Starship Asterisk*

Totality: August 21, 2017
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wonderful image!

calabash? nah, that's the character from spy vs. spy.

NGC 925 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum
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NGC7129 Reflection Nebula/ Open Cluster in Cepheus
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ARPs 71, 122, 172, and 272 in the Hercules Galaxy Cluster Abell 2151
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NGC1333 (CED16;VDB17) in Perseus
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Fire and Smoke: SH2-64
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IC1287 (aka CED163; LBN75; vdB 124): Reflection Nebula
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Barnard's Galaxy and Hubble-V: NGC6822
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NGC5774, NGC5775 in Virgo
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Antennae Galaxies: NGC4038/NGC4039 in Corvus
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Spiral Galaxy M61
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Open Cluster NGC6633
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M59(right) and M60(left) with NGC4647
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Lunar Eclipse April 14-15, 2014 http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography Copyright: Lee Buck http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/photos/i-wdtPVbd/0/X2/i-wdtPVbd-X2.jpg High-res Version http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/photos/i-JhBbgGt/0/X2/i-JhBbgGt-X2.jpg High-res Version Group shot: Moon, Spica, ...

thanks for the kind words. if this had been an LRGB image or even HaLRGB the squid would not be visible. it was picked up with 13hrs of 3nm OIII data. here is an intermediate result showing an animation between some Ha data and OIII data -- nothing in common. and none of it was visible in the LRGB d...

Tubular Explosion in SH2-129 Copyright: Lee Buck http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography This strange object is Ou4 (aka The Squid) in Sharpless2-129.  It was discovered by French imager Nicolas Outters in 2011.  Initially, researchers thought it was a planetary nebula but that has been rul...

Crepuscular Ray Sunrise and Fogbow Copyright: Lee Buck http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography This image was taken at sunrise in a meadow about 20 miles north of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Nature/Grand-Canyon-North-Rim/i-wSGVzX7/1/L/Sunrise%20Ray%20on%...

NGC7331 - The Deer Lick Group and IFN
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NGC7497 - Spiral Galaxy shrouded in IFN in Pegasus
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Sharpless2-82: Emission/Reflection Nebula in Sagitta
(The Little Cocoon)

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Lynd's Dark Nebula (LDN) 234
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Rho Ophiuchi Nebula
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NGC 2068 (M78) Reflection Nebula in Orion http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography Copyright: Lee Buck http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/photos/i-CN667wK/1/L/i-CN667wK-L.jpg Lum: 18x15min (1x1); RGB: 23x10min each (2x2). January 12-14, 2013. To the upper right of M78 is McNeil’s Variable Nebula...

NGC 2170 - "Rorschach" Reflection Nebula in Monoceros Copyright: Lee Buck http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography This look to me like an "ink splat" . i realize this object was an APOD today (14 Jan.) with Ignacio's wonderful rendition of it, but I thought I would share...