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32 inch scope 32 inch with stiffened truss
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on 11/16/2010 23:05:12
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the dome
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on 11/16/2010 23:15:22
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M42 taken with new 6 inch RC piggybacked on scope
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on 11/16/2010 23:17:02
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M31 with 6 inch RC
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on 11/16/2010 23:17:52
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M1
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on 12/14/2010 22:12:19
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IC 1318 Area just east of Gamma Cygni (On left)
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on 12/19/2010 16:11:23
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Trapezium, core of M42
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on 03/06/2011 21:49:04
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NGC 1977 Running man nebula
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on 03/06/2011 21:50:29
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NGC 2835
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on 03/06/2011 21:51:00
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NGC 3109
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on 03/06/2011 21:51:58
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M1, color reprocessed true color image M1
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on 04/26/2011 20:53:50
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M16 new luminance image
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on 05/09/2011 22:05:46
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Ngc 4244
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on 05/09/2011 22:06:30
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NGC 3972 Supernova seen on 4/30/2011
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on 05/09/2011 22:08:43
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M51 pre supernova (image from 6/2010)
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on 06/10/2011 19:34:38
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M51 SN supernova 2011dh, 6/3/2011
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on 06/10/2011 19:35:26
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M51 SN supernova 2011dh, taken at peak 6/6/2011
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on 06/10/2011 19:36:18
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M69
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on 06/13/2011 21:55:22
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M70
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on 06/13/2011 21:56:14
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M28
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on 06/13/2011 21:59:03
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M11 "wild duck cluster"
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on 08/01/2011 20:13:14
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sunspots finally sun "wakes up" nice sunspots 7/31/2011
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on 08/01/2011 20:13:59
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M101 With 1a Supernova marked, about mag 11
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on 09/02/2011 17:31:20
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M75
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on 09/02/2011 17:34:14
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Comet Garradd taken 8/29/2011
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on 09/02/2011 17:35:11
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M32
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on 09/12/2011 20:47:40
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M110
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on 09/12/2011 20:47:56
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NGC6772
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on 09/12/2011 20:48:16
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M102 M102 may be a mistaken duplicate of M101, or.. this, NGC5866
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on 09/12/2011 20:50:38
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NGC6503
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on 09/12/2011 20:51:12
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M101 with SN SN 2011fe (in M101) taken 9/16/2011, peaked at mag 10.134
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on 09/17/2011 22:31:42
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sunspots sun 9/30/2011
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on 09/30/2011 15:18:54
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sunspots-close close up of spots
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on 09/30/2011 15:19:50
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sunspot large sunspot group on 11/05/2011
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on 11/05/2011 15:34:01
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NGC 1097
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/27/2011 20:16:07
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M43
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on 12/27/2011 20:16:28
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horsehead widefield image
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/14/2012 18:52:05
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sunspots sunspot group causing recent aurora activity, 3-11-2012
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on 03/11/2012 14:26:08
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M95 with CV Initially thought to be a Supernova, then thought to be cataclysmic variable, but.. now known to be a blue SN
bright star just below the core.
