Recent Submissions: 2011 September 29-October 5

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:17 am

Harvest Moon Rising
http://www.DonegalSkies.com
Copyright: Brendan Alexander
[attachment=4]haverstmoonrising.jpg[/attachment]

Rainbow with Supernumeraries
http://i1198.photobucket.com/albums/aa4 ... bow001.jpg
Copyright: Joel Armstrong

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Milky Way Hills
http://www.luisargerich.com
Copyright: Luis Argerich
[attachment=3]azul_milky_way_luis_argerich.jpg[/attachment]

The Veil Nebula: Supernova Remnant in Cygnus
http://www.feraphotography.com/Sherick/Veil.html
Copyright: Mike Sherick, data acquisition; Bob Fera, image processing
[attachment=2]Veil_Fera.jpg[/attachment]

Mosaic of the Ha Region surrounding Sadr
http://mtanous.mine.nu/iweb/astropix/Sadr_Region.html
Copyright: Jose Mtanous
[attachment=1]m123456789_peocessed_rescaled_800px.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way Gateway Arch
Copyright: Darryl A
[attachment=0]Version 3 (Darryl's).jpg[/attachment]

mexhunter · Post by **mexhunter** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:49 am

Stellar Wing From Wolf-Rayet Star
NGC6888

[attachment=0]spacebrain.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/action.php?id=10&part=h

Also: http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/10/category/2

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 3:09 am

Hey mexhunter, that's a nice picture of a Space Brain you posted. If you tip ypur head a little to the right, it resembles((to me anyway))the shape of a human brain. However, the center divide isn't quite as straight or long, and the human brain patterns are not there, but that's because it's a Space Brain. They think better than we humans do.

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 9:42 am

The Moon Gate
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/Moon ... al-net.jpg
Copyright: Miguel Claro
[attachment=7]MoonPathAlentejoStars-Final-net.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 7635: The Bubble Nebula
http://www.deep-sky-images.de/displayim ... play_media
Copyright: Markus Noller
[attachment=6]hubble klein.jpg[/attachment]

M31: Andromeda Galaxy
http://www.lightstorm.at
Copyright: Christoph Kaltseis
[attachment=5]M31_L-RGB_sRGB_66per_Kaltseis.jpg[/attachment]

Winter Star Party Telescopes Silhouettes
Copyright: Mike Cressy
[attachment=4]IMG_0044.jpg[/attachment]

Star Trails over Hungary
Copyright: Péter Treszkán
[attachment=3]antenna_lakihegy.jpg[/attachment]

Vesta: A Very Different Point of View
http://www.frikosal.net
Copyright: Manel Soria Guerrero

[attachment=2]vesta-1.jpg[/attachment]

This is a landscape pointing roughly south; the stars and the Milky way are reflected on the calm water of a small river. Among them, if we zoom in and increase the contrast, we can find Vesta !

It is quite amazing to me the technology that allows to send a probe and capture the wonderful pictures of Vesta you are displaying.. and also, allows a normal camera to capture such a dim light reflected by a small body so far away. ~ Manel Soria Guerrero

[attachment=1]vesta-2.jpg[/attachment]

[attachment=0]vesta-3.jpg[/attachment]

Efrain Morales · Post by **Efrain Morales** » Fri Sep 30, 2011 2:16 pm

Here is a montage of the grand planet Jupiter at approax. in a three week intervals showing the size of the disk getting larger as time progresses toward opposition in the following weeks ahead. The moon sneeking out of the jovian disk is Io. Note also the GRS, barge movements through this period.

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Alvaro Gaviria · Post by **Alvaro Gaviria** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 3:08 am

M16 narrowband
Full size here http://www.astrophotogallery.org/member ... -band.html
Copyright: Alvaro Gaviria http://www.astroretiro.260mb.com
http://astroretiro.260mb.com/web_images ... b-site.jpg

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Ann · Post by **Ann** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 5:50 am

That is a truly fascinating image of Vesta being reflected in a river on the Earth, Manel Soria Guerrero. It's absolutely great that you included an annotated image of the reflected image. Yesterday, when I first looked at your image, I found the lettering a bit small and hard to read. But now you have added a version where the lettering is bigger, so yay for that!

