Starship Asterisk*

[size=120][b]Title of image[/b][/size]
Perseid meteor shower
Copyright:John Zhou
2016-08-12
link provided to the original image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/136825225@N04/36231782532/in/datetaken-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136825225@N04/36231845752/in/datetaken-public/
[img2]https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4406/36231845752_f0b22f4484_b.jpg[/img2]

[quote="Ann"][quote="moonrocks"][size=120][b]Weiburger's classic Planetary Nebular in colour[/b][/size]
Full image here: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Edit-RGB-Ha-2000.jpg

Copyright: Paul C. Swift

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Wu4F57][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4303/35760844130_6ced24d8f2_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wu4F57]Weiburger's classic Planetary Nebular in colour[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonrocksastro/]Paul C. Swift[/url], on Flickr[/quote]

Thanks for showing us Weiburger's planetary nebula in RGB+Ha, Paul! Previously, you have showed us a fascinating portrait of this nebula in narrowband.

The planetary nebula itself is certainly very interesting! Not many planetaries are as perfectly round as this one.

Ann[/quote]
Pleasure Ann! Much appreciated :)!

"Flightpath"
I was testing out my new (to me) Canon 500mm F4 IS L lens adjusting the framing and getting the settings just right when I noticed something moving at the top of the frame. I don't know how I was lucky enough to hit the shutter when I did but the end result was awesome! Sometimes the most unexpected and unplanned shots are the best.

Shot on a Canon 1DX MK II & Canon 500mm F4 L IS lens.

©Harley Grady 2017

[url=https://flic.kr/p/X6ZB6Z][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4295/36167444191_3bd9ea30be.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/X6ZB6Z]Flightpath[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/harles99/]Harles99[/url], on Flickr

[b][size=150]Sh2-155 in Cepheus[/size][/b]

Copyright: Bart Delsaert
Website: [url]http://delsaert.wordpress.com/[/url]
Link to high res picture: [url]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/sh2-155_lhargb1.jpg[/url]

[img]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/sh2-155_lhargb_small.jpg[/img]


[b][size=150]VdB141 in Cepheus[/size][/b]

Copyright: Bart Delsaert
Website: [url]http://delsaert.wordpress.com/[/url]
Link to high res picture: [url]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/vdb141_lrgb.jpg[/url]

[img]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/vdb141_lrgb_small.jpg[/img]


[b][size=150]LDN1235 in Cepheus[/size][/b]

Copyright: Bart Delsaert
Website: [url]http://delsaert.wordpress.com/[/url]
Link to high res picture: [url]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ldn1235_lrgb1.jpg[/url]

[img]http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ldn1235_lrgb_small.jpg[/img]

[b][size=150]Sh2-136 Ghost Nebula in Cefeo[/size][/b]
Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: [url]https://www.facebook.com/AIP.Astrophotography/[/url]

Full resolution:
[url]https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4291/36263272615_40f759bec8_o.png[/url]

[img]https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4291/36263272615_e5a95a49f6_c.jpg[/img]

[url=https://flic.kr/p/X3dyE5][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4319/36124706432_8f45b54a14_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/X3dyE5]Red Clouds of Cygnus[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/112501172@N04/]Transient Astronomer[/url], on Flickr


Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

[size=120][b]Somewhere in Cygnus : "Entanglement"[/b][/size]
URL of website, http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PUBLISHED-E.jpg
Copyright: Paul C. Swift

[url=https://flic.kr/p/WDAwzq][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4299/35868712490_01e6f7976d_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/WDAwzq]Somewhere in Cygnus : "Entanglement"[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/moonrocksastro/]Paul C. Swift[/url], on Flickr

In line
[img]http://i.imgur.com/6uAZ3vC.jpg[/img]
The photo is made in Astro Ayna, an astrophoto event in the interior of Spain and that at this time Spain is full of events of this type.
We gathered more than 30 telescopes
Miquel Duart

[size=120][b]Eta Carina Nebula[/b][/size]
Eta Carina nebula in HOO.
http://www.bastienfoucher.com
Copyright: Bastien Foucher
[img2]https://photos.smugmug.com/Astrophotographies/Nebuleuses/i-PmqT89t/29/35e3b099/X2/Carene_HOO-X2.jpg[/img2]

