Starship Asterisk*

[img2]http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/7580/m1147x600atik16ictakaha.png[/img2]

Object: M1
Exposure: 147 x 600 secs ([b]24 h 20 m.[/b])
Filter: Astronomik HAlpha 12nm
Camera: Atik 16IC
Telescope: Takahashi TSA 102 D=102mm F=612mm
Mount: HEQ5 synscan
Seeing: 3 arcsec.
Selection from 227 frames and 11 nights
Darkframes: 21x600 for night
Dark Of flatfield: 31x0.2 for night
Flatfield: 31x0.2 for night

Thanks

Roberto Barcellona
rbarcellona@tin.it

[quote="lodrigj"][size=120][b]Orion and Environs[/b][/size]
http://www.astropix.com
Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss
[url=http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/Orion_Winter_Milky_Way.HTM][img]http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/OWMW2.JPG[/img][/url]
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That image of Barnards Loop reminded me of this
[img2]http://bobmccarty.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/hammer_and_sickle.jpg[/img2]

Analemma project 2010.

[img2]http://ladanyi.csillagaszat.hu/gal/tajkep/analemma_2010_ladanyi_net.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]Saturn's Northern Electrostatic Disturbance (NED)[/b][/size]
http://saturn.cstoneind.com
Copyright: Chris Go
[img2]http://www.christone.net/astro/saturn/saturn20101213.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]IC405 in Auriga[/b][/size]
http://notte-stellata.blogspot.com
Copyright: Davide Manca
[size=80][i][attachment=0]IC405ss.jpg[/attachment][/i][/size]

[size=120][b]Orion and Environs[/b][/size]
http://www.astropix.com
Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss
[url=http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/Orion_Winter_Milky_Way.HTM][img]http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/OWMW2.JPG[/img][/url]
Click on the image for a higher-resolution version with more information about the picture.

[size=120][b]North American and Pelican Nebula Area[/b][/size]
Copyright: Larry Van Vleet (2010)
[img2]http://www.lvvastro.com/lvvastro_images_raw/sml_format/NAmer_Mosaic_Sml.jpg[/img2]
This is a 4 frame narrowband mosaic, 116 hrs of data + RGB for star color, taken from Sierra Remote Observatories in California July/Aug 2010 with a 10" Takahashi BRC 250, FLI Proline 16803 camera, Astrodon Gen II filters. A full size version (15mb) can be viewed at: http://www.lvvastro.com/lvvastro_images_raw/lrg_format/NAmer_Mosaic_Lg.jpg

[size=150]NGC 7793 and a lot of background galaxies[/size]
http://www.skypixels.at/ngc7793_info.html
Copyright: Herbert Walter
[img2]http://www.skypixels.at/bilder/ngc7793_full_50proz.jpg[/img2]

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[size=120][b]The Milky Way and Zodiacal Light[/b][/size]
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
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[size=120][b]Crisscrossed Contrails[/b][/size]
Copyright: Éibhear Ó hAnluain
[size=80][i][attachment=1]contrail20101211.jpg[/attachment][/i][/size]

[size=120][b]Perseus Double Cluster[/b][/size]
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-0884.htm
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-0869.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
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