Submissions: 2015 September

Ann · Post by **Ann** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:19 am

marctoso wrote:Grand Teton and Big DIpper
http://www.ancientskys.com
http://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys
Copyright: Marc Toso
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Fortunate photograph of the Big Dipper constellation over the Grand Teton. The night was slightly hazy with clouds streaming by all evening. However, I think all of the moisture in the air had the nice effect on the stars, hence the fantastic brightness of the Big Dipper over the Grand Teton.

These affects can be achieved using various fog filters but I was lucky enough to have nature cooperate with me and provide a filter in the form of water vapor.
This is a single exposure taken on a moonless night using the fantastic Rokinon 35mm f/1.4. With the aperture wide open it sucks in tons of light!

That's a wonderful, almost magical image, Marc!

And it confirms my impression that the three end stars of the handle are those that really stand out in the Big Dipper.

Ann

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:56 pm

Magical SuperMoon over Madrid
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez

Aurora over Iceland
Copyrights: Davide Necchi

Messier 31
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Atlas V Twilight Launch
Copyrights: Mike Deep

Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Dustin Smith

Aldebaran occultations begin
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel

C/2013 US10 (Catalina) and allot of stars! - Sep 1st
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Full size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 9_01dp.jpg

Ic 410 Tadpoles Nebula
Copyrights: Manuel Fernández
Full size: http://www.elfirmamento.com/galeria/n_b ... s_e_g.html

Josh Smith · Post by **Josh Smith** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:26 pm

Helix Nebula by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

Copyright: Richard Flinn (acquisition) and Josh Smith (processing)

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 7:35 pm

Hydrogen Alpha Sun
Copyrights: Bob Antol

M8 - Lagoon Nebula
Copyrights: Chan Chee Guan

Hubble Survey Unlocks Clues to Star Birth in Neighboring Galaxy
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Dalcanton, B.F. Williams, and L.C. Johnson (University of Washington), the PHAT team, and R. Gendler
An article: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 5/18/full/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35131

Gibbous Moon, Sept. 1, 2015
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina image 04-Sep-2015
Copyrights: Ian Sharp

Rho Ophiuchi Cloud Complex with the planet Saturn
Copyrights: Derek Demeter

Cocoon Nebula
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/208239/0/?real=&mod=

Aurora borealis + Moon + satellite on Thursday night
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

The Moon and Aldebaran
Copyrights: Emilio Castro

M25 Open Star Cluster
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi
Full size: http://www.starkeeper.it/M25_Low.htm

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:01 pm

Moon & Aldebaran
Copyrights: Mike Taylor

Mount Bromo
Copyrights: Swyl Saksena

Mineral Moon
Copyrights: Matteo Zardo

Volcano of Colima, Mexico
Copyrights: César Cantú

Carbon Star R Sculptoris
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Full size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/rscl ... 9_05dp.jpg

Perseids
Copyrights: Wade Earle

The Star Queen Nebula M16
Credis: Terry Hancock, Gordon Wright and Colin Cooper

Tibetan Orion
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

Vela Supernova Remnant
Copyrights: Robert Gendler
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Vela-DSS.html

Milky Way over Kilauea volcano
Copyrights: Rogelio Bernal Andreo

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:09 pm

The Double Cluster
Copyrights: Jaspal Chadha

M27
Copyrights: Georges Chassaigne

Beneath the Milky Way
Copyrights: Göran Strand

Hind's Crimson Star - Sep 6th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach

angelaros · Post by **angelaros** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:42 pm

The Watchtower and the Milky Way

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Over the top of a 180 meters cliff, on the westernmost coast of Galician country there stands a XVIII century sentry box built for military purposes, to watch the entry of two estuaries, Vigo and Pontevedra, as well as the Cies islands (see at righthand-side of the sentry box, where a lighthouse reveals its position). But this place has been inhabited since Xth BC century. Nowadays, archeology studies are being carried out and they have already found a dozen of pre-roman buildings.
Now, the legend tells that from these cliffs, souls of the dead (ánimas en Santa Compaña) throw themselves into the ocean as part of their journey to the holy lands.
In any case, despite the light pollution of metropolitan areas nearby, I was delighted to verify that we can still watch the Milky Way from this place, and I can only dream how beautiful the sight had to be in ancient times.

