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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Read MorePictures 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
CHECK OUT MY eBOOK " TIME MACHINE " available for $4.99 at Apple iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/book/id583664888 A Book Review of "Time Machine" http://tinyurl.com/pafwykv
Soft and Hardcover book available at http://www.blurb.ca/b/4038933-time-machine
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IC 1311 in Cygnus
The field in this image is from the constellation of Cygnus. IC 1311 is the designation for a star cluster with nebulosity. The main core of the cluster is a small dense knot of stars toward the right of center in this image. The general region is rich with hydrogen emission as evidenced by the red nebulosity. The cluster is located approximately 4,000 light years from Earth. North is up in this image.
Image center is located approximately - Equatorial 2000: RA: 20h 12m 54s Dec: +41°12'18"
Taken June 30, 2012 and Aug 24, 2012 by Lynn Hilborn
TEC 140 @ f7
ML 8300 -30
WhistleStop Obs, Grafton
RGB 9x5m 2x2
Ha 1x1 11x20m