Submissions: 2017 February

[Errabundo]

Pelican Nebula IC5070 2x2 Mosaic by Fernando Huet, en Flickr

[PeterR]

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1,000 images contributed by 91 amateur planetary photographers from around the world.
I started this project a year ago and it has taken me thousands of hours to stitch together the images into this animation.

It is also a contribution to Mission Juno: several of the amateurs in this project also contribute to the Mission Juno Pro-Amateur collaboration.

Hope you enjoy this trip to Jupiter made entirely with images taken by amateurs from around the world

/*Peter Rosén
(Stockholm, Sweden)

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

[Guest]

This deep exposure reveals the extent of the intricate wrinkly shells that surround this southern planetary nebula in Vela.
There is also a faint blue and red halo visible that extends beyond the wrinkly gas shells.

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Copyright: Michael Sidonio

A larger file can be seen here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 6/original

[ildiora]

Aphrodite and Hephaestus
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile

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Hephaestus and Aphrodite

According to greek mitology, Hephaestus was the craftman and smith of gods. Aphordite, godness of beauty, was his wife.The ancient greeks and sicilians believed that he had his abode and his forge under the volcano Etna and that the eruptions were the proof of his mighty work.In this shot the mount Etna is captured above a blanket of clouds surrounded by the Earth's shadow and the Venus (Aphrodite) belt.It is a magical moment when the two lovers are going to meet each other!

Dario

PS: high quality image available

[cfm2004]

Tecnosky AG70/350
QSI583ws
RGB: 15x60" for each filters

Cristina Cellini

[Sandgirl]

Orion in northern Argentina
Copyrights: Jorgelina Alvarez

Solar Eclipse 2016
Copyrights: Philippe Jacquot

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Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Peto Bucek

Vela Supernova
Copyrights: Harel Boren

NGC5128 - Centaurus A
Copyrights: Harel Boren

Milky Way from Lastovo island, Croatia
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik

IC 443 Supernova Remnant
Copyrights: Lóránd Fényes

NGC 7714
Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana

M82
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde

M101
Credits and copyrights: Data: NAOJ / NASA / ESA; Assembly and Processing: Roberto Colombari

Gegenschein Against the Winter Sky
Copyrights: Miguel Claro

The Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Sebastiano Recupero

Waiting for the Moonlight
Copyrights: Peter Šároši

NGC2805
Copyrights: Ian G

Milky Way Core, Eagle, Swan, Trifid & Lagoon Nebulae
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn

IC 2167-69 and NGC 2245-2247
Copyrights: Jonathan Talbot

Aurora
Copyrights: Olivier Gatien

Deep penumbral eclipse
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Feb 10-11, 2017
Copyrights: Ulrich Beinert

Milky Way over the way Home
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez

[Sandgirl]

Eclipse rising over the Cocoa Beach Pier
Copyrights: Bill Jelen

Penumbral eclipse February 11th, 2017
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

Penumbral lunar eclipse
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej

Winter hexagon
Copyrights: Georg Zeitler

Horsehead Nebula
Copyrights: Steve and Lis Milne and Olly Penrice

The Witch Head
Copyrights: Sebastiano Recupero

Lunar Eclipse Penumbral - February 11, 2017
Copyrights: Valmir M. de Morais

Comet 45P
Copyrights: Alessio Vaccaro

Full Moon at sunset
Copyrights: Bernardo Herrera Alonso

Hyades open star cluster and Aldebaran
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt

NGC6822
Copyrights: Franz Hofmann and Wolfgang Paech

NGC246
Copyrights: Franz Hofmann and Wolfgang Paech

Suncrosser airplane
Copyrights: Zoltán Apagyi

An Infrared Heart-Shaped Nebula
Copyrights: Melvin Hoare

Moon conjunct Venus from Italy
Copyrights: Antonio Piazzolla

The GRS 2003-16
Copyrights: Damian Peach

A Meteor crossing M31 Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Guillaume Doyen

Antennae Galaxies
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: José Francisco del Aguila del Aguila

Love under Venus
Copyrights: Hower Gee

IC410 and NGC1893
Copyrights: Philippe Laurent

Horse Head and Witch Head
Copyrights: Pierre Fauchet

NGC1300
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: José Francisco del Aguila del Aguila

[Rothkko]

uranus, left, and mars among the trees of a park

mérida, spain. 2017-02-26, 20:32

[Sandgirl]

NGC2403
Copyrights: Bernard Miller

The Edge of Darkness
Copyrights: György Soponyai

Three in one
Copyrights: Tana Hojcova

Messier 10
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Open Cluster NGC2264
Copyrights: Dan Meek

