Submissions: 2014 September

[nvc123]

Bubble Nebula in Hubble palette colors, stars shown in/as RGB colors
www.astro-hp.dk
www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

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[nuclearcat]

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Star trails and the observatory.

This picture was taken from TUBİTAK National Observatory in Antalya, Turkiye.

Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

[gigicarotti]

The Flight of 61 Cygni
61 Cygni, the Flying Star of Giuseppe Piazzi (discoverer of Ceres, the first asteroid), is a double star whose components orbit in about 680 years around a common center of gravity; the double star owns a considerable proper motion compared to the distant background stars, also due to the relative closeness to Earth of 11 light-years.

The pair was deprived of the surrounding star field in four astrometric processed images and, in order to have a clear background in which to insert the pictures of 61 Cygni to obtain the moving effect, the background was derived by stitching together 2 portions of the same star field, one taken from POSS 1 and the other one from POSS 2 that 61 Cygni, respectively, had yet to cross and already had crossed.
The 98 years flight "began" in 1916 with the image of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff (Arizona), that also photographed the pair in 1948. In 1986 and 2014 it was photographed from Venice (Italy).

Copyright: Pierluigi Carotti

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[Ann]

Thank you, Pierluigi Carotti, that is a fine effort and a great portrait of a classic pair of stars!

Ann

[tricks46]

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Taken 09/19/3-14. Haze in the air played some nice tricks on the Sun. Different haze layers caused the "Jupiter Look".
I used a Canon 7D with a 135mm lense and a haze filter.
Mike Holloway
Holloway Comet Observatory
Van Buren, AR
hollowaycometobs@aol.com

[nvc123]

Bubble Nebula in NB,RGB colors, total exposure 7,4 hours, taken during Aug/Sep-2014.
http://www.astro-hp.dk
http://www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen
Composed as a LumNB,RHaSII,GOIII,BOIII picture.

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[conemmil]

In 2014 we would see three consecutive perigee full moons and I've made a project to try and capture them in different sites. The purpose was to combine the sky and Earth and maybe extend the borders of nature outside our planet. I had to travel hunderds of kilometers into my home country Greece after tedious calculations and great risk of not placing the equipment right on spot.

Luckily all things worked and here is the result:

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Clear skies
Constantine Emmanouilidi

[Sandgirl]

Aurora panorama to Hekla volcano
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

Active Sun 09-18-2014
Copyrights: John Chumack

Waning Crescent Moon 09-19-2014
Copyrights: John Chumack

Milky Way over Great Basin National Park in Baker, Nevada
Copyrights: Derek Demeter

Inside the Sagittarius Dark Rift
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi
Larger size: http://www.starkeeper.it/GrandeRiftSag_Low.htm

M27
Copyrights: Travis Deyoe

M56
Copyrights: Travis Deyoe

M76
Copyrights: Travis Deyoe

[Stefan Westphal]

Tarantula Nebula

This ist one of my results from my visit at the Kiripotib Astrofarm:

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?fi ... 333285.jpg

Larger format and image data can you see here: http://www.astrobin.com/122075/

[Stefan Westphal]

LMC

The LMC taken from the Kiripotib Astrofarm:

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?fi ... 334021.jpg

A larger image and data can you see here: http://www.astrobin.com/118471/B/

[Astromontufar]

Magellanic Neighborhood


https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/
http://500px.com/acubens
https://www.facebook.com/MilkyWayAddicted

Ranchos, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
By: Sergio Montúfar

[Astromontufar]

Magellanic Neighborhood


https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/
http://500px.com/acubens
https://www.facebook.com/MilkyWayAddicted

Ranchos, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
By: Sergio Montúfar

[zhouyannan]

Starry night of Balang Mountain
Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zhouyannan/15314057361/
Copyright: ZhouYannan

[Stefan Westphal]

Southern Pinwheel Galaxy - M83

This galaxy belong's to my favorite objects because it has a distinctive spiral structure.
The M83 originated in a very clearly night in Namibia.

