The evening highlight of six days back country skiing in NSW was the planetary alignment of Venus, Mercury and Jupiter in the evening sky. I had only a compact Canon Powershot G1X Mark II with me and it took a few nights to get the weather and scenery to cooperate but after an hour of trapsing around and lying down in the snow and wind I managed to capture this shot on our last night out. A beautiful view from winter in the Australian high country.
Planets align over snowy mountains (from bottom Venus, Mercury, Jupiter)
Canon Powershot G1X Mark II, Panorama 2 x 10 secs, f3.5, ISO400
Image captured from near the Schlink 'Hilton' Hut in the NSW alpine region, looking over the distant Grey Mare Range.
More info: http://philhart.com/content/planets-ali ... -mountains
Phil
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Conjunction Mercury, Venus Jupiter in El Escorial[/size]
Copyright: José Carlos González Payo
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Copyright: José Carlos González Payo
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August's Full Moon rise at twilight behind wind turbines in Greece.
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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos
August Full Moon by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr
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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos
August Full Moon by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr
Re: Submissions: 2016 August
Mineral Moon
Full Res
This is the result of the mosaic of many moon images (232 shots) that were obtained
during a whole year (2013-2014).
Images was taken in different moon phases, then merged with Photoshop.
Colors on the Moon are dominantly controlled by variations in iron (red) and titanium (blue) content.
With multiple saturation boost operations we can see this colors.
colors that are imperceptible to the naked eye. To create the image I used three different digital SLRs, and a monochrome camera on a Newton 200mm aperture and 1000mm focal length, and a Maksutov Cassegrain 90mm aperture and 1250mm focal length.
I like if you decide to pubblish attached image in the APOD discussion forum Asterisk.
Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Italy.
I hope you enjoy this shot.
Full Res
This is the result of the mosaic of many moon images (232 shots) that were obtained
during a whole year (2013-2014).
Images was taken in different moon phases, then merged with Photoshop.
Colors on the Moon are dominantly controlled by variations in iron (red) and titanium (blue) content.
With multiple saturation boost operations we can see this colors.
colors that are imperceptible to the naked eye. To create the image I used three different digital SLRs, and a monochrome camera on a Newton 200mm aperture and 1000mm focal length, and a Maksutov Cassegrain 90mm aperture and 1250mm focal length.
I like if you decide to pubblish attached image in the APOD discussion forum Asterisk.
Sorry for my bad english, i'm from Italy.
I hope you enjoy this shot.
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NGC 6302 Butterfly Nebula
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Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Archive; Processing: Jose Jimenez Priego & David Jiménez Alba
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Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Archive; Processing: Jose Jimenez Priego & David Jiménez Alba
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Pickering's Triangle Bicolour (HOO=RGB) with RGB Stars
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The Cygnus's Wall -- North America Nebula
The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb.
Cygnus's Wall is a term for the "Mexico and Central America part" of the North America Nebula. The Cygnus Wall exhibits the most concentrated star formations in the nebula.
Location: Àger-Lleida-Spain
Average SQM : 21.5
Dates: Several days betwen July and August made by remote control
Telescope: GSO RC14" Truss f/8 df:2848 mm
Mount: DDM85
Camera: Moravian G3-11000
Exposures: L:14x600 sec bin2 // H:26x900 sec bin2 // RGB: 34x300 sec bin2
Software: CCDStack + Pixinsight + Photoshop CC 2015
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7541/2903 ... 3e29_k.jpg
Best regards and clear skies
Credit & Copyright by : Lluís Romero
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The North America Nebula (NGC 7000 or Caldwell 20) is an emission nebula in the constellation Cygnus, close to Deneb.
Cygnus's Wall is a term for the "Mexico and Central America part" of the North America Nebula. The Cygnus Wall exhibits the most concentrated star formations in the nebula.
Location: Àger-Lleida-Spain
Average SQM : 21.5
Dates: Several days betwen July and August made by remote control
Telescope: GSO RC14" Truss f/8 df:2848 mm
Mount: DDM85
Camera: Moravian G3-11000
Exposures: L:14x600 sec bin2 // H:26x900 sec bin2 // RGB: 34x300 sec bin2
Software: CCDStack + Pixinsight + Photoshop CC 2015
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7541/2903 ... 3e29_k.jpg
Best regards and clear skies
Credit & Copyright by : Lluís Romero
http://www.astrosirius.org/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/
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Lluís Romero Ventura
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Full Moon Silhouettes.
