Starship Asterisk*

NGC 7497 and the IFN
http://astrohack.net/Images/NGC7497.htm
Copyright: Brandt Schram

NGC 6357 (War and Peace Nebula)
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC6357.html
Copyright: Emil Ivanov For bigger image, please click here

VdB 136
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/VdB136.html
Copyright: Emil Ivanov For bigger image please click here

M31 Andromeda Galaxy

M31 Andromeda Galaxy - September 12, 2012
Stellarvue SVR105, QSI 583wsg CCD
4.5 Hours LRGB (90:60:60:60) w/10 & 5 Minute Subframes

http://www.astrophotogallery.org/u578-tobril.html
Copyright: Brian Davis

The Lagoon & Trifid Nebulae
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... hotostream
Copyright: Terry Hancock Shot over 10 nights from my backyard observatory in Fremont MI, using a small 4 inch refractor and monochrome CCD with Red, Green, Blue, Luminance and H-Alpha filters. This target for me is only 22 degrees above my horizon at it's peak making imaging this target fairly difficult and limiting my exposure times to under 2 hours each "clear" night of shooting. Total Exposure time 7.5 hours.

Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
http://www.astrophoto.de/bestof/pics/en ... b.html#pic
Copyright: Sebastian Voltmer
[attachment=5]IC1396_SII-Ha-OIII.jpg[/attachment]

Jupiter and Io
Copyright: Alessandro Bianconi
[attachment=4]JUP-SPECULARI.jpg[/attachment]

Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2012 QG42
http://www.virtualtelescope.eu/2012/09/ ... abilities/
Copyright: Gianluca Masi
[attachment=3]asteroid.jpg[/attachment]

LBN 534: Interstellar dust in Andromeda and Cassiopeia
http://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=o ... 492714.jpg
Copyright: Ondřej Kozáčik
[attachment=2]LBN534_Kozacik.jpg[/attachment]

VdB 152: Reflection nebula in Cepheus
http://www.irvingtonobservatory.com/wp- ... db-152.jpg
Copyright: Robert Fields
[attachment=1]vdB 152_Fields.jpg[/attachment]

Ghost Town and Milky Way
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dreismanlv ... /lightbox/
Copyright: David Reisman
[attachment=0]Rhyolite_Reisman.jpg[/attachment]

Iris and the Scorpion

This is a three panel mosaic stretching from NGC 7023 (Iris Nebula) to LDN 1148 in the constellation Cepheus. I captured this field over two nights at the Okie-Tex star party near Kenton, OK on Sept 10-11, 2012. The wind became a bit of a challenge, but the dry, dark skies there are wonderful!

[attachment=0]iris_pearson.jpg[/attachment]
http://davidpearson-photo.smugmug.com/A ... nal-X3.jpg

(c) David Pearson - 2012

OO27MR0129005000E1 DXXX
This image was taken by Mastcam: Left (MAST_LEFT) onboard NASA's Mars rover Curiosity on Sol 27
Taken utc 2012 -09-02 19:38:17
Released utc 2012-09-11 12:14:39
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science Systems
processing color by AlfaCentaury
http://www.flickr.com/photos/httpwwwfli ... 982857595/

Via Láctea Arc in Alentejo
http://astroarte.astrosurf.com/ViaLacte ... as-net.jpg
Copyright: Miguel Claro
[attachment=5]ViaLactea2012-Elvas-net.jpg[/attachment]

M78: Diffuse reflection nebula in Orion
http://astro.ihermans.com/nebulae/M78/
Copyright: Jeff Herman
[attachment=4]M78_herman.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 6952: Barred spiral galaxy in Cepheus
http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/?page_id=3106
Copyright: Bill Snyder
[attachment=3]20120819_NGC6952_CCDStack1_LRGB-120min_ORG-PS1--V5--APOD .jpg[/attachment]

Stephan's Quintet in Pegasus
http://c2pu.oca.eu/IMG/image/C2PU_Quintet.jpg
Copyright: Centre for Pedagogy: Planet and Universe
[attachment=2]C2PUQuintet.jpg[/attachment]

September 11 moon
http://maximusphotography.wordpress.com ... brie-2012/
Copyright: Maximilian Teodorescu
[attachment=1]Large Moon mosaic.jpg[/attachment]

One-hand world
Copyright: Francis Audet
[attachment=0]A Child holding a World 1.jpg[/attachment]

Andromeda HD
http://www.pleiades.hu/en/index.php
Copyright: Lóránd Fényes HD version:
http://www.pleiades.hu/en/galeria/kozmo ... mal/41.jpg

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7331, type Sb, in Pegasus

http://www.elateobservatory.com

Copyright: Velimir Popov
Large scale and more information is avaliable here ...

