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NIGHT OVER ONTARIO

These photos were taken by Lynn Hilborn of Grafton, Ontario.
Pictures have appeared on the cover and inside editions of SkyNews magazine and in Sky & Telescope and Astronomy magazine, and as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.

“ Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,”
W.B.Yeats



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An elephant, a bat and a squid walked into a bar... Here we have the newly discovered ( by an amateur astronomer) "squid", now known as OU4, a fragile blue OIII image enbedded in the red "bat" (Sh2-129) at the lower right. The elephant of course is above in IC1396.<br /> The "squid" was discovered in May 2011 by Nicolas Outters and although not fully understood appears to be a giant, dim, planetary nebula.<br /> Astronomy Magazine, Picture of the Day, July 28,2014<br /> This image was shot with a Canon 135mm f2 lens at f2.5 and a FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters.<br /> The image was taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario on June 22,26,27 and July 1,2014.<br /> A total of 11 hours of exposure...OIII 8x30m, Ha 14x15m, R 6x10m, G 6x10m, B 8x10m, all binned 1x1.
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An elephant, a bat and a squid walked into a bar... Here we have the newly discovered ( by an amateur astronomer) "squid", now known as OU4, a fragile blue OIII image enbedded in the red "bat" (Sh2-129) at the lower right. The elephant of course is above in IC1396.
The "squid" was discovered in May 2011 by Nicolas Outters and although not fully understood appears to be a giant, dim, planetary nebula.
Astronomy Magazine, Picture of the Day, July 28,2014
This image was shot with a Canon 135mm f2 lens at f2.5 and a FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters.
The image was taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario on June 22,26,27 and July 1,2014.
A total of 11 hours of exposure...OIII 8x30m, Ha 14x15m, R 6x10m, G 6x10m, B 8x10m, all binned 1x1.

