Submissions: 2016 October

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:01 pm

Milky Way
Copyrights: Colin Robson

Under the Magellanic Clouds
Copyrights: Will Vrbasso

IC1396- Elephant Trunk
Copyrights: Jesus M. Vargas, Maritxu Poyal and Alvaro Ibáñez Pérez

Milky Way from Morocco
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon

Night sky above Morocco
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon

Crescent moon - Friday and Saturday 7 and 8 October
Copyrights: Jhon Harold

First Quarter Moon in Singapore
Copyrights: A Kannan

Monkey Head Nebula - NGC2174
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej

Lunar Halo over Lijiang Observatory
Copyrights: Yuan Xiangwei

IC 434 HorseHead Dark Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

M8,M20 & Mars
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

Meteor over Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copyrights: Gerardo F González

Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Copyrights: Donald Waid

South Taurid fireballs
Copyrights: Lubor Ptacek
Meteor over Phipps Peak

North America and Pelican nebulae
Copyrights: ByoungJun Jeong

Red skies above Rome
Copyrights: Marco De Paola

The Milky Way’s Ancient Heart
Image credits: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1636/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36456

Chaos in cosmos: Stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
Credit: Christian Brinch, NBI, KU
An article: http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news1 ... cs-of-gas/

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http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36452

The Big Dipper Points to the West
Copyrights: Wang Letian

Solar and Lunar jet transit
Copyrights: Pedro Ré

Ultimate survivors: Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars
Image credits: Jon Lomberg
An article: http://news.yorku.ca/2016/10/12/ultimat ... ing-stars/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36464

The Aurora in the air
Copyrights: Stephanie Ye Ziyi

Sharpless 187 'A Cosmic Spider'
Copyrights: Daniel Goelling
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/267628/B/

Startrails over lavender fields of Brihuega, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martinez

LaszloSzeri · Post by **LaszloSzeri** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 7:49 pm

Sharpless 2-170 (SHO)

http://www.szlaci.hu/wp-content/uploads ... H2_170.jpg
Copyright: László Szeri

September 12. 2016.
458/1900 self made astrograph, Fornax100 mount, 2,5" TS Wynne corrector, Atik EFW-2, Atik 11000, Baader narrowband filters; expo time: 3.5 hours sum

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:22 pm

Sunset on a venerable Solar Observatory
Copyrights: James Earley

NGC2626
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez
Full size: http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/ne ... wip_v2.jpg

Barnard 150, Dark Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Kilauea volcano lava flowing into the Pacific ocean
Copyrights: Mircea Goia

Pleiades, M45
Copyrights: Dean Fournier
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/267866/0/

Mount Shasta Milky Way with Lenticular Clouds
Copyrights: Bryan Cogdell
Larger size: http://www.stellarscapes.net/wp-content ... izeBAC.jpg

The Milky Way(s)
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn

Mercury and Jupiter conjunction
Copyrights: Dave Dickinson

NGC7023 Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux

Cave Nebula
Copyrights: Leonid Shatz

AR2598 on Sunday 9 October
Copyrights: Alastair Woodward

LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7
Copyrights: Patrick Gilliland

Jupiter/Mercury conjunction - planets rising
Copyrights: Brad Timerson

The Planet Mercury & Very Old Thin Crescent Moon at Dawn
Copyrights: John Chumack

Walking from Taurus to Perseus
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Proxima Centauri Might Be More Sunlike Than We Thought
Image credits: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
An article: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-25

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36460

The sky full of wonders
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar

Cluster’s Advanced Age in Razor-sharp Focus
Image credits: Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage. Image Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA
An article: http://www.gemini.edu/node/12576

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36461

Manistique Light house
Copyrights: Maurice Bolduc

The star trail at mountain peak
Copyrights: Aaron Fan

The Big Dipper and Quadrantid in snow
Copyrights: Lau Albert Wai Kit

Crescent Moon with earthshine
Copyrights: Vincenzo Mirabella

Gegenschein & Zodiacal Band with the Milky Way
Copyrights: John Chumack

Messier 33
Copyrights: Péter Feltóti and Marcell Csőke

jose · Post by **jose** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:44 pm