Thank you for looking

Sharpless 2-86
http://www.astroimages.de
Copyright: Siggi Kohlert
Higher Res at http://www.astroimages.de/en/gallery/SH2-86.html

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Siggi

Elephant's Trunk Nebula IC 1396 Hubble Palette
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... hotostream
copyright: Terry Hancock

"Beam Me Up"

Dark skies + long exposure + head torch on a string = fun under the stars.
Single 30 second exposure

Setting Sun and London Eye
http://www.ianvisits.co.uk
Copyright: Ian Mansfield

The 6th June Venus transit as seen from Uppsala, Sweden. Better late than never! Copyright : Alexis Lavail / Uppsala Universitet

Here is Jupiter on the morning of Sept. 13, 2012 as one of its more recently developed anti-cyclones, Oval BA (often referred to as "Red Spot, Jr."), is transiting past the atypically pale, faded GRS ("Great Red Spot") as it does approximately every 2 years. Jupiter's Equatorial Band is also showing an interesting band of color that has been absent for a number of years; and after nearly disappearing last year, the Norther Equatorial Band has returned and grown in a manner that has not been seen for nearly 100 years.



Click Here for Full Size

Regards,

Wayne

Helix Nebula in Visible Light

http://www.pampaskies.com

Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo

fullres: http://www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/var/ ... -hires.JPG

Taken with a 130mm apo and a DSLR, from rural skies.
Thanks for looking,
Ignacio

http://upload.pbase.com/gregbradley/ima ... 0/original 24 image 360 degree mosaic of the Milky Way taken at a dark site in NSW Australia.

There is also some zodiacal light streaming up from the set sun below the horizon and you can see the Large and Small Magellanic clouds.

Greg.

Teapot and the centre of the Milky Way (+ M8, M20 etc etc)
with Canon 60DA and 18-200mm lens ..

Parhelic Circle
Copyright: Matt Silberglitt
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/cu3vz68i3ej8 ... Circle.jpg A colorless ring in the cirrus ice, visible over Martinez, CA on September 16, 2012. In the picture, you can see a more common 22 degree halo on the top left, and part of the parhelic circle across the bottom. (http://bit.ly/UdxhVr)

Milky Way over Moab
Copyright: Tyler Brower
[attachment=5]MilkyWay1_Brower.jpg[/attachment]

Juno rocket contrail iridescence
Copyright: Case Griffing
[attachment=3]20120913 - MOCA Cloud Luminescence - 01r.jpg[/attachment]

Pythagoras crater
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=4]PythagorasCraters091112ChumackLRweb.jpg[/attachment]

ISS and Moon day over Madrid
http://www.danikxt.com.es/fotografia/inicio.html
Copyright: Dani Caxete
[attachment=2]ISS Luna diurna 12-9-12.jpg[/attachment]

Moon, Jupiter, Juno contrail
Copyright: Kathleen Stigmon
[attachment=1]DSC_2135.jpg[/attachment]

40 Meter Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Copyright: John A Castillo
[attachment=0]OVRO-062212-John-Castillo-900px.jpg[/attachment]

Here is the annotated version Full resolution at http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3
Full resolution annotated version http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X2

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Lynn

My first decent image of M31


M31 Andromeda TAM 16 Sep 12 by che2525, on Flickr

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?a2ivzt07my6ssa7

Galaxlux wrote:

Copyright: Mario Cogo

Picture taken from the Stellisee lake with the Matterhorn (swiss alps), star trails, perseids and the lights emitted by the climbers headlamps who attempt the climb to the summit.
About 4,5 hours on the night of August 10 (2012), the image is a composite of 350 consecutive 45-sec exposures, looking toward S-W with last quarter moon.
Canon EOS 60D, EF-S 10-22 mm f/3,5-4,5 USM (10 mm f/3,5)