Starship Asterisk*

Mount Gongga (Minya Konka)
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Milky Way Galaxy
Copyrights: Jeff Dai NGC6960, the Lacework Nebula (remastered)
Copyrights: Ryan M. Hannahoe in collaboration with Salvatore Grasso More about and larger version can be found here: http://ryanhannahoe.nmskies.com/?p=643

Centre of the Milky way
Copyrights: Stefano Palmieri

Massive star formation
Copyrights: David A. Hardy
Image prepared for press release by Manchester University More about the topic can be found here: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1331/

Copyright: Rolando Ligustri

The comets, these beautiful objects in our solar system, are often encountered with
other objects in the sky, in this case, the comet C/2012 F6 Lemmon has met with the
open cluster M52 and the Bubble nebula

http://www.astrobin.com/47965/

IRIS NEBULA NGC7023
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/703/e8h6.jpg/
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http://astrob.in/47992/B/

A Three Panel Mosaic of M27 "The Dumbbell Nebula" far right and the star (tag) HD 189733 with its exoplanet is at far left on July 13th, 05:11ut. The Exoplanet HD 189733b is slightly larger compare to Jupiter and orbits its star HD 189733 that is 63 light years distance from us in the constellation Vulpecula. On the recent data on HD189733b its surface temperature is over 1000 C / 1800 F degrees with winds of over 7,000km/hr / 4,350 mph its atmosphere is of a deep blue color and is produced by silicate droplets, which scatter blue light. (Equip: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F6.8, CGE mount, ST402me Ccd, Astronomik Ha,LRGB filter set.)

IC 1396 Region

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http://s18.postimg.org/pvzvj85w9/ast.jpg

Full res and data (refresh if doesn't appear)

http://www.astrophoto.it/nebulae1/page1.html

Best Regards

Fabrizio

M27 Dumbbell HST version
More of this International collaboration
Copyright: Terry Hancock, Fred Herrmann, André van der Hoeven
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... /lightbox/

Storm and Farm - A small storm blows up in central South Dakota. It produced constant lightning for an hour, then weakened. Frame from timelapse. 5D3 and Rokinon 35mm. IS0 1600 10 sec. F2
http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse
http://www.dakotalapse.com/

Centaurus-A (NGC5128) with DSLR - 60Da and CPC925.
01 Jul 2013
Higher res:
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard

RCW120
http://cosmicphotos.com
Copyright: Jason Jennings Larger version available on website - thanks.

Raincloud over Kansas
http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/home.htm
Copyright Pieter Vandevelde

This raincloud developed in the area of St. Francis Kansas within half an hour. It was the first rain to fall in ages over
that part of Kansas.




Higher resolution:
http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandeve ... _small.jpg

Best regards,
Pieter

Last week the typical British summertime cloud broke, and the Milky Way was gloriously visible!





http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathanminto/

The Fireworks Galaxy:
Copyright Joshua Bury
http://www.astrobin.com/48146/

IC4603, IC4604
http://www.astromarcin.pl
Copyright: Marcin Paciorek

Namibia, Tivoli - FSQ/ST8300 - RGB
http://www.astromarcin.pl/images/nebula ... 3_2200.jpg

The Cygnus Wall in NGC 7000
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

S. Anna di Vinadio, Cuneo, Italy


Full resolution and technical specifications:
http://www.astrobin.com/48139/D/?mod=
Thanks to Leonardo Orazi for his last elaboration.

The joy of astronomy!

Under the pristine dark skies of Mt Grammos Greece, amateur astronomers from all around the country, gathered to enjoy the splendors of the night sky. I was lucky enough to make this image of gamma Cygni with the proper name Sadr and its neighborhood hydrogen nebula. Its so nice to have more that 350 observers of the night sky in one of the most remote places and share with them the magnificent views of astronomical objects which seem to be closer in such good conditions!

The image was made with a Takahashi FSQ106 and a SBIG STF8300 CCD camera mounted on a Super Polaris DX german equatorial mount.

The Cygnus Wall, part of NGC7000
http://stefanofocosi.altervista.org/The ... _2013.html
Copyright: Stefano Focosi

NGC 7380: Conjuring the Wizard Nebula in Cepheus For a full resolution version please click here.
This is my first-ever all-narrowband image, shot through Ha, SII, and OIII filters. The raw frames were taken over 7 nights between August 25 and September 2 2012. I finally did the image processing over the past few weeks, and after first trying to work with the Hubble palette, I adopted another common palette that I think produces a more natural result in this case, taking SII as red, Ha as orange, and OIII as light blue. More precisely, I mapped the colors using the linear combinations Red=0.8*SII+0.2*Ha, Green=0.2*Ha+0.8*OIII, and Blue=OIII, while desaturating the stars as much as possible. Here are a few more details, and thanks for looking .
Telescope: CDK17 on a Paramount ME; Camera: Apogee U16M with Astrodon 3nm bandpass filters; Image capture: ACP controlling The SkyX, MaxIm DL, and Focusmax; Off-axis guiding: Astrodon MOAG and Starlight Xpress Lodestar camera; Image processing: PixInsight and CCDInspector; Exposures: 15+ hours total, Ha=340 mins (1X1 binning), SII=320 mins (2X2), OIII=260 mins (2X2), Subs=20mins.

Hourglass nebula inside IC1318
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm


Tech details and mouse over with H-alpha: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d149.htm
Hires color: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d149m.jpg
Hires bw: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d149ha.jpg

Between Cassiopeia and Perseus
WebSite: http://www.skymonsters.net
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

High-res version: http://skymonsters.net/hr_immagine.php? ... iopea2.jpg

M8 Lagoon Nebula
http://www.joerenzetti.com
Copyright: Joe Renzetti

The eyes of spiders and stars
Copyrights: Dani Caxete
Sometimes in our nighttime observations, to illuminate the field with the flashlight, we have seen little lights to shine like stars. You have to try to approach off suddenly.
This is due to reflection of the eyes of the spiders and their effect retroreflector which reflects light regardless of the angle of incidence.
On Saturday, I was able to photograph a Lycosidae swamp beside the Tower of Abraham (Toledo, Spain). