tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-926905953477271012024-03-05T04:19:11.927-05:00NJAA Astro PhotographyNJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-72444418089300669502022-10-31T23:21:00.005-04:002022-10-31T23:28:30.779-04:00Max Pike Has Been Very Busy Lately<p> I must have caught Max off-guard at the observatory the other day as he promised to send me some of his latest deep sky images... He did good with me and here they are for everyone to appreciate:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDufa64TWNHxCLTXxgulN34POpR-NKnOCc5E_uMiOLvA4zG8MJCma9DwB_4y1YweZgs7izo8R26NIUyMDbj1Ud__gNYOQVyIZgrBzfJtC574Ym51YNa0j3w6CMvJr5TiMkljRVtpUAyRW8fhPiD-j1SJ68zHXMCs11rdrpjfnBXVCRc-CaQ7T84fv/s3515/helix%20jpg%20copy%20crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2362" data-original-width="3515" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXDufa64TWNHxCLTXxgulN34POpR-NKnOCc5E_uMiOLvA4zG8MJCma9DwB_4y1YweZgs7izo8R26NIUyMDbj1Ud__gNYOQVyIZgrBzfJtC574Ym51YNa0j3w6CMvJr5TiMkljRVtpUAyRW8fhPiD-j1SJ68zHXMCs11rdrpjfnBXVCRc-CaQ7T84fv/w640-h430/helix%20jpg%20copy%20crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> The Packman Nebula (NGC 7293) in Ha and Oiii light; 5 minute exposures totaling 12 hours Imaged in October 2022<p></p><p>Located in the constellation Aquarius, this object is one of the closest to Earth of all the bright planetary nebulae... approximately 655 ly from Earth and is about 2.5 ly across. (That's roughly half the distance from Earth to out nearest star, Proxima Centauri - Keith)</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T1ZYiecQufghevJ8RY3HKmkHLAaSMayQnGspNqStnGk0ZuCQQvlj0FK935xOARVyKqACd5G3JpWX_6Qyxzqf9KxfmCiXr_qroMZP3-mXa1tQelcfay82s1EKOphNts8cTQyCUF-P7X_xGmnlgm3JSbxehaSIeiIVu27DbOzHSPmWjaAB5y4SAc_G/s7736/NA%20+%20Pelican%20jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6031" data-original-width="7736" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5T1ZYiecQufghevJ8RY3HKmkHLAaSMayQnGspNqStnGk0ZuCQQvlj0FK935xOARVyKqACd5G3JpWX_6Qyxzqf9KxfmCiXr_qroMZP3-mXa1tQelcfay82s1EKOphNts8cTQyCUF-P7X_xGmnlgm3JSbxehaSIeiIVu27DbOzHSPmWjaAB5y4SAc_G/w640-h498/NA%20+%20Pelican%20jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><br />NGC 7000 North America & Pelican Nebulas, in a 2 panel mosaic, shot in Ha, Sii and Oiii light, using 5 minute exposures totaling 12 hours per panel... 24 hours total. This is between 1500 to 3000 ly from Earth in the constellation Cygnus and is about 140 ly across. Imaged in August & September 2022<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEc8DmWgJ3d7MjZglA-af2VNvLq_3jHWh-QQH3YZX5ZCdQGZYx4UmveULEDX4e2X_YpxYXODDHJzEBqFxUUg40Umdh5HtId1bE9nHM6RHajvHTiYdTtZF4fpOpSd_LMI06Np31gl1QNivtTPkQZTKd4ZdCUaZ9XiEZ_hBGVpLRMDZ-RH1XhKSD5CA/s6178/Pacman%20jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4096" data-original-width="6178" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEc8DmWgJ3d7MjZglA-af2VNvLq_3jHWh-QQH3YZX5ZCdQGZYx4UmveULEDX4e2X_YpxYXODDHJzEBqFxUUg40Umdh5HtId1bE9nHM6RHajvHTiYdTtZF4fpOpSd_LMI06Np31gl1QNivtTPkQZTKd4ZdCUaZ9XiEZ_hBGVpLRMDZ-RH1XhKSD5CA/w640-h424/Pacman%20jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Pacman Nebula (NGC 281) in Ha, Sii and Oiii light with 5 minute exposures, totaling 24 hours. This image was taken in October 2022. This nebula is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKF37hAD1_NCXtsNsAVcqma1ZudwpnIsTIrB35_PGOcv1hYnxLFptB_tpM_SS2xCEMaO6gJfW8kHqw0uQ2raI44jlC20Gx8iL3-qb5l4LxvSHg7_iyOpAMqIqM0S2UDqsFDmI9cr3D4T5OtUSfxof6IbOR5y-71l5XOG3f8Vdkda1Aec76LuafMK8/s6009/wizard%20jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4006" data-original-width="6009" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKF37hAD1_NCXtsNsAVcqma1ZudwpnIsTIrB35_PGOcv1hYnxLFptB_tpM_SS2xCEMaO6gJfW8kHqw0uQ2raI44jlC20Gx8iL3-qb5l4LxvSHg7_iyOpAMqIqM0S2UDqsFDmI9cr3D4T5OtUSfxof6IbOR5y-71l5XOG3f8Vdkda1Aec76LuafMK8/w640-h426/wizard%20jpg.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>The Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) was imaged using Ha, Sii and Oiii light with 5 minute exposures and 18+ hours of R G B 2 minute exposures of 1.5 hours. Located in Cepheus, it is about 8500 ly from Earth and about 20 ly long. Imaging was done in August, September & October 2022<br /><p>All of Max's images are photographed from Far Hills, New Jersey at Bortle 6 ~ using an Explore Scientific 102mm ED refractor with 714mm Focal Length, reduced to 586mm. His Camera was a ZWO ASI 2600 Mono with Baader Filters.</p><p>This is really amazing work Max. Thank you for sharing... All of you local viewers can go to the NJAA Observatory to see some of this work on display in exhibit-quality prints,<br />Keith</p><p><br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-29054247505620975292022-08-21T11:48:00.004-04:002022-08-21T11:48:55.131-04:00Howard Bird is getting great results after recently starting his astroimaging adventure....<p> <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Howard sent me this image of the Cygnus Wall after getting 25 hours of photon collection! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">He took 420 subs of 3 minutes each using an Antlia Dual Band filter on his 8-inch Celestron Edge with a Celestron OAG 0.7 Focal Reducer in place as a</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> ZWO ASI290 Mini guided while a ZWO ASI2600MC did the heavy lifting! An</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> ASIAir was used to image and guide the setup, then he processed everything in Pixinsight.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Very impressive work especially considering his recent jump-start into astrophotography!