Starship Asterisk*

by **Ann** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 12:59 am

How could I forget? Adam Block, I'm always so happy to see your pictures here!

Ann

by **Ann** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 6:16 pm

I've looked through this thread of wonderful images, and I want to thank everyone who contributed. Thank you so much for your hard work and your inspiration.

I'm going to mention just a few images which speak particularly strongly to my preferences.
Jeff Dai, I love that galactic icefall with the glittering Milky Way and the Andromeda galaxy above.

Sergio, you have posted several great images here recently, and I love them all! Antonio Costa, I'm amazed at that "rainbow quadrantid".

Antonio Cabanillas and William Alvarez, I completely love your fantastic image of IC 4065 in Scorpius.

Philippe TOSI, I'm fascinated at that "churning full Moon sky" over the Pyrenees mountains, which could have been taken from a dark fantasy movie.

Greg Gibbs, that "Room with a View" image is really beautiful! Thank you, Stephen63, for letting us see that Hubble picture of galaxies NGC 192, 196 and 197.

Anna, welcome to Starship Asterisk*, and thank you for adding flute music to the music of the spheres!

Welcome to Emre Can Alagoz, too, and your fine image of anticrepuscular rays.

Mavroudakis Fotis, thank you for your beautiful pictures from Greece.

Miguel Claro, that's a truly beautiful sunset photo. Marsel van Oosten, that's a simply magical photo from Namibia.

Ryan Hannahoe and Robert Gendler, that's a fantastic image of NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 in Scorpius.

Vegastar Charpentier, I just love how you make that Moon rise out the mist. Eduard Garcia Ribera, that's a very fine picture of M81, M82 and the Integrated Flux Nebula.

Otemiz, welcome to Starship Asterisk*! That's a fantastic image of the starry sky above two marvellous rock formations. Thank you for the annotated image, too!

And Marco Lorenzi, that's a fantastic image of M46 and M47 and a planetary nebula.

And Raul, I just love your Orion Nebula!

Roberto Beltramini, your Orion and Horsehead Nebula image is definitely one of my absolute favorites here.

Luis Argerich, I love how you captured Comet Lemmon in the middle of the Southern Cross!

And Philippe TOSI, that's another amazing image of Jupiter.

Phil Hart, that's a fantastic image of the starry sky and bioluminescence.

Luc Perrot, I love how the Carina Nebula and the Milky Way rises out of the mist and over that mountain top.

Velimir Popov, I really like those portraits of NGC 869 and 884.

Rolf Wahl Olsen, that's a truly great picture of Messier 46 and planetary nebula NGC 2438!

Alexandre CROISIER, that windmill and Milky Way picture is really nice.

Mario Weigand, I like both your images, but especially the "East of Merak" one.

Welcome to Starship Astersik*, Antognoni Alejandro! That's a very nice picture of the Gabriela Mistral nebula and the great cluster NGC 3293.

Thank you for that Cassiopeia and Perseus image, Ajay Talwar!

Tommy, that's a both strange and beautiful midwinter image. Mark Hanson, I love that Coned and Foxfur image!

Fred Herrmann, that's a wild California nebula, indeed. What do the colors mean?

Tunc Tezel, thank you for that very fine annotated image of constellation Carina.

Again, thanks to all of you who submitted images!

Ann

by **owlice** » Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:42 am

Thank you to all who shared images!

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by **Sergio** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:55 pm

From Crux to Carina

The classic view of the southern constellation of Crux (The Cross) joined in this case by the western side of Centaurus and part of the eastern side of Carina Constellation. This vast region is best seen with binoculars. Due the variety of objects to explore, someone can spend a whole night navigating this area.

Carls Zeiss Jena 35 mm f3.5 lens and QSI 583 WS taken from Argentine Pampas covering 24 x 19 degrees of our southern Milky Way...

Image with higher resolution at
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/CRUX_LAMBDA_CARINA.htm

Cheers to all !!
Sergio

by **ftherrmann** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:39 pm

A For'Bode'ing Nebula
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

This image contains examples of three different types of galaxies. M81 (Left), a spiral galaxy also known as Bode’s nebula was discovered by Johann Bode in 1774. Up until the early 1920’s the billions of other galaxies in the universe were thought to be “spiral nebulae” consisting of cloudy spiral shaped collections of gases and dust within our known universe the Milky Way galaxy. Edwin Hubble discovered that these objects were actually other galaxies based on variable stars within what was then known as the Andromeda nebula.