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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos
Full Moon Silhouettes by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr
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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos
Full Moon Silhouettes by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr
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Hidden Art
http://www.ancientskys.com
https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys/
Copyright: Marc Toso
This is a panoramic photography of rock art in Utah and the milky way.
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Copyright: Marc Toso
This is a panoramic photography of rock art in Utah and the milky way.
Re: Submissions: 2016 August
Caviar from the sturgeon moon? The ISS makes a stunning pass through last nights full moon over Australia!
Full size here: http://shadowchaser.com.au/wp-content/u ... _Sharp.jpg
Full size here: http://shadowchaser.com.au/wp-content/u ... _Sharp.jpg
Re: Submissions: 2016 August
2 pair
moonset
moonrise
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moonset
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The "Soap Bubble Nebula" is the common name for the planetary nebula PN G75.5+1.7. This nebula was only discovered by amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich on July 6th, 2008. It was independently confirmed and reported by Keith Quattrocchi and Mel Helm on July 17th, 2008.
PN G75.5+1.7 is situated in the constellation of Cygnus, very near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). It is embedded in a large diffuse nebula which, in combination with its low surface magnitude, is the reason it was not discovered until recently.
NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. This image uses narrow band image data that isolates light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the wind-blown nebula. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away. (source: APOD)
I decided last year that I wanted to see if I could catch this very faint nebula with my 9.2 cm refractor. I started working on imaging this in 2015, but then I only got 4 images before weather interrupted the imaging sequence. It was only now that I was able to catch more data of this region to see what would come out in the last week because we had great observing weather, but unfortunately a full moon. Last week I took for 5 days in a row images of this nebula in H-alpha, OIII and RGB. It was a good way to follow the olympics during the observing time
Equipment:
Telescope: TMB92SS
Camera: QSI583ws
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6
Exposures:
H-alpha: 39x900s (10h)
OIII: 32x1200s (11h)
RGB: 18x300s R, 12x300s B,G (3h)
Total: 24 hours
NGC6888 Crescent and a soap bubble by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr
PN G75.5+1.7 is situated in the constellation of Cygnus, very near the Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888). It is embedded in a large diffuse nebula which, in combination with its low surface magnitude, is the reason it was not discovered until recently.
NGC 6888, also known as the Crescent Nebula, is a cosmic bubble about 25 light-years across, blown by winds from its central, bright, massive star. This image uses narrow band image data that isolates light from hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the wind-blown nebula. The oxygen atoms produce the blue-green hue that seems to enshroud the detailed folds and filaments. Visible within the nebula, NGC 6888's central star is classified as a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136). The star is shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of the Sun's mass every 10,000 years. The nebula's complex structures are likely the result of this strong wind interacting with material ejected in an earlier phase. Burning fuel at a prodigious rate and near the end of its stellar life this star should ultimately go out with a bang in a spectacular supernova explosion. Found in the nebula rich constellation Cygnus, NGC 6888 is about 5,000 light-years away. (source: APOD)
I decided last year that I wanted to see if I could catch this very faint nebula with my 9.2 cm refractor. I started working on imaging this in 2015, but then I only got 4 images before weather interrupted the imaging sequence. It was only now that I was able to catch more data of this region to see what would come out in the last week because we had great observing weather, but unfortunately a full moon. Last week I took for 5 days in a row images of this nebula in H-alpha, OIII and RGB. It was a good way to follow the olympics during the observing time
Equipment:
Telescope: TMB92SS
Camera: QSI583ws
Mount: Skywatcher NEQ6
Exposures:
H-alpha: 39x900s (10h)
OIII: 32x1200s (11h)
RGB: 18x300s R, 12x300s B,G (3h)
Total: 24 hours
NGC6888 Crescent and a soap bubble by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr
Re: Submissions: 2016 August
NGC5128, the most beautiful galaxy of Centaur.
Details:
Isabis, Namíbia, 02-05-2016.
Telescope: SW Esprit 80/400 apochromat
Mount: SW HEQ-5
Camera: EOS 60D (modded)
Exposition: 43×10 mins, ISO800
Filter: -
Németh, Róbert
Details:
Isabis, Namíbia, 02-05-2016.
Telescope: SW Esprit 80/400 apochromat
Mount: SW HEQ-5
Camera: EOS 60D (modded)
Exposition: 43×10 mins, ISO800
Filter: -
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Re: Submissions: 2016 August
https://www.flickr.com/photos/137904298@N06/28474008613
https://sites.google.com/site/astrotusc ... ica/vdb142
VdB 142 is a small dark nebula visible in the constellation Cepheus.
