Starship Asterisk*

[size=120][b]Upcoming comet[/b][/size]
[size=90][b]Comet Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) on April 1st 2017[/b][/size]
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ [url=http://www.irida-observatory.org/]Irida Observatory[/url]
[img2]http://www.irida-observatory.org/CCD/C2017E4_Lovejoy_17.04.01/C_2017E4_Lovejoy_17.04.01_1100px_v.jpg[/img2]
More info and hi-res images on [url=http://www.irida-observatory.org/CCD/C2017E4_Lovejoy_17.04.01/C2017E4_Lovejoy_17.04.01.html]website[/url]

Subject: IC 1805 The Heart Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins
[img]http://jimstar11.com/IC1805_750.jpg[/img]
Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC1805a.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

Subject: NGC 281 Pacman Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins
[img]http://jimstar11.com/NGC281psa_apods.jpg[/img]
Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/NGC281psa_apod.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

Subject: IC417 The Spider Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins
[img]http://jimstar11.com/IC417m.jpg[/img]
Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC417.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula
Taken at La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean)
20hours of exposure (11hours of Ha, 3 hours of R, G and B)
G42 mount, TS130/910, QHY163M
By Jonathan Durand
Clear skies!

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TnPoxU][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3678/33721087706_f64179c1cd_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/TnPoxU]NGC2070 - 20 hours[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/134034446@N05/]Jonathan Durand[/url], sur Flickr

[size=150][b]Cone to Rosette Mosaic[/b][/size]
copyright: Chuck Manges

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TnD3fQ][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3852/33719068316_72464ab262_c.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TnD3fQ]Cone to Rosette Nebula Mosaic[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/astrochuck/]Chuck Manges[/url], on Flickr
Annotated Version:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/SRg4iE][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2903/33375284500_f736f7dde9_c.jpg[/img][/url]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/SRg4iE]Cone2Rosette_Annotated[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/astrochuck/]Chuck Manges[/url], on Flickr

Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) 20" Ritchey-Chrètien F/4.2 STL6303E LRGB 17 minutes - 29 March 2017
by Dr Paolo Candy - Ci.A.O. - Italy

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 20" Ritchey-Chrètien F/4.2 STL6303E LRGB 17 minutes - 29 March 2017
by Dr Paolo Candy - Ci.A.O. - Italy

Ar 2644 / 204 mm F/10 H-alpha refractor.
Process AS2 / CS6
Image Philippe TOSI

[img2]http://www.hdr-sky.com/data/tosi/APOD/AR2644apod.jpg[/img2]

[b][size=127]Aurora Australis and meteor[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ian Griffin[/b]
[attachment=19]flight-tothelights-1_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova in motion[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego[/b]
[attachment=18]Cometa P45_Honda Mrkos Pajdusakova.gif[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IC2087 & Barnard 22[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego[/b]
[attachment=17]IC 2087 & Barnard 22-2_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IC-1395[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Angel M. Lozano Pérez[/b]
[attachment=16]JPEG 11 Marzo 2017 TEXTO_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Green magic[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh[/b]
[attachment=15]IMG_8200_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M31[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyrights: Data: NAOJ/NASA/ESA/DSS POSS II/R. Colombari; Assembling and processing: R. Colombari[/b]
Full size: [url]http://www.astrobin.com/full/288715/0/?nc=&real=&mod=[/url]
[attachment=14]be315bbb151f1ee1827c3debfc688210.1824x0_q100_watermark_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Abell 370[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana[/b]
[attachment=13]Abel 370 - Domingo Pestana_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way above Mount DuoXiongLa[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Alvin Wu[/b]
[attachment=12]0328_1_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NuSTAR Probes Puzzling Galaxy Merger[/size][/b]
[b]Image Credits: DCT/NRL[/b]
An article: [url]https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2017-088[/url]
[attachment=11]nustar20170327-16.jpg[/attachment] [b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=37006 [/i][/b]

[b][size=127]The dawn and Aurora[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ziyi Ye[/b]
[attachment=10]DSC02385_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy[/size][/b]
[b]Image credits: A.D. Kapinska, G. Meurer. ICRAR/UWA/CAASTRO.[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.icrar.org/starburst/[/url]
[attachment=9]2.NGC253-GLEAMdeep-SINGSopt-Halpha-composite-300x268.png[/attachment] [b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=37007 [/i][/b]