M82, an irregular starburst galaxy is also known as the “Cigar” galaxy. It’s center is a very energetic and dense star forming region.

At the top of M81 is a smudge known as Holmberg IX. Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy which orbits the larger M81 galaxy. At 200 million years it’s one of the youngest galaxies in the universe.

M81, M82 and Holmberg IX are 12 million light years distant in the constellation Ursa Major.

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by **marion165** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:07 pm

The Foggy Conestoga River under the Full Moon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalretinoscopy/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

The Foggy Conestoga River under the Full Moon by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

This photograph was taken at Perelman Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania shortly after a couple of inches of fresh snow fell. It was an extremely cold evening causing very light snowflakes that seemed to have an iridescent effect in the moonlight. In the bottom right of the photograph, glistening snow can be seen reflecting the light of the full moon. Thick fog began to roll in along the Conestoga River creating a diffusion effect that eventually obscured my view of the night sky. A Canon T2i and a Sigma 10-20 mm lens at 10mm was used to encompass the entire scene. The short star trail sequence was made of 30 ten second exposures (400 ISO, f/5.0) while the longer sequence was made of 112 ten second exposures (400 ISO, f/5.0).

by **wilsondm** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:25 am

DEM L50: Stellar Effervescence on Display
http://www.chandra.harvard.edu/
Copyright: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Michigan/A.E.Jaskot, Optical: NOAO/CTIO/MCELS
[attachment=6]DEM L50, Stellar Effervescence on Display.jpg[/attachment]

Dark Doodad Nebula
http://www.astroeder.com/en.htm
Copyright: Ivan Eder
[attachment=5]Dark Doodad Nebula.jpg[/attachment]

The Green Flash
Copyright: Justin Moore
[attachment=4]Green Flash.jpg[/attachment]

On Target
Copyright: Colin Eldridge
[attachment=3]On Target.jpg[/attachment]

Cloudy Moonrise
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=2]Cloudy Moonrise.jpg[/attachment]

NGC281
http://hardcity.perso.sfr.fr/hardcity/N ... venue.html
Copyright: Philippe Durville
[attachment=1]NGC281.jpg[/attachment]

Carina Milky Way over the Outback
http://www.twanight.org
Copyright: Tunc Tezel
[attachment=0]Carina Milky Way over the Outback.jpg[/attachment]

by **jldauvergne** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:50 pm

Panorama at 180 degrees showing the northern lights in the Norway's sky
http://astrophotography.fr/
Copyright: JL Dauvergne

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On the right you can see Jupiter and on the left, the Summer Triangle.
I took this panorama last december at Komagfjord, 70°17' N

by **markh@tds.net** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:33 pm

Copyright: Mark Hanson
Here is a new image I took of the Cone and Fox Fur nebula's. It is a 2 pane Mosaic with 46hours of data.

For Higher Resolution image visit http://www.btlguce.com

by **Goudig** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:20 pm

The aurora, the moon, the Hyades, the Pleiades and Jupiter
http://www.flickr.com/mrgoudig
Copyright: Bastien Foucher

Aurora shot in the Lofoten Islands, near Laukvik, in Norway, during the night from the 19th to the 20th of January, 2013.
The Hyades, the Pleiades and Jupiter could be also seen near the horizon.

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Bigger size : http://www.helloduf.info/aurores/norway_aurora.jpg

by **etiqi** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:51 pm

2 Iridiums in one picture
http://www.astroemporda.net
Copyright: Francesc Pruneda

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by **SalvatoreGrasso** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:34 pm

Messier 1 - The Crab Nebula
http://www.Sgastrophotography.com
Copyright: Paul Gardner and Salvatore Grasso
Larger image and details available here

by **dani caxete** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:06 pm

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8494/8423 ... 89e0_o.jpg

by **SkyViking** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:36 pm

Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com
Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen

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Link to large image: http://goo.gl/1cL0l

by **frédogoto** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:57 am

Light pollution over Europae in google earth ^^

full en google earth donwload http://www.avex-asso.org/dossiers/wordp ... ge_id=2754
White : 0–15 visible stars (without planets) according to the conditions. Very high level of light pollution and all around. Typical of big urban centre and big regional and national cities.

Magenta : 25–80 visible stars. Principles constellations began to be recognizable.

Red : 80–150 stars : constellations and others stars appears. In a telescope, Some Messier object began to be observable.

