Recent Submissions: 2012 January 1-5

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Nuitsacrees · Post by **Nuitsacrees** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 3:43 pm

Meteors over Jokulsarlon in Iceland
http://www.nuitsacrees.fr
Copyright: Stephane Vetter

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This is a picture of a meteor shower over the Jokulsarlon Lake in Iceland. The image was made on the night of December 14 to 15, 2011 with a gibbous Moon, near the maximum of Geminids from 22 :30 UT. to 0:30 UT. It is a composite of 23 images. Note a very low aurora in Hercules.

An annotated version here : http://www.nuitsacrees.fr/DP/AP2/gemjok ... ed1500.jpg

Happy 2012

Stephane

asymon · Post by **asymon** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:43 pm

Cone Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster and IC447
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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asymon · Post by **asymon** » Sun Jan 01, 2012 4:50 pm

Sharpless 231, 232, 233 and 235
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 12:59 pm

A Winter's Night
Copyright: Christoph Kaltseis
[attachment=4]StallerSattel_Night_3938_-12-2011.jpg[/attachment]

vdB31 and friends
http://bf-astro.com/vdB31/vdB31.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke

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IC 405: Flaming Star Nebula
Copyright: Roberto Capacci
[attachment=3]ic 405.jpg[/attachment]

Chameleon Cloud Complex: IC 2631, Be 144,
Ced 110 & 111, HH 49 & 50, GN11.07.3, & PGC32994
Copyright: Harel Boren
[attachment=0]IC-2631-1500-x-1131-pixels.jpg[/attachment]

Moon and Venus over Lake Tahoe
Copyright: Ryan Trainor
[attachment=2]ryan_trainor.jpg[/attachment]

M81 and M82 with IFN background
http://www.astrogades.es/index.php?nodo ... ure&id=721
Copyright: Jesús Vargas (Astrogades) & Maritxu Poyal (Maritxu)
[attachment=1]Jesus.jpg[/attachment]

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:16 pm

Mosaic of M52, NGC 7635 and SH2 157 in Cepheus/Cassiopeia
http://www.atlasastronomia.com/astrofot ... 7_3000.jpg
Copyright: César Blanco González
[attachment=4]Mosaic M52, NGC 7635, SH2 157_1500.jpg[/attachment]

NGC1333 in LRGB
http://www.astrophotogallery.org/floyd- ... -lrgb.html
Copyright: Floyd W. Blue
[attachment=3]ngc1333_APOD.jpg[/attachment]

A Trip to the Sky
Copyright: Amirreza Kamkar
[attachment=2]img_3531.jpg[/attachment]

Active Regions Parade
http://astropics.altervista.org/
Copyright: Paolo Porcellana
[attachment=1]dettaglio_sole_2011-11-27.jpg[/attachment]

Central Veil
http://www.sharplesscatalog.com/sharple ... ralBIG.jpg
Copyright: Dean Salman
[attachment=0]central_veil_salman.jpg[/attachment]

lup974 · Post by **lup974** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:28 pm

Lenticular clouds over the summits of Réunion Island
http://www.lucperrot.fr/?galleries_nuit
Copyright: Luc Perrot

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Photographed during the last sunrise of 2011.
Happy New Year!

BERNIER Francois · Post by **BERNIER Francois** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:55 pm

Heart of the Rosette Nebula NGC 2237 in SHO
Copyright: BERNIER François
http://astronomie-astrophotographie.fr

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Full size :
http://francois.bernier.fr.free.fr/phot ... S-2012.jpg

Many more informations about this picture here :
http://francois.bernier.fr.free.fr/news.htm

This is my first attempt to Sulphur2-Halpha-Oxygene3 processing

Hope you like it and Happy New year !! to all of Asterisk.Apod Team

Best Regards

BERNIER François

Robert-Austria · Post by **Robert-Austria** » Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:13 pm

NGC 3310
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl

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Here you can find the exposure data, equipment and higher resolution:
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=det ... Itemid=134

Best regards from austria
Robert Pölzl

Wah! · Post by **Wah!** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 2:19 am

Two Half-Moons
Copyright: Wah!

