Starship Asterisk*

NGC 2327 - The Seagull Head

Taked from San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Argentina

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Sergio

S Monocerotis Region S Monocerotis is a massive variable star system that dominates the center of the image. The bright star is about 8000 times more luminous than our Sun. Coming from the upper left to the center of the image we have the cloud which was once compared with the shape of a fox by ast...

The Pipe Nebula

From La Banderita, La Pampa, Argentina
Canon 60Da & 50mm EF 1.8 lens stopped at 2.8
15 shots of 10 seconds each
No Mount, no flats, no darks, no bias... just a tripod and trail processing in PS

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Very nice César
Southern greetings!!

Lovejoy at full speed !

8 inches Newtonian with OOUK Mirrors, TeleVue paracorr and QSI 583 WS riding in a SW NEQ6 Mount

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Happy new year !!
Sergio

Two Gems in Scutum IC 1295 & NGC 6712 are not related, but through our Earth perspective present a lovely pair enhanced by a dense star field background Taken from Argentine Pampas 110 km north of Buenos Aires, three new Moons ago... More info and higher resolution image at http://www.baskies.c...

Messier 26 Not so impressive as M11, however M26 is a very nice Open Cluster lying in a crowded starfield in Scutum. Taken from Argentine Pampas 110 km north of Buenos Aires, three new Moons ago... More information at http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/M26%20LRGB%20HR.htm Cheers from the South!! Sergio

Large Magellanic Cloud in Mensa and Dorado

Taken from Argentinean Pampas (Buenos Aires Skies)
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Sergio

Messier 21 in Sagittarius

Taken from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Nice weekend !!
Sergio

Messier 10 and Messier 12 in Ophiuchus

Taken 110 km away from Buenos Aires Argentina

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Cheers to all !!!
Sergio

M1-88 aka Gum 85 in Sharpless 2-54 Hello all The image shows part of Sharpless 2 54 area aka Gum 84 or RCW 167. It is a HII region ionised by young open star cluster NGC 6604 which is not visible in this image. This nebula complex is a larger object of about 140 arc minutes and extends beyond the F...

IC 2488 in Vela A colorful open star cluster in the southern limits of the constellation of Vela. There are not many color pictures on IC 2488 although due its beauty, it could rival with many other popular NGC southern open clusters. Image produced in collaboration with Ezequiel Bellocchio (acquis...

NGC 6520 & Barnard 86

Image acquisition Ezequiel Bellocchio
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Processing: Sergio Eguivar
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NGC 2383 and 2384 in Canis Major A nice pair located in the constellation of Canis Major, close to the limit with Puppis. Both objects cover an area of roughly 13 arc minutes so they might fit in a eyepiece using moderate power. NGC 2383 is at the left and NGC 2384 at the lower right. It was suppos...

NGC 6823, Sh 2-86 and 6820 in Vulpecula Open Cluster NGC 6823 is surrounded by emission nebula complex Sh 2-86 in the northern constellation of Vulpecula. The nebula presents a pillar of dust and gas in the east side of the cluster. The mentioned pillar might got its shape from the radiation coming...

NGC 3766 in Centaurus A bright pretty and crowded open star cluster. Through the eyepiece the stars looks like pearls and there comes it nickname. It was discovered by Abbe Lacaille in 1752 from South Africa. It is also a good binocular target even for light polluted skies. From a dark sky NGC 3766...

IC 4628 in Scorpius (aka Gum 56) Greetings !! An impressive arc shaped rim of HII structure located in Scorpius tail and known as the Prawn Nebula. The center portion of the nebula is very bright and it seems there is a faint reflection component embedding it. Bright stars are part of Open Cluster ...

IC 4604 in Ophiuchus Rho Ophiuchi is a triple star system located at the southern end of the constellation Ophiuchus near de limit with Scorpius. The stars are embedded in a large blue reflection nebulosity catalogued as IC 4604 which is mixed with several filaments of dark nebulae. This region is ...

GUM 15 in Vela Greetings !! Gum 15 is located in the north west part of the constellation of Vela. It is right in the middle of two bigger objects: Ruprecht 64 and Gum 17. Gum 15 also host Collinder 197 a young galactic star cluster with high velocity dispersion. The star HD 74804 (Mg 7.34) is loca...

Hello Mike !!
You have made justice with this beautiful pair
Cheers
Sergio

NGC 2261 by Wolfgang Promper

http://www.astro-pics.com/2261mne.htm

The Running Man by Leonardo Orazi

http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC1977.htm

NGC 7217 in Andromeda - Capella Observatory


http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... GC7217.htm

Handsome Cluster (II) in Carina - NGC 3532 Greetings !! NGC 3532 is one of the Southern finest jewels. It is also known as the "Wishing Well Open Cluster" because it resembles silver coins shimmering. This target is a joy to see through an eyepiece. For any summer star party, NGC 3532 is ...

Handsome Cluster (I) in Carina - NGC 3114 Scottish Astronomer James Dunlop discovered this fantastic cluster located in the northern side of the constellation of Carina, 5 degrees west from the Keyhole Nebula. It is a bright cluster and a very good target for binoculars and small telescopes or even...