Here you can see more details and image data: http://www.astrobin.com/115665/

Clear skies,
Stefan Westphal

[starsurfer]

Tarantula Nebula

This ist one of my results from my visit at the Kiripotib Astrofarm:

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/show.php?fi ... 333285.jpg

168f8a-1411333285.jpg

Larger format and image data can you see here: http://www.astrobin.com/122075/

Wow that is amazing! I love the nebulae of the LMC! I think it would look a lot better north up!

[Sandgirl]

I Love You Mr. Telescope
Copyrights: Parag Mahajani

Milky Way over Appalachian Mountains Observatory
Copyrights: Matthew Dieterich

Starry night storm and sprit
Copyrights: Patrick Lécureuil

Sunset on 09/19/2014
Copyrights: Mike Holloway

The Milky Way over Mt. Hood
Copyrights: Antony Caldaroni

Bubble Nebula
Copyrights: Steve Martin

Mercury and the Galactic Center from Southern Hemisphere
Copyrights: Chad Trujillo

A Hubble Palette View Of Sagittarius
Copyrights: Terry Hancock

Falcon-9 launch, second stage burn AND soft landing test in same image
Copyrights: Mike Killian

Dragon launches to space station
Copyrights: Robert Pearlman

[northwolfwu]

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Full size:http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/large/7529f10bgw1 ... 16ae81.jpg

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[IanP]

NGC6726&co in Corona Australis @ 925mm x 0.8

Higher res @
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=magazine

[starsurfer]

I Love You Mr. Telescope
Copyrights: Parag Mahajani

I Love You Mr. Telescope_small.jpg

Considering my fondness of hugs, this picture evokes a lot more emotion than many of the astroimages usually featured here. Sandgirl, I could hug you!

[nicola montecchiari]

VdB5, a wider view
http://skymonsters.net/personal/immagin ... g=VdB5.jpg
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

[Rothkko]

moon and fireworks

don benito, spain. 2014-09-05

happy september equinox!!

[lizarranet]

MBM54. Galactic cirrus in Pegasus

IFN en Pegaso (MBM54) by Lizarranet, on Flickr


Regards,
Mikel Martínez

http://fotoastro.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.laotramitad.org

[Sandgirl]

ESO137-002 HST
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/121870/0/?real=&mod=

Anti-crepuscular Rays
Copyrights: Lon K. Shelton

Milky way and airglow over Monfragüe Castle, Monfragüe National Park , Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martínez Moran

VdB142 [Image Of Team] Visual + Near Infrared
Collective image obtained with the contribution of the following amateur astronomers (in alphabetical order):
Eric Coles, Paolo Demaria, Giuseppe Donatiello, Carlo Fanuli, Marco Favuzzi, Agostino Lamanna, Rolando Ligustri, Alessandro Elio Milani, Andrea Pistocchini, Bert Scheuneman, Tim Stone.
Composition and process by Giuseppe Donatiello

Camping at Hatu Peak
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar

Lick Observatory Shane 3m AO-LGS-ShARCS
Credits: University of California Observatories (UCO)

Auroras, Volcano and Light Pillar
Copyrights: Stephane Vetter

Milky way over Mount Balang
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

NGC 7129 with Herbing-Haro objects
Copyrights: Dirk Bautzmann

B 150
Copyrights: Robert Fields

[Sandgirl]

M42 & M43 Orion Nebula
Copyrights: John Chumack

The Solar Analemma
Copyrights: Luca Vanzella

NGC 7000 - two views: LRGB (top) and HaLGRB (bottom)
Copyrights: Jeff Johnson

A Reflection Of Itself
Copyrights: Spencer Black

Under Scorpius
Copyrights: Spencer Black

Hacker's Point
Copyrights: Spencer Black

Butterfly
Copyrights: Francesco Antonucci

Region of Gamma Cygni
Copyrights: Philippe Durville

Geyser Gazing
Copyrights: Jimmy Westlake

IC1795
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz

[tonypan]

The California Nebula and Pleiades over the BaLang Mountain
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonypysm/
Copyright: Tony Pan

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