[b][size=127]Milky Way and Aurora Australis[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Gill Fry[/b]
[attachment=8]IMG_5007-Edit-2_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M45[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Terry Hancock[/b]
[attachment=7]M45 The Pleiades_FEB17_QHY367_45x120 Terry Hancock_50_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Zodical light from Trefor coastline in North Wales, UK[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Elgan Jones[/b]
[attachment=6]A R C H E D - L I G H T__small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IRAS 05437+2502[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyrights: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Jesús M.Vargas & Álvaro Ibáñez[/b]
[attachment=5]IRAS 05437+2502_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M81[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Patrick Gilliland[/b]
[attachment=4]33529512472_bef9cff040_k_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]MilkyWay[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Edward Karim Torres[/b]
[attachment=3]Panorama1-2 - 75_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Aurora Borealis from Iceland[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Gísli Már Árnason[/b]
[attachment=2]hraunSilo_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Fogbow[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jim Rose[/b]
[attachment=1]Fogbow1.JPG[/attachment]
[attachment=0]Fogbow2.JPG[/attachment]

[b]Danish night sky phenomena in March[/b]

Credits: [i]Adrien Mauduit[/i]

Milky way, aurora borealis, Zodiacal lights (faint because of the aurora), nebulae... And me, alone on the beach enjoying the Danish night sky!

[size=150][b]Barnard 33 Horse Head Nebula[/b][/size]
[b]Copyrights: Stan Smith[/b]
http://darkskyastro.com/wp-content/gallery/nebulas/horsehead-rgb-final.png

[b][size=127]From Corona Australis to Rho Ophiuchi[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn[/b]
[attachment=20]edb3db894a45e16b97c0049edf6295bb.1824x0_q100_watermark_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M42 & Running Man Nebulae in Orion[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Stan Smith[/b]
[attachment=19]unnamed_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Jupiter, Spica, airglow and Milky Way over Oravská Lesná, Slovakia[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Petr Horálek[/b]
[attachment=18]2017_01_01_Orava_Koukam_VVuz_1500px_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Like a fallen angel[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Petr Horálek[/b]
[attachment=17]2016_12_21_Destna_vrchol_1500px_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Night sky[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Miquel Jover[/b]
[attachment=16]_MG_2328-2_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Milky Way and the Magellanic Cloud above Taquile Island, lake Titicaca, Peru in October 2014[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Doug Pham[/b]
[attachment=15]PER_6328 Titicaca_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comet 45P and many NGC[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Christophe de la Chapelle[/b]
Full size: [url]http://c.de-la-chapelle.chez-alice.fr/images/45P170220full.jpg[/url]
[attachment=14]url_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Rosette Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jonathan Rupert[/b]
[attachment=13]jrupert_rosette_jpg_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comets 41P-Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and C/2014 S2 Panstarrs[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti[/b]
[attachment=12]APOD - Mosaic Comets 41P-Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 2017 and C-2014 S2 Panstarrs 2016 for ASTERISK.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Stars meets the volcano[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Hower JI[/b]
[attachment=11]APOD - Stars meets the volcano_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Desert camping under the Milky Way[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Darren Foltinek[/b]
[attachment=10]2016May12-1309-Utah-GooseberryMesa-MilkyWay50mmMosaic-1.1-8bClear-1800J70WM_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Crab Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Emil Pellett[/b]
[attachment=9]crab nebula color 68-copy.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Orion Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Emil Pellett[/b]
[attachment=8]orion nebula color 75 - Copy_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Jupiter (March 15th.)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
[attachment=7]url1.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Star trails[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Nick Lamendola[/b]
[attachment=6]CopyrightsmTerlinguaStarTrails_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Bright Green Bolide 2017-03-25 23:35UT[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Christian Koll[/b]
[attachment=5]Bolide_17-03-25_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Perseus Double Cluster[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jose Hernandez[/b]
[attachment=4]NGC884_869_114m_RGB_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Summer full Moon over the Western Mountain Range of the Picos de Europa National Park, Spain[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Carlos Dias[/b]
[attachment=3]_MG_4063-Editar_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Untouched[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik[/b]
[attachment=2]Zbojska_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Amazing Auroras with a Fisheye[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ángel Rodríguez Arós[/b]
[attachment=1]bosque_fisheye_s_small.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]crazysky_inari_s_small.jpg[/attachment]

[size=150]Moonset and Mercury-set[/size]
[i]Copyright: György Soponyai[/i]

[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/33347760950/lightbox][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2854/33347760950_fcd3782ca6_z.jpg[/img][/url]


Photo details:

[i]2017.03.29. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8 L
3 x 2.5sec, F 2.8, ISO 800[/i]

[size=120][Aimed at Orion[/b][/size]
http://www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3939/33556083122_8332e9f0ad_h.jpg

Catching Orion for the last time this season before the new spring constellations come into view. I am very eager at the Summer Milky Way now entering the Northern Hemisphere night sky, but Orion will be missed until later this fall!