</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks for sharing, Howard.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Keith</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid24sSfj1iENrgrLdqMZLa2OTGodsi27_YOlb93Kh60bv9fqr6_Idb5qoTB2R81fFl4cqSYP9qCx5MQkeJVUg1bLeWLvDpMOeXup5UlGPfwPsQG8NfdTGmxtjr6rBYrb4UGaOA3hRtjoUnWudImttB2ZH4Hxr0PLyFY2oXPIZeg7H0RlHd2fJ24xP/s1252/Cygnus%20Wall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1252" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhid24sSfj1iENrgrLdqMZLa2OTGodsi27_YOlb93Kh60bv9fqr6_Idb5qoTB2R81fFl4cqSYP9qCx5MQkeJVUg1bLeWLvDpMOeXup5UlGPfwPsQG8NfdTGmxtjr6rBYrb4UGaOA3hRtjoUnWudImttB2ZH4Hxr0PLyFY2oXPIZeg7H0RlHd2fJ24xP/w640-h418/Cygnus%20Wall.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-75035453080597581822022-08-01T13:21:00.006-04:002022-08-21T11:09:11.950-04:00Jupiter Is Back! (so are the other planets, but that's another story)<p> I recently received another email from member Al Ernst, saying; <span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Jupiter is again rising above the trees and becoming a visual and photographic target for those who stay up late </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span>(or get up early -Keith)</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">. With a little help from me, the St. Joseph HS, Metuchen(New Jersey), Astronomy Club took this series of images of one of the double transits over several hours in late October 2021. The students used the School's C14 telescope and ZWO ASI-120MC camera. Five minutes of subs were accumulated for each image was processed in Fire Capture and then in Photoshop.</span></span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> With Jupiter, a bit higher above the horizon during this opposition, the steadier atmosphere should provide much incentive for planetary imagers. </span></div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size: small;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Al Ernst</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #888888; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIYf7r2so_6HD2vaXXbZQ78g_Qm_AYIgSxurDu-0XuAvVRmWT7U0tCubfKdbkbuHz8sLWjscYb_dVsig7cBzVtBN9k71JfT1QQ-4gNSLek2BdT5_qqkvUPT0H0KUpigyt_Rc39S7g4anH30KSB58h0isxpcgYsXrgyLLKS6N6DNTx9b-GRZ-irqRH/s2859/Jup%20double%20transit%20jpg%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="2859" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYIYf7r2so_6HD2vaXXbZQ78g_Qm_AYIgSxurDu-0XuAvVRmWT7U0tCubfKdbkbuHz8sLWjscYb_dVsig7cBzVtBN9k71JfT1QQ-4gNSLek2BdT5_qqkvUPT0H0KUpigyt_Rc39S7g4anH30KSB58h0isxpcgYsXrgyLLKS6N6DNTx9b-GRZ-irqRH/w640-h184/Jup%20double%20transit%20jpg%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks again Al, they did a great job capturing these shadows as they zoomed across the planet's surface. You can easily determine which is the closer moon Io's shadow. It's great seeing this quality of work coming from high school students. I wish more US schools had this level of interest in astronomy, along with volunteers like you to guide their work.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">We'll keep spreading the word...</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thank you!</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Keith</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div></span>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-17981107364426812152022-06-21T14:41:00.003-04:002022-06-21T14:41:29.875-04:00An excellent shot of our favorite Humpback, which also displays Mike Franzyshen's processing ability using Maxim DL and Pixinsight <p> Mike Franzyshen sent an image of the Whale Galaxy (NGC 4631) taken using<i> iTelescope.net</i>'s 17" Planewave CDK f/6.8 scope located in New Mexico. It uses a FLI-PL6303E CCD camera at -25° with just the Luminance filter then stacked 14x 10 minute subs and prcessed it in Maxim DL/Pxinsight during his downtime through the recent pandemic... April 2020!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljlYjL0zgegO6H-AMl6FCgrXaSzqQTLC5ecUVrUzYtr-jQwJ8Hg-S5k0rqFogXRevhwEEzEAIV58Gm4mp5H0m1lu9Yv-lO_ZJe1zaTO25Pl-6ulCrErQrEvF2xlBH72L4Pu8J6yHdD5JXT-F9bTDJuAr4AaCYJFFZIW_A7x5jme-mEO76kt2CgmJG/s2064/Mike's%20Whale_Galaxy_14x600Secs_Median_Combine_Processed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1555" data-original-width="2064" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljlYjL0zgegO6H-AMl6FCgrXaSzqQTLC5ecUVrUzYtr-jQwJ8Hg-S5k0rqFogXRevhwEEzEAIV58Gm4mp5H0m1lu9Yv-lO_ZJe1zaTO25Pl-6ulCrErQrEvF2xlBH72L4Pu8J6yHdD5JXT-F9bTDJuAr4AaCYJFFZIW_A7x5jme-mEO76kt2CgmJG/w640-h482/Mike's%20Whale_Galaxy_14x600Secs_Median_Combine_Processed.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Nice work, Mike. Thanks for sharing </p><p>Keith</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-86386850728517372702022-06-21T14:23:00.001-04:002022-06-24T13:28:39.153-04:00Howard Bird's First Two AP Images<p> Wow, Howard, you're off the starting line in a FLASH!!</p><p>These are really impressive and a great example of your first work in astrophotography.</p><p>Howard is a relatively new member of NJAA but if this is an example of his grasp at collecting photons, his newfound dedication to the hobby will provide him (and us) with a lot of fun for quite a while.</p><p>He lives in Clinton Twp, New Jersey not far from NJAA's observatory so he is usually within a Bortle 7 night) sky.