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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:56 am

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 10:59 am

Rho Region 2
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31986095@N ... /lightbox/
Copyright: Erik N Larsen
[attachment=5]RhoErik.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way Panorama
http://www.starpointing.com/dslr/centralmilkyway.html
Copyright: Fabian Neyer
[attachment=4]MilkyWay_Neyer.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 4414: Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.au/NGC4414.jpg
Copyright: Martin Pugh
[attachment=3]ngc4414_pugh.jpg[/attachment]

Sunset over La Silla ESO Observatory
Copyright: Marco Delbo
[attachment=2]272337_2292590353201_1202293859_32751565_1745733_o.jpeg[/attachment]

Western Sky at Moonset
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
[attachment=1]AssosMoonSummerTri.jpg[/attachment]

ISS & STS135 Sun Transit
http://www.cacahuet.es/foto.avx?tr=5YHUe6PzfkY%3D
http://vimeo.com/26694602
Copyright: Fernando Cabrerizo
[attachment=0]20110719_ISS-STS135p.jpg[/attachment]

Efrain Morales · Post by **Efrain Morales** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:06 pm

A 6 Panel mosaic of the south-west section of the moon. from top to bottom Craters Hecataeus, Phillips, Humbolt, Barnard.

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mexhunter · Post by **mexhunter** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:30 pm

Solar negative
Copyright: César Cantú

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Also: http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/6

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 4:56 am

Antares Area
http://www.starkeeper.it/AntaresArea.htm
Copyright: Massimo Tosco and Leonardo Orazi
[attachment=1]Antares_Orazi.jpg[/attachment]

Active Region Ar1236: Photosphere and Chromosphere
http://www.fobos.es
Copyright: Jesús Carmona de Argila
[attachment=0]sol210611aa.jpg[/attachment]

M57: The Ring Nebula
http://www.feraphotography.com/AM14/M57.html
Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera

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The End
http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-135_landing.html
Copyright: Ben Cooper/www.LaunchPhotography.com

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:14 pm

360° Startrails Panorama
http://francois.bernier.fr.free.fr/ETE2011.htm
Copyright: François Bernier
[attachment=3]STARTRAILS-pano-360-June2011-BERNIER-FRANCOIS.jpg[/attachment]

On the Lions Head
Copyright: Erich Meyer
[attachment=2]Kapstadt_Lions_Head_548_A_1600ASA_compr.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 6842: Planetary Nebula in Vulpecula
http://www.bareket-astro.com
Copyright: Students working with a C14 at the Bareket Observatory
[attachment=1]NGC6842.jpg[/attachment]

Jupiter & Ganymede
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=0]Jupiter-Ganymede071611_ChumackHRweb.jpg[/attachment]

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:08 am

owlice wrote: On the Lions Head
Copyright: Erich Meyer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion's_Head_(Cape_Town) wrote:Lion's Head is a mountain located in Cape Town, South Africa, between Table Mountain and Signal Hill [Coordinates 33°56′05″S 18°23′21″E]. Lion's Head peaks at 669 metres (2,195 ft) above sea level. The peak forms part of a dramatic backdrop to the city of Cape Town and is part of the Table Mountain National Park.

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 97#p153216

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 12:56 am

Rainbow over Veszprem
http://www.astrophoto.hu
Copyright: Tamas Ladanyi
[attachment=4]rainbow_110722_ladanyi.jpg[/attachment]

Comet Lulin Passing through Leo
Copyright: Greg Parker (data) and Noel Carboni (processing)
[attachment=3]Comet_Lulin_APOD.jpg[/attachment]

Stars and Bacteria at Cape Büyükkemikli
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
[attachment=2]BKemikliNE.jpg[/attachment]

The Buckle on Venus's Belt
Copyright: Larry Rappaport
[attachment=1]Venus' Belt Buckle.jpg[/attachment]

The Large Magellanic Cloud
Copyright: Kfir Simon
[attachment=0]The Large Magelanic cloud.jpg[/attachment]

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:42 pm

mexhunter wrote:Solar negative
Copyright: César Cantú
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Also: http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/6

Awesome Astrophotos: A Negative Sun
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2011 July 24

[url=http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/189/category/6][b]Comparison between a regular and 'negative' image of the Sun[/b][/url] [i](Credit: César Cantú / Chilidog Observatory)[/i]
Here’s an unusual if not stunning way to look at the Sun: César Cantú from the Chilidog Observatory in Mexico has taken a few images of the Sun, and reversed the colors, or made a negative. This increases the contrast and allows structures to be seen — or at least stand out — that otherwise are not visible.