[attachment=0]LBN 415 Rokinon LRGB - V1-2.jpg[/attachment]

Galactic cirrus clouds in Draco - LBN 415. 8 x 6 degree field containing Eta Draconis

[size=150][b][u]Messier 42 Orion Nebula [/u][/b][/size]
(Narrowband- Hubble Version)
Copyright: Frank Iwaszkiewicz
[attachment=0]M42_Hubble_Final.jpg[/attachment]
https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/en/messier-42-orion-nebula

[b][size=127]NGC 4725, NGC 4712, NGC 4747 Galaxies in Coma Berenices[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Claudio Galeotti[/b]
[attachment=23]NGC4725_elab0_cg_PSmix3 layer ok_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Fabien Paquet[/b]
[attachment=22]41P-Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak_2017-03-21_APOD_Fabien-PAQUET_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Zodiacal light and Venus[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jingpeng Liu[/b]
[attachment=21]unnamed1_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Magical Milky Way above Uyuni Saltlake[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Vincent Chen[/b]
[attachment=20]DSC_1101-Pano-编辑-1920_small.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=19]DSC_1140-final-1920_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak passing M108 and M97 the Owl nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Lee Phillips[/b]
[attachment=18]unnamed2.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]LMC[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Almir Menezes Neto[/b]
[attachment=17]GNM_final_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Spring equinox sunset from Holland MI[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Adwait Bhagwat[/b]
[attachment=16]Equinox sunset 2017.JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Flux[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile[/b]
[attachment=15]Nebulosa_de_Flujo_Integrado12 teselasv9_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Phases of Venus - 10th November, 2016 to 11th March, 2017[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Roshaan Bukhari[/b]
[attachment=14]Venus phases Nov2016 March 2017 PNG.png[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comet 41P, M108, M97[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Barry Riu[/b]
[attachment=13]Comet 41P & M108,M97_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moonlight Iridium Flare above Isaac Newton Telescope[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Miguel Claro[/b]
[attachment=12]LaPalma-IridumFlare-Moonrise-2417-422-net_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Comet 41P with galaxy M108 and Owl Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jean-Francois Gout[/b]
[attachment=11]Comet41P-small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Thor's Helmet[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Christopher Massa[/b]
[attachment=10]Thors Helmet Rev B_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Heart Nebula, IC 1805[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Gordon Wright[/b]
[attachment=9]image1_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon mosaic[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Dmitry Seleznev[/b]
[attachment=8]Moon_06_03_2017_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M81/M82 + IFN[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux[/b]
[attachment=7]M81_jba_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Monkey Head Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Kenya Endo[/b]
[attachment=6]unnamed3.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC-2237 - Rosette Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Angel M. Lozano Pérez[/b]
[attachment=5]JPEG NGC-2237 TEXTO_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 5256[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana[/b]
[attachment=4]NGC 5256 - Domingo Pestana_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Venus in the evening of 2017 March 22[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler[/b]
[attachment=3]Venussichel-220317-3.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Venus in the morning of 2017 March 26[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler[/b]
[attachment=2]venussichel-260317.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Moon from Barcelona[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Antoni Casas Grimaldos[/b]
[attachment=1]luna 6-3-0953_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Unusual double cloud formation over Täby, Sweden[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Philip Todd[/b]
[attachment=0]20170322_175534a.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Sunrise plane[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Mohd Nazam Anuar[/b]
[attachment=24]unnamed.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IFN region M81 M82[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: José Francisco Hernández[/b]
[attachment=23]IFN-M81-M82_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Saturn (March 18th.)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
[attachment=22]url.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Jupiter (March 18th.)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
[attachment=18]url2.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Jupiter with Io & Ganymede (March 17th.)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
[attachment=5]url1.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Venus turning, growing and thinning[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Shahrin Ahmad[/b]
[attachment=21]Venus 11-19 Mar 2017_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Venus in relative size to the other planets and Moon[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Shahrin Ahmad[/b]
[attachment=8]Planets of 21 Mar 2017_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Tadpoles (IC410)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez[/b]
[attachment=20]IC410_Ha_AIP_2048_jpg_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M51[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jerry Keith[/b]
[attachment=19]M51_HaLRGB_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon from Edmonton, Alberta on March 12, 2017[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Rahman Khan[/b]
[attachment=17]2017 March 12 moon_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Eastern Veil Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Kevin Quin[/b]
[attachment=16]Eastern Veil Nebula Kevin Quin.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Crescent Venus setting on Sacre-Coeur Basilica[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Josselin Desmars[/b]
[attachment=15]venus_montmartre_desmars.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Cave Nebula, SH2-155[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Eric Coles[/b]
[attachment=14]The Cave Nebula-SH2-155_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Astronomical castles[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar[/b]
[b]Acknowledgement: Planetario Ciudad de la Plata[/b]
[attachment=13]Bosquealegre_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Famous Beehive Cluster in Binoculars[/size][/b]
[b]Credits: Project Nightflight[/b]
[attachment=12]beehive_cluster_binoculars_project_nightflight.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Sunrise from La Coruña, Spain, Galicia[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ana García[/b]
[attachment=11]LB4A8616-Image_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Green Flash[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ana García[/b]
[attachment=10]001_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Cone Nebula Region[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ron Brecher[/b]
[attachment=9]Cone Nebula 8hr15m HaRGB March 2017_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 6745[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana[/b]
[attachment=7]NGC 6745 - Domingo Pestana.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M57[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana[/b]
[attachment=0]M 57 - Domingo Pestana_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC7822 - Cederblad 214[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Idir Saci[/b]
[attachment=6]url3.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Journey to Venus[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Uğur İkizler[/b]
[attachment=4]Venüs_uçak_101_hdr_ht_a_jpg.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=3]Venüs_uçak_102_hdr_ht_a_jpg.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=2]Venüs_uçak_103_hdr_ht_a_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Aurora storm and aurora hunters[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado[/b]
[attachment=1]aurorastormhunters-jcc_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b] Solar storm under the Danish milky way [/b]

