Submissions: 2014 August

[Janx]

Moon in colors

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Here's the hi res version

Thanks for watching!

Giancarlo Melis

[Astromontufar]

Fields of Gold

https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/

http://500px.com/acubens


From Ranchos, provincia de Buenos Aires Argentina

By: Sergio Montúfar

[kodama]

Mauna Kea Observatories 2014 Panorama:



This is a tiny portion clipped out of a (very large) 360x180 interactive view which may be seen here: http://media.astrocamera.net/2014/0803/index.htm

Larger versions of the static panorama can be seen here: http://astrocamera.net/2014/0803/

From left to right, the observatories pictured are: CSO - Caltech Submillimeter Observatory, JCMT - James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, SMA - Submillimeter Array, Subaru Observatory, Keck Observatories, IRTF - NASA Infrared Telescope Facility, CFHT - Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, Gemini North Telescope, UH88 - Uuniversity of Hawii 88" Telescope, UKIRT - United Kingdom Infrared Telescope, and UH Hilo Educational Telescope.

[Thierry Legault]

Night and Day timelapses over the active volcanoes of Tengger-Bromo-Semeru Park, Java, Indonesia:

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

Some still images:

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[marion165]

Setting into the Sea
https://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalre ... 751576652/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski


Setting into the Sea by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

Seventeen 20 second exposures were taken off the coast of Cemetery Beach on Grand Cayman Island. The southern sky constellations of Scorpius and Corvus can be seen setting into the sea. (Canon T2i, Canon 8-15L lens at f/4.0, ISO 800)

[astrodan]

Western Veil Nebula in Ha and OIII
Copyright: Daniele Malleo

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Larger Versions available to view on https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmal/14753174839/

[nvc123]

150% sized Bubble Nebula, shown in Hubble palette colors
http://www.astro-hp.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

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[astrosirius]

Hello to everybody,

Last week I was observing the Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques) that now we can observe before the Sunrise.

This is my first time that I make a photo to a Comet and I am very happy with the results, at least, for me have been a great satisfaction.

Details Photo:

COMET C/2014 E2 (Jacques)

Location: Àger (La Nogure-Lleida-Spain)
Date: 15/08/2014
Time: From 5:02 am to 5:18 am

Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini II + NSKit
Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180ED f/2.8
Camera: Canon MarkII 5D mod.
Exposure: 8x120 sec ISO 800
Software: Astro Photography Tools APT + Pîxinsight.

Copyright: Lluis Romero Ventura

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Clear Skies
Lluís Romero
http://www.astrosirius.org/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/

[marion165]

Storm Over the Caribbean
https://www.flickr.com/photos/radicalre ... 733955435/
Copyright: Marion Haligowski


Storm Over the Caribbean by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

A distant summer storm is seen in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Grand Cayman Island. The photo was taken with a Canon T2i and a 8-15L lens at f/4.0.

[alcarreño]

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238@N08/


Mosaico En Cefeo V2 por astrocentejo, en Flickr

[Zocky]

Copyright: Zoran Novak

Jupiter-Venus conjunction with M44 by zocky40, on Flickr

[Zocky]

Copyright: Zoran Novak

Jupiter-Venus-M44 conjunction with airplane by zocky40, on Flickr

[Zocky]

Copyright: Zoran Novak

Jupiter-Venus-M44 conjunction by zocky40, on Flickr

[Stormchaser]

Venus and Jupiter Conjunction over Peligna Valley in Central Italy

Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca

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[tango33]

The Pelican Nebula in Hubble color mapped.
Larger image:
http://www.pbase.com/image/157026162

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

[Giancarlo Melis]

Jupiter-Venus Conjunction.

Picture taken with a Canon 5DMKII + Canon 24-105
@60mm - f/4.5 - ISO 1600 - 6sec.

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Full resolution

[trobison]

M16 in Ha - Imaged from Melbourne, Australia
URL of website, if any
Copyright: Terry Robison 2014
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jv5709k8gaori ... bSized.jpg

4 hours of data composed of 600 second subs.

Terry

[varadinagypal]

Jupiter-Venus Conjunction 20140818

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Copyright: VÁRADI NAGY Pál
URL: http://www.radiocluj.ro/blog/messzelato ... 014-08-18/

[varadinagypal]

@Zoran Novak: Just wow.

[rwright4930]

Venus & Jupiter Conjunction
Canon 5D Mark III on a Tripod
24-105mm f/4L Lens @ 105mm, f/11
ISO 800, 1.6 sec.
Taken from Lake Mary, FL

A higher res version is here:
http://www.eveningshow.com/scopeless/#wideangle2.jpg

Richard S. Wright Jr.

[StefanoDeRosa]

Venus and Jupiter superclose conjunction
http://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa

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please find attached an image of the conjunction taken on August 18, 2014 in the wonderful predawn sky of the island of Elba (Isola d'Elba), near the town of Capoliveri, Italy

Best regards

Stefano

[GeorgeCarey]

M16 Eagle Nebula



Large image available here:

http://geoastro.co.uk/august2014/006_mss_rn.jpg

[Cloudy]

Caught a fireball and an unidentified satellite while the ISS was passing overhead on Friday night.



More information, and a larger image here.

[chenkuan0716]

2014 Perseid meteor shower with Taipei 101
Copyright: Kuan Chen
(http://ppt.cc/0v~s)
Time: 2014/8/14 01:31~04:43 UTC+8 (total 7pics)
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Optics: 18-55mm@18mm
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Exposure: 6s /pic at ISO1600
Soft:PSCS6

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[tango33]

The Pelican nebula - Hydrogen Alpha data only.
The ha data that was used as LUM and GREEN in the previous Hubble color mapped image.

Larger view:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/157032776

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon