Submissions: 2016 July

[Sandgirl]

IC 5070 Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Jorge Juan García Mayo

Heat Lightning Storm
Copyrights: Larry Hubble

Lightening Over the Atlantic Ocean
Copyrights: Kaly Royster

Rising Moon
Copyrights: Rodrigo Andolfato

GLMP 1000 - IRAS 20324+4057 - evaporating protostar
Copyrights: Josh Smith

The Sun - photosphere/chromosphere
Copyrights: Alan Friedman

M63, A Dusty Flower
Copyrights: Steve Cooper

M20 – Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Ashley Marando
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/254931/F/

Solar Halo
Copyrights: Troy Casper

Armstrong’s Full Moon over the Brno city
Copyrights: Petr Horálek

Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Full size: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8737/2821 ... 0a99_o.png

Bode's Galaxy
Copyrights: Thomas Lelu

Milky Way, three satellites and Suevit rock
Copyrights: Markus Kleinle

M16, Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga

NGC 6820
Copyrights: Robert Fields

Coccoon fog
Copyrights: Jochen Fehmer

Ancient Eye in the Sky
Credit: NAOJ
An article: http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease ... index.html

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36197

Crescent
Copyrights: Tolga Gumusayak
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/256710/0/

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot heats planet’s upper atmosphere
Credit: Art by Karen Teramura, UH IfA, James O’Donoghue
An article: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/28 ... atmosphere

Image 1_Jup_GRS_Art by Karen Teramura_JamesODonoghue_small.jpg (73.39 KiB) Viewed 6362 times

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36205

M8
Copyrights: Albert Barr

A squid in an oister shell
Copyrights: David Lindemann

Vulpecula, The Fox
Copyrights: Jerry Lodriguss

[Sandgirl]

Jupiter’s cloud tops - painting
Copyrights: Peter Blathwayt

A journey, from Corona Australis to Rho Ophiuchi
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn

ISS and Moon terminator
Copyrights: Juan Ortega

A jewel in the universe
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas

M16
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas

Watching Universe
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas

Andromeda Galaxy from "El Cajas" National Park near to Cuenca-Ecuador
Copyrights: Sandro Santander Medina

ISS vs Moon
Copyrights: Oscar Martín Mesonero

The Neglected Lunar phase
Copyrights: Pete Lardizabal

ISS over Rocky Mountains
Copyrights: Stan Honda

NGC 1316 and environs
Copyrights: Dave Jurasevich

M8, M20, M21, IC 4685, M23 and friends
Copyrights: Rodrigo Roesch

Cepheus flare
Copyrights: Giovanni Benintende
Full size: http://www.astrogb.com/lbn550.htm

Milky Way
Copyrights: Luis Guillermo Muñoz Velez

Barnard 72
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga
Full size:http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/upload/201 ... 619d43.jpg

M27 Dumbbell
Copyrights: Marco Schrievers

White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf with Mystery Ray
Credits: M. Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1627/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36201

Twinkling in mirrors
Copyrights: Lenka Zychová

The Leo Triplet Galaxies
Copyrights: Davide Coverta

Moon in the Morning Sky
Copyrights: Alan Friedman

Mars (June 9th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-196

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36202

Cygnus Wall complex
Copyrights: Sara Wager

[Rothkko]

planets and highway
venus in haze

mercury, above, and regulus

jupiter

mérida, spain. 2016-07-30, 22:25, 22:38 and 23:34

[litobrit]

Hello,
25 hours bin 2 Ha OIII.
Atik 383, RCGSO8, AZEQ6.
Full is here http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/156003BulleV6.jpg

[litobrit]

Hello,
NGC7000 in SHO colors. About 22 hours 1200s bin 2. Atik 383, RCGSO8, AZEQ6 mobile. Near Clermont-Ferrand in France.

The full is here http://www.astrobin.com/full/256383/0/
or here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/183832SHO2V7.png

[Sandgirl]

International Space Station passing over the Angel of the North
Copyrights: Matt Robinson

NGC7822
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez

Comet PanSTARRS between Centaurus jewels
Copyrights: José J. Chambó

Startrails
Copyrights: Lionel Parmeggiani

Chorus of Black Holes Sings in X-Rays
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-197

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36206

Saturn (June 9th)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Mars images (June 10th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Pickering's Triangle
Copyrights: Bob Fera

Draco Trio
Copyrights: Bob Fera

Sh2-84 Emission Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Moonrise and Milky Way over the lavender fields in Brihuega, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martinez

M31
Copyrights: Efrem Frigeni

M20 Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Rafael Compassi

Star Trails over DCT
Copyrights: Len Bright

M8
Copyrights: Delberson Tiago

[Sandgirl]

Mars, Saturn, Antares, Dschubba and Milky Way from Castlepoint on the East coats of New Zealand's north island
Copyrights: Ryan De Dominicis

Andromeda Rise above Pangong Lake
Copyrights; Ajay Talwar

Galactic centre above Pangong Lake, Ladakh Range
Copyrights; Ajay Talwar

Snake Nebula
Copyrights: R. Colombari / E. Recurt
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/257059/0/

Conjunction of Stations
Copyrights: José J. Chambó

Milky Way
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh

Monsoon in Arizona
Copyrights: Don Price

Perseid meteor
Copyrights: Till Credner

NGC 6727 and NGC 6723
Copyrights: Leonardo Julio
Full size: http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/1 ... 23_hd.html

Milky Way, planets and a shooting star
Copyrights: Pietro Francia

Jupiter, Mercury and zodiacal light
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar

Milky Way from Nerpio
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez

M16, the Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González

[joelshort]

IC1396
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Shrot

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"Natural" color palette with narrowband filters:

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[Ann]

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Comet PanSTARRS. Photo: José J. Chambó.

I think this image of Comet PanSTARRS is absolutely lovely, not least because of the beautiful colors, as seen when the path of green comet seems to have crossed a blue and a yellow star. The blue star is HD 129685, spectral class A0V, mag. 4.9, B-V ≈ 0.02, distance ≈ 215 light-years, luminosity ≈ 39 solar. The yellow star is HD 129456, spectral class K3III, mag. ≈ 4.1, B-V ≈ 1.4, distance ≈ 210 light-years, luminosity ≈ 81 solar. The stars are at very similar distances, and their colors, spectral classes and luminosities suggest they might be related, because A-type main sequence stars get brighter when they evolve into K-type giants. But in fact these stars are probably not related at all, because they have extremely different proper motions. The yellow star could possibly be a (slow) halo star, somewhat similar to (but fainter than) Arcturus.

The blue star at bottom right is a so called Ap Si star, a silicon-enhanced peculiar star classified as an A-type star, even though it is as hot and as bright as a B-type star. Its B-V is ≈ −0.08, and its luminosity is ≈ 160 times solar.

In any case, this is a very lovely image with splendid colors!

Ann

[Josh Smith]

GLMP 1000: An evaporating protostar by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

I think this image is absolutely amazing, and I found this page where Josh himself talks about it.

Ann

Thank you for the kind words Ann! A lot of work went into capturing that image! It is over 100 hours of data including quite a bit in the near infared i' channel.