Starship Asterisk*

by **Sandgirl** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:29 pm

Smoke plumes from the Slide Fire in Oak Creek Canyon
Copyrights: Jim Warthman

M20 The Triffid Nebula
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Full size: http://www.astro-sharp.com/images/DeepS ... SO_IDS.jpg

Camelopardalid Meteors
Copyrights: John Chumack

Evening Planets
Copyrights: Tunc Tezel

Sh2-274
Copyrights: Keith Quattrocchi

by **jimstar** » Sat May 31, 2014 8:49 pm

Subject:M101 Pinwheel Galaxy (imaged in L,R,G,B, Ha (76.5 hrs total)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/M101ecc
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

by **ondrej.podlucky** » Sat May 31, 2014 3:28 pm

IC1805 HST Palette
http://astrofotky.cz/~Ondra.P/
Copyright:Ondrej Podlucky

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Full size 3 307px × 2 503px: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img838/2729/qjl8.jpg

M45 Pleiades LRGB
http://astrofotky.cz/~Ondra.P/
Copyright:Ondrej Podlucky

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by **zirl** » Sat May 31, 2014 10:28 am

Albireo

http://innerberg-astro.lima-city.de/Bil ... Nerpio.jpg

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by **danwatt** » Sat May 31, 2014 4:23 am

Camping on the Edge of Forever
Copyright: Dan Watt
http://danwattphoto.com

This is a panorama taken from a point in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest and overlooks the eastern edge of The Great Basin. Airglow was quite prominent on this night.

http://www.danwattphoto.com/wp-content/ ... orever.jpg

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by **perezfotografia** » Sat May 31, 2014 12:19 am

Are there aliens in this galaxy? I hope not

My website: http://www.perezfotografia.com Álvaro and Jose Manuel Pérez Alonso. Brothers.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/perezalonsofotografia

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High resolution: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/499 ... ayover.jpg

by **wowikrau** » Fri May 30, 2014 3:55 pm

http://www.ried-sternwarte.de
Copyright: Vladimir Rau

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More Info: http://www.ried-sternwarte.de/m82-2

by **Andromeda 2013** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:35 am

M-20 Trifid Nebula - May 26 2014

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@ ... otostream/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

by **Andromeda 2013** » Fri May 30, 2014 5:31 am

M-17 Swan Nebula - May 26 2014

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

by **psemil** » Thu May 29, 2014 9:10 pm

Leo Triplet - wide field

Copyright: Emil Pera & Sabin Fota
Total exposure - 22.5 hours

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Full size - Leo Triplet

Thank you

by **goldpaintphoto** » Thu May 29, 2014 6:53 pm

Sand Tufa
Copyright: Brad Goldpaint
http://goldpaintphotography.com

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Figurines called Sand Tufa’s (pronounced toofah), gradually jettison up from salty floors as freshwater springs percolate through briny lake-bottom sand. Intricate sand tubes and columns become exposed as winds strip away their sandy coverings, and cast reflections off the shoreline of Mono Lake, CA. According to research data, this shallow lake basin is probably 1-3 million years old; making it among the most ancient lakes in North America. Embracing roughly 400 recorded vertebrate species within its watershed, Mono Lake and its surrounding areas encompass one of California’s richest natural resources. Coupled with the Milky Way’s expanse; it gives the viewer a sense of an ecosystem struggling for survival.

by **Elio** » Thu May 29, 2014 5:17 pm

A DSLR Wide field in Cepheus: Iris nebulae and dusty neighborhood.