It locates at the core area of the large complex nebulous known as IC 1396, a few minutes of arc to the west opened the cluster associated with the nebula; despite its small size, it is highlighted by a discreet ease, because of his deep darkness and because of its shape, which has given it the nickname Elephant Trunk.
This is a LRGB composition to mark the peculiarities of the nebula
Equipment:
Telescope: Sharpstar AL106 II
Camera: SX H694 M Combo
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Exposure:
Halfa: 60x900
Luminance: 33x600
RGB: 21x300( R e B) 21x450 B
Total: 30 hours
Alessandro Benedetti e Daniele Ceniti
AT.R.O. ( Astrotuscia remote observatory)
https://sites.google.com/site/astrotusc ... ica/vdb142
VdB 142 is a small dark nebula visible in the constellation Cepheus.
It locates at the core area of the large complex nebulous known as IC 1396, a few minutes of arc to the west opened the cluster associated with the nebula; despite its small size, it is highlighted by a discreet ease, because of his deep darkness and because of its shape, which has given it the nickname Elephant Trunk.
This is a LRGB composition to mark the peculiarities of the nebula
Equipment:
Telescope: Sharpstar AL106 II
Camera: SX H694 M Combo
Mount: Celestron CGEM
Exposure:
Halfa: 60x900
Luminance: 33x600
RGB: 21x300( R e B) 21x450 B
Total: 30 hours
Alessandro Benedetti e Daniele Ceniti
AT.R.O. ( Astrotuscia remote observatory)
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The Boogie Man Nebula (LDN 1622)
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/LDN1622_11Feb16.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Imaged from my backyard. Thank you for looking ...
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/LDN1622_11Feb16.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Imaged from my backyard. Thank you for looking ...
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Moon Twilight at Marsala's Salt Ponds
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile The Moon is setting down behind a wind mill that once served the salt ponds of Marsala. Here the salt is still produced according to an old tradition. Sea water is collected in different ponds where it is naturally evaporated. The marine salt is crystallized and then harvested by hands of men that start their job during the night, a couple of hours before the sun rise.
Some technical tips:
1) the image is a composition of different shots;
2) 18 shots for the moons;
3) one shot for the clouds and the faint halo of the brightest moons;
4) average of 4 shots for the landscape done between the astronomical and nautical dawn.
Please Share if you like!!!!!
High quality image: http://www.dariogiannobile.com/sky/startrail
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile The Moon is setting down behind a wind mill that once served the salt ponds of Marsala. Here the salt is still produced according to an old tradition. Sea water is collected in different ponds where it is naturally evaporated. The marine salt is crystallized and then harvested by hands of men that start their job during the night, a couple of hours before the sun rise.
Some technical tips:
1) the image is a composition of different shots;
2) 18 shots for the moons;
3) one shot for the clouds and the faint halo of the brightest moons;
4) average of 4 shots for the landscape done between the astronomical and nautical dawn.
Please Share if you like!!!!!
High quality image: http://www.dariogiannobile.com/sky/startrail
Re: Submissions: 2016 August
vdB 155, Herbig-Haro 168,169,174.The "Other" Cepheus.
Higher resolution at: http://afesan.es/Deepspace/vdB%20155,%2 ... _orig.html
Thanks for looking !
Higher resolution at: http://afesan.es/Deepspace/vdB%20155,%2 ... _orig.html
Thanks for looking !
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North America & Pelican Nebulae by Paul C. Swift, on FlickrThree essential elements
URL of website: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... gend-B.jpg
Copyright: Paul C. Swift
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North America and Pelican nebula:
http://www.astrosurf.com/ilizaso/U16m/I ... Q_U16m.jpg
Best Regards
Iñaki Lizaso
http://www.astrosurf.com/ilizaso
http://www.astrosurf.com/ilizaso/U16m/I ... Q_U16m.jpg
Best Regards
Iñaki Lizaso
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Lunar Green Segment On The Moon Setting Behind The Wind Mill
http://www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile
A tiny lunar green segment appeared on the moon setting behind the wind mill that once served the salt ponds of Marsala (Trapani - Sicily - Italy).
