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James W. Young, Professional Photographer

White Mountain Astrophotography
August 10-14, 2010

Setup
This is my Canon 1Ds Mark III DSLR and 400mm f/2.8 telephoto lens setup on
a Losmandy mounting and homemade tripod.  The setup was placed at the 8600
foot elevation in the Grandview Campground in the White Mountains of northern
California (east of Bishop).  The battery operated flawlessly for four straight
nights.  The following images were taken with ISO settings between 800-3200,
using high ISO noise reduction, and long exposure noise (bias) reduction settings.
Wide views were taken with a Canon 24mm f/1.4 lens stopped to f/2.  Several
closeups were taken with the telephoto and a 2X extender for 800mm @ f/5.6.


MilkyWay
The Milky Way

Lagoon
Lagoon (right) and Trifid Nebulae (left)

Antares
Antares and M4 in Scorpius, with Rho Ophiuchi above

Omega
Omega (left) and Eagle Nebulae (right)

Omega
Omega Nebula

M13
M13 (globular cluster in Hercules) and NGC 6207 (above left)

M51Satellite
M51 and artifical satellite

M51
M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy (close-up view)

GammaCygnus
The Gamma Cygni Nebula complex (IC 1318)

NorthAmerican
The North American Nebula (NGC 7000)

Dumbell
M27, the Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula

Ring
M57, The Ring Nebula in Lyra

Veil
Part of the Veil Nebula in Cygnus (NGC 6960)

California
The California Nebula in Perseus

Pleiades
The Pleiades cluster in Taurus

Pleiades
Same as above, but a longer exposure showing more nebulosity.


Andromeda
M31, the famous Andromeda Galaxy.  Two companion galaxies are also seen:
one above and to the left (M32), and the other to the lower right (NGC 205).

M33
The spirial galaxy M33 in Triangulum

Horsehead
The Horsehead Nebula in Orion

Orion
The famous Orion Nebula, M42

Meteor1
A bright Perseid meteor (traveling left to right)

Meteor2
A very bright Perseid meteor (traveling right to left)

Meteor3
A Perseid meteor (traveling right to left)

Meteor4
A fainter Perseid meteor (traveling right to left) along with a trail of a bright
artifical earth satellite (traveling right to left).



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