Animated version
http://www.hkastroforum.net/files/20120 ... px_178.gif

Efrain Morales · Post by **Efrain Morales** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 6:10 am

Here is my first Mars of the year from this morning under still below average conditions, North is top (up).
N. polar region Utopia left at right Isidis region.

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik Ir, RGB filter set.

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Tamas Abraham · Post by **Tamas Abraham** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 8:23 am

Moon and Jupiter
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/
Copyright: Tamas Abraham

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:56 pm

Iridescent Cloud
Copyright: Albert Sciesielski
[attachment=3]13_08_2011 068.jpg[/attachment]

CG4
http://anguslau.smugmug.com/Nature/Astr ... RGB2-O.jpg
Copyright: Angus Lau
[attachment=2]20111223_CG4_47_9_9_9x10m_LRGB_2.jpg[/attachment]

NGC1342 & VdB18
http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC1342_VdB18.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi
[attachment=1]orazi.jpg[/attachment]

Jupiter, Moon, Corona
Copyright: Mónika Landy-Gyebnár
[attachment=0]moon_jupiter_02jan2012.jpg[/attachment]

Fnupp · Post by **Fnupp** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 3:20 pm

The Milky Way over northern Sweden
http://www.fnupp.se
Copyright: Mikael Woxberg

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VegaStar · Post by **VegaStar** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:16 am

Road's Sundog, Burgundy - France
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... r/?saved=1
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier

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owlice · Post by **owlice** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:24 am

Emission Nebulae of the Small Magellanic Cloud
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/SMC-Mosaic-AU.html
Copyright: Data acquisition: Ryan Hannahoe; image processing and planning: Robert Gendler

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Great Orion Nebula
http://www.sharplesscatalog.com/Sharple ... C_RC16.jpg
Copyright: Dean Salman
[attachment=4]orion_Dean.jpg[/attachment]

Moon over Perth
Copyright: Ian Polczynski
[attachment=3]moon - find apollo-15 landing spot --- moon-as-seen-lab 02-01-2012.jpg[/attachment]

Night at the olive grove
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danicaxete/
Copyright: Dani Caxete
[attachment=2]DSC_7688_2.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 3372: Carina Nebula
http://fotos.codigoaustral.com:8888/upl ... 062d38.jpg
Copyright: Emilio Primucci
[attachment=1]carina.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 2359: Thor's Helmet in bicolor (H alpha/OIII)
Copyright: Davide Manca
[attachment=0]thor's-helmet for apod.jpg[/attachment]

Lorenzo Comolli · Post by **Lorenzo Comolli** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:33 am

LBN 777, Volture Head nebula
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d102.htm
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:40 am

SN 2011fe in M101
http://aftar.uaa.alaska.edu/gallery/ind ... rtBy=ImgID#
Copyright: Travis A. Rector

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Moon & Jupiter with Stars
Copyright: Amirreza Kamkar
[attachment=1]1 panorama.jpg[/attachment]

NGC1499: California Nebula mosaic in Ha
http://www.astronomica.es/imagen.asp?id ... d_prod=304
Copyright: Jaime Fernandez
[attachment=0]canebula.jpg[/attachment]

Bay of Islands Sunrise
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26867757/Bay%20of%20Islands.jpg
Copyright: Alex Cherney

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lodrigj · Post by **lodrigj** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:54 pm

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Chris Peterson · Post by **Chris Peterson** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 8:45 pm

Quadrantid Meteors

This composite image was made with my video allsky camera on the night of Jan 3/4. 68 Quadrantid meteors are seen, including several fireballs. Meteors other than Quadrantids have been removed.

Marcelo · Post by **Marcelo** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:51 pm

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Quadrantid over the Big Dipper

echesak · Post by **echesak** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 2:14 am

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zonalunar · Post by **zonalunar** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:06 am

Details of the Rosette Nebula in Narrow Band
http://www.zonalunar.com
Copyright: Alfonso Carreño (Zonalunar Observatory)

Full size image can be viewed here

Best Regards.