Relativity
Copyrights: Peter Buček

Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Manjeet Singh

Perseid "hits" GTC
Copyrights: Markus Kleinle

PSC's lit up by Moon
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

IC405 - Flaming Star Nebula
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall

Vela SNR Mosaic
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez

The Moon in deep sky
Copyrights: Cheng Luo

Our home planet
Copyrights: Dilyar Barat

How small we are
Copyrights: Rion Smith

Heart and Soul
Copyrights: George Kylafis

Lunar Eclipse from France
Copyrights: Bertrand Kulik

Comet 73P/S-W on Feb 13th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach

The Orion Nebula and the Running Man Nebula
Copyrights: Henrique Silva

[aldomottino]

Partial solar eclipse registered on February 26, 2017, from Rosario, Argentina.
Copyright: Aldo Mottino

[ernesto]

Sombrero Galaxy
Info and high resolution images http://www.luceslejanas.com/galeria/gal ... 04_en.html
Copyright: Ernesto Luppino

Click to view full size image

[sebagr]

Feb 26th annular eclipse, as seen from Musters Lake, Chubut, Argentina.

It's a composition in which lunar mountain ranges can be seen forming that effect "contacting" the Solar limb when entering/exiting the annular phase.

The light effect around the Sun is lens diffraction caused by the extreme f/64 aperture used to darken the Sun as much as possible without filters.

https://dso-browser.com/picture/view/15286/by-sebagr

[KuriousGeorge]

Copyright KG Observatory.

NGC 4151 is an intermediate spiral Seyfert galaxy with weak inner ring structure located 19 megaparsecs (62 million light-years) from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy was first mentioned by William Herschel on March 17, 1787. It is one of the nearest galaxies to Earth to contain an actively growing supermassive black hole. It was speculated that the nucleus may host a binary black hole, with about 40 million and about 10 million solar masses respectively, orbiting with a 15.8-year period. This is, however, still a matter of active debate.

Some astronomers nickname it the "Eye of Sauron" from its appearance.

Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Imaging camera: QSI 660 WSG
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Focal reducer: Celestron 0.7X
Software: PixInsight 1.8, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image V7, Sequence Generator Pro, Maxim DL6, Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Filters: Astrodon 1.25" R, Astrodon 1.25" B, Astrodon 1.25" G, Astrodon 1.25" L, Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha
Accessories: Innovations Foresight ONAG SC, Optec FocusLock, Starizona MicroTouch Autofocuser
Resolution: 1604x1184
Dates: Jan. 30, 2017, Feb. 13, 2017, Feb. 23, 2017, Feb. 24, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha: 22x600" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" B: 90x120" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" G: 30x120" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" L: 291x120" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" R: 29x120" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 18.3 hours
Darks: ~20
Flats: ~80
Flat darks: ~80
Bias: ~20
Avg. Moon age: 17.89 days
Avg. Moon phase: 30.37%
Mean SQM: 19.75
RA center: 182.639 degrees
DEC center: 39.406 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.643 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 88.734 degrees
Field radius: 0.178 degrees
Locations: Home, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

[icarus74]

ISS - Tribute to Thomas Pesquet

Passage of the ISS with Thomas Pesquet over Lake Annecy on Monday, January 16, 2017. The Moon illuminates the winter décor during the morning flyover of the French astronaut, and despite the passage of wind-driven clouds, the ISS was quite visible. I set up camp at the belvedere of the Roc de Chère de Talloires, facing the small Annecy lake. The ISS passed perpendicular to the planet Jupiter, visible on the right, before passing behind the horizon in the constellation of Scorpio.

Copyright: Philippe JACQUOT Photography
http://www.philippejacquotphotography.fr/en
https://www.facebook.com/PhilippeJacquo ... otography/
http://www.philippejacquotphotography.f ... c037273521

Click to view full size image

[ManuelJ]

M51
http://www.manuelj.com
Copyright: Manuel Jimenez
M 51 by ManuelJ, on Flickr

[Josh Smith]

NGC 2170 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

[astrometbcn]

IC 410 The Tadpoles

Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez Priego

https://flic.kr/p/Sjr4jD

https://www.facebook.com/jose.jimenezjj
https://twitter.com/JJastromet

[Sternfreund]

Waxing crescent moon - 1.4% illuminated
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal

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1 image for the foreground and 1 for the sky.
Done with Canon EOS6D and Canon EF 75-300 III USM.

full resolution can be found here:
http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/5 ... ermark.jpg

[kokehtz]

The Leo Triplet
Copyright: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: https://www.facebook.com/AIP.Astrophotography/

Full resolution:
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3702/3233 ... 4b60_o.png

Cheers,
Alvaro.