</p><p>For the Eastern Veil Nebula, he used his Celestron 8" Edge on a CGEM II mount with ASIAir Plus guiding and a 0.7 focal reducer to a Celestron OAG ASI290 Mini Guide Scope, a ZWO ASI2600MC camera. He used a Dual Band Antile filter (6.5 hours of 3-minute x 130 subs) and an SVbony UHC filter (4.5 hours of 90 x 3-minute subs) from his driveway. </p><p>Howard said he chose to image the Veil Nebula after talking to friends that he met at the Cherry Springs Star Party in Pennsylvania (Bortle 2) with consideration of his local field of view(FOV).</p><p>Processing was done in Pixinsight</p><p>Howard's very first astroImage was of M101! That's an excellent first go at imaging a difficult target. Impressive!!! 203 subs x 180 seconds each.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOcWyRi806sGfy_ZvOHOhnwmXfo46Pv2q4CaNHInewB_gVOsxOWG6bQf7aRWSUX-Z5TOwdG3e_xSEYyIq-khK8XXu6LJl1DwAGb5v_QFVnU0JRnwYmzUdaC4hmEr4eb5tuR8HiY783aKjQM2X-ANmruaFTxozol_GA3rUPt72nqPqFpggzt0nRpHk/s4130/M101_Pinwheel_Galaxy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2513" data-original-width="4130" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOcWyRi806sGfy_ZvOHOhnwmXfo46Pv2q4CaNHInewB_gVOsxOWG6bQf7aRWSUX-Z5TOwdG3e_xSEYyIq-khK8XXu6LJl1DwAGb5v_QFVnU0JRnwYmzUdaC4hmEr4eb5tuR8HiY783aKjQM2X-ANmruaFTxozol_GA3rUPt72nqPqFpggzt0nRpHk/w640-h389/M101_Pinwheel_Galaxy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Here's his next image ~ the Eastern Veil Nebula as noted above:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjbwWvQc6cLeAekFCjOSWjpkWklvB40y1a4hKkQ7h8mdKlw7QFt5dB5XhisP4MGSBlkxUtbXKK_SigBFuP8KT4DyxrW4BOmBbBtdljfvhfdSgf2uuCpBb7FP5cRRZU0tWIISEgAvlGCtlZq8Ww6uTaFV1Y1n0quix9uYi3yixcn-D7dNVnhr_tSUd/s1562/Veil%20Nebula.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1562" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXjbwWvQc6cLeAekFCjOSWjpkWklvB40y1a4hKkQ7h8mdKlw7QFt5dB5XhisP4MGSBlkxUtbXKK_SigBFuP8KT4DyxrW4BOmBbBtdljfvhfdSgf2uuCpBb7FP5cRRZU0tWIISEgAvlGCtlZq8Ww6uTaFV1Y1n0quix9uYi3yixcn-D7dNVnhr_tSUd/w640-h429/Veil%20Nebula.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>And finally, Howard shared his Green Flash photo taken while on his trip to Florida this past spring.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWro13GJjXXRqmcp4LLr1eZnI-TybD0-35ATQqbXXhBYRGUGF-migAcCWkuG4m15z3sLufpUbGFr57FR8qUcZvW3qEcdOLqNuEAEYKDEgraezIGxWvvziVi4tvDO3n_FjiiMF0MuOdhjyJH0-lAAyLlAzgAiSW5GERLiIy5SDJxuaNKNybZrHC5XjQ/s2560/Green%20Flash%20Spring%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1706" data-original-width="2560" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWro13GJjXXRqmcp4LLr1eZnI-TybD0-35ATQqbXXhBYRGUGF-migAcCWkuG4m15z3sLufpUbGFr57FR8qUcZvW3qEcdOLqNuEAEYKDEgraezIGxWvvziVi4tvDO3n_FjiiMF0MuOdhjyJH0-lAAyLlAzgAiSW5GERLiIy5SDJxuaNKNybZrHC5XjQ/w640-h426/Green%20Flash%20Spring%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>I'm jealous... I've tried to see this phenomenon for years and years (and years)... without success. </p><p>Great shot Howard.</p><p>Keith</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-46109093619988677502022-06-21T14:17:00.004-04:002022-06-21T14:17:45.339-04:00Les Tilly's Amazing Work on Andromeds Galaxy and The Horsehead Nebula<p> This is the best image that I've <u>ever seen</u> of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). I think the extra intensity of the cooler, red stars makes all of the difference (IMHO)!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiNAw7_hfno0pZzhhbkdaCAiW-E13BvcsH8yUys0twRGzNemotX4OXt4PqGS0poauMXQVBOnFshtAVAydiZYYsVGJlky3h6fuAX1ZUrYuPijAOEoPh_AhBvOppDh6szrapG6KuvfgtcW2ihX3swxD-4htH2aXpmJ9IKRSPP9zrIQk3WnOxk1lwerR/s3300/M31%20Andromeda%20Galaxy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2635" data-original-width="3300" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsiNAw7_hfno0pZzhhbkdaCAiW-E13BvcsH8yUys0twRGzNemotX4OXt4PqGS0poauMXQVBOnFshtAVAydiZYYsVGJlky3h6fuAX1ZUrYuPijAOEoPh_AhBvOppDh6szrapG6KuvfgtcW2ihX3swxD-4htH2aXpmJ9IKRSPP9zrIQk3WnOxk1lwerR/w640-h512/M31%20Andromeda%20Galaxy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Here is Les' Horsed Nebula (NGC 4631) too; Also great work!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9zAz7o4GajNATfir7z5VKMBk9dd_ALS-4iX2lApAGU9kg4bnzZ37kHT5bEjCvcq-61PDdzT1ZgsWb3ZXg2zIN2y9N19egu9r65SiPcdjJZb_Afrqn3dRUnDuRngE8eLL97yGmTZDGLN6eaHPx6fympiEmcfPf2NeaUzehwd5qfsyb0idwp2Au0j4/s1494/The%20Horsehead%20Nebula.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1494" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh9zAz7o4GajNATfir7z5VKMBk9dd_ALS-4iX2lApAGU9kg4bnzZ37kHT5bEjCvcq-61PDdzT1ZgsWb3ZXg2zIN2y9N19egu9r65SiPcdjJZb_Afrqn3dRUnDuRngE8eLL97yGmTZDGLN6eaHPx6fympiEmcfPf2NeaUzehwd5qfsyb0idwp2Au0j4/w640-h512/The%20Horsehead%20Nebula.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-73090401460123766532022-04-05T01:52:00.003-04:002022-04-05T01:54:30.014-04:00Tycho Crater On A Clear Night<p> I enjoy snapping a few shots of the moon every now and then... even if it does try to steal the show from my other fun objects. It's been just too cold to be outside, as my body seems to be unwilling to put up with the pain anymore. Those days are apparently rare now, so I can't wait for the seasonal change. </p><p>Luna never seems to mind my snaps anytime though.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7tE_r2UtwbkifKR2wY9oxMy8myFGcIM2Q-LWRaRruMyyzrAK2dqm9sEJ4BnNswTJozImmDaUkWBnD9MmWCOI9pAXj8EK3dscnMhK-W50b52uoLfm_Klw8LYyDp27DxqrAGwhwBE8xBEVlBtju0LsZ8mcKD0u9FTQF6eRe1FCCGIFJI4992yBodrh/s4200/Tycho%20Crater.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4200" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf7tE_r2UtwbkifKR2wY9oxMy8myFGcIM2Q-LWRaRruMyyzrAK2dqm9sEJ4BnNswTJozImmDaUkWBnD9MmWCOI9pAXj8EK3dscnMhK-W50b52uoLfm_Klw8LYyDp27DxqrAGwhwBE8xBEVlBtju0LsZ8mcKD0u9FTQF6eRe1FCCGIFJI4992yBodrh/w640-h502/Tycho%20Crater.