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

The on-going solar storm was bright and powerful enough to be seen from Denmark, where it put on a magical show before the clouds rolled in on March 27th 2017. The picture is taken on Høve strand in Denmark over the calm shores of the Baltic sea, reflecting the aurorae. The nice arc of the winter milky way (orion, California nebula, Rosette nebula) is disappearing towards the north to give its place to the spring milky way that will appear above the south-eastern horizon hours later.

Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
http://www.astrofilm.com

[attachment=0]Hale-BoppWeisshorn_1997-04-04.jpg[/attachment]
Comet Hale-Bopp on April 4, 1997 next to the Weisshorn summit (4,505 m) near Zermatt. 15 sec exposure on Kodak Ektacolor Pro Gold 400 using a 50 mm f/1.7 lens. Taken from Gornergrat (3,130 m), Switzerland.

Flickr link: https://flic.kr/p/SUS5YY

After a very rainy winter in Lofoten, I am heading for one month to my home country, Romania.

Last night, while flying from Bodø to Oslo I was expecting to see some Aurora activity, given the forecast. So, the moment we took off, my eyes got stuck to the window. For about 3/4 of the flight, beautiful Northern Lights danced on both sides of the plane. Big thank you to the crew of SAS​ flight SK4127 for turning off the cabin lights. Really beautiful show.

[img2]http://alexconu.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/aurora_plane_conu_2048.jpg[/img2]

Alex Conu
http://www.astrographist.com

[url=https://flic.kr/p/SJoMXA][img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3724/33297578300_94790feb2b_z.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/SJoMXA]NGC 2146 is a barred spiral galaxy[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonrocksastro/]Paul C. Swift[/url], on Flickr

[b]Milky way core reflecting onto the still Baltic[/b]

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

It is really to get a clean shot of the milky way in Denmark, as the main island is constantly battered by sea mist, salty winds and haze. Two nights ago was the perfect night to get the perfect rare shot at the rising milky way core over the silent and still waters of the Baltic sea, mirroring our galaxy

[b]Earth, water and Sky[/b]

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

Rising milky way core over the still Baltic, reflecting the firmament, with a hint of aurora towards the North.
Ordrupnæs, Denmark. March 24th 2017