The constellation you have outlined in the water is the relatively faint constellation of Capricornus, where Deneb Algedi is Alpha Capricorni, Nashira is Gamma Capricorni and Dabih is Beta Capricorni.

Judging from my starfinder chart, the best time to see the constellation of Capricornus from my own northern latitudes as September is turning to October would be at around eight, or a little past eight, in the evening, looking south.

I have to congratulate you on your very fine star colors! I was able to quickly identify Epsilon Capricorni, a spectral class B3 star, from the very blue color of it in your image. Another obviously blue star in your image is HIP 109139. I prefer the HD numbers myself, and then HIP 109139 is HD 209819. Myself, I prefer the designation Iota Aquari!

Thank you for a fine and fascinating image!

Ann

Tamas Abraham · Post by **Tamas Abraham** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 7:03 am

Mars in the Beehive Cluster
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/
Copyright: Tamas Abraham

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Second image taken from 6x1 minutes frames shows the shift of Mars during 50 minutes with 10 minutes intervals.

Maciej Kapkowski · Post by **Maciej Kapkowski** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:17 am

VdB 141 Ghost Nebula together with NGC 7023 Iris Nebula. North to the top.
[attachment=0]ghost.jpg[/attachment]
http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/9921 ... gc7023.jpg

geissi · Post by **geissi** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:26 pm

Comet C/2009 P1 Garradd
Aprox. 13' x 9'

[attachment=0]Garradd_Geissinger.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.stern-fan.de/Bilder/Internet ... arradd.jpg

Regards
Rolf Geissinger
http://www.stern-fan.de

Fabrizio Francione · Post by **Fabrizio Francione** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 12:55 am

Billions of stars in M33 (HDR)

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Equipment and exposition details:
http://www.astrophoto.it/galaxies/page1.html

Best regards,
Fabrizio Francione
http://www.astrophoto.it

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:27 am

NGC 266: Spiral Galaxy in Pisces
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n266.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

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Centaurus A, NGC 5128
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi
[attachment=3]ngc5128_LRGB_3000.jpg[/attachment]

IC1396 and VDB142
Copyright: Christoph Kaltseis
[attachment=2]ic1396_vdb142_210minLRGB_66per_Kaltseis.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 1333 & Vdb 12, 13, 16 & 17: Reflection Nebula in Perseus and Dark Nebulae
http://astrofarma.gr/index.php/en/ngc-1 ... b-12131617
Copyright: Antonis Farmakopoulos
[attachment=0]NGC1333.jpg[/attachment]

Comet P45/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková
http://www.altamiraobs.org.es/
Copyright: Jose Francisco Hernandez
[attachment=1]45P-111001-J24.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way Hermit Crab
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43894176@N07/6188041823/
Copyright: Masahiro Miyasaka

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sternklar · Post by **sternklar** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 9:11 pm

M 8, M 20 & NGC 6559 - Emission Nebulae in Sagittarius, June 3, 2011
http://www.sternklar.ch
Copyright: Manuel Jung

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:53 pm

Crescent Nebula, Nebulosity and Bubble
http://www.zonalunar.com
Copyright: Alfonso Carreño
[attachment=5]crescent_carreno.jpg[/attachment]

Manitoba Aurora
Copyright: Meagan O'Donnell
[attachment=4]IMG_1185_filtered.jpg[/attachment]

Star Spots
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cameran/61 ... /lightbox/
Copyright: Cameran
[attachment=3]K3CCD_0017_wavelet22_4_good3_large1_2_3_large (2)_2c_medium.jpg[/attachment]