“The picture is made under normal procedure,” César tells us. He creates an Avi file, then reverses the colors, and also applies applies false color, leaving the sky to look blue and the Sun to yellow-orange and the chromosphere as red. “This is to delight the author!” César says.

The solar prominences, in all sorts of shapes and sizes, really stand out.

Left, you can see a comparison of “normal” image which has then been “negativised.”

Thanks to César for sharing his stunning images. See more at his website, Astronomía Y Astrofotografía.

Congratulations, mexhunter!

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 6:52 pm

Yay!! Another thing I like about his image is that the sun "pops" off the page -- it seems to float above the background.

SalvatoreGrasso · Post by **SalvatoreGrasso** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 7:04 pm

Messier 17 - The Swan Nebula
http://www.SgAstrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso
[attachment=0]M17.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.sgastrophotography.com/Sgast ... er17-3.jpg

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 8:41 pm

NGC 6888 & Surrounding Nebula Gases
(Narrow band bi-color image)
http://myastroimages.com
Copyright: Doug Hubbell
[attachment=2]ngc6888-bicolor-mix_v1.jpg[/attachment]

Sh2-101: Tulip Nebula in Ha OIII SII
http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/
Copyright: Bill Snyder
[attachment=1]201106705_Tulip_SII Ha OIII KC color combine Ps1 V5 with changs to V4 2150x Scaled.jpg[/attachment]

Drôme Provençale Sky
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6022/596 ... 3150_o.jpg
Copyright: Didier Renvazé
[attachment=0]didier.jpg[/attachment]

mexhunter · Post by **mexhunter** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:10 pm

Hi bystander, owlice:
I would like to thank you so much for your congratulation, as well as Universe Today and especially to Nancy Atkinson.
Many greetings
César

And I share the other Sun that appears in the publication:

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sternklar · Post by **sternklar** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:50 pm

Milkyway Panorama, Namibia, May 28-29, 2011
http://www.sternklar.ch
Copyright: Manuel Jung

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Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:16 am

I like Manuel Jung's Milky Way panorama. Here are some of the astronomical objects that we can identify in that image:

At far left there isn't much to see, apart from a lot of nebulosity. But above the nebulosity at far left you can see two clusters. They are NGC 6633 and IC 4665.

NGC 6633 and blue B-type star HD 170200: http://www.capella-observatory.com/imag ... GC6633.jpg

IC 4665: http://www.capella-observatory.com/imag ... IC4665.jpg

If we move slowly to the right, you come to a brightening just below the dark dust lane. The brightening is the so called Scutum star cloud. Rich and photogenic cluster M11 is in there somewhere, but I must admit that I can't see it here.

M11 in the Scutum star cloud: http://71.18.228.62/images/M11%20AA.jpg

Let's move into the dust lane and move slowly to the right. We'll come to a large but diffuse brightening which is slightly pinkish. This is a large but rather diffuse emission nebula surrounding young cluster NGC 6604, which contains O-type star MY Serpentis.

To the right of NGC 6604 you can see a small-looking but intensely pink nebula. That is M16, the Eagle Nebula. The famous Hubble Elephant trunks, you know!

NGC 6604 and M16: http://www.nightsky.at/Photo/Neb/M16_NGC6604_WN.html

Hubble Elephant trunks: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/skyimage/m16label.jpg

To the lower right of M16 you find a small comma-shaped pink nebula. That is M17, which is the birthplace of truly massive stars.

M17: http://www.hrastro.com/M17_SwanNebula/M ... 24x640.jpg

To the right of M17, there is a small brightening in the dust lane. This is the Small Sagittarius star cloud.