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Keith<br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-29280021285660661222021-12-11T15:42:00.004-05:002021-12-11T15:42:55.684-05:00Member Ron Gattie's First Astro Image to the Blog Is Impressive<p> Ron took this image of the Blue Snow Ball Nebula using 24 20-second images at ISO 400</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4QrKnirzC0VNtIwMTidD5Esm0JxzrokrKYDXLQxJDcqn3brMpbWrYFmpV7S7_nn7c8uyfIbYSGMNLCikbbfTThXOP5tZz4YBQyclRuBim4al3Ksv8f9iMdshZHwIpy8sluTlb0CjDkT2M83CzfQ_UttRSlMv4ohYhB-DaPwEM5qndiCass2UJtE4J=s1113" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="1113" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4QrKnirzC0VNtIwMTidD5Esm0JxzrokrKYDXLQxJDcqn3brMpbWrYFmpV7S7_nn7c8uyfIbYSGMNLCikbbfTThXOP5tZz4YBQyclRuBim4al3Ksv8f9iMdshZHwIpy8sluTlb0CjDkT2M83CzfQ_UttRSlMv4ohYhB-DaPwEM5qndiCass2UJtE4J=w640-h510" width="640" /></a></div><p>Great shot Ron, but please give us more details (equipment, software, location, etc.) so we can understand what you did to make this picture look as good as it does.</p><p>Keith</p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-67277789258209004162021-09-22T22:23:00.002-04:002021-09-23T13:42:37.420-04:00Al Ernst Imaged The Tough Sh2-53 Nebula In The Scutum Constellation <p> <span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">Al Says, "<span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">We don't see Sh2-53 imaged very often from around here (the New Jersey area) but I thought I'd give it a try". </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">I didn't recognize the image or the designation number so I looked it up. Sharpless 53 is not a bright nebula but it can be imaged with smaller scopes than Al's, although they will need significantly more exposure times. Also, there are also a few nearby Sharpless nebulae that aren't shown in his field of view but can be seen in a wider field scope.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">An impressive "try", I'd add ~ nice job!</span></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f3f3f3;">He used his C-14 scope, a QSI-583 camera, for 8x5 minutes through a narrowband Ha filter. He then calibrated in Nebulosity and processed in Photoshop.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMW0DhXdvOloyFjWUwC0aB0itqluzzNlWh_xYtb7P7CiNQ5e4bhmqOpGXPQ-_M9__vPRefdopdAyHUBUw3WpmwBZ9fVRhvvpPzDqmJxxX2UqO3mgQrvcADlTk-GS12gNt9f2eecB8wjjw/s2048/Sh2-53B+Ha+-30C+RJK+2.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1975" data-original-width="2048" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMW0DhXdvOloyFjWUwC0aB0itqluzzNlWh_xYtb7P7CiNQ5e4bhmqOpGXPQ-_M9__vPRefdopdAyHUBUw3WpmwBZ9fVRhvvpPzDqmJxxX2UqO3mgQrvcADlTk-GS12gNt9f2eecB8wjjw/w400-h386/Sh2-53B+Ha+-30C+RJK+2.tif" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Thanks for bringing this to us.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> Keith</span></div>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-65399329887820491922021-08-16T21:20:00.003-04:002021-08-16T21:23:39.017-04:00A Huge Sunspot Group Was Recently Imaged As The Sun Swings Further Into the New Cycle 25<p> I've been impatiently waiting a l-o-o-ong time for large sunspots to finally reappear since the last solar minimum. As the new 25th Cycle began in September 2020, the long trek to solar maximum has been producing very little activity on the surface. Solar Maximum is expected to be between 2023 through 2026, so hopefully, the Sun will decide to end this last, seemingly extra-long minimum period.</p><p>For more than a year, I've been checking my Solar App frequently and I was finally greeted with a huge sunspot group on June 30th, 2021 at 10:05 in the morning. Having been disappointed for so long, I immediately pulled out my Explore Scientific 102mm apo-refractor and put in my Herschel Wedge. I was amazed at the sight ~ the view was almost perfect! For the first time (since probably forever), the New Jersey sky was stable and steady - not causing my image to bounce all over the place as I tried to get images saved to my hard drive.</p><p>I was pleasantly surprised at the quality, the majority of thanks go in large part to Mother Nature.</p><p>Keith Marley</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEy6kVlEd-NbP3LJLz8CiTgsproDRc4juhzm6j6GOgJsIXmVabAJP7jvp8YmaEXBHEZ_DiamT2oTMAeFkHmO7LS48SppWTV8nXTgtSHV5DSHwHTswg_3P3gg54Vz4vyzVeXR9xTnKOWI/s2048/10_05_39++Solar+2021+6-30.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQEy6kVlEd-NbP3LJLz8CiTgsproDRc4juhzm6j6GOgJsIXmVabAJP7jvp8YmaEXBHEZ_DiamT2oTMAeFkHmO7LS48SppWTV8nXTgtSHV5DSHwHTswg_3P3gg54Vz4vyzVeXR9xTnKOWI/w640-h512/10_05_39++Solar+2021+6-30.tif" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Solar Image Wide</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCLYwdLXT-iph0AVY_fL7sdkAkXNb_rVx3XYbRmoVNaAfouhjYEZDkkmq38kWb8gr-FXhA2qV4-NMFiPT-J2YZltoCT3q6HaA0bUKe39V-fpcmWxFkm2mb-xsVGdm_pBQQXvy2HkC2yM/s2048/10_05_39++Solar+2021+6-30+magnified.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGCLYwdLXT-iph0AVY_fL7sdkAkXNb_rVx3XYbRmoVNaAfouhjYEZDkkmq38kWb8gr-FXhA2qV4-NMFiPT-J2YZltoCT3q6HaA0bUKe39V-fpcmWxFkm2mb-xsVGdm_pBQQXvy2HkC2yM/w640-h512/10_05_39++Solar+2021+6-30+magnified.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> Solar Image Enlarged</span><br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-44677800129072711292021-06-02T01:19:00.001-04:002021-06-02T01:21:51.789-04:00After A Slow May, M1 Starts June Off With A Winner<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1FekHrbUR6JsE8MOLp2NJqCeEVc0Oskvj-Q3wGJ0x559givEsMT-aTgLOtyV6kXfbeIfK54A_I09X6y78jv47teFhRDZZGvRTKyvH-B_8T0RD-uKNpsiq_Czcl-C8PwhutSS9bkQMHY/s2048/M1+C+Ha+Oiii+14+rjk+%25281%2529.