Bigger size : https://photos.smugmug.com/Astrophotographies/Nebuleuses/i-PmqT89t/29/35e3b099/O/Carene_HOO.jpg

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xfd6Q4][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/36260414135_05343731d0_c.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Xfd6Q4]Galactic trees fireflies[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/43894176@N07/]MASAHIRO MIYASAKA[/url], on Flickr

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
[url=https://flic.kr/p/WZpczK][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/36092832281_fbe5439c98.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/WZpczK]La percha_2017[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238@N08/]Raul Villaverde[/url], en Flickr

[b][size=150]Race trails during a special night[/size][/b]

I'm french and I hope that you will excuse my poor English.

In France, each year during summer, we have a special night for astronomers : Les Nuits des Etoiles (approx : Stars Nights). Created in 1991 by the AFA (Association Française d'Astronomie / French Astronomy Society), this national event permit to numerous people (about 100.000 in 2016) a look at the stary sky with astronomy societies all over the country. This year, it is from friday 28 to sunday 30/07, with about 480 events in about 270 sites.

In my little village of Périgord (South-west of France), my new astronomy society Astro24M (created in last september) organized a public star party last night and we have the ISS two times : first during the twilight (22h12 local time) and second at night (23h50). I joined the two trails (and an unwanted plane trail) in this image :
[imghover=http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS1+2wa.jpg]http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS1+2wLeng.jpg[/imghover]

The first ISS trail :
[imghover=http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS1wa.jpg]http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS1wLeng.jpg[/imghover]
(because of the twilight sky, short 3s exposure with a 10s interval)

The second ISS trail :
[imghover=http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS2wa.jpg]http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/ISS2wLeng.jpg[/imghover]

And finally a compilation of all the night (about 1h1/2) :
[img2]http://www.mfavret.fr/Astro24M/201707NdE/Filewa.jpg[/img2]

More images in our forum (French only) : [url]http://astro24m.forumactif.org/t173-nuits-des-etoiles-2017-bilan-et-photos[/url]

NGC 6888, Sadr area with Atik One 6 and Canon 70 mm/f4.
160 minutes H-alpha and 60 minutes O-III.

Hello,

This wide region of IC 1396 revealed an Obscure emission nebula DA 568 seen at upper left.

Larger versions:
[url]http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/165820373[/url]

Thank you for looking!

Kfir Simon

[img]http://m3.i.pbase.com/g10/85/890385/2/165820373.5cSSBEpJ.jpg[/img]

[size=150][b]A billion stars wrapped in dark[/b][/size]

[img2]http://www.javierlaina.es/IMAGENES/Pipa_sm.jpg[/img2]
Larger images and info:
[url]http://www.javierlaina.es/IMAGENES/Pipa.html[/url]

6 frames mosaic
Canon 6D - 135mm Samyang objetive lens

Cheers,
Javier Gómez Laina (Madrid - Spain)
http://www.javierlaina.es/

[img]http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/950c21cb174bbb30883d0fdd083e8578.1824x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-15_watermark_position-6_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-Iagica.jpg[/img]

[url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/17910585@N06/35796912965/in/album-72157662167213281/[/url]

[url]http://www.astrobin.com/302553/B/?nc=user[/url]

From my observatory in Arizona before the monsoon.

[size=120][b]Catch of the day[/b][/size]
http://www.astrobin.com/305077/C/
Copyright: Slawomir Lipinski
[img2]http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/solutions/3922b280-46a5-418e-b5fa-70af1d52c4f6-1501302294.jpg[/img2]

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/01612cead554cb22f9a26dce6385e41d.16536x16536_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-15_watermark_position-6_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-Copyright%20Slawomir%20Lipinski.jpg

[b]"Milky way in Carpathians mountains"[/b]

The picture was taken at the top of the Gendarme Mountain (1765m). On the right is one of the mountains in Ukraine: Mount Bliznitsa (1883m). To the left extend the lights of the villages at an altitude of about 800 meters above sea level. In the sky the Milky Way visible from the constellation of Sagittarius to the constellation Perseus. In the picture it is good to see a fairly bright glow of the atmosphere in green and purple color. The Andromeda galaxy, the constellation Cassiopeia, the North America nebula, Saturn and dust clouds of the central part of the Milky Way are also very clearly visible.