  • Vdb14 Vdb15 reflection nebula (top blue), Sh2-202 emission nebula (mid faint red) with many LDN (dark nebula) embedded, Sh2-201 emission nebula (very small brighter red), Sh2-199 emission nebula ( bright red at bottom...aka Soul Nebula). Taken with Canon 200mm f2.8 lens at f3.5 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, September 27 and October 1.2014 at WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario.<br /> RGB each 18x5 minutes, Lum 18x10 minutes,Ha 5x30 minutes all binned 1x1. Total 12.5 hours exposure.
  • Transit of Mercury May 09,2016
  • The Andromeda Galaxy M31. Cover of SkyNews magazine January 2015.<br /> Canon 200mm f2.8 lens at f3.5 and FLI ML8300 camera at -30. Tak NJP Temma2 mount and Baader filters.<br /> 8.5 hours of exposure, RGB each 18x5m,Lum 24x5m,Ha 8x30m all binned 1x1.<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton, Ontario. September 25,26,27,2014.
  • Into the Soul
  • Orion Hunts a Comet<br /> Comet Lovejoy C2014 Q2 being hunted by Orion.<br /> Canon 6D modified, 50mm Nifty Fifty lens at f4. 7x2minutes. Camera mounted on a Vixen Polarie for tracking.<br /> Shot on January 7, 2015 at Canaveral National Seashore, US National Park, Florida. Image taken by Lynn Hilborn.
  • Zodiacal light through Jupiter...5am near Grafton, Ontario.<br /> Canon 6d with Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 6400 ISO 30 seconds.<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario...September 28,2014
  • Indian Summer 5am...winter constellations over Lake Ontario with Orion and Sirius over New York state.<br /> Canon 6d with Samyang 14mm f2.8 lens, 6400ISO,30 seconds.<br /> Image taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton,Ontario, September 28,2014.
  • The storm passed south over the lake, the clouds back lit by lightning,,,Scorpius appeared crowned by Saturn.<br /> Canon 6D and Sigma 24mm ART at f2.5, 3200 ISO, 15 seconds.<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario on June 10, 2015.
  • Night over America... as seen from Canada. We share the lake and the sky....best wishes to all.<br /> North shore of Lake Ontario looking towards Rochester NY ( 40 miles across the lake).<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, Grafton,Ontario on June 22, 2014.<br /> Canon 6d modified with Tamaron 28-75mm f2.8 lens at 28mm f 2.8, ISO 3200, single 25 second exposure.<br /> <br /> Full Page picture SkyNews magazine, Sept/Oct 2014.
  • Polaris in galactic cirrus with NGC188 an ancient globular cluster.<br /> 135mm Canon lens f2 @ f2.5 , NJP mount tracking only...no guiding<br /> May 30,June 3,June 19, June20, 2014<br /> ML 8300 camera at bin 1x1, -30 C<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario.<br /> Cover Photo... RASC JOURNAL October 2014<br /> Astronomy Magazine..Picture of the Day<br /> Lum 38 x 4min<br /> R 18 x 10m 1x1<br /> B 12 x 10m 1x1<br /> artificial green
  • An elephant, a bat and a squid walked into a bar... Here we have the newly discovered ( by an amateur astronomer) "squid", now known as OU4, a fragile blue OIII image enbedded in the red "bat" (Sh2-129) at the lower right. The elephant of course is above in IC1396.<br /> The "squid" was discovered in May 2011 by Nicolas Outters and although not fully understood appears to be a giant, dim, planetary nebula.<br /> Astronomy Magazine, Picture of the Day, July 28,2014<br /> This image was shot with a Canon 135mm f2 lens at f2.5 and a FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters.<br /> The image was taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario on June 22,26,27 and July 1,2014.<br /> A total of 11 hours of exposure...OIII 8x30m, Ha 14x15m, R 6x10m, G 6x10m, B 8x10m, all binned 1x1.
  • Aurora in Grafton, 8pm Sept 12,2014<br /> Samyang 14mm lens f2.8, 25 seconds at 3200 ISO. Canon 6D. Taken by Lynn Hilborn.<br /> Note Andromeda galaxy on right center edge. Image has been cropped.
  • VdB 9 A dust field with a reflection nebula in Cassiopeia.<br /> 14 hours of exposure ( L 40x10m, R 14x10m, G 17x10m, B 14x10m) all bin 1x1. Taken on Nov 5, 11, 17, 2012 by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario. TEC 140 @f7, FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters, NJP Temma2 mount.
  • Comet Jacques moves for almost 4 hours over the Cave Nebula. The tail extends to the bottom of the frame.<br /> Images taken on the night of August 27,2014 from Grafton, Ontario, Canada by Lynn Hilborn.<br /> Images are 10 minutes each taken with a Canon 200mm f2.8 prime lens set at f3.5 and a FLI ML8300 camera.
  • "Jacques leaves the Cave"<br /> Comet Jacques with M52, Bubble nebula and the Cave Nebula<br /> 1x 10m Lum, RGB 2min each.<br /> Canon 200mm f2.8 at f3.5 and FLI ML8300 camera.Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton,Ontario<br /> August 27, 2014
  • Colourful Cassiopeia in Reflection<br /> modified Canon 6D with Canon 24mm f2.8 lens at f3.5, 25 seconds at ISO1600.<br /> 24 hours after attending a wonderful lecture at Astrocats given by Wally Pacholka...I bought a used 24mm lens and went to a local pond.<br /> Picture by Lynn Hilborn, Grafton, Ontario. May 4, 2014.
  • Cave nebula to the Bubble and M52
  • Scorpius rising over Arikok National Park, Aruba.<br /> Canon 6d modified with Canon 50mm f1.4 lens @f2.8. 6 x 1 minute exposures tracked on a iOptron ZEQ25 mount.<br /> Taken by Lynn Hilborn, February 04, 2014. Cover picture "Journal" magazine Royal Astronomical Association of Canada, August 2014.
  • Abell 1656 Coma Cluster of galaxies surrounded by IFN (intergalactic flux nebula). Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton, Ontario on April 23,24,26,2014.<br /> TEC 140 @f5.3 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters on Takahashi NJP Temma2 mount.<br /> Lum 1x1 23x10m, RGB each 2x2 9x5m. An inverted view ( next image ) shows a 21.0 mag quasar, QSO HB89 1256+280, some 11 Billion light years away.<br /> <br /> This picture was subject of an article "Pushing The Frontiers of Backyard Astronomy" by Terence Dickinson in Sept/Oct 2014 edition of SkyNews magazine<br /> <br /> The Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) is a large cluster of galaxies that contains over 1,000 identified galaxies. Along with the Leo Cluster (Abell 1367), it is one of the two major clusters comprising the Coma Supercluster.] It is located in and takes its name from the constellation Coma Berenices.<br /> <br /> The cluster's mean distance from Earth is 99 Mpc (321 million light years). Its ten brightest spiral galaxies have apparent magnitudes of 12–14 . The central region is dominated by two giant elliptical galaxies: NGC 4874 and NGC 4889. The cluster is within a few degrees of the north galactic pole on the sky. Most of the galaxies that inhabit the central portion of the Coma Cluster are ellipticals. Both dwarf, as well as giant ellipticals, are found in abundance in the Coma Cluster.<br /> <br /> As is usual for clusters of this richness, the galaxies are overwhelmingly elliptical and S0 galaxies, with only a few spirals of younger age, and many of them probably near the outskirts of the cluster.<br /> <br /> The full extent of the cluster was not understood until it was more thoroughly studied in the 1950s by astronomers at Mount Palomar Observatory, although many of the individual galaxies in the cluster had been identified previously.<br /> <br /> An extended X-ray source centered at 1300+28 in the direction of the Coma cluster of galaxies was reported before August 1966. This X-ray observation was performed by balloon, but the source was not detected in the sounding rocket flight launched by the X-ray astronomy group at the Naval Research Laboratory on November 25, 1964. A strong X-ray source was observed by the X-ray observatory satellite Uhuru close to the center of the Coma cluster and this source was suggested be designated Coma X-1.<br /> <br /> The Coma cluster contains about 800 galaxies within a 100 x 100 arc-min area of the celestial sphere.<br /> <br /> Text from Nasa
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