Southern objects from Pic du Midi Observatory
Aspect of the southern horizon from Pic du Midi Observatory
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Canon EOS 5D equiped with a Canon 24-70 mm 1:2.8 L lens (used here at the focal length of 70 mm f/2.8). Stack of 6 x 2 minutes exposures at ISO800 with the "add_max" algorithm of Iris software. These night (July 29, 2006), the horizon is illuminated by spain cities light reflection on hight altitude clouds. |
Some
summet of the Pyrénées montain chain from Pic du Midi observatory.
Same
night, same horizon and same lens, but with a focal length of 24 mm @ f/2.8.Two meteors
are visibles in these ten minutes exposure.
Close
look of the brigthness meteor!
Area around NGC 6723/26/29 in Corona Australis
Localisation of the objects
Image
Valérie Desnoux, taken from Pic du Midi montain the July 29, 2006 with a Canon
EOS 5D
and a Canon 135 mm f/2 lens (stopped to f/2.8). Single one minute
exposure.
Optic: Canon 400 mm f:5.6 L.
Camera: Modified Baader Canon 350D (Halpha pass filter - see
here) at ISO800. Mount: Takashi EM200.
Exposure: 26 minutes (18 x
2 minutes). Processing: Iris
software. Observatory: Pic du Midi (altitude 2877 meters, french Pyrénées).
Date: July 28, 2006.
Global view of the area
Details of the central region
(at the original 350D original scale)
NGC 6231 / IC 4628 region in Scorpius
Image
Valérie Desnoux, taken from Pic du Midi montain the July 29, 2006 with a Canon
EOS 5D
and a Canon 135 mm f/2 lens (stopped to f/2.8). Single one minute
exposure.
Optic: Canon 400 mm f:5.6 L.
Camera: Modified Baader Canon 350D (Halpha pass filter - see
here) at ISO800. Mount: Takashi EM200.
Exposure: 33 minutes (11 x
3 minutes). Processing: Iris
software. Observatory: Pic du Midi (altitude 2860 meters, french Pyrénées).
Date: July 29, 2006.
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NGC 6334
Image by Valérie Desnoux, taken from Pic du Midi montain the July 29, 2006 with a Canon EOS 5D and a Canon 135 mm f/2 lens (stopped to f/2.8). Single one minute exposure. |
Optic: Canon 400 mm f:5.6 L. Camera: Modified Baader Canon 350D (Halpha pass filter - see here) at ISO800. Mount: Takashi EM200. Exposure: 52 minutes (26 x 2 minutes). Processing: Iris software. Observatory: Pic du Midi (altitude 2860 meters, french Pyrénées). Date: July 28, 2006.
Negative view of the field
of NGC 6334
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NGC 6357
Optic: Canon 400 mm f:5.6 L.
Camera: Modified Baader Canon 350D (Halpha pass filter - see
here) at ISO800. Mount: Takashi EM200.
Exposure: 30 minutes (15 x
2 minutes). Processing: Iris
software. Observatory: Pic du Midi (altitude 2860 meters, french Pyrénées).
Date: July 28, 2006.
Negative view of the area around NGC 6357