Trailing Jupiter, ISS and Orion above The Channel
http://www.astronomie.be/philv/
Copyright: Philippe Vercoutter, AstroLAB IRIS (http://www.astrolab.be)
[attachment=2]Star trails above The Channel - Philippe Vercoutter - 42 x 15 minutes (20111001) web.jpg[/attachment]

More Star Spots!
Copyright: Mark Robson
[attachment=1]sun_robson.jpg[/attachment]

Nebulosity around Orion
Copyright: W.L.Chin
[attachment=0]orion_chin.jpg[/attachment]

Alson Wong · Post by **Alson Wong** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:38 am

IC5146
http://www.alsonwongastro.com
Copyright: Alson Wong
http://www.alsonwongastro.com/ic51461.htm

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Alson Wong · Post by **Alson Wong** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:41 am

Sh2-140
http://www.alsonwongastro.com/
Copyright: Alson Wong
http://www.alsonwongastro.com/sh2-140.htm

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SkyViking · Post by **SkyViking** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 8:49 am

The Distant Worlds of Uranus and Neptune
http://www.pbase.com/rolfolsen/image/138548280/original
Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen
[attachment=0]rolf.jpg[/attachment]
http://i.pbase.com/o6/03/951103/1/13854 ... tation.jpg
This image shows Uranus with the four largest moons Oberon, Titania, Umbriel and Ariel - and Neptune with its large mooon Triton.
The image was taken with my 10" f/5 Serrurier truss Newtonian and is a composite of short exposures for the planet discs and longer exposures for the fainter moons. Miranda, the smallest of Uranus' five larger moons, was very close to Uranus when the image was taken and therefore lost in the glare of the planet itself in the long exposure image used to capture the moons. The orbits of the moons were added to illustrate the scale and orientation of the two systems as viewed from Earth, with South being towards the top of the image.
Both Uranus and Neptune are so far away from us that their angular diameters are only a few arcseconds, being 3.7" and 2.3" respectively. This makes it extremely difficult to discern any details on then and they nearly always appear as tiny cyan/blue balls except when imaged by large observatories or the Hubble Space Telescope. In fact, the entire orbit of Triton would easily fit behind the disc of Mars when the latter is at opposition. Still, with relatively modest equipment it is possible to get a good glimpse of these fascinating icy worlds.

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:18 am

NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
http://www.deep-sky-images.de/displayim ... play_media
Copyright: Markus Noller
[attachment=4]NGC7023.jpg[/attachment]

IC 1805: Heart Nebula in Cassiopeia Central Region
http://myastroimages.com
Copyright: Doug Hubbell
[attachment=3]ic1805-v4.jpg[/attachment]

Dust in Western Cepheus
http://www.astrofun.pl/Dust.jpg
Copyright: Maciej Kapkowski
[attachment=2]Dust in Western Cepheus.jpg[/attachment]

Mira Watches Mira
http://www.astrophoto.hu
Copyright: Tamás Ladányi
[attachment=1]mira_111001_ladanyi_web.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 2419: Intergalactic Wanderer
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n2419.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

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Mars Visits the Beehive Cluster
http://www.luisargerich.com
Copyright: Luis Argerich
[attachment=0]beehive_mars1.jpg[/attachment]

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 10:44 am

Under a Red Sky
Copyright: Francisco Almeida
[attachment=5]IMG_3235.jpg[/attachment]

Mars and the Beehive Cluster (M44)
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
[attachment=6]2011MaM44.jpg[/attachment]

Crescent Moon, Atmospheric Distortion
Copyright: Chin Wei-Loon
[attachment=4]IMG_0222s.jpg[/attachment]

Sun through Atmospheric Layers
Copyright: Parag Mahajani
[attachment=3]Sun through atmospheric layers.jpg[/attachment]