Click to view full size image

[Sandgirl]

Swinging on a galaxy
Copyrights: Jesús Carmona and Miguel Sánchez

California Nebula - A State In Space
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

IC 434 HorseHead Dark Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

M45 Pleiades
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

Penumbral Ecplise 10.02.2017
Copyrights: Carlos Di Nallo

Reflection of the Sun on the clouds
Copyrights: Abe Schwartz

IC348
Copyrights: Günter Kerschhuber

Lunar halo above La Silla observatory
Copyrights: Yuri Beletsky

Pleiades trail
Copyrights: Dani Caxete

Thor's helmet nebula
Copyrights: Emmanuel Delgadillo

M12 - The NGC 6218 Globular Cluster
Copyrights: Ruben Barbosa

M1 - The Crab Nebula
Copyrights: Ruben Barbosa

NGC7685 - The Bubble Nebula
Copyrights: Ruben Barbosa

Moon, Venus and Mars from Valladolid
Copyrights: Francisco José Sevilla

Cradle of stars NGC1333
Copyrights: László Bagi

The Aurora and Zodiacal Light over Australia
Copyrights: Jingyi Zhang

Night sky above El Leoncito National Park, San Juan, Argentina
Copyrights: Roberto Antonio Cristian López

Moonrise on Hármashatár-hegy
Copyrights: György Soponyai

Comet 73P breakup
Copyrights:José J. Chambó

Pleiades and Hyades
Copyrights: Srikanth Boga

Clouds of Cygnus
Credits and Copyrights: Data: 20" RC, FSQ-106, DSS, BYU; Processing: Robert Gendler
More info: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Cygnus-New.html

M74 - The perfect spiral
Credits and Copyrights: Data: NAOJ / NASA / ESO; Processing: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/283866/0/? ... real=&mod=

Turning sky throughout the ages
Copyrights: Emmanuel Beaudoin

ISS by day and night
Copyrights: David Duarte

IC434 and B33 nebulae
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti

Comet 2P/Encke on Feb 16th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach

[carlosdn]

Partial eclipse of the sun from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Click to view full size image

© Carlos Di Nallo
http://carlosdn-alfacentauri.blogspot.com.ar/

[Rothkko]

mars and uranus
mars, the more brilliant, and to her left uranus, among the trees of a park

mars up, uranus below in center

mérida, spain 2017-02-26 and 28

[Sandgirl]

M31
Copyrights: Gilbert Ikezaki

Saturn in Infrared
Copyrights: Maksim Kakitsev

Southern Cross and Gas Emission
Copyrights: Steven Morris

M12
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

M67
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

The Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49)
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz

Shadow cast by the Venus
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall

Monument Valley eclipse
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel

Pangong Reflections
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar

M42 and NGC 1977
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt

North of North
Copyrights: Rich Richins

Orion
Copyrights: Steven Bellavia

HH-666
Copyrights: Domingo Pestana

Love is in the sky
Copyrights: Göran Strand

Transit of ISS in front of the sun from Barcelona. 2017/02/17
Copyrights: Alfredo Miguel

Milkyway
Copyrights: Francisco Sojuel

Rosette nebula
Copyrights: George Stathakopoulos

M42
Copyrights: Lloyd Smith

NGC 2903
Copyrights: Lloyd Smith

Eta Carinae Nebula
Copyrights: David Rolfe

Comet 45P today from NM near two galaxies
Copyrights: Rolando Ligustri

[Sandgirl]

Stars vs Flight trails
Copyrights: Srikanth Boga

NGC2244 - The Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Henrique Silva

Jupiter images (February 18th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Pacific Sunset
Copyrights: Greg Redfern

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from LC-39A
Copyrights: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

Comet 45P sails in the dark
Copyrights: José J. Chambó

M31
Copyrights: Antoine Grelin

Moon Phases Panorama over Las Vegas
Copyrights: Antoine Grelin

M45
Copyrights: Antoine Grelin

M42 vs M57
Copyrights: Antoine Grelin

M95 Group
Copyrights: Antoine Grelin

Brücke von Andau
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik

Venus
Copyrights: Vasilis Misirlis

Comet 45P
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

Mirrored aurora
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

M33 (Triangulum Galaxy)
Copyrights: Jared David Hamilton

SpaceX Falcon 9
Copyrights: Mary Ellen Jelen

Saturn's Rings in Mid-Infrared: Bright Cassini Division
Credits and Copyrights: NAOJ; Processing: Hideaki Fujiwara

Nightside of Venus in infrared
Copyrights: Marco Guidi

[Kapkowski]

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakowa taken 25.02.2017 at 23:00CET

Optics: TEC ADL 300
Camera: SBIG 16803
Mount: ASA DDM 85 . Comet tracking mudule used.
L: 12x300, RGB: 10x120 secs.
Location: Soprabolzano
Credits: Maciej Harasimowicz, Maciej Kapkowski