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1718" data-original-width="2048" height="536" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1FekHrbUR6JsE8MOLp2NJqCeEVc0Oskvj-Q3wGJ0x559givEsMT-aTgLOtyV6kXfbeIfK54A_I09X6y78jv47teFhRDZZGvRTKyvH-B_8T0RD-uKNpsiq_Czcl-C8PwhutSS9bkQMHY/w640-h536/M1+C+Ha+Oiii+14+rjk+%25281%2529.tif" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Al Ernst was working during January and March's occasional cool, clear nights using his Celestron 14 inch at f8 to get this great shot of M1... the famous Crab Nebula. The Crab Nebula's supernova was first seen and recorded in China in 1054 CE. Since that time, it has grown, spreading out through space to an average diameter of about 11 light-years across. That would make it more than twice the distance from the Sun to our nearest Star system, Alph Centauri! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">He captured its details by accumulating a total of 7Ha and 7Oiii filtered subs, with each sub being 5 minutes long. He used a QSI-583 camera, which was cooled to -30°C below ambient, and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">processed the image using Nebulosity and Photoshop.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span>Nice work, as usual, AL. </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for sharing.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: times new roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Keith</span></span></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-44866335977179533652021-04-12T11:33:00.000-04:002021-04-12T11:33:14.151-04:00The Edge-On View Of Galaxy NGC 891<p> Recently, Al Ernst was kind enough to send me his work on the "Silver Sliver Galaxy", a.k.a. NGC 891. It's an unbarred spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years from Earth with a diameter of about 60,000 light-years. Compared to our closest galactic neighbor, the "Andromeda Galaxy" which is about 2.5 million light-years away and about 220,000 light-years in diameter, the Silver Sliver is much harder to see from his back yard observatory.</p><p>NGC 891's apparent magnitude is +10.8 is best seen through a medium-sized amateur telescope of about 8" in diameter or more, making Al's Celestron C14 main telescope ideal for working out its details as seen in his photo below. The dark dust lane surrounding the galaxy's disk is easily seen.</p><p>The image was recorded earlier this winter from his home observatory in Bridgewater, NJ using his C14 f8 and QSI 583 Camera with Green, Blue, and Ha filters on 5 and 10-minute subs and processed in Nebulosity and Photoshop. Thanks Al.</p><p>Keith</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-79v49XmAOoFAVNttpMwNXqS9aKk2J4-HBHT9yBY_oLTTdOL5d73zgzyEUYMIlVrzUYd7yTSEweIT9YGoCJvNS0ebjKarSNzqSIJyTdV7L8ER2RgRxfczhrqsZ-U80V-9MGBb_lviaLQ/s2048/NGC891+12gr2x2+5min%252C10col+10min.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-79v49XmAOoFAVNttpMwNXqS9aKk2J4-HBHT9yBY_oLTTdOL5d73zgzyEUYMIlVrzUYd7yTSEweIT9YGoCJvNS0ebjKarSNzqSIJyTdV7L8ER2RgRxfczhrqsZ-U80V-9MGBb_lviaLQ/w640-h502/NGC891+12gr2x2+5min%252C10col+10min.tif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-66579350929980080972021-03-23T13:06:00.003-04:002021-03-23T13:06:33.626-04:00The Dumbell Nebula M27 In All It's Glory; As Seen Through Clear New Jersey Skies<p> </p><p>This image of the planetary nebula M27 (a.k.a. the Dumbell Nebula) taken by Ron Gattie,is about 1360 light years from Earth and at apparent magnitude +7.5 isn't quite bright enough to see by eye ~ even in the darkest skies. </p><p>But the C14 scope at St. Joseph High School shows not problem getting these rich colors even in a Bortle 6 sky. At that distance, the Dumbell appears to be 3 light-years in diameter, or just a light-year short of the distance between Earth and our nearest star Proxima Centauri.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9QiDtLZvvkdl1Ky4Q4o-HmioXcHRmJiahmWzyeTF3Qid0n85nC_jR0l5nB-UCS5Fj_GBY3Ptxhyphenhyphen1dsz6zvYoI83qCGa_LpodTtNBOTHCdccxyTYkw1E9Nh__bQTG4y9H1MNl3D8zKts/s2048/RonGattie+M27+50d+%2526+C14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj9QiDtLZvvkdl1Ky4Q4o-HmioXcHRmJiahmWzyeTF3Qid0n85nC_jR0l5nB-UCS5Fj_GBY3Ptxhyphenhyphen1dsz6zvYoI83qCGa_LpodTtNBOTHCdccxyTYkw1E9Nh__bQTG4y9H1MNl3D8zKts/w400-h300/RonGattie+M27+50d+%2526+C14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Nice shot Ron.</p><p>Keith</p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-4454983549205786072021-03-02T11:37:00.001-05:002021-03-02T11:37:24.414-05:00Al Ernst's image of NGC 1491, located in Perseus <p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">NGC-1491 is a faint emission nebula approximately 11,000 ly from Earth. This image was taken in late November from Al's Bridgewater, NJ observatory, using a C-14/f7.7 telescope, a QSI-583 camera and narrowband Ha and Oiii filters, with one hour of 5-minute subs in each band. Processing was in Nebulosity and Photoshop.