Starship Asterisk*

Deep 2x2 mosaic (86 hours total) of the Cat's Paw Nebula in H-a:

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Full resolution: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/136 ... hedale.jpg

Corona around last night's waning gibbous moon (caused by passing low clouds):

Time lapse video showing a Geminid meteor and its persistent train decaying in the atmosphere over approximately 12 minutes. The meteor flash occurred at 3:11 am local time in Leyburn, Queensland, Australia. Each frame of this 15 frames per second video represents 10 seconds of elapsed time, so this...

Persistent train from a Geminid meteor Copyright: Dave Liu Montage showing how the persistent train from a recent Geminid meteor (streak was just under 5 degrees) distorts in the atmosphere. Each exposure was 10 seconds: left column shows normal colours, middle column has the star background subtrac...

Scorpius, Ophiuchus, and Sagittarius in the Milky Way
Copyright: David Liu