Starship Asterisk*

NGC 6946 - Fireworks Galaxy https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NGC6946_finale_logo_mini600px.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/4SrfNLy08MNI_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.png Located in the constellation of Cepheus, NGC 6946 is a Sc-type spiral galaxy seen almost head-on, of mode...

M57 nebula with outter shell https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/M57_mixfinal_cropAB2mini.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/n3YbLGsiwtnD_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg We are pleased to submit to APOD this image of the M57 planetary nebula, showing both fine details in the cor...

Jones-Emberson 1 https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PK164_vdef3_mini.jpg Full version : https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PK164_vdef3.jpg Jones-Emberson 1 (PK 164+31.1) is a planetary nebula located in the constellation Lynx, at an estimated distance of 1600 light-y...

LDN 1251 https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/LDN1251def1_mini600px.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/vDbJ6Pj4NT_7_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.jpg The dark nebula LDN 1251 is an active star-forming region around 1,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus, part of a much...

Cygnus Loop https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/0CrTM6_fvFGA_620x0__ctJF4Yj.png Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/0CrTM6_fvFGA_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png The “Cygnus Loop" is the last visible remnants of a supernova that exploded around 10,000 years ago, “only” 1400/1800 light-years away. T...

SH2-188 "Shrimp Nebula" https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SH2-188_mixfinal2_logo_mini.jpg Full version : https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/SH2-188_mixfinal2_logo.jpg Sh2-188 (sometimes nicknamed the "Shrimp" - or Firefox - Nebula, because of its...

NGC 6888 in high definition https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NGC6888_vdef_crop1_mini.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/JqETqYP0Jikc_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.png https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NGC6888_vdef_logo_miniapod.jpg Full version : https://cdn.as...

Thanks Ann, very intersting post !!
CS,
JB

NGC 1365 galaxy https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NGC1365_v4_site_mini.jpg.webp Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/pDdXyhCpleNp_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png NGC 1365 is a large barred spiral located 74 million light-years away in the constellation of the Furnax. At around ...

WR 134 https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/WR134_vdef_logo_site_mini_600px.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/w4ZCY7bjEMWC_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.png For our Team's 5th image, here's our version of the well-known Wolf-Rayet 134 star, shot in HOO, with 105 hours of exposure ...

Cosmic seascape in Cassiopea : Bubble, Lobster Claw & Northen Lagoon nebulae (SHO mosaic) https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/M52_v2_8bits_site_mini.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Xj-RMTrEwZBy_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png This image shows a number of beautiful ne...

Clash of the dragons in Ara (NGC 6188) https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/NGC6188_v2_site_mini.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Sj5CtlxbXnbb_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png The Rim Nebula, also known as NGC 6188 or "The Fighting Dragons of Ara" is an impressive...

Arp 188 - The Tadpole Galaxy https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Arp188_def_logo_site_mini600px2.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/JxAAgnK8xeyr_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.png The Tadpole Galaxy, also known as UGC 10214 and Arp 188, is a disrupted barred spiral galaxy located 4...

NGC 6668 & its Ha environment https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NGC6668_vdef_logo_site_mini600px.jpg Full version : https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/NGC6668_vdef_logo_site.jpg Here's the open cluster NGC 6866, located in the constellation Cygnus. The cluster f...

SH2-106 "Celestial Snow Angel" nebula https://team-ouranos.fr/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/SH2_106_full_crop_vdef_logo_mini600px2.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/45457tTTQDTr_16536x0_ieTZ0INm.png For Team OURANOS' first image, today we're taking a look at an intriguing ob...

Sadr region in Cygnus (100h / 9 panels mosaic) https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/SADR_MOSA_finale2_apod2.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/G5txsPARqjDp_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.jpg Mosaic of 9 images in the Sadr region, in the constellation of Cygnus, made with a Taka...

Coma Cluster (Abell 1656) Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/2200/2023/bdb08464-adf3-4166-82fa-02b42e18162f.gif Here's an object I've never observed before, and have wanted to for a long time: the (dwarf) planet Pluto, smaller than our Moon, at just over 5 billion kilometers (mag. 14.4)...

Wizard nebula (NGC 7380) https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/wizard2023_site.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/TdEuArEcBuF5_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png The wizard nebula in wide field, 8000LY away... TSA102 - Atik16200M - Baader SHO ultra-narrowband Total integration: ...

SH2-112, SH2-115 & Abell 71 in Cygnus https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Q4L2JxS_mUIx_620x0__ctJF4Yj.png Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Q4L2JxS_mUIx_16536x0_IUOf1CZ1.png https://cdn.astrobin.com/solutions/images/2200/2023/20ddeca0-f71d-44ad-b1e9-a4ab32627b6f-1687447251.jpg Sh2-112 ...

Animation of the atmosphere of Jupiter https://youtube.com/watch?v=hvf5NOGy90g Animation of Jupiter's atmosphere, made with 3 planispheres (unfortunately incomplete for 2 of them) realized on September 10/11, 17/18 and 21/22. I tried to highlight the relative displacements of the most visible struc...

2 great nights on Jupiter https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/9HoV04z5AGMY_1824x0_xaKre60d.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/9HoV04z5AGMY_16536x0_bY2EQU70.jpg The nights of 11 and 12 September were particularly good (even excellent at few moments) in Paris; especially the night of the ...

Global rotation of Jupiter https://youtu.be/watch?v=e8wHQNqScag Animation of a complete rotation of Jupiter made with images of September 10 and 11, 2022, from my balcony in Paris, taken with a Mewlon 210. 213 images in total spread over 10 hours, and the 10 best selected every ~30° to make this an...

IC5146 - Cocoon nebula (LRGB-Ha) https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Uu_uy6VL7p5A_620x0_FXQoyAJG.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Uu_uy6VL7p5A_1824x0_xaKre60d.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/Uu_uy6VL7p5A_16536x0_bY2EQU70.jpg The "Cocoon" nebula is aptly named: it is a ma...

NGC 6914 : Emission and reflection nebulae in Cygnus https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/eNmJ6WxYqTSG_1824x0_xaKre60d.jpg https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/eNmJ6WxYqTSG_16536x0_bY2EQU70.jpg NGC 6914 is a complex of nebulosities in emission and reflection in the constellation of Cygnus, at about 5000 ligh...

NGC 3718 (Arp214) & NGC 3729 - Interacting galaxies https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/7ad-_qIZGbGs_1824x0_xaKre60d.jpg Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/7ad-_qIZGbGs_16536x0_bY2EQU70.jpg NGC 3718 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Big Dipper constellation about 45 million light...