The Small Sagittarius star cloud, with M17 at upper left and red emission nebula IC 1284 and blue reflection nebulae NGC 6590 and 6595 at lower right: http://www.utahskies.org/image_library/ ... rCloud.jpg

To the upper right of the Small Sagittarius star cloud you can see a small bright cluster in the upper part of the black dust lane. The cluster is M23.

M23: http://astroa.physics.metu.edu.tr/Astronom/SC/M23Y.HTM

Let go back to the main dust lane. Next you come to the fantastic part of the Milky Way where you find (from left to right) star cluster M21 and bright and famous nebulae Trifid Nebula and the Lagoon Nebula:

The Lagoon Nebula, the Trifid Nebula, star cluster M21 (to the upper left of red and blue Trifid): http://www.utahskies.org/report/20010720/m8_m20_l.JPG

To the left of the Lagoon Nebula you can see a large yellowish bright patch below the dust lane. This is the main Sagittarius star cloud. It is really the bulge of our galaxy.

Large Sagittarius star cloud: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/271 ... de84ee.jpg

To the upper right of the large Sagittarius star cloud, inside the dark dust lane, you can see a small blue cluster. That is M6.

M6: http://hera.ph1.uni-koeln.de/~heintzma/ ... ier/M6.htm

Almost directly below M6, but superimposed on the yellowish light from the Milky Way's bulge, is cluster M7.

M7: http://www.utahskies.org/image_library/ ... orpius.jpg

To the upper right of M6, inside the dark dust lane, are two faint reddish nebulae. They are NGC 6357 and the Cat's Paw nebula:

NGC 6357 and the Cat's Paw Nebula: http://www.astrosurf.com/lorenzi/ccd/ng ... 57_ccd.htm

Above NGC 6357 and the Cat's Paw Nebula, near the upper edge of the image, you can find the Antares and Rho Ophiuchi region.

The Antares and Rho Ophiuchi region: http://oc-aisig.org/gallery/main.php?g2 ... alNumber=2

You should be able to see an obvious elongated comma-shaped feature, which is comma-shaped in one end and blue in the other. This is the large NGC 6231 complex with associated clusters and emission nebulae.

The NGC 6231 complex: http://www.allthesky.com/clusters/previ ... 231m-p.jpg

Some distance to the right of the NGC 6231 complex, you can see the pink nebulosity associated with star cluster NGC 6188:

NGC 6188: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-W0OrzQDMFIs/T ... c_6188.jpg

There is a yellow brightening below the dust lane which contains NGC 6188, but I have nothing in particular to say about that. In fact, I have nothing to say about anything until we get to two bright stars to the relatively far right in the picture. There you can see Alpha and Beta Centauri, the Coalsack and the Southern Cross.

Alpha and Beta Centauri, the Coalsack and the Southern Cross: http://www.centauri-dreams.org/wp-conte ... /alpha.jpg

Alpha Centauri is the most nearby of all stars, with the exception of tiny red dwarf Proxima Centauri (which can, however, be seen as a part of the Alpha Centauri system).

Well, great picture, Manuel Jung!

Ann

sternklar · Post by **sternklar** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:23 am

Ann, thank you very much for the long and detailed description of my Milkyway Panorama! I'm very pleased.
Manuel

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:58 am

Station Crew Views Shuttle Landing
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _2014.html
Credit: NASA

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This unprecedented view of the space shuttle Atlantis, appearing like a bean sprout against clouds and city lights, on its way home, was photographed by the Expedition 28 crew of the International Space Station. Airglow over Earth can be seen in the background.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 7:54 pm

Fabian Neyer, I had somehow missed your delightful Milky Way panorama. It is lovely, and the colors are so beautiful. There are so many things to see in your image, but since I just commented on Manuel Jung's great Milky Way picture, I won't repeat my identification of Milky Way clusters and nebulae here. Most of what can be seen in Manuel Jung's image can be seen in yours, too. But I want to point out Zeta Ophiuchi, which can be seen at 11 o'clock in your image, and which is surrounded by a large faint red emission nebula. Zeta Ophiuchi is a runaway star from one of the starforming regions of Orion. It has "run" all the way to the constellation of Ophiuchus, and it is hot enough (spectral class O9.5V) to ionize the surrounding gas here.

