Starship Asterisk*

North America Nebula closeup
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc7 ... wt_QSI.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

Ghost of Jupiter Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/3242plm.jpg http://www.astro-pics.com/3242plm.htm Wow stunning image of one of my all time favourite planetary nebulae! I think this is the first ever amateur image that shows the halo type structure, which is easily revealed wi...

Absolutely stunning image! I love it when overlooked unknown things near really well known things are photographed! :D :D Hen 2-111 is one of my favourite southern planetary nebulae, I love its strange shape and variety of colours! The halo was discovered quite a while ago in 1978 and is apparently ...

Antares region
http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky% ... 0165e6a509
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

B35
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/143299952
Copyright: Kfir Simon

NGC 6188 widefield
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc6 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

Wolf Rayet nebulae are some of my favourite objects in the sky and I'm totally gobsmacked and overjoyed to see an image of one featured!! :shock: Don Goldman is excellent at bringing out fine detail through narrowband filters and the OIII arc is lovely! The rich vivid colours are also a surprise, Cy...

NGC 3532
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... &lb=1&s=X3
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

Dark Horse Nebula
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/wi ... l/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez

Coffee Bean Nebula (RCW 98) widefield
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/rcw9 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

Atacama crescents near Cerro Armazones (E-ELT site in Chile)
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... scents.htm
Copyright: Rainer Sparenberg and Stefan Binnewies

NGC 5367
http://www.pbase.com/kwiechen/image/143909530
Copyright: Kai Wiechen

RCW 24 widefield
http://www.cosmicphotos.com/gallery/ima ... lbum_id=11
Copyright: Jason Jennings

Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565)
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... GC4565.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

CRL 618
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1110a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Witch Head Nebula region
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... IC2118.htm
Copyright: Rainer Sparenberg and Stefan Binnewies

Cool picture. Frigid, even. No, it's not an astronomy image. Nope, we have no control over what the APOD editors pick for APODs. Please don't take out your disappointment on the forum inhabitants. ...Quick, I think I see the Belt of Venus behind them! It's tenuously astronomical! *bolts for the doo...

Crab Nebula (M1)
http://www.cav-sfo.com/M1ccd.html
Copyright: Joe Mize

Sh2-171
http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/ ... 01011.html
Copyright: David Churchill

APOD Robot wrote: At the Edge of NGC 891

extend hundreds of light-years above and below the center line.

Shouldn't it say central "lane"?

Inkspot Nebula (B86) and NGC 6520
http://aftar.uaa.alaska.edu/gallery/det ... 279&type=#
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and T. Abbott (NOAO/AURA/NSF)

NGC 6231 region
http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc6 ... FSQ106.htm
Copyright: Steve Crouch

Sailboat Cluster (NGC 225) and vdB4
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/NGC225/NGC225.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

Sh2-240
http://www.astrosurf.com/zoll/images/SH2_240_HOO.jpg
Copyright: Stephane Zoll

Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2944)
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/122872808
Copyright: Marcus Davies