Treasure Coast Astronomical Society
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The public is always WELCOME at our Events ! Come out and see what we have to offer. |
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| Welcome to the Treasure Coast Astronomical Society website. We hope that the information contained here will benefit you in your search through the cosmos. There is a wealth of information for your enjoyment. Please take your time and have a look around. | ||||||||||
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For more information on the TCAS
club go to: https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/ |
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| NGC 253 The Sculptor Galaxy imaged by Phil Hillrich | ||||||||||
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| Allen setting up his dob at KPPSP (Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park) in preperation for a public Outreach evemt. | ||||||||||
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| Two TCAS telescopes ready for the public Outreach . TCAS was the sponsor for the Kissimmee Nights public viewing held Nov. 23 , 2019 | ||||||||||
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New Image of Orion's nebula sent to TCAS from member Steve Smith. |
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LRGB shot in my backyard in Lakewood Park with the QSI690. Combination of 254x30s, 135x120s & 383x300s lights for total of 38.5 hours. |
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NGC 7789 is an
open cluster in Cassiopeia that was discovered by
Caroline Herschel in 1783. Her brother
William Herschel included it in his catalog as H VI.30.
This cluster is also known as "The White Rose" Cluster or
"Caroline's Rose" Cluster because when seen visually, the
loops of stars and dark lanes look like the swirling pattern
of rose petals as seen from above. Imaged by Dave Holko. |
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| Larry Schilder's Newest Solar H-Alpha Images | ||||||||||
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| The Bubble Nebula taken by Steve Smith in LRGB (2019) | ||||||||||
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| The Rosette Nebula in LRGB by Dave Holko (2019) | ||||||||||
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| 2019 Version of the Witch head (IC2118) in LRGB by Dave Holko (2019) | ||||||||||
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| Thor's Helmet, in LRGB by Dave Holko (2019) | ||||||||||
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| Witch Head Nebula,
IC2118, taken from KPPSP by John Paul in November 2016 FSQ-106, SBIG 11000C, AP Mach I |
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Iridium flare -7 magnitude taken at Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park November 19, 2016 near Cassiopeia. Photo by Steve Smith |
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Rocket launch of an Atlas V carrying a NOAA GOES high resolution weather satellite from Cape Canaveral, FL. Photo taken from Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park at 6:52pm ET on November 19, 2016 Photo by Steve Smith
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M8 - The Lagoon Nebula - Image by Steve Smith |
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The three images below were taken by club member, Steve Smith. Equipment used: Orion 130 EON, Atlas EQ-G, StarShooter, Canon 70D Software: EQMOD, The SkyX, PHD2, Astrotortilla, Backyard EOS, Pixinsight
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Comet C2013 US10 Catalina 23 exp, 90s, 1600iso, 12-12-15 @ KPP |
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M42 in Orion 10 exp, 30s, 800iso, 12-11-15 @ KPP |
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M31 the Andromeda Galaxy 30 exp, 200s, 800iso, 1-11-16 @ Backyard Lakewood Park, FL |
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Below is a image of the Horsehead (B33) taken January, 2019 from KPP by Dave Holko |
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TAK 130F TOA, SBIG 8300C, AP1200, MAXIM DL, 30 X 5 MIN |
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| TCAS members camping and solar
viewing at KPPSP in December 2015
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Three new images by Steve Barton.
All images taken with a TPO 12” newt with an ASA 3” reducer/corrector and Starlight Xpress H694C. 600mm guide scope with a 2X barlow and Lodestar guider, PHD2 guide software. Capture software is Nebulosity-4 and processed in PixInSight.
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Helix Nebula 50-1min,4-10sec,total time, 50 minutes and 40 seconds.
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M51 19-2min,Total time, 38 minutes Lights, darks, flats-bias used in the preprocessing, Nebulosity-4, Dithered guiding And processed the same as the Dumbbell Nebula.
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Dumbbell Nebula 3-3min,8-2min,8-1min,8-30sec,8-17sec,8-7sec,Total time, about 40 minutes. Lights and a bad pixel map. no flats or bias used. Bad pixel map used because I did not dither between images. I was guiding with PHD2 with a 600mm guide scope and 2x barlow. Preprocessed and stacked in Nebulosity-4 and processed in PixInSight. |
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Image of Jupiter taken 3/24/2015 in PSL with C-14 and Celestron NexImage 5 video camera by Dave Holko |
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Below are three images taken by Phil Hillrich, a TCAS member. |
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M45 The Pleadies |
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M33 Triangulum Galaxy AKA Pinwheel Galaxy |
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NGC 281 The Pacman Nebula |
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Phil uses the following : Mount-Atlas EQ-GOTo,-Astro Tech F4 AT 8IN Imaging Newtonian, Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT, IR Converted with Baader Astro Conversion Filters installed, Guider-Orion Mini Deluxe Auto Guider Package, PHD Guiding Software, Pictures taken and processed with Maxim DL5
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The above photograph was taken by Hans, at KPPSP in early July. The milky way in its grand glory. |
| Below, Hans also sent us omega Centauri (a southern hemisphere giant globular that Larry C. could tell us all about). In a telescope is about as large as the moon was at the recent lunar eclipse! (No this is not another one of those yearly Mars hoax emails!). In the 18" scopes it looked like a crystal chandelier (I think I heard someone say). |
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Image of the Rosette Nebula taken by TCAS club member Benjamin Rodriguez. |
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Large Sun Spot group on the sun now ! |
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Photo by Phil Hillrich |
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