626321165181128617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2007/04/moon-in-western-sky.html' title='Moon in the western sky'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RiheA0t4HbI/AAAAAAAAAi8/yYs6iMD3Qmw/s72-c/DSC_8598.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-6992421697857113029</id><published>2007-04-19T07:49:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T20:41:55.904+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturn'/><title type='text'>Saturn April 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RkbrJ27jm9I/AAAAAAAAAsw/wGYmF0bTCYw/s1600-h/Saturn24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Rgpc6HcfT7I/AAAAAAAAAik/lXXF2A3w7Vs/s400/DSC_7468.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4760793423654417782-88284821479741383?l=knutsastronomy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/feeds/88284821479741383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4760793423654417782&amp;postID=88284821479741383' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/88284821479741383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4760793423654417782/posts/default/88284821479741383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://knutsastronomy.blogspot.com/2007/03/close-up-of-moon.html' title='Close up of the Moon'/><author><name>Knut Skaar</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10748564622275457143</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://skaarpictures.com/blog/pictures/KnutSkaar.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/Rgpc6HcfT7I/AAAAAAAAAik/lXXF2A3w7Vs/s72-c/DSC_7468.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760793423654417782.post-1040965408223838995</id><published>2007-03-28T13:14:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T20:41:56.766+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saturn'/><title type='text'>A distant view of Saturn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_NO1OTYJHeoA/RgpcNncfT6I/AAAAAAAAAic/TxCBDuQO7JY/s1600-h/DSC_6666.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5046947721418592162" style="FLOAT: left; 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