Greg Parker · Post by **Greg Parker** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:47 pm

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2015

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22 x 10-minute subs with a Canon 200mm lens and M26C OSC CCD.

sebyta · Post by **sebyta** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:58 pm

NGC 6188.
The photograph was taken from San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires Argentina.
Rural zone.
Copyright: Sebastian Colombo.
http://www.astrofotografiadelcielosur.blogspot.com
I hope you like the image.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XQHwlYwU1Gk/V ... irmada.JPG

astrowimp · Post by **astrowimp** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 4:41 pm

Wall in Cygnus
http://www.astrowimp.com/cygnus-wall.html
Copyright: Tim Christensen

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Maximilian T · Post by **Maximilian T** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 5:13 pm

Some lunar mosaics under excellent seeing conditions using a homemade 14inch F/5 Newtonian and ASI120MM-S camera. The details at the surface are around 600 meters, while some 300-400 meters rimae are also visible.
The Ina-Hadley image shows Ina volcano (lower right) with some details!

Clavius area:
https://maximusphotography.files.wordpr ... rescu1.jpg

Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel:
https://maximusphotography.files.wordpr ... orescu.jpg

Vallis Alpes, Eudoxus, Aristoteles and Cassini:
https://maximusphotography.files.wordpr ... oteles.jpg

Ina volcano and Hadley Rille:
https://maximusphotography.files.wordpr ... orescu.jpg

Thanks for looking!
Max

dllamas · Post by **dllamas** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:06 pm

Sometimes we are obsessed with the technology, absorbed in this digital world, hurried inside rhythm of this society, that even if we are illuminated by millions of stars we forgot to raise head and look at the sky to see our oldest legacy.

This is the result of paste 8 vertical shots taken at 22mm. Expo: 15", ISO6400, f/2.8.

At Punta Nariga, one of the most beautiful lighthouses at the “Costa da Morte” (Death Coast), Galicia, Spain.

As for observation, to the right we see a very bright star Arcturus it is. Over light pollution, if we do a little zoom, we find Saturn and the constellation Scorpio, with Antares glowing. Another bright star is Altair can see under the arch of the Milky Way at right of lighthouse. If you look at the statue of the lighthouse, on the right of your feet we find Andromeda.

I belong to a group of 3 night photographers called “Enfoque Nocturno” (Night Focus), if you want to see more of our work you can find at http://www.enfoquenocturno.es

Sorry for my poor English

elettrorider · Post by **elettrorider** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:23 pm

ALBIREO A and B
http://stefanofocosi.altervista.org/Albireo_2015.html
Copyright: Stefano Focosi

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Paul Haese · Post by **Paul Haese** » Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:25 pm

Trifid Nebula in traditional palette and narrow band palette. Each image using a total of 18 hours of data to create each image.

Copyright: Paul Haese

Click here for narrow band image

Click here for traditional image

lup974 · Post by **lup974** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 8:47 am

Eruption, Moon & Pleiades open cluster
http://lucperrot.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/lucperrotphoto
Copyright: Luc Perrot

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The Piton de la Fournaise is erupting for the fourth time this year. The show is always so amazing.

carlosdn · Post by **carlosdn** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:08 pm

M8 - M20 - BIG FEET AND MILK WAY

The nebulae on the stellar background of the Milky Way

Location: San Antonio de Areco - Argentina

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5S6Ez4Fuig/V ... %2Bweb.jpg

© Carlos Di Nallo

alcarreño · Post by **alcarreño** » Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:43 pm

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile

La galaxia de Andromeda by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

markg · Post by **markg** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:17 am

Giraffes By Starlight
http://theartofnight.com
Copyright: Mark Gee

Giraffes by Starlight by Mark Gee, on Flickr

Being an astrophotographer in Africa, I had a certain goal in mind, and that was to capture the wildlife under the night sky. It certainly isn’t the easiest thing to do, as you need an animal that is big enough to show up in frame, and they need to be standing still for at least part of the exposure time.

