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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.

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Perseus Molecular Cloud...APOD (NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day)
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Perseus Molecular Cloud...APOD (NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day)

Perseus molecular cloud from IC348 to NGC1333. 6 hours of exposure (36x10minutes) with Canon 6d modified and TS71 scope at f5.

This cosmic expanse of dust, gas, and stars covers some 6 degrees on the sky in the heroic constellation Perseus. At upper left in the gorgeous skyscape is the intriguing young bluish star cluster IC 348 and neighboring Flying Ghost Nebula. At right, another active star forming region NGC 1333 is connected by dark and dusty tendrils on the outskirts of the giant Perseus Molecular Cloud, about 850 light-years away. Other dusty nebulae are scattered around the field of view, along with the faint reddish glow of hydrogen gas. In fact, the cosmic dust tends to hide the newly formed stars and young stellar objects or protostars from prying optical telescopes. Collapsing due to self-gravity, the protostars form from the dense cores embedded in the dusty molecular cloud. At the molecular cloud's estimated distance, this field of view would span almost 90 light-years. (Text courtesy of NASA APOD).

Image taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs, Grafton, Ontario on September 17 and 23, 2015.
This image was NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day October 10, 2015.

  • Flaming Star, Tadpoles,Starfish and Pinwheel
  • Elephant Trunk and Garnet Star
  • Into the Heart and Soul
  • Perseus Molecular Cloud...APOD (NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day)
  • Astronomy Photographer of the Year short list 2015
  • Aurora over Grafton  October 7, 2015  8:18pm
  • North American and Pelican nebula
  • Kayaks, meteors and Star trails
  • The Coathanger
  • Gold dust
  • Lagoon Nebula
  • Lagoon and Trifid Nebula ( M8 and M20), TS 71 @f5, Canon 6d, 30 x 240 seconds at 1600ISO.<br />
Captured in BYEOS,preprocessed in Nebulosity and Registar, processed in Lightroom and CS6.<br />
June 21 and 23, 2015, Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario.
  • The Bridge between Stars<br />
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Taken by Lynn Hilborn, April 16,2015 at Nauwatin Nature Preserve near Grafton, Ontario.<br />
Canon 6d modified and Sigma 24mm f1.4 ART lens at f2.0, 1600 ISO a single 20 second exposure on a tripod.
  • Horse Head to M78 to Barnard's Loop. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario on March 11, 2015.<br />
Teleskop Service Star 71 f4.9 telescope and modified Canon 6d  29 exposures, each 4 minutes , 3200 ISO.<br />
Guided on a Takahashi NJP mount.
  • Launch to Lovejoy.    NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day <a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150122.html">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150122.html</a><br />
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Comet Lovejoy rides high over NASA during the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket, January 20,2015.  Shot from Canaveral National Seashore,Apollo Beach by Lynn Hilborn.<br />
Canon 6d  modified, Vixen Polarie tracker and Samyang 14mm f2.8 at f4.<br />
 8x3minutes 1600 ISO, launch 3minutes f8 100 ISO.
  • Comet Lovejoy 2014<br />
135mm f2 lens at f2.8, 17x2min, 1600 ISO, Canon 6d. with Polarie tracking mount.<br />
Taken by Lynn Hilborn from Apollo Beach, Canaveral National Seashore, January 7,2015
  • Christmas Tree Cluster NGC 2264
  • Flaming Star Nebula (top), Tadpole Nebula (centre right), M38  Open Cluster (bottom),,,IC 405, IC 410 and M38.<br />
Canon 200mm f2.8 lens at f3.5 and FLI ML8300 camera with Baader filters. Taken by Lynn Hilborn, WhistleStop Obs,Grafton,Ontario on Oct 23, Nov 13 and 21, 2014.<br />
RGB each 1x1 18x300 seconds, Ha 6x 1800 seconds 1x1, OIII 2x1800 seconds 1x1.
  • The King Lives In Lacerta
  • 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.
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