</span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for the submission Al,</span></p><p><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Keith</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX9ntL0VXklxIpKEhwODMhBeEZ-n6zevDUzLNQ6u00h79g4KLycdnIOpi6LFLjoOH82gKP9CyGErgR4AEkBYFZkbguOI5el6kzGu7wD-Suda3SXie4cOEX6_fwb7IFDQ0uuuHi7KAO_Q/s2048/NGC1491roundCRJK3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="2048" height="429" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkX9ntL0VXklxIpKEhwODMhBeEZ-n6zevDUzLNQ6u00h79g4KLycdnIOpi6LFLjoOH82gKP9CyGErgR4AEkBYFZkbguOI5el6kzGu7wD-Suda3SXie4cOEX6_fwb7IFDQ0uuuHi7KAO_Q/w593-h429/NGC1491roundCRJK3.jpg" width="593" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><span style="color: #888888;"><div class="gmail_default" style="color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></div></span>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-40106577242235619452021-02-14T16:53:00.002-05:002021-02-14T16:53:41.718-05:00Al Ernst is getting great results during the winter's cold, clear sky<p>I love the faint tendrils visible in this great shot of the Horsehead Nebula taken in Al's backyard using a <span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">QSI-583 camera, C-14 scope. It consists of twelve five minute subs through each of </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: large;">Oiii and Ha filters,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Keith</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WMKlexelVh5Ev4C4P-GcywPyIR54oEHC44EXZ1_9nMgtK3TDEyyIMfWLP0MtQkc6eyusXps-2GcEumfDZDdyeZRk_19HvtyCob8nPHu2o7t_PtxDOTCZ6PsNy8uTsc47mrCvEj66f9Q/s2048/Horsehead+HaOiii3x3+-30C+12x5min.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WMKlexelVh5Ev4C4P-GcywPyIR54oEHC44EXZ1_9nMgtK3TDEyyIMfWLP0MtQkc6eyusXps-2GcEumfDZDdyeZRk_19HvtyCob8nPHu2o7t_PtxDOTCZ6PsNy8uTsc47mrCvEj66f9Q/s320/Horsehead+HaOiii3x3+-30C+12x5min.tif" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-69724362600651399762021-01-07T21:22:00.004-05:002021-01-07T21:22:28.292-05:00<p> I haven't heard from anyone lately so I'll just add a few of my Moon shots that I took before Christmas. I was rushing to set up the scope in my driveway by the road to get the Jupiter / Saturn Conjunction as the clouds were coming in fast. Low in the sky by the western horizon where the event was taking place was a small hole in the clouds that lasted about 15 minutes. But just as I got it centered in my scope, a few neighbor families and their kids came to see what I was doing. For the next ten minutes I showed everyone the conjunction, to "Wow! I can see Saturn's ring and Jupiter's moons too".</p><p>Then it disappeared!</p><p>The clouds covered most of the sky, but I spent about fifteen minutes getting these shots of the moon before it too disappeared for the night. Since then only one or two nights were cloudless, with another night that was clear but with a lot of haze.</p><p>Keith</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVFcSDuZM84htvNMtWEo4mtanRggug69n5-wrKZuPbx9aK_kgGqy1X4jUMVg1ULlfyAhv11wEaZwv1Ny7DL93-0WvCYbapwnJchhMiXJT5ZVxxLaBsxyJYVKRmMNdNb888HbbWbH1WeU/s1944/D18_22_11_Lun+Aa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1944" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVFcSDuZM84htvNMtWEo4mtanRggug69n5-wrKZuPbx9aK_kgGqy1X4jUMVg1ULlfyAhv11wEaZwv1Ny7DL93-0WvCYbapwnJchhMiXJT5ZVxxLaBsxyJYVKRmMNdNb888HbbWbH1WeU/w640-h365/D18_22_11_Lun+Aa.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHE5cedGcdSdxfqbaGKiDl-evuHSN_bamZstOnXBVBLOb0sr3DeyyjlkB6yoNF3rLAFGFKX7OsKdybNg2QDfiJm7Tgjd3tfi_hQbBUU-3Q4P0lF6y2oV2eOROYRNjrqR8LAa94YO2yyQ/s1952/F18_26_00_Lun+F3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1168" data-original-width="1952" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHE5cedGcdSdxfqbaGKiDl-evuHSN_bamZstOnXBVBLOb0sr3DeyyjlkB6yoNF3rLAFGFKX7OsKdybNg2QDfiJm7Tgjd3tfi_hQbBUU-3Q4P0lF6y2oV2eOROYRNjrqR8LAa94YO2yyQ/w640-h382/F18_26_00_Lun+F3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QC2cxiYourt2itx6UlXa3fwXW_p6a6afdyIG4eSfnse7ReP698DMYyLFNv_rZN4WIbYfcWXzMkKTauX141UJ094KU23IDw0K7hot03XKVoKfmKs0laRiUdjJq22YAAyA3wJSYp4vxYM/s2048/H18_29_47_Lun+J.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1311" data-original-width="2048" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QC2cxiYourt2itx6UlXa3fwXW_p6a6afdyIG4eSfnse7ReP698DMYyLFNv_rZN4WIbYfcWXzMkKTauX141UJ094KU23IDw0K7hot03XKVoKfmKs0laRiUdjJq22YAAyA3wJSYp4vxYM/w640-h410/H18_29_47_Lun+J.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeoXQxntzxWbFdxk6qTb5hHxzztsBJDTlRrLpRRNKLobEx93WUdjQlDzF0S-zLO-UJWgLv08n8kRAFHonIQGA2rptyeR_D4b7NYAvYTqkKwmCe903yIZUzz1y5YgTJbmWbF28r2buLM/s1936/L18_38_03_Lun+L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="1936" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoeoXQxntzxWbFdxk6qTb5hHxzztsBJDTlRrLpRRNKLobEx93WUdjQlDzF0S-zLO-UJWgLv08n8kRAFHonIQGA2rptyeR_D4b7NYAvYTqkKwmCe903yIZUzz1y5YgTJbmWbF28r2buLM/w640-h364/L18_38_03_Lun+L.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-48993914325093869772020-12-11T17:42:00.002-05:002020-12-19T22:06:00.924-05:00Al Ernst and Ron Gattie Combined Talents in Capturing The Saturn Nebula<p><span style="background-color: black;">This image of the Saturn Nebula was taken by friends and amateur astroimagers Al and Ron, using two C-14's. One scope is located at the St Joseph High School's observatory, where Ron used a Canon 50D to take 10x30 second subs, then Al combined them with 20 Oiii and Ha subs with his QSI583 that he took from his home observatory about ten miles apart. This shows what amateurs can achieve, even within the confines of a Bortle 6 sky.... using good equipment,skill and practice.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;">Thank Al and Ron</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black;">Keith</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQp6xEpKSYSbcf_CgjEPm1I3uml9cOpIgRF3emWYKXYB57o4QhAQO-hnjRHw_Uhb2qkssCeBuzGsxaaRQCRfqt_sIHAtjTGKK8_HjccsmGKChll6JYKuKYZ6mPHVfyWWs4OnvPXEXYZw/s1302/SatNeb+Ron-Al+60dQSI.tif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1302" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQp6xEpKSYSbcf_CgjEPm1I3uml9cOpIgRF3emWYKXYB57o4QhAQO-hnjRHw_Uhb2qkssCeBuzGsxaaRQCRfqt_sIHAtjTGKK8_HjccsmGKChll6JYKuKYZ6mPHVfyWWs4OnvPXEXYZw/w640-h640/SatNeb+Ron-Al+60dQSI.tif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-15941941969480117622020-12-10T23:18:00.002-05:002020-12-10T23:18:19.592-05:00Prepping for the rare conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn<p>I took this shot of Jupiter and Saturn on 10 Dec 2020 to prepare for the conjunction at my imaging site at a local town park. Mount set and marked.... cameras loaded and ready... astronomy equipment set aside... Township Parks and Recreation officials notified and attending... local astrophotographers confirmed... batteries charged... Laptop set to go...!