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on 03/19/2012 19:39:41
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M95 2010 image of M95 for comparison
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 03/19/2012 19:40:33
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NGC 4565 color image 4565 edge on galaxy in coma
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/01/2012 21:07:57
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M42 In color. short exposure combined with long exposure to get central detail
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on 05/01/2012 21:09:12
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Annular solar eclipse montage of the annular solar eclipse, May 20, 2012, taken from Kanarraville, Utah
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on 05/26/2012 00:51:19
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Venus Transit
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 06/05/2012 22:16:49
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NGC 5985
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/02/2012 22:58:05
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NGC 4725
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/02/2012 22:59:04
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M53
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/02/2012 22:59:45
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NGC 5053
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on 07/02/2012 23:00:34
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NGC 6543 Cats eye nebula
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on 07/02/2012 23:01:37
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M 24
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on 07/18/2012 21:22:23
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M26
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on 07/18/2012 21:22:53
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M 54
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on 07/18/2012 21:24:00
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M 55
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:24:24
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M8
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on 07/18/2012 21:26:38
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M8 wide field view
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on 07/18/2012 21:27:11
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M2
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on 07/18/2012 21:28:02
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M 10
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:28:47
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M 80
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:29:49
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NGC 6302 "Bug Nebula"
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on 07/18/2012 21:31:35
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NGC 7662
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:32:04
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M 92
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/18/2012 21:32:54
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NGC 6366
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/24/2012 22:20:21
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M78
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 08/01/2012 20:42:23
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NGC7635
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 09/20/2012 19:19:18
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NGC7635 Bubble nebula
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on 09/20/2012 19:19:47
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Large Magellanic cloud taken from Cairns Australia with 80mm telescope
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/06/2012 11:26:25
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Large magellanic cloud wider field view
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 12/06/2012 11:27:30
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magelaanic clouds large and small, from Cairns Australia
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on 12/06/2012 11:29:14
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Milky Way South From Carina up to about Canopus
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on 12/06/2012 22:57:36
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Comet C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) Comet LINEAR c/2012 K5, taken through 32 inch Jan 7, 2013, moving rapidly through Taurus
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on 01/08/2013 20:47:12
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Comet ISON C/2012 S1 Comet ISON, predicted to be spectacular late in 2013, taken 1/07/2013, marked with an arrow, 16th mag currently. proven with subsequent images to be slowly drifting. It is slightly "fuzzy"
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on 01/08/2013 20:49:48
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NGC 925
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on 01/08/2013 22:52:56
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NGC2440 butterfly like planetary nebula
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on 01/08/2013 22:53:32
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IC 443 interesting nebula northeast Orion, looks like smaller version of Veil
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 02/05/2013 20:04:02
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NGC 2841 Galaxy in Ursa Major
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on 02/05/2013 20:04:33
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NGC 3178 An Arp galaxy, distorted by nearby galaxy (out of field), about 42 Million LY away, and just below, a Hickman group of interacting galaxies 400 million LY away
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on 02/05/2013 20:06:25
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NGC2403
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on 03/10/2013 19:21:12
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M45 First image with new 6.1 inch triplet F1.25 (used 2x barlow on this), so taken F 2.5
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on 03/13/2013 20:48:02
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M82 Color version
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on 03/18/2013 21:12:37
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M51 image 2013
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on 04/07/2013 22:03:35
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M51 M51 color
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on 04/07/2013 22:04:08
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M83
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on 04/07/2013 22:04:31
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M3 M3 in color
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on 04/07/2013 22:05:46
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M57 H alpha image
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/07/2013 22:06:33
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M57 H-alpha and color channels
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 04/07/2013 22:07:04
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NGC4569
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/02/2013 22:37:47
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NGC4631
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/02/2013 22:38:07
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M97 In color
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 05/02/2013 22:39:49
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M27 Through H alpha light filter
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on 06/10/2013 21:28:49
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M27 combined Ha,O3,and Sulphur/Green
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on 06/10/2013 21:30:22
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Nova in Delphinus Wide field image, marked. You can see dolphin below, and sagitta to the right. About mag 6.0, 50mm lens, 1 minute
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on 08/14/2013 23:58:29
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Nova in Delphinus discovered 8/14/2013, mag 6.0. 100mm lens, nova marked. 1 minute
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on 08/14/2013 23:59:49
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Nova Delphinus taken 5AM UT 8/17/2013, now about 4.8 mag, constellations and Nova marked for identification
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on 08/17/2013 11:25:39
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Nova Delphinus taken 5AM UT 8/17/2013, no markings
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on 08/17/2013 11:29:47
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Moon, 1st quarter Yes, I actually took an image of the moon, through 6 inch refractor
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on 09/09/2013 22:27:27
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Double Cluster
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on 09/29/2013 22:18:22
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NGC 6992, veil east Ha image, small section of the eastern veil
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/31/2014 21:00:20
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NGC 6992, color small section of eastern veil, 4000 seconds (3 1/2 hours), Ha, O3, and S2
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Mario Motta M.D.
on 07/31/2014 21:01:47
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M8 Ha, S2, O3
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on 10/17/2015 20:48:29
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M74
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on 10/17/2015 20:52:08
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