Submissions: 2014 April

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by jimstar » Tue Apr 08, 2014 5:46 am

Subject: NGC2244 The Heart of The Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: James Collins
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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by pablo22 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:46 am

Simeis 147 (Sh2-240)
http://astrofotky.cz/~Konihlav/
Copyright: Pavel Pech
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Stream of Stuff

Post by shekharp » Tue Apr 08, 2014 10:36 am

Copyright: Shekhar Phatak
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NGC 3718 and others

Post by markh@tds.net » Tue Apr 08, 2014 12:43 pm

Copyright: Mark Hanson

Here is a deep image of NGC 3718 this was one of the best 2 nights of seeing that I can remember. I took all the luminance data on those nights.
Aladin Sky Atlas cataloged over 5000 gal down to under 24th magnitude.
NGC3718Final2DoneFront.jpg
you can see a larger image here: http://www.btlguce.com/page83.html
Thank you,

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Ann » Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:37 pm

Wow-wow-wow, what an image, Mark! :shock: :D

I've never seen the outer arms of NGC 3718 captured in such detail! And, in the larger version of your image, look at that starforming ring of NGC 3729, too.

Wonderful!!!

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Orion Nebula [Image of Team]

Post by Giuseppe Donatiello » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:42 am

Orion Nebula [Image of Team]
Image obtained by collaboration between the following amateur astronomers (in alphabetical order):
Claudio Bottari, Ruggiero Carpagnano, Giuseppe Donatiello, Marco Favuzzi, Andrew Genualdi, Rolando Ligustri, Tommaso Martino, Federico Pelliccia, Andrea Pistocchini, Bert Scheuneman, Stefano Schirinzi, Tim Stone, Paolo Zampolini.

Full res image: http://www.astrobin.com/full/88564/D/

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Arp 244

Post by Bob Andersson » Wed Apr 09, 2014 2:04 pm

From this Hubble data, processed by yours truly:
I wanted to bring out the structure so I just used the F814W/F550M/F435W filter data.

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Re: NGC 3718 and others

Post by MaPa » Wed Apr 09, 2014 6:49 pm

markh@tds.net wrote: NGC 3718 and others Copyright: Mark Hanson
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Absolutely amazing. Hard to say anything. Looking and looking...

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Keyhole nebula neighborhood

Post by aldomottino » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:18 pm

Copyrigh: Aldo Mottino (Rosario, Argentina).
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M42

Post by aldomottino » Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:20 pm

Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Rosario, Argentina).
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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Rothkko » Wed Apr 09, 2014 9:25 pm

led clouds
arroyo de san serván, spain. 2014-04-05
arroyo de san serván, spain. 2014-04-05
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 25#p223626

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Andromeda 2013 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:30 am

Canon 450d passing Sun Spot AR2021 inverted April 6 2014

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/


Copyright: Daniel Pasternak
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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by behyar » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:43 am

NGC3718 and friends
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

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Mars on opposition to the Sun, on April 9th, 03:58ut.

Post by Efrain Morales » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:50 pm

Mars on opposition to the Sun, on April 9th, 03:58ut. below average conditions.Olympus Mons is very visible and possibly the crater itself low oragraphic clouds are less in this region on this time period. Now within 6 days to its close approach to Earth. (Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set.)
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Saturn, Moons Tethys, Enceladus

Post by Efrain Morales » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:51 pm

Saturn and the moons Tethys and Enceladus on April 6th, 06:13ut. Conditions improved after my session with Mars but for a short time. Now within a month from opposition in May.
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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by TheAstroShake » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:16 pm

Zodical Light, Venus, and the Milky Way core
Copyright: Cory Schmitz
Flickr link, large size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/schmitzcory/13745970653/

This is an untracked single exposure from the Karoo [semi]desert in South Africa. Zodiacal light that can only be seen in areas free of light pollution, including moonlight is visible. Also included in the image are the LMC and SMC, the core of our Milky Way galaxy, Venus, and other southern hemisphere celestial objects.

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60s ISO3200 f/4
Canon 5D Mark II DSLR
Canon 8-15mm f/4 L fisheye lens
Manfrotto tripod

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Sandgirl » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:23 pm

Chance Meeting Creates Celestial Diamond Ring
Credits: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1412/
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M101
Copyrights: Albert Barr
M101HaLRGB_small.jpg
Jupiter Blueish Aureole & four Galilean Moons
Copyrights: Miguel Claro
JupiterMoonsHalo-556-net_small.jpg
JupiterMoonsHalo-556-net-Label_small.jpg
NGC 5033
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
NGC-5033-HaLRGB-Final_small.jpg
Mars, Scorpio and Southern Cross off coast of Hana Maui
Copyrights: Wally Pacholka
KipahuluCampgroundCoast-Mars-Scorpio-SouthernCross-1000(c)WallyPacholka.jpg
Mars in spring
Copyrights: Ladanyi Tamas
MARS_140407_ladanyi_web_small.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Rickoid » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:59 pm

Sunset between cloud layers

The Sun illuminates clouds both below and above the mountain peak in altitude.
Photograph taken on the summit of La Palma, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory. The Dutch Open Telescope and the Swedish Solar Telescope are visible in the foreground.

Copyright: Mikael Ingemyr

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by marion165 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 11:09 pm

Can Your Find Mars? (Hint: It is at Opposition)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalre ... 767100375/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

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Can Your Find Mars? (Hint: It is at Opposition) by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

Ninety-four 30 second exposures were taken with a Canon T2i and a Canon 8-15L mm lens and stacked in StarStaX (8mm / 400 ISO / f/4.5). It was a beautiful sight to see Mars, Jupiter and the moon in a Pennsylvania farm field on this cool spring evening.

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by marctoso » Fri Apr 11, 2014 1:08 am

Night at the Citadel
http://www.ancientskys.com/
Copyright: Marc Toso Ancient Anasazi ruin in Cedar Mesa under the night sky.

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Wah! » Fri Apr 11, 2014 7:24 am

SOHO@Home
By using my homemade spectroheliograph
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I can capture any solar spectral lines I like and combine thousands of lines into one 2D solar disk image.
Here are some recent results:

H-alpha
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H-beta
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H-gamma
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Mg
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Ca-H
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Na
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Original size images can be found here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/r95jyn49bc1uaww/k-V3wf5ZuO

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by philto » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:47 am

Hi, please find here big solar prominences taken with 225 mm coronograph and 5 A H-alpha filter
2014 6th april 12h40 T.U
best regards
© Philippe TOSI

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by gatoth » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:42 am

The Whirlpool Galaxy - Messier 51
http://astro.i-net.hu/
Copyright: Gábor Tóth

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Full resolution image with detailed description is available on my website: http://astro.i-net.hu/node/70

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Re: Submissions: 2014 April

Post by Edwinp » Fri Apr 11, 2014 12:10 pm

Jupiter 9 april
http://www.astrobin.com/users/Edwin/
Copyright: Edwin Pottillius

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