Alessandro (Elio) Milani

by **mexhunter** » Thu May 29, 2014 1:46 am

Anticrepuscular rays.
Copyright: César Cantú

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgwAsJ-Q ... ture=share

by **Sandgirl** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:51 pm

Perseid
Copyrights: Thomas O'Brien

Milky Way over the Lake Oberon
Copyrights: Andrew Davis

NGC 4565
Copyrights: Yves Van den Broek

Mars April 17th, 2014
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Star Trails and Bio-Luminescense
Copyrights: Ralph Clements

Centaurus A
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Full size: http://www.astro-sharp.com/images/DeepS ... OP_IDS.jpg

India's largest telescope
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar

by **Sandgirl** » Wed May 28, 2014 9:14 pm

First Amateur images of Comet 67P
Copyrights: Peter Lake

Startrails and ISS
Copyrights: Lauren Zamora

M97-Owl Nebula
Copyrights: Karel Buna, Martin Buna and Martin Myslivec

Ferry Moon
Copyrights: Miguel Claro

Camelopardalids and Milky Way over Joshua
Copyrights: Gavin Heffernan

The Moon Illusion
Copyrights: Göran Strand

by **andysea** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:19 pm

Early Cygnus

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Link to large image
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andyinsea ... 7/sizes/h/

by **azstarman** » Wed May 28, 2014 4:05 am

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This is an image of NGC4395, a face-on spiral galaxy about 12 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

by **Florian Kainz** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:58 am

Last weekend at Lake Sonoma, waiting for the predicted Meteor shower. The meteors didn't materialize, but the night sky was still beautiful, as always.

Night at Lake Sonoma - Scorpius by fksr, on Flickr

Night at Lake Sonoma - Cassiopeia and the North Star by fksr, on Flickr

Night at Lake Sonoma - the Milky Way by fksr, on Flickr

by **rankinstudio** » Wed May 28, 2014 3:23 am

Double Hoodoos under the Milky Way
http://www.rankinstudio.com
Copyright: David Rankin

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Solitude
http://www.rankinstudio.com
Copyright: David Rankin

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Windmill by Starlight
http://www.rankinstudio.com
Copyright: David Rankin

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by **mexhunter** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:44 pm

Selfie at sunset.
A village of the long shadows.
White Sands National Monument, NM
Copyright: César Cantú

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http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... ategory/29

by **aaronpriest** » Tue May 27, 2014 10:06 pm

To my knowledge, this is the world’s first spherical panorama of star trails in a vortex pattern! It has taken several months and many attempts to come up with a method of shooting and stitching it. I only had 7.5hrs from astronomic dusk to dawn with consistent darkness to shoot everything for this shot, including the two long exposure panoramas of the Milky Way and the ground that are the base layer for the image. The rest were all short exposures of fewer stars for the trails that are blended on top.

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by **JohnD** » Tue May 27, 2014 7:51 pm

HiRise finds new crater on Mars and pinpoints when it happened.

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whats ... ewsID=1640

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

JOhn

by **afesan** » Tue May 27, 2014 5:21 pm

Hickson 68, NGC 5371, PGC 49480 (Canes Venatici)

Full resolution ( 2500x1900 ) : http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/Hicks ... ci%29.html

Best regards
Antonio

by **astrofotografen.se** » Mon May 26, 2014 11:24 pm

Mountain Trails
http://www.astrofotografen.se
Copyright: Astrophotographer Göran Strand

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On April 23 I was out looking for the Lyrid Meteor Shower. While watching the sky I set my camera to take several long exposures to make this star trail image with the mountains as foreground. In total I took 80 shots with an exposure time of 30 seconds, so this stacked photo has a total exposure time of 40 minutes.

by **avdhoeven** » Mon May 26, 2014 6:19 pm

Mosaic taken remotely with the fsq106 and sbig stl11000 one shot color ccd camera at the siding spring observatory in New South Wales, Australia. This image was taken over 3 consecutive days and consists of 4 panels. Each panel was made of 5 images of 15 minutes. So total effective exposure is 1.25 hours and 6 hours all together.

The image shows the region of m20 (trifid nebula) and m8 (lagoon nebula) near the milky way center.

Thanks to the Tzec Maun foundation and Ron Wodaski for the support and opportunity to image on this system.

The full image is 20 megapixel and near 25mb. It can be found via the Flickr page.

M8/M20 from Siding Spring Observatory, Australia by Andre vd Hoeven and Tzec Maun Foundation, on Flickr

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