A green segment is a term invented by O’Connell to point out all the types of green flash. Later on it was not used any more but now is again utilized to indicate the formation of small arcs that come before the green flash itself.
http://www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile
A tiny lunar green segment appeared on the moon setting behind the wind mill that once served the salt ponds of Marsala (Trapani - Sicily - Italy).
A green segment is a term invented by O’Connell to point out all the types of green flash. Later on it was not used any more but now is again utilized to indicate the formation of small arcs that come before the green flash itself.
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M31 Andromeda Galaxy
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https://twitter.com/JJastromet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez Priego
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https://twitter.com/JJastromet
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez Priego
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Rainbow cloud
Copyrights: Jim Moore
ISS and startrails from Mount Rainier National Park
Copyrights: Robert Shea
Milky Way over Crater Lake
Copyrights: Ben Coffman
Milky Way from Himalayas
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar
Milky Way from La Guajira Colombia
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
Milky Way over Orada Convent
Copyrights: Daniel Costa
Perseids at sunset
Copyrights: Adolfo Miranda
Milky Way & Meteor from Crete
Copyrights: Sebastian Voltmer
Prominences
Copyrights: Alessandro Bianconi
NGC 7331 "Twin Galaxy"
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis
Plane Across the Galaxy
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis
Solar activity on August 8th
Copyrights: Alan Friedman
Veil Nebula NGC6960
Copyrights: Paul
NGC6992 Eastern Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Hődör Gábor
NGC 6914
Copyrights: Javier Muñoz Marín
Milky Way over Kilimanjaro
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh
NGC 6914
Copyrights: Robert Fields
Andromeda galaxy
Copyrights: Kardos Zsolt
SA 156
Copyrights: Leonardo Julio
Full size: http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/1 ... la_hd.html
NGC6888 Crescent nebula
Copyrights: Sara Wager
Copyrights: Jim Moore
Copyrights: Robert Shea
Copyrights: Ben Coffman
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
Copyrights: Daniel Costa
Copyrights: Adolfo Miranda
Copyrights: Sebastian Voltmer
Copyrights: Alessandro Bianconi
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis
Copyrights: Alan Friedman
Copyrights: Paul
Copyrights: Hődör Gábor
Copyrights: Javier Muñoz Marín
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh
Copyrights: Robert Fields
Copyrights: Kardos Zsolt
Copyrights: Leonardo Julio
Full size: http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/1 ... la_hd.html
Copyrights: Sara Wager
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Earthshine, Moon, Jupiter and Jupiter's moons
Copyrights: Nasir Jeevanjee
NGC 7635
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
Great Fireball over "The Zone of Silence", Durango Mexico
Copyrights: Tommaso Bochicchio
Milky Way
Copyrights: Ferran Ginebrosa
NGC6888 and surroundings
Copyrights: Remus Chua
Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-207
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36244
Milky Way from Poloniny Darky-sky park, Slovakia
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik
Andromeda galaxy from Catalonia
Copyrights: Joan A. Català Amigó
A cry in the Milky Way: the western Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Joan A. Català Amigó
IC 2948. The Running Chicken nebula
Copyrights: Josep M. Drudis-SN
Meteor over Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Copyrights: Cheng Luo
The Cygnus Wall
Copyrights: José Manuel Sánchez Bosch
Forest Fire at Crater Lake, Oregon
Copyrights: Bart Lacks
Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Alexis Jaldin
Gemini Observatory and startrails
Copyrights: Joy Pollard
Moonset over La Silla Observatory
Copyrights: Samuel Ropert
Milky Way
Copyrights: Joe Bruce
Perseids meteor shower in deir gachin caravanserai, Iran
Copyrights: Amir Shahcheraghian
The setting Milky Way from the Namib desert
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado
Perseid with persistant trail
Copyrights: Michel Saint-Laurent
Copyrights: Nasir Jeevanjee
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
Copyrights: Tommaso Bochicchio
Copyrights: Ferran Ginebrosa
Copyrights: Remus Chua
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-207
Milky Way from Poloniny Darky-sky park, Slovakia
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik
Copyrights: Joan A. Català Amigó
Copyrights: Joan A. Català Amigó
Copyrights: Josep M. Drudis-SN
Copyrights: Cheng Luo
Copyrights: José Manuel Sánchez Bosch
Copyrights: Bart Lacks
Copyrights: Alexis Jaldin
Copyrights: Joy Pollard
Copyrights: Samuel Ropert
Copyrights: Joe Bruce
Copyrights: Amir Shahcheraghian
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado
Copyrights: Michel Saint-Laurent