Starship Asterisk*

[size=120][b]Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2944)[/b][/size]
[url]http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_IC2944.html[/url]
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
[attachment=0]WISE2010-046.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]47 Tucanae (NGC 104)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astropilar.com.ar/cumulos/47_Tucanae_1.html[/url]
Copyright: Ezequiel Bellocchio
[attachment=0]47_Tucanae.jpg[/attachment]
The surrounding region also includes clusters that belong to the SMC.

[size=120][b]Centaurus A (NGC 5128)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Centaurus-A-Extreme-Deep-Field/i-hFknr4n/A[/url]
Copyright: Rolf Olsen and Michael Sidonio
[img2]http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com/Astrophotography/Centaurus-A-Extreme-Deep-Field/i-hFknr4n/0/X2/Centaurus-A-OlsenSidonio-final-2575x3879-X2.jpg[/img2]

[quote]starsurfer wrote about NGC 6744:
This galaxy has never been featured on APOD ever!!! :D [/quote]

Is that so? Then it's really high time to give NGC 6744 (and why not Robert Gendler?) that honor! :D

Ann

[size=120][b]NGC 6744[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC6744.html[/url]
Copyright: Robert Gendler
[attachment=0]NGC6744.jpg[/attachment]
This galaxy has never been featured on APOD ever!!! :D

[size=120][b]NGC 6752[/b][/size]
[url]http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc6752_combo.htm[/url]
Copyright: Steve Crouch
[attachment=0]ngc6752.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Virgo Galaxy Cluster[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/gallery/galaxies/enlarge.php?fileBase=galaxies_6[/url]
Copyright: Roth Ritter
[img2]http://www.darkatmospheres.com/astro/gallery/galaxies/galaxies_6_md.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]RCW 86[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/Nebulae/i-fDDtLmp/A[/url]
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi
[attachment=0]rcw86.jpg[/attachment]
This is likely to be the remnant of SN 185, more here: [url]http://arxiv.org/abs/1108.1207[/url]

[size=120][b]NGC 5792[/b][/size]
[url]http://sleshin.startlogic.com/stargazergallery/main.php?g2_itemId=651[/url]
Copyright: Stephen Leshin
[attachment=0]NGC5792.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]Helix Nebula (NGC 7293)[/b][/size]
[url]http://cosmicphotos.com/gallery/image.php?fld_image_id=196&fld_album_id=11[/url]
Copyright: Jason Jennings
[attachment=0]ngc7293.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]WR 134 nebula[/b][/size]
[url]https://sites.google.com/site/lionelmulato/Imagerie-CCD/wr134-ring-nebula---hd191765[/url]
Copyright: Lionel Mulato
[img2]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5406/wr134hoo.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]RCW 58[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.chart32.de[/url]
Copyright: CHART32
[attachment=0]rcw58.jpg[/attachment]
This Wolf Rayet nebula also has an outer OIII shell.

[size=120][b]LDN 1221[/b][/size]
[url]http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/LDN%201221%20LRGB%20%28Cepheus%29.html[/url]
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez
[attachment=0]LDN1221.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]M74 w/SN2013ej[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astro-koop.de/?attachment_id=1323[/url]
Copyright: Stefan Heutz, Wolfgang Ries and Michael Breite
[img2]http://www.astro-koop.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/m74-2013_01b-1200x879.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]NGC 206[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.cav-sfo.com/NGC206Ion.html[/url]
Copyright: Joe Mize
[img2]http://www.cav-sfo.com/NGC206IonS.jpg[/img2]

[b][size=120]NGC 2438[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n2438.shtml[/url]
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
[attachment=0]n2438.jpg[/attachment]
I love planetary nebula haloes and other extended features such as jets and ansae!! :D

[size=120][b]Orion Nebula (M42) region[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky%20Objects.php?img=images/1_Deep%20Sky%20Objects/198_M42overview.jpg&PHPSESSID=ed3af8c9e05bd42b10ea2837290c5113[/url]
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann
[attachment=0]198_M42overview.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]IC 1805 and IC 1848[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/heartsoul.html[/url]
Copyright: Fabian Neyer
[attachment=0]heartsoul.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]vdB152[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/Vdb152-LRGB-200907.html[/url]
Copyright: David Churchill
[img2]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/Vdb152-200908-LRGB-med.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]NGC 4449[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.php?img=361&album=14[/url]
Copyright: Karel Teuwen
[attachment=0]NGC4449.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]M110[/b][/size]
[url]http://kepler-observatorium.ru/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=5[/url]
Copyright: Andrey Kuznetsov
[attachment=0]m110.jpg[/attachment]

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