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© Philippe TOSI
[img2]http://www.hdr-sky.com/data/tosi/solaire/2013/jet%2031%20mai.jpg[/img2]

[b][size=120]NGC 2280[/size][/b]
[url]https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc2280-potw/[/url]
Copyright: ESO
[img2]https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/ngc2280-potw.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]Comet C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) and NGC 7822/Ced 214[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrostudio.at/2_Bright%20Comets.php?img=images/2_Bright%20Comets/153_Panstarrs_02_05.jpg&PHPSESSID=3e115d5315457e099e76735d93e9d5bd[/url]
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann
[attachment=0]Panstarrs.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=120]North America Nebula (NGC 7000)[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/nam.html[/url]
Copyright: Fabian Neyer
[img2]http://www.starpointing.com/images/ccdgallery/preview/namsmall.jpg[/img2]

Thanks for editing my post, bystander, and thanks for pointing out the supernova, starsurfer!

Wow, a brand-new supernova in a picture that Adam didn't take for that reason at all - that's fantastic! :D :D :D

Ann

[size=120][b]B148 and B150[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/B150-LRGB-201010.html[/url]
Copyright: David Churchill
[img2]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/B150-LRGB_201010-mid.jpg[/img2]

[quote="Ann"][float=left][img2]http://www.caelumobservatory.com/mlsc/n6240s.jpg[/img2][/float] Colliding galaxies, resulting in almost complete merger NGC 6240, by Adam Block.

http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n6240.shtml

Ann[/quote]
It's great to see your first posted image Ann!!! Not only is it the most detailed amateur image of this galaxy, there is another special thing about it. It contains a new supernova that was serendipitously captured by Adam and spectra and other information is being gathered right now! I think (and hope) the discovery of this supernova will be credited to Adam!! You can see the supernova marked in his image and read more here: [url]http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/supernova.html[/url]

[float=left][img2]http://www.caelumobservatory.com/mlsc/n6240s.jpg[/img2][/float] Colliding galaxies, resulting in almost complete merger NGC 6240, by Adam Block.

http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n6240.shtml

Ann

[b][size=120]Puppis A[/size][/b]
[url]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_Puppis_A.html[/url]
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
[attachment=0]WISE2011-032.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=120]Egg Nebula (CRL 2688)[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1217a/[/url]
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/screen/potw1217a.jpg[/img2]

[float=left][youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtCFOgiTA9Y[/youtube][/float]
[size=120][b][i]Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time[/i][/b][/size]

"Hubble: Galaxies Across Space and Time" is an award-winning IMAX Super Short. Explore 9 billion years of cosmic history in less than three minutes as you fly through one of Hubble's iconic images. These galaxies were photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope as part of the Great Observatory Origins Deep Survey ([url=http://www.stsci.edu/science/goods/]GOODS[/url]) project. Hubble scientists and imaging specialists worked for months to extract individual galaxy images, placing them in a 3D model according to their approximate true distances.

[b][i]Credit: NASA/STScI/HubbleSite.org[/i][/b]

[url=http://www.universetoday.com/102384/][size=110][b][i]New IMAX Super Short: Galaxies Across Space and Time[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2013 May 23

[size=120][b]K2-2[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrosurf.com/zoll/images/K2-2_HOO.jpg[/url]
Copyright: Stephane Zoll
[attachment=0]K2-2.jpg[/attachment]
Although originally catalogued as a planetary nebula, this might actually be a planetary nebula impostor! More info here: [url]http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.2841[/url]

[size=120][b]NGC 4216[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.php?img=360&album=14[/url]
Copyright: Karel Teuwen
[attachment=0]NGC4216.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=120]NGC 2420[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.astrophoton.com/NGC2420.htm[/url]
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl
[img2]http://www.astrophoton.com/images/N2420-1.jpg[/img2]

[quote="owlice"][quote="starsurfer"]This post is dedicated to owlice for her years of service! :D[/quote]
Thanks very much, starsurfer! As you might guess, I'm rather fond of the owl nebulae!

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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-119/html/s119e010500.html
[img2]http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-119/lores/s119e010500.jpg[/img2][/quote]
Actually I didn't guess, I know that you love the Owl Nebulae, both northern and southern! :D

Detailed M51 widefield with several galaxies
[img2]http://www.pleiades.hu/galeria/kozmosz2/kepek_normal/50.jpg[/img2]
[url]http://www.pleiades.hu/en/kapcsolat.php[/url]

Saturn
[img2]http://www.astrobook.sk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Saturn22APR2223UT.png[/img2]
[url]http://www.astrobook.sk/en/vsetky-obrazky/?post=1358&rwd=1364&fwd=1354[/url]

[quote="starsurfer"]This post is dedicated to owlice for her years of service! :D[/quote]
Thanks very much, starsurfer! As you might guess, I'm rather fond of the owl nebulae!

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http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-119/html/s119e010500.html
[img2]http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-119/lores/s119e010500.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]NGC 2217[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1204a/[/url]
Copyright: ESO
[img2]http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/potw1204a.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]LDN 810[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1117.html[/url]
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
[attachment=0]ldn810.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Pleiades (M45)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.tamanti.it/Stars%20Cluster/M45_5D.htm[/url]
Copyright: Andrea Tamanti
[attachment=0]M45.jpg[/attachment]

[float=left][vimeo]http://vimeo.com/66223828[/vimeo][/float]
[url=http://www.universetoday.com/102162/][size=110][b][i]Timelapse Shows the Blazing Beauty of a ‘Ring of Fire’ Eclipse[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2013 May 15

[url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/05/15/time_lapse_video_may_2013_annular_eclipse_of_the_rising_sun.html][size=110][b][i]The Rising Slow-Motion Dance of the Eclipsed Sun and Moon[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Slate Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2013 May 15

[size=120][b]Henize 2-111[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/display.cfm?imgID=256[/url]
Copyright: Don Goldman
[attachment=0]Hen2_111.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Sh2-126 region[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/deepspace_pages/Sharpless126_LBN-438.shtml[/url]
Copyright: John Davis
[attachment=0]Sharpless126.jpg[/attachment]

Here ya go Ann. NGC891 in a postable size of 400x383. I reduced it in paint by 50% 3-times.
[attachment=0]aa.jpg[/attachment]

Thank you [i]so[/i] much, starsurfer!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I checked Adam Block's latest galaxy image. It is indeed to big for me to post here, so it's a good thing I posted it as a link.

Ann