Orange : 150–250 stars in good conditions. The light pollution is present all around but some darks areas appears. Typicaly the middle suburbs.

Yellow : 250–500 stars. Strong light pollution but the Milky Way can appear in good conditions. Some Messiers among the most bright can be visible with the necked eye.

Green : 500–1000 stars : far peacefull suburbs, Milky Way many times visible but very sensitive to the atmospheric conditions. Typicaly, the glare of light pollution take a large place in the sky and reach at 40–50° of elevation.

Cyan : 1000–1500 stars. The Milky Way is visible most of the time in fonction of climatic conditions but without contrast.

Blue : 1500–2000 stars. Good sky. The Milky Way is easily visible, we began to have the sensation of a good sky, but, some source of light pollution damage the sky and in a second time the sky by reflexion at the vertical of the observer.

Night blue : 2000–3000 stars. Very good sky. The Milky Way is present and powerfull. The light glares are far away and scaterred, they don’t affect the sky quality.

Black : more than 3000 stars. No light pollution problems revealable on the sky quality

by **ftherrmann** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:23 am

California Nebula Gone Wild!!
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

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by **tawilson** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:11 pm

2012 Geminid Meteor Shower
http://pmartin.smugmug.com/Other/Gemini ... &k=f5s83f3
Copyright: Pierre Martin
[attachment=4]IMG_5883 53 composite Dec13-14.jpg[/attachment]

Comet ISON
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=3]CometISONcloseup1POStexthRweb.jpg[/attachment]

Cone and Fox Fur Nebulae
Copyright: Mark Hanson
[attachment=2]Astronomyconefox.jpg[/attachment]

Winter Sunpillar
Copyright: Peter Muks
[attachment=1]Winter Sunpillar.jpg[/attachment]

Meteor over LaPalma
http://www.deep-sky-images.de/displayim ... play_media
Copyright: Markus Noller
[attachment=0]Meteor.jpg[/attachment]

by **Stefan_S** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:52 pm

Hello,

TEC200 bei F7, 1400mm
ATIK 383, 7nm filter
15 x 120s

Full resolution

by **Stefan_S** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:50 pm

Hello,
here my M1 with my TEC200

TEC200 @ F7, 1400mm
ATIK 383
Baader 7nm Ha filter
12 x 1800s

http://www.astronomieclub-volkach.de/De ... 200-Ha.jpg

http://www.astronomieclub-volkach.de/De ... icolor.jpg

With a reflex.

by **Daloop123** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:10 pm

Full Moon over Ottawa
http://www.amoncrieff.ca
Copyright: Adam Moncrieff

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Full Moon minutes after rising above downtown Ottawa with the Peace Tower to the far left of the image.
Canon EOS 60Da
80mm f/6.25 refractor with a 0.8x reducer/flattener
ISO 400, 1/160s exposure

by **etiqi** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:20 pm

ISS transits the moon
http://www.astroemporda.net
Copyright: Francesc Pruneda

ISS transits the moon, only 0.7 seconds to try to capture it, and I could! ISS appears with 47" wide, and moves very fast. In fact, I can only capture in 4 images, 1 with a Takahashi TOA and Canon EOS 60D, and 3 times with my Celestron C8 and Canon EOS 450D. All pictures are in my website http://www.astroemporda.net.

by **Tommy** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:56 am

Moon halo and aurora caught in the winter cold.
shot with nikon d800 and 14-24mm f/2.8, 2.5 seconds at Iso 1600

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by **markg** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:02 am

First time poster here, but thought I'd start with this video I shot last night. It's real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It's something that I've been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.

Here's the video link below:

by **wilsondm** » Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:22 am

Arecibo Planetary Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid (162421) 2000 ET70
http://www2.ess.ucla.edu/~jlm
Copyright: S. P. Naidu and J. L. Margot (UCLA)
[attachment=2]Arecibo Planetary Radar Images of Near-Earth Asteroid, 162421 2000 ET70 .jpg[/attachment]

Asterism W
http://www.twanight.org/talwar
Copyright: Ajay Talwar
[attachment=3]Asterism W.jpg[/attachment]

Loch Ard Gorge Panorama
http://www.terrastro.com/about/
http://www.twanight.org/cherney/
Copyright: Alex Cherney
[attachment=1]Loch Ard Gorge Panorama.jpg[/attachment]

M45, the Pleiades
http://bf-astro.com
Copyright: Bob Franke
[attachment=0]M45, the Pleiades.jpg[/attachment]