Starship Asterisk*

Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) widefield
http://www.astroshed.com/fsq106ed/lmc.html
Copyright: Eddie Trimarchi

Abell 7
http://www.ernst-von-voigt.de/gallery/deepsky/a7.html
Copyright: Dietmar Böcker and Ernst von Voigt

Rho Ophiuchi Nebula (IC 4604)
http://www.cav-sfo.com/IC4604ccd.html
Copyright: Joe Mize

Sh2-129 and Ou 4
http://www.outters.fr/Sharpless129-Fsq1 ... 2Hao3.html
Copyright: Nicolas Outters More information about Ou 4 can be found here: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.2477

LBN 1022 and Thommes' Nebula http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/lbn1022.shtml Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona [attachment=0]LBN 1022_block.jpg[/attachment] More information about Thommes' Nebula can be found here: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/users/reipurth/PRE...

B202 region
http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/ ... 01011.html
Copyright: David Churchill

Witch's Broom Nebula
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/N ... GC6960.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

Chamaeleon I cloud
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... &lb=1&s=X3
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

An admirable aspect of this image is the very fine star colors, which look perfectly "RGB" rather than "mapped". It is extremely obvioius from Michael Joner, David Laney and Robert Gendler's image that HDE 227018 is the ionizing source of this nebula. The blue arc to the left of...

Serpens region
http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroim ... 000101.htm
Copyright: Tom Davis

Sh2-94 and Sh2-96
http://www.astrosurf.com/zoll/images/SH94-HOO-RGB75.jpg
Copyright: Stephane Zoll

NGC 6726-9 region
http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.ph ... 47&album=9
Copyright: Karel Teuwen and Josch Hambsch

M87
http://www.astrophoton.com/M087.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl

LoTr 5
http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=252
Copyright: Don Goldman

Sh2-126 region
http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/dee ... n442.shtml
Copyright: John Davis

Sh2-88 region
http://afesan.es/DeepSpace/slides/SH2-8 ... 20139.html
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez

M49 region
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... &lb=1&s=X3
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

IC 4628 region
http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky% ... f5f94060ef
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

Even though its not related to astronomy, it brought a great smile and happy feeling to me!
In my opinion, it is also a metaphor for astronomy in that it also trascends artficial boundaries and is something for everyone! Look with the heart as well as the eyes!

Cygnus X-1 bow shock
http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=254
Copyright: Don Goldman

NGC 7538
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc7 ... wt_QSI.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

Abell 39
http://www.pbase.com/melhelm/image/143500268
Copyright: Mel Helm

B30
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/143299754
Copyright: Kfir Simon

Southern Milky Way
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/wi ... y/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez

What is the reddish crescent of light in the bottom right quadrant of the image? More specifically, this crescent of light is located at the mouth of a gap in the right side of the large dust cloud in the image bottom right...or near the halfway point between the two brightest stars in the image. T...