</p><p>This part of Hillsborough Township in central New Jersey is out in the country about five to ten miles from any small villages and boasts a wonderful Bortle 4 to 5 sky! </p><p>Here in this shot, the two planets are moving closer each night and hopefully, I will have everything set up and ready to go before the sun sets on the 21st. Otherwise, I may need to wait for the next time that these two planets will be this extremely close together again! </p><p>Praying ~ No Clouds, No Clouds... NO CLOUDS!!!<br /> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuoDM40lMYPpr7xqvsqMOMd25uytugeA5EYTeWVNh6Yov6yv7t8z71cWEl7_Gw2IeiXsYlmGpa-TFw94XbWzOdl2Z_A6qH-fw5a9wueEry-WLXO4HuljMC-Ih4xegdOlHJwtPyHqdci8/s2048/Jupiter+Saturn+Conjunction+10+Dec+2020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifuoDM40lMYPpr7xqvsqMOMd25uytugeA5EYTeWVNh6Yov6yv7t8z71cWEl7_Gw2IeiXsYlmGpa-TFw94XbWzOdl2Z_A6qH-fw5a9wueEry-WLXO4HuljMC-Ih4xegdOlHJwtPyHqdci8/w400-h320/Jupiter+Saturn+Conjunction+10+Dec+2020.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-32494453684924406382020-11-29T14:58:00.003-05:002020-11-29T14:58:39.463-05:00Al Ernst's Elephant's Trunk taken in hydrogen alpha<p> After seeing Kah Wai Lin's recent image of IC 1396, Al says he was motivated to take a Hydrogen alpha image specifically of the Elephants Trunk. The targeted area can be seen in the lower middle of Kah Wai's image. This required stitching together an upper and lower frame, each consisting of one hour of five minute subs.</p><p>He used his C14; a .7 focal reducer and QSI583 with narrowband Ha filter.</p><p>I find it amazing what persistent people are doing in Bortle 5 and 6 New Jersey!</p><p>Thanks, </p><p>Keith</p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDQy6ZjBuityDyDIz5F_LaBt0YctIBhANb5cJOSQuojdV2D4ahkNG0ewEo6X9pTk8lEEdBsLTbSqVjTmkYT4ffvTJ61M4VT1djdrWl18OADJuMYxe2JGysZEy6MMDskHGmDBHjPutbJU/s2048/ELEPHANT+TRUNK+stich+Ha.tif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1531" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZDQy6ZjBuityDyDIz5F_LaBt0YctIBhANb5cJOSQuojdV2D4ahkNG0ewEo6X9pTk8lEEdBsLTbSqVjTmkYT4ffvTJ61M4VT1djdrWl18OADJuMYxe2JGysZEy6MMDskHGmDBHjPutbJU/w299-h400/ELEPHANT+TRUNK+stich+Ha.tif" width="299" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #20124d; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-35373004899238331462020-11-23T16:48:00.005-05:002020-11-23T16:48:46.861-05:00Kah Wai Lin is making good use of his new astro-camera and learning the use of new software<p> </p><p>This image of the Elephant's Trunk and surrounding nebulosity is a reprocessed image using both PixInsight and Photoshop. He says he is sure he will reprocess it again as he is continuing to learn more with PixInsight... each time getting more out of the image.</p><p>The Elephant Trunk Nebula was captured using RedCat51 and ZWO ASI1600MM Pro on his Sky-Watcher Adventurer with auto-guiding. The image totals 4 hours (1 hour each in Luminance, Red, Green and Blue). His site in central New Jersey is Bortle5.</p><p>Thanks for sharing your progress.</p><p>Keith</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_CyAlirpma2so_vX6m0bCL7SZDib0jGuJ3dpmd3lvt6jiFZdaMNhRp_newqyBheZmZV-ETuCrby6rcb5Umq_lL48gLjnDdMiCqnZqaxB8fvr47z0s5AXVkSLujRA4AZiFrAD6Toifgs/s720/Elephant+trunk+and+nebulosity+Kah+Wai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_CyAlirpma2so_vX6m0bCL7SZDib0jGuJ3dpmd3lvt6jiFZdaMNhRp_newqyBheZmZV-ETuCrby6rcb5Umq_lL48gLjnDdMiCqnZqaxB8fvr47z0s5AXVkSLujRA4AZiFrAD6Toifgs/s320/Elephant+trunk+and+nebulosity+Kah+Wai.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-47700321149834189162020-11-23T00:29:00.006-05:002020-11-23T00:36:44.732-05:00This Tulip Nebula Image image was taken by long-time member Al Ernst<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #888888; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIc_YtAV79x_QI6fNlMNsg7z4P7odjEeK4fH4vvihUeoU_faiAnJmt1C1iD6-yCBL-NmotRTblYR0hTxqsZEHPGRzy2eAd4t3NH4U38yNlKv3PAB9RLd3joq9YDczhpNuypNotUbC53k/s2048/Tulip+2+HaMosiac+Al+Ernst.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="2048" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJIc_YtAV79x_QI6fNlMNsg7z4P7odjEeK4fH4vvihUeoU_faiAnJmt1C1iD6-yCBL-NmotRTblYR0hTxqsZEHPGRzy2eAd4t3NH4U38yNlKv3PAB9RLd3joq9YDczhpNuypNotUbC53k/w438-h338/Tulip+2+HaMosiac+Al+Ernst.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><br /><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">This is a mosaic image of the Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101) taken from Al's backyard observatory in central New Jersey.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Sharpless 101 is a HII region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus and is about 6000ly from Earth.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">He used a C14 telescope and a QSI-583 camera with a 6nm Ha narrow band filter. Due to the scope's limited field of view he stitched together two images using five minute subs for each.