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 11:54 am

As always, there are many fine images here!

As a galaxy nerd, and a lover of blue stars and pink emission nebulae, and as someone who is particularly glad to see LRGB images or galaxies that are rarely photographed, my hands-down favorite here must be Robert Pölzl's image of NGC 3310.

NGC 3310 is such an unusual galaxy. It is like a mixture of a spiral and an irregular galaxy, both regular and highly disturbed. Its inner parts are also incredibly packed with hot massive stars. In "The Color Atlas of Galaxies", James D Wray wrote about NGC 3310:

"This is the most ultaviolet galaxy in the atlas according to photo-electric measurements (see data above). It is also one of the highest surface brightness galaxies illustrated. This galaxy is effectively one single mass of star formation activity.

I have been fascinated by NGC 3310 ever since I read about it in "The Color Atlas of Galaxies". I was disappointed by the Hubble image of it, since the HST image isn't an RGB image, but instead a mapped color picture. That's why I'm incredibly happy every time anyone produces a good RGB image of NGC 3310.

Robert Pölzl's image emphasizes the pink emission nebulae in NGC 3310. Huge clusters of young blue stars are being "thrown out" from the galaxy in a manner reminiscent of one of the galaxies in Stephan's Quintet, which seems to "fire" blue clusters from its main body like missiles. Please note the large outer structures, which are neutral in color and clearly made up of intermediate to old stars. These intermediate to old stars form several shells around the main galaxy. To the lower left of the bright part of the galaxy are some very faint but huge curved tail-like structures.

To me, NGC 3310 looks like a post-collision galaxy. We see no signs of the hapless interloper, but NGC 3310 itself is reacting violently, with both a raging burst of star formation in its inner parts and strong signs of disturbances in its outer envelope. So all in all, thank you so much for photographing this fantastic galaxy, Robert!

Another great image of a galaxy full of blue stars and pink emission nebulae is Ryan Hannahoe and Robert Gendler's portrait of the Small Magellanic Cloud. I love seeing so many pink emission nebulae in this nearby dwarf galaxy being brought out so clearly. Do follow the link provided by Robert to see more highly resolved versions of this image, and don't miss the annotated version!

Among my other favorites in this thread, I must mention Leonardo Orazi's NGC 1342 & VdB18. I find Leonardo's colors absolutely delightful as usual. It is a joy to watch his star-peppered nebula-scapes!

Speaking of colors, I find Alistair Symon's Cone Nebula, Christmas Tree Cluster and IC447 image delightful, too. And how can I, the lover of blue things, resist Floyd W. Blue's portrait of the mostly blue star formation region NGC1333 in LRGB?

Speaking of blue things, Jerry Lodriguss certainly does the Pleiades full justice! I was glad to see small orange-colored stars peak out among the "sea of blue".

Bob Franke is a man I admire for some superior galaxy images he has produced, and I certainly like seeing his portrait of a blue reflection nebula and the stars that made it, called vdB31 and friends!

And of course, as a Swede, how can I resist Mikael Woxberg's The Milky Way over northern Sweden? Good to see you here, Mikael!

I was glad to see Travis A Rector's color image of SN 2011fe. I'm surprised that there haven't been more images of this important relatively nearby supernova.

An image which is barely blue at all, but which is truly fascinating, is Lorenzo Comolli's Vulture Head nebula. To me the nebula doesn't look like a nebula, but like the tremendous snout of a fearsome celestial giganto-pig. Or else it looks like a huge moose.

Another picture that I paid special attention to is Efrain Morales' picture of Mars. What I find so interesting about it is that Mars is gibbous, and Chris just pointed out in another thread here that Mars can indeed be gibbous!

There are many "Earth and sky" images here, and I like them all. The one that fascinates me the most is Dani Caxete's Night at the olive grove. The large shiny dark olives all show vaguely spiral-shaped blue reflections, which somehow resemble blue spiral galaxies. It is as if oval-shaped patches of pitch black sky centered on spiral galaxies had been cut out from the universe and pasted into the image. Amazing.

Thanks to everyone who posted images here!

Ann

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