Starship Asterisk*

Scorpius seems to have moved to the other side of the Milky Way...

Supernova 2011dh in M51 http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/M51_SN2.JPG More data added to my image of supernova 2011dh. Click on the image above to see a mouse-over comparison with an image of M51 taken in 2006 when the super...

M81, Bode's Galaxy
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Galaxies M81 and M82 in Ursa Major http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/M8182.JPG Click on the image above for a higher resolution version. 4 hours of RGB data and 2 hours of Ha data taken with a Canon 20Da and a modified Canon...

M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/M101med.JPG Click on the image above for a higher-resolution version. 6.25 hours of total exposure of which 2 hours were narrowband 6nm Ha data. Mix of two cameras,...

ISS and Shuttle Discovery
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Barnard's Loop and the Horsehead Area
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Young Crescent Moon
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Young Moon just 20 hours and 23 minutes old, shot unfiltered.

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Very Young Crescent Moon
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20 hours 23 minutes old crescent Moon in Ha light.

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Perseus http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Per.JPG Click on the image above to see a high-resolution version and a mouse-over with object and constellation identifications. There's also a little visitor present. For a small c...

M76, The Little Dumbbell Nebula
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NGC 7331 and Stephan's Quintet
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The Double Cluster http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/DC.JPG Click on the image for a higher resolution version. Single unguided 150-second exposure at ISO 1600 Unmodified Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS) Stellarvue SV70ED doub...

IC 443, Sh2-249, M35, NGC 2147
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Thor's Helmet and The Seagull Nebula
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Lunar Solstice Eclipse http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1221LE2.JPG High-dynamic range wide field shot of the December 21, 2010 total lunar eclipse. Click on the image or link above to see a high-resolution version. Jerry

Solstice Total Lunar Eclipse http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/SLE2.JPG This is an illustration I put together to show what the starfield and deepsky field will look like near the Moon at mid-totality during the lunar eclips...

Orion and Environs
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Simeis 147 - Supernova Remnant
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Comet Hartley 2 and Open Cluster M46
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Cederblad 214
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The Question Mark: Nebulae NGC 7822, Ced 214 and Sh2-17 http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/N7822.JPG A higher resolution version of the image can be found here: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/Ced214.HTM NGC 7822, Ced 2...

The Bubble - Cave Nebula Area http://www.astropix.com Copyright 2010 Jerry Lodriguss http://www.astropix.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/B_C.JPG A higher resolution version of the image with identifications of the objects can be found here: http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/Sh2-157_Area.HTM J...

I don't know why this is called the "same color illusion", when it is really just a brightness illusion. Here is a real "same color illusion" http://www.purveslab.net/seeforyourself/ It's by Dr. Dale Purves at Duke Universtiy. Click on the "Brightness Contrast with Color: Cu...