Under the Maelstrom: Mammatus and Aircraft
http://fredwasmer.com/apod/img7838_mamm ... wasmer.jpg
Copyright: Fred Wasmer
[attachment=2]Mammatus and plane.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 281: Living the High Life
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2011/ngc281/
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/S.Wolk; IR: NASA/JPL/CfA/S.Wolk
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 45#p158634
[attachment=1]ngc281.jpg[/attachment]

Fading Star Trails
http://fredwasmer.com/apod/img5886_star ... wasmer.jpg
Copyright: Fred Wasmer
[attachment=0]star trails_Wasmer.jpg[/attachment]

Bi2L · Post by **Bi2L** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:28 pm

Startrails and Lightnings over Corfu town
B.Metallinos©, Corfu Astronomic Society©
[attachment=0]Metallinos.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.astrovox.gr/forum/album_picm ... c_id=13633
(here full size ~2MB http://www.astrovox.gr/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=13633 )

rich bowden · Post by **rich bowden** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:30 pm

NGC1097- Fornax
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/
Copyright: Rich Bowden

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Hi res image: http://www.baytop-observatory.com/ccdim ... ewth16.htm

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:18 am

There are many splendid images here!

I have to start off by noting that one of my all-time favorites, Adam Block, is back. I'm eteernally grateful to Adam for his amazing dedication in photographing so many different astronomical objects, not least galaxies. If you want to see an image of a particular galaxy, chances are you'll find it here: http://www.caelumobservatory.com/obs/bestofaop.shtml.

Anyway, Adam has posted two images here, and me being me, I am of course happiest about his galaxy image. NGC 266 is one more of those not-so-often-photographed galaxies, so it's great that Adam has imaged it. NGC 266 is one of those galaxies with a braod bright yellow bar and thin, elegant, blue spiral arms, which are clearly winding down in star formation activity. In my opinion, the fact that there is so little star formation in this galaxy is a likely contributing reason for it being so elegant and symmetrical.

Of course I like your image of globular cluster NGC 2419 too, Adam. I particularly like how well your image shows the bright orange-colored Asymptotic Giant Branch stars in NGC2419 (these are red giants at their very brightest, just before they start shedding their atmospheres and turning into planetary nebulae central stars), as well as the "intermediately-bright" blue horizontal branch stars, which can form only if the stars they start out from contain very low levels of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.

Ann

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 11:17 am

I wasn't done! Not by far! Although I don't know how much time I have...

I love that Milky Way Hermit Crab. The one was born of the other!

I love the Mira watching Mira image, too. Thanks for pointing out one of the two MIras with that laser, Tamás Ladányi! (By the way, what is that kind of laser called in English? A "pocket laser"? A "stargazing laser"?)

The Mira & Mira image is just generally great, and connects the Earth and space so wonderfully. Apart from Mira (the cosmic one), the Pleiades look great, and that bright light must be Jupiter? (Oh, and.. yes, the Eartlhly Mira looks great, too!)

Rolf Wahl Olsen, I love your Uranus and Neptune images. Neptune is so blue!!!

I checked out your homepage, and I just love your solar system images, particularly the image where you line up your best shots of the planets in our solar system. You post them in such a way that the relative size of the planets correspond to their apparent brightness as seen from the Earth, or at least that is my impression. (But I wonder if Venus shouldn't look bigger compared with Jupiter, but maybe I'm wrong...)

There are a number of images here that look almost magical or otherworldly or fantastical, or something like that. I'm thinking of the "broken" lunar crescent, the Sun with "bangs", the fading star trails which look as if Tinkerbell had shaken her magical wand over the Earth, releasing millions of glittering shooting stars, the gigantic slightly "breast-like" (hence their name) mammatus clouds with the tiny airplane apparently lost among them, and the amazing copper-colored storm clouds sprouting lightning bolts and the black sky with stars behind them.

There are many other great images here, but I don't have time to write more!

Ann

Wolfgang · Post by **Wolfgang** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:57 pm

NGC1333
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper

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http://www.astro-pics.com/1333plm.htm

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