I decided giraffe would be the be subject for this photo, so we went out on to find some willing participants. As I found out finding giraffe isn’t the easiest thing to find at night, but after driving for around 30 minutes, we finally came across a herd. But this herd was a little reluctant to stand still, and every time I’d put my camera over the side of the truck to get a shot, the giraffes moved on. Finally about another 30 minutes later, we came across another herd that were out in a grassy plain. These giraffes were a lot happier to stay still and one was even sitting down in the grass. Ever so carefully trying not to disturb the giraffes, I lowered my camera and tripod over the side of the truck to get a shot. They seemed curious to what we were doing, and to my amazement, the giraffes stayed relatively still for the entire exposure of the shot. I managed to get 5 shots, and this one was the best of the bunch with all giraffes, except for the one on the left, staying perfectly still for the entire exposure.

For the tech specs - this image is a single exposure: Canon 6d with a Zeiss 15mm lens - 30 second shutter @ f/4.0 ISO 6400

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 9:53 pm

Nitpicker · Post by **Nitpicker** » Wed Sep 09, 2015 11:59 pm

markg wrote:Giraffes By Starlight
http://theartofnight.com
Copyright: Mark Gee
Giraffes by Starlight by Mark Gee, on Flickr

Being an astrophotographer in Africa, I had a certain goal in mind, and that was to capture the wildlife under the night sky. It certainly isn’t the easiest thing to do, as you need an animal that is big enough to show up in frame, and they need to be standing still for at least part of the exposure time.

I decided giraffe would be the be subject for this photo, so we went out on to find some willing participants. As I found out finding giraffe isn’t the easiest thing to find at night, but after driving for around 30 minutes, we finally came across a herd. But this herd was a little reluctant to stand still, and every time I’d put my camera over the side of the truck to get a shot, the giraffes moved on. Finally about another 30 minutes later, we came across another herd that were out in a grassy plain. These giraffes were a lot happier to stay still and one was even sitting down in the grass. Ever so carefully trying not to disturb the giraffes, I lowered my camera and tripod over the side of the truck to get a shot. They seemed curious to what we were doing, and to my amazement, the giraffes stayed relatively still for the entire exposure of the shot. I managed to get 5 shots, and this one was the best of the bunch with all giraffes, except for the one on the left, staying perfectly still for the entire exposure.

For the tech specs - this image is a single exposure: Canon 6d with a Zeiss 15mm lens - 30 second shutter @ f/4.0 ISO 6400

What a fantastic wildlife trophy! Hats off to you sir.

Sternfreund · Post by **Sternfreund** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 8:18 am

Heartnebula Bicolor (Ha/OIII)
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/a ... phy.at.jpg

Heartnebula Bicolor (Ha/OIII)
32x900sec Ha
13x900sec OIII
Moravian G2-8300 on Esprit80.

alfredoxa · Post by **alfredoxa** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 10:25 am

Milky way across the sky and beach

Panoramic photographs in 7 DSLR Nikon d610 stitched with Ptgui.In the foreground, resting and the Milky Way throughout the zenith to reach the other side of the beach.
The river "das mestas" becomes estuary of Cedeira creating a stunning estuary and beach Villarube shaped half moon

more resolution : https://flic.kr/p/xqM86p

Copyright : Alfredo Madrigal (M50)
Agrupacion astronómica coruñesa Io

Milky Way across the sky by Alfredo Madrigal, en Flickr

edinaldojunior · Post by **edinaldojunior** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:47 pm

Rain stars
http://www.astrobin.com/users/edinaldojunior/
Copyright: Edinaldo Oliveira

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Parking billions and billions of stars
http://www.astrobin.com/users/edinaldojunior/
Copyright: Edinaldo Oliveira

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joelshort · Post by **joelshort** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 6:45 pm

This is a 4 panel mosaic image of the Veil supernova remnant, totalling 56 hours of total exposure time. The best part, aside from the image itself, is that the RGB data was captured during the Perseid meteor shower last August, during which I counted over 30 meteors in 90 minutes.

Veil Supernova Remnant
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

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mdieterich · Post by **mdieterich** » Thu Sep 10, 2015 7:33 pm

Milky Way over Crater Lake National Park with green and red airglow on the bottom left. Light pollution is the orange on the horizon.

Main link on my website
http://www.mdieterichphoto.com/p2811580 ... #h5723d5b1 and Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/46847275@ ... ed-public/

Many thanks!

Matt Dieterich

Starship Asterisk*

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