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hola a todos:
Os dejo una foto en banda estrecha de LA NORTEAMERICA ó NGC 7000, a ver que os parece,
esta en paleta hubble y estos son los datos:
TOMAS:
H alfa: 17 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 17 darks y 50 bias
OIII: 10 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 10 darks y 50 bias
SII: 14 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 14darks y 50bias
PALETA:
HUBBLE
R= SII
G= H-alfa
B= OIII
L= H-alfa
TEMPERATURA: -10 GRADOS
TUBO: FSQ 106 ED
CCD: SBIG ST-8300M
MONTURA: CGEM
CCD guiar: QHY5II
LUGAR: TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ y LAS INVIERNAS (GUADALAJARA)

ultimo retoque por Cesar Blanco González

behyar · Post by **behyar** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 9:48 pm

Cepheid Variable Star V1 in M31 (Circled)

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

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http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Other/V1.asp

rolland.balazs@gmail.com · Post by **rolland.balazs@gmail.com** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 11:16 am

IC59, IC63 and Gamma Cassiopeiae

Copyright: Rolland Balázs
http://www.ferenczyluc.com

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Ioda · Post by **Ioda** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 1:00 pm

M74.
Full size here.

My Equipment:
Astrosib RC360,
WS-240, SitechII,
ScopeDome M3 v3,
FLI (PL16803+CFW7+LRGB+Ha+OIII+SII),
RoboFocus, Optec Gemini Focusing Rotator
Off-axis - SX Lodestar X2

Integration:
L = 17 x 1800s bin1
RGB = 10 x 900s bin2
Ha = 11 x 1800s bin2
Total: 21.5H

Location: Belarus
Author: Andrei Ioda
http://astro.ioda.by

Juan Lozano · Post by **Juan Lozano** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 4:24 pm

NothAmerica & Pelican Nebulas
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... ica-y.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

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Juan Lozano · Post by **Juan Lozano** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:16 pm

M31 Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... curos.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

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litobrit · Post by **litobrit** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 5:39 pm

Hello,
20 hours of SHO bin 2 and 4
RCGSO8, AZEQ6, ATIK383
The full is here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/754374PacmanV3.jpg
You can turn the picture left or right for APOD

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 7:52 pm

Apparent motion of Mars and Saturn from 31/01/2016 until 12/10/2016
Copyrights: Dimitris Kapetanakis

Belt of the Orion
Copyrights: Jiyong Youn

Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Jürgen M Lobert

Meteor hit Polaris
Copyrights: Schindler Leung

Solar Eclipse from Reunion island 2016
Copyrights: Daniel Payet

Solar halo in Kiruna, Sweden
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

Spectacular aurora at twilight
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

Heaven of Light
Copyrights: Will Vrbasso

Sunrises
Copyrights: Patrick Eagar

M45
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry

Saturn (March 25th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Mars, Scorpius and Milky Way over Cerro Colorado, Córdoba, Argentina
Copyrights: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau

Andromeda (M31)
Copyrights: Rick Ellis

NGC 891
Copyrights: Stefan Heutz

Night sky of La Palma Island
Copyrights: Javier Martínez Morán

Milky way over mountain Bjelašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Copyrights: Catovic

The Moon
Copyrights: Tibor Csaplar

Triangle Galaxy M33
Copyrights: Dennis Hilljegerdes

Moon crescent
Copyrights: Jacques Crotiri

M20 with a twist
Copyrights: Josep M. Drudis-SN

The incredible Pegasus
Copyrights: Alessandro Falesiedi

NGC2146
Copyrights: Ian Gorenstein

Walking from Taurus to Perseus
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Mon Oct 17, 2016 8:31 pm

Sparkle of GGD 30
Copyrights: Adam Block

Bubble Nebula, Herbig-Haro 170, M52 and more...
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Hunter's Moon from Singapore
Copyrights: Akash Anandh

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

NGC 7023 Iris Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

Milky Way and airglow from Lastovo, Croatia
Copyrights: Milan Kasuba

Super Moon
Copyrights: Pedro Luis Moreno

Full Moon
Copyrights: Uğur İkizler

Mars and friends
Copyrights: Elke Schulz

ISS passing in front of the Moon
Copyrights: Yanina Metodieva

NGC7582, NGC7590, NGC7599 – Three members of the Grus Quartet and other galaxies
Copyrights: Krisztian Toth

Scorpius with Mars and Saturn
Copyrights: Martin Junius

ISS crossing Full Moon
Copyrights: Kris Smith

Wizard nebula (NGC 7380)
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez

All in one Night
Copyrights: Amin Ghavamian

Moon rising on October 16th
Copyrights: Ingo Janiszczak

Sunset over Adriatic Sea
Copyrights: Albert Barr

rolland.balazs@gmail.com · Post by **rolland.balazs@gmail.com** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 3:44 pm

M31
Copyright: Rolland Balázs

http://www.ferenczyluc.com

4x600s Ha and 20x600s Lum.
In center is M31. Every piece of mosaic: Top, left: almost only Ha regions. Top, right: pure Ha expo. Bottom, left: combined Ha, Lum. Bottom, right: pure Lum expo.