Also note the large faint red emission nebulae around Tau Scorpii, the blue star below orange-colored Antares, and Delta Scorpii, one of the stars marking the "claws" of the Scorpion. Delta Scorpii, which had an outburst a few years ago, is at 1 o'clock.

Also note the large faint pinkish nebulosity pretty much in the middle of the Milky Way dust lane, immediately to the right of the tiny blue butterfly shape of M6. The pink nebula to the right of M6 is ionized by a mighty O-type star, which doesn't even have an HD number. It does have a Hipparcos number, however, HIP 86011. HIP 86011 is the main star of a smallish cluster, NGC 6374.

Well, very beautiful!

Ann

jimk1234567 · Post by **jimk1234567** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:52 am

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65700591@N06/5979892226/

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On the July 17, 2011, APOD picture of the day Walter Lewin asked about 360 degree star trail pictues. These, of course, can only be done from near the north and south poles. One side effect of that is that the sun and moon seem to go around the horizon rather than “up and over.” This is a six hour time exposure of the moon I took at the south pole during winter 1987. The temperature was about -90F which was rough on both the camera and film. The camera had to be thawed for about two hours before the film could be advanced. If interested for APOD, a larger version is available. Enjoy.

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 4:07 am

NGC 6726-7 in Corona Australis
Copyright: Harel Boren
[attachment=2]ngc-6726-7-1023x768-pixels.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way from Mangaia, Cook Islands
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
[attachment=1]mangaiarpopan.jpg[/attachment]

M17: Omega Nebula
http://www.astroconti.com
Copyright: Stefano Conti
[attachment=0]m-17-sho-rid.jpg[/attachment]

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:57 am

Opportunity Nears the Rim of Endeavour Crater
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/ ... 0R2M7.HTML
Credit: NASA; submitted by Edward Schaefer

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Quasar Drenched in Water Vapor

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/fea ... 10722.html
Credit: NASA/ESA

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http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-QSO-APM08279+5255.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis

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Supernova Remnant CTB1
http://www.tvdavisastropics.com/astroim ... 0000e8.htm
Copyright: Thomas V. Davis
[attachment=2]CTB1.jpg[/attachment]

Solar Disc
http://www.antoniomiguel.com/astro/
Copyright: Antonio Miguel Pérez
[attachment=1]2011-07-26-MosaicoSol.jpg[/attachment]

Jupiter with Io Transitting the Great Red Spot
Copyright: Brad Hill
[attachment=0]Jupiter 7-26-11 1029ut.jpg[/attachment]

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:32 pm

owlice wrote:Quasar Drenched in Water Vapor
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/fea ... 10722.html
Credit: NASA/ESA
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/5743 ... 46-710.jpg
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-QSO-APM08279+5255.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
http://www.perseus.gr/Images/dso-qso-apm08279+5255.jpg
JPL: Largest, Most Distant Reservoir of Water Found

Hofi · Post by **Hofi** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:02 am

Hi,

here's an image I took yesterday with my 254/1200 Newton Telescope and my EOS 550D. It shows the sunspots 1260 (more Spots) and 1261 (larger Spots). The sun and the background are edited differently using GIMP, so you can see the sunspots clearly (also the places where the solar matter has fallen back on the sun's surface) and you can also see lighter areas where the have been protuberances, which you can also see in images of eg SDO.

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(cc) Thomas Hofstaetter

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:23 am

Wow, Brad Hill, you have found the famous Cyclops!!!

And congratulations to Thomas Hofstätter for getting the color of the Sun right!

(Not that I don't enjoy your sunspots, too.)

Ann

Hofi · Post by **Hofi** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 7:31 am

Hi Ann,

thanks for your nice words! It's the first image I have taken with my new telescope. I hope, it will be an APOD candidate.

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