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Thank Al,</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Keith</span></div></span>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-74684162023222553882020-11-16T23:40:00.003-05:002020-11-16T23:40:37.496-05:00Kah Wai Lin's latest image of the North American Nebula<p> I know Kah Wai has a new camera and he's been hard at work getting to learn how it handles. I believe this image was taken with his new ZWO ASI1600MM with a new LRGB filter wheel.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8WYKLvg-qnH5HTIpF9opmyrUqO7jLq2iR7FpObNq9-irnNbZM0TkWdqaw6Y-4OJwANKctp24I1E0-TRJOdVoFOzA9G277xuD8bahYd_ziA0HjuhjFIYrjzZR8cvBgmrx9y-FD6_fPG4/s1920/Kah+wai+north+amrican+nebula.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8WYKLvg-qnH5HTIpF9opmyrUqO7jLq2iR7FpObNq9-irnNbZM0TkWdqaw6Y-4OJwANKctp24I1E0-TRJOdVoFOzA9G277xuD8bahYd_ziA0HjuhjFIYrjzZR8cvBgmrx9y-FD6_fPG4/w331-h441/Kah+wai+north+amrican+nebula.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br /> Nice results.<p></p><p>Keith</p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-52197963577882225532020-11-09T15:15:00.002-05:002020-11-16T23:46:36.188-05:00Kah Wai Lin's first attempt at LRGB ~ the Pleiades (M45)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Kah Wai was imaging on the grounds of the observatory during yesterday's </span><span style="font-family: arial;">late-night hours, taking advantage of the darker skies. He was testing his new equipment and figured out the set up ~ b</span><span style="font-family: arial;">elow is his first attempt at LRGB imaging ~ Looks like everything is working pretty well! ~ Keith</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkR8RT53266HbCanRu-ASbr5m7EhnrBHTtnlDPkSfiEtcX_u4lVWaxAsJGJ1ueV1GPJk6bdi7Nj3SsFwLDjwVlLLGoPHhUrxDQIiH0p7qQym-oOtMqGiSRP_BcebJ0Bi0Q3kixuHEolU/s1920/M45_Stacked2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMkR8RT53266HbCanRu-ASbr5m7EhnrBHTtnlDPkSfiEtcX_u4lVWaxAsJGJ1ueV1GPJk6bdi7Nj3SsFwLDjwVlLLGoPHhUrxDQIiH0p7qQym-oOtMqGiSRP_BcebJ0Bi0Q3kixuHEolU/s320/M45_Stacked2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Pleiades (M45)<div>Telescope: Willam Optics RedCat 51</div><div>Camera: ZWO ASI1600MM Pro</div><div>Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer</div><div>Imaaging and autoguiding: ZWO ASIair Pro</div><div>Total Exposure Time: 2.5 hours; 30 minutes each for LRGB channels (10x3min subs)</div><div>Post -processing: DeepSkyStacker, Photoshop, NIK Color Efex Pro, Noiseware</div><div><br /></div>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-54165446028953228482020-11-05T17:13:00.003-05:002020-11-16T23:54:20.601-05:00Member Max Pike Imaged the Iris Nebula on Oct 17th, Nov 4th and Nov 5th<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehpAz9ZQ9jeWEUY3yO7xc_BnCKKNfCFHVBDhh0CVPzMQdfO0WsTBvY-rG_b_Hxge7RI4lit-CegVV1CdjHAQJ7XXvXil-DzJnMRqNoa4IsOmrK8oEPx6rSvAxLCvJaYZjRbyBPQkcz-w/s720/Iris+Nebula+M+Pike+Oct+2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehpAz9ZQ9jeWEUY3yO7xc_BnCKKNfCFHVBDhh0CVPzMQdfO0WsTBvY-rG_b_Hxge7RI4lit-CegVV1CdjHAQJ7XXvXil-DzJnMRqNoa4IsOmrK8oEPx6rSvAxLCvJaYZjRbyBPQkcz-w/s320/Iris+Nebula+M+Pike+Oct+2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Located in the constellation Cepheus, the Iris Nebula (NGC 7023) is a reflection nebula, where a close bright star illuminates the gas and dust around it. It's about 1300ly from Earth.</div><div>Thanks for sharing Max.</div><div>Keith</div><div><br /></div>Max's Image is 25x5min L, 20x3min R,G,B<div>Explore Scientific ED102</div><div>Stellarvue .8x reducer/flattener</div><div>Moonlite Focuser w/autofocus</div><div>Baader LRGB filters</div><div>ZWO ASI1600MM Pro Mono Camera</div><div>AWO 290.. Mini &OAG</div><div>Skywatcher NEQ6-Pro Mount</div><div><br /><span style="background-color: #242526; color: #e4e6eb; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p></div>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92690595347727101.post-37288088428798330242020-10-22T17:59:00.003-04:002020-10-22T17:59:30.884-04:00Wide Field Imaging In a Local Park In NJ<p> Hillsborouugh Township. NJ is very supportive towards our use of the parks for astronomy and imaging. They let us use them after dark and in the past, I've had star parties with sometimes with as many as 120 members of the public showing up.</p><p>Recently, I used the darker skies with NJAA members Kah-Wai Lin and Len Cacciator to practice setting up our new equipment... I'll post images as they are taken.</p><p>Below: Kah-Wai is setting up his new Williams Optics 51mm and guide scope to his Sony Z6 for a shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabB1GPM8sTsgYa2Ua_mzFCNYtjuU8wC1DtrQhNqLR1zgvoa_nT55ibkV-isFbA-CNt4jGhBDBQsp0uIgX-yC1gaCoPpiIl5mp0mufAexm8tkM-xeIWqVhFCZ453FnYy7-8H70hY32luo/s2048/20201017_Kah-Wai+Lin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabB1GPM8sTsgYa2Ua_mzFCNYtjuU8wC1DtrQhNqLR1zgvoa_nT55ibkV-isFbA-CNt4jGhBDBQsp0uIgX-yC1gaCoPpiIl5mp0mufAexm8tkM-xeIWqVhFCZ453FnYy7-8H70hY32luo/s320/20201017_Kah-Wai+Lin.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below: Len Cacciatore is polar aligning his AVX mount to his new Canon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnZOP5TVy91VP1IgE4a7pwc3dfllgwyFAznFxdwGZ_rJWCCyzbyNL6prXtyeIQ0DwkUGX8x3AjsZLZFsM2tsiXe9REtRz3H2IQeNaCCKR4HWnLd_hIhzpUKxcOshGzepufQCq_vR68gg/s2048/20201017_Len+Cacciatore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnZOP5TVy91VP1IgE4a7pwc3dfllgwyFAznFxdwGZ_rJWCCyzbyNL6prXtyeIQ0DwkUGX8x3AjsZLZFsM2tsiXe9REtRz3H2IQeNaCCKR4HWnLd_hIhzpUKxcOshGzepufQCq_vR68gg/s320/20201017_Len+Cacciatore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> </p>NJAA Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11492237094173675083noreply@blogger.com0