Recent Submissions: 2012 March 18-25

russelleking · Post by **russelleking** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 1:55 pm

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Bad Moon Risin'
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell E. King

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starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:38 pm

Eta Carinae Nebula
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/141738539
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

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chapdelaine · Post by **chapdelaine** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:53 pm

NGC 541 and Minkowski's object

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Credits and Copyrights: Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA) and The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO); processing of HLA data: Gilles Chapdelaine

Minkowski's object is located at left of NGC 541 and some blue stars appears to emerge from. To better appreciate this "odd object", and understanding it's formation I put an inset obtained from NRAO and quoted an explanation from "The National Radio Astronomy Observatory which is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc : "The shorter jet from the galaxy NGC 541 collides with a cloud of hydrogen gas, shown here in dark blue (also detected via its radio emission using the VLA). The pressure from the jet triggers the collapse of blobs of gas within this cloud, which form stars (seen in the light from excited hydrogen atoms, which are shown in this image as a light blue overlay from data from the 2.3-m telescope at Siding Spring in Australia). This unusual star forming system is known as Minkowski's Object, and is an example of black holes bringing new life (in the form of baby stars) to the Universe, when cosmic collisions between their outflowing jets and surrounding gas trigger the gas to collapse." Remark that the "jet" is not visible on the HLA data.

Cheers
Gilles

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:11 pm

chapdelaine wrote: Remark that the "jet" is not visible on the HLA data.

The jet isn't visible in HLA data as it is a radio jet that isn't visible in the optical!

chapdelaine · Post by **chapdelaine** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 7:29 pm

You're right "starsurfer". Thanks to mention it.
Gilles

rwittich_de · Post by **rwittich_de** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 9:21 pm

Hello everybody,

this my Leo Triplet with the Moravian G2-8300 at 12" f/4 Newtonian. It is a mosaic, because the 8300 is to small for all these nice galaxies.

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Regards

Reinhold

www.wittich.com

ChrisKotsiopoulos · Post by **ChrisKotsiopoulos** » Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:24 pm

Hello.
This is a Last Quarter moonrise and the temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece.
Technical:
http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/moo ... onrise.htm

Thanks.
Chris.

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:57 am

asymon · Post by **asymon** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:58 am

Thor's Helmet
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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Higher resolution image can be seen here:
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Tho ... et0312.htm

Sharpless 290 and M67
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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Higher resolution versions are available here:
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH2 ... c_0312.htm

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:34 am

Coma Galaxy Cluster with IFN
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/142030396
Copyright: Kfir Simon
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Emil Ivanov · Post by **Emil Ivanov** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 12:20 pm

M 77 : barred spiral galaxy in Cetus
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M77_.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov

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geissi · Post by **geissi** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:06 pm

Hello,

today I'd like to show my recent favorite image of NGC 2264
the "Christmas Tree Cluster" in a wide field of view.
Also visible are the "Cone Nebula", the "Fox Fur Nebula"
and "Hubble's Variable Nebula" in the upper left.

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Here is a bigger view available:
http://stern-fan.de/Seiten/galerie_Bild ... tbaum.html

Enjoy!

Best Regards

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

kwon o chul · Post by **kwon o chul** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 2:50 pm

Yellowknife, Canada.
2012.Feb.

Kwon O Chul

Gilles Cohen · Post by **Gilles Cohen** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 3:14 pm

Gibbous moon rising over Antarctica ice shelf

Moon rising above ice shelf during summer polar night in french Terre Adélie.

http://www.ovision.com/Gilles/DSC01910.JPG

Copyright: Gilles Cohen

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Enjoy

Gilles

leod · Post by **leod** » Mon Mar 19, 2012 7:13 pm

Gemini

Taken with just a dslr and 50mm lens on a tripod

http://astrophilippines.blogspot.com/20 ... emini.html

Leo Dy

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 9:36 am

Coalsack region
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... _Large.jpg
Copyright: Frank Sackenheim

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Dwill · Post by **Dwill** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 11:02 am

Vela SNR Mosaic
http://astro-cabinet.com/showimage.php? ... ng=english
Copyright: Dieter Willasch
[attachment=0]VelaSNRMosaic.jpg[/attachment]
http://astro-cabinet.com/uploaded/origi ... Mosiac.jpg

owlice · Post by **owlice** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 12:46 pm

Messier 42 in Hubble palette Ha, S2 and O3, narrowband 3nm
http://www.dsofotografie.nl
Copyright: Gerrit Burggraaf
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Orion through the trees
http://www.pbase.com/gordg3
Copyright: Gordon Garcia
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IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula and IFN
http://www.starkeeper.it/IC2574.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi

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starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:58 am

Cometary globule CG4 widefield
http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/ne ... 4/info.htm
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez

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goldpaintphoto · Post by **goldpaintphoto** » Wed Mar 21, 2012 2:49 pm

Milky Way arcing over zodiacal light and the conjunction
http://goldpaintphotography.com/
Copyright: Brad Goldpaint

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Seantos · Post by **Seantos** » Thu Mar 22, 2012 6:05 pm

A lot of people forget how visible the Great Orion Nebula is through binoculars or your basic telescope on a clear dark night.

"The Great Orion Nebula"

Mid-March 2012 presents the best time to see a Venus-Jupiter conjunction in the evening for years to come. At mid-northern latitudes, these two brightest planets – Venus and Jupiter – stay out for nearly four hours after sunset. That’s about the longest period possible at these latitudes. You can’t miss these two worlds in the west as darkness falls. M45, also known as the Pleiades, is also visible right above these 2 planets along with the faint milky way on the right.

"Jupiter & Venus through Saguaro Cactus."

"Jupiter & Venus Trail"

"Zodiac"

In this image you can see several of the universe's phenomenons including the Zodiac Lights, March's Venus, Jupiter, and Pleiades Conjunction, and the Orion Constellation.

starsurfer · Post by **starsurfer** » Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:43 pm

Kronberger 61
http://www.gemini.edu/node/11656
Copyright: Gemini Observatory/AURA

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Drewster · Post by **Drewster** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 5:06 am

Venus in IR G UV

Celestron C14, Flea3 camera. Astrodon UV (Blue-Green color), Astronomiks G and IR filters.

Webpage here:

http://www.ancientstarlight.com/Venus_03_03-2012.html

3 March 2012

Copyright Drew Sullivan 2012

Randy Shivak · Post by **Randy Shivak** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:00 pm

: A very large solar prominence

Randy Shivak · Post by **Randy Shivak** » Sat Mar 24, 2012 3:02 pm

: Seen here is a wounderful solar prominence lifting off the sun.

Starship Asterisk*

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