Bigger size: http://www.ferenczyluc.com/files/m31_final_5m.jpg

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Rothkko · Post by **Rothkko** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 7:16 pm

1802" venus, left, and mercury (1800" chronometer )

601" moonrise

: mérida, spain. 2010-04-04 and 2010-05-29

cbakley · Post by **cbakley** » Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:35 pm

October 17, 2016 Antares Rocket Launch as seen from Cape May, NJ

(photograph is a 5 shot composite to show rocket trail)

giannikrattli · Post by **giannikrattli** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:21 am

Rise of the October Fullmoon behind Mount Säntis in Switzerland

ccoop974 · Post by **ccoop974** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 4:01 pm

The HorseHead Nebula
http://www.pbase.com/ccoop/image/164325283
Copyright: Alan Chen/Steve Cooper

nr74 · Post by **nr74** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:44 pm

NGC 891 and the distant neighbors

Details:
Telescope: SkyWatcher 250/1000 Newtonian
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Exposure: 48×6m, iso800

Németh, Róbert
Magyarnádalja, Hungary

Rothkko · Post by **Rothkko** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:21 pm

moon, spica up, in the center brighter venus, mars above and to the right saturn. porrima (29 Vir) above mars. los planetas eran para mí por entonces puntos gordos en el cielo.

1310" venus is the brightest, above mars, above porrima and to the right saturn. no siempre salen bien las cosas

: mérida, spain. 2010-08-14, 22:02 and 22:51

Josh Smith · Post by **Josh Smith** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:58 am

NGC 1999 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

processing copyright: Josh Smith
acquisition copyright: Josh Smith and Craig Smith

behyar · Post by **behyar** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 5:30 am

Cocoon Nebula

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

40% size:

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The full 100% size:
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Nebulae/IC5146_LRGB.asp

Rothkko · Post by **Rothkko** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:07 pm

moon, 98,55%

: mérida, spain. 2009-11-01

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 6:22 pm

Venus over NASA Langley
Copyrights: David Melton

IC348
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/268605/0/? ... real=&mod=

North America and Pelican Nebulae
Copyrights: Juan Lozano de Haro
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/268114/0/?real=&mod

Full Moonrise in Mauna Kea shadow
Copyrights: Aerialgreg

Dark nebula Barnard 150
Copyrights: Alessandro Pensato
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/259236/0/?real=&mod=

Mars on March 25th
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Jupiter on March 26th
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Recently active lava flows on the eastern flank of Idunn Mons on Venus
Image credits: DLR
An article: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault ... lery/24774

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36477

Total Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
Copyrights: Guillaume Doyen

Hunter Supermoon from New England
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Antares OA-5 launch from Cape Cod
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Rocket Launch
Copyrights: Jeremy Terry

The Wizard Nebula - NGC 7380
Copyrights: Peter Hergesheimer

SuperMoon
Copyrights: Jonathan M. Corredor O.

Elephant Trunk Nebula
Copyrights: Dwight Talley

Orbital ATK Antares launch as seen from Central Park NYC
Copyrights: Chirag Upreti

NGC-1499 The California Nebula
Copyrights: John Chumack

Bubble Nebula
Copyrights: Olivier Hardy

Launch of the Antares rocket from Wallops Island
Copyrights: Brian Mulligan

Cloudy Nights, Sunny Days on Distant Hot Jupiters
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/V. Parmentier
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-267

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Horsehead Nebula
Copyrights: Steve Cooper

From NAN to Crescent and lots of friends
Copyrights: Yves Van den Broek and Mabula Haverkamp

daniyyel · Post by **daniyyel** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 9:13 am

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A meteor from the Orionid shower along with it's radiant...the Orion constellation glowing in a beautiful red/orange color with a slight green tint at the end....captured last night, Oct 21 2016 at 01:57 AM UTC from Waldkraiburg, Bavaria, Germany!

Credits: Sentiment Codlea & Daniel Nicolae

Deep-Sky-Astroteam · Post by **Deep-Sky-Astroteam** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:30 pm

SH2-199, Detail of the Soul Nebula

FullRes:
https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/en/sh ... l-nebula-0

Copyrights Frank Iwaszkiewicz
http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de

Starship Asterisk*