https://500px.com/photo/221469383/milky-way-in-carpathians-by-nikita-kharlanov

[attachment=0]K88Jm1an4D4[1].jpg[/attachment]
[url]https://pp.userapi.com/c836633/v836633045/5771a/K88Jm1an4D4.jpg[/url]

Copyright: Nicolas Romo, Domingo Pestana y Raul Villaverde
[url=https://flic.kr/p/WVwvTD][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4297/36048993671_ebd0e224d7.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/WVwvTD]Messier_17_V2[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238@N08/]Raul Villaverde[/url], en Flickr

[b][size=127]Horsehead Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Daniel Nobre[/b]
[attachment=18]d25051423df25bb792f76924263350d4.1824x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-30_watermark_position-6_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-2017 - Hubble - processed by Daniel Nobre_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Cone Nebula Region[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data: ESO; Processing: Daniel Nobre[/b]
[attachment=17]b89ac3db457c41b94953a66186281fd6.1824x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-8_watermark_position-5_watermark_size-S_watermark_text-2017 - ESO - processed by Daniel Nobre_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Crux to Carina[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Martin Pugh[/b]
[attachment=16]download.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]May aurora from Cape Ann[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Roger Porter[/b]
[attachment=15]May_Aurora_Oldgarden-4736-web.JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Sunspot NOAA2665[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Luigi Morrone[/b]
[attachment=14]NOAA2665_20170711_Lmor_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Lagoon Nebula - Up Close and Personal[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ray Palmer[/b]
[attachment=13]Ray Palmer Lagoon APOD Submission_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Joshua Hollinger[/b]
[attachment=11]image1_small.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=10]image2_small.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=12]image1 (1).JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Eagle Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ronald Brecher[/b]
[attachment=9]Eagle Nebula 12hr30m HaO3RGB July 2017_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way from Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Sergi Luque[/b]
[attachment=8]Viewpoint Roque de los Muchachos APOD_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Above the sea of clouds[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Sergi Luque[/b]
[attachment=7]Above the sea of clouds APOD_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Sun and AR2665 on 13/07[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jhon Harold[/b]
[attachment=6]sun and 2665_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The sunrise on 13 Jul 2017[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jhon Harold[/b]
[attachment=5]DSCN9439_small.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=4]el sol de hoy_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...."[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jeffrey O. Johnson[/b]
Larger size: [url]http://jeffjastro.com/dso/NGC3184_1Feb17.htm[/url]
[attachment=3]NGC3184_1Feb17_web.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Triffid Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Evangelos Souglakos[/b]
[attachment=2]triffid.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 300, Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data: ESO; Image Processing and Assembly Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari[/b]
More sizes: [url]http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC300-ESO.html[/url]
[attachment=1]NGC300-ESO-SS.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way from the Island of Saba in the Caribbean[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Prajesh Joshi[/b]
[attachment=0]DSC_0224 + 228 - 9x16 crop iteration 2_jpg_small.jpg[/attachment]

[img2][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wy8ap3][img]https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4317/35806790740_8963998246.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Wy8ap3]IC_5146_dust[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/132752244@N07/]Edward Popovitch[/url], on Flickr[/img2]

[img2][url=https://flic.kr/p/Q7pCAy][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/472/31577634524_19d628ab33.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/Q7pCAy]Cave nebula Sh2-155[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/132752244@N07/]Edward Popovitch[/url], on Flickr[/img2]

[img2][url=https://flic.kr/p/zeK4YC][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/695/21815290984_8cab0740f0.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zeK4YC]Mel_15_fin[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/132752244@N07/]Edward Popovitch[/url], on Flickr[/img2]

[img2][url=https://flic.kr/p/RfTnZE][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/661/32329937276_351f92939f.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/RfTnZE]NGC 1333[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/132752244@N07/]Edward Popovitch[/url], on Flickr[/img2]

[img2][url=https://flic.kr/p/RkNNL3][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/402/32385627506_2a4a2e0056.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/RkNNL3]VdB_142 Elephant[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/132752244@N07/]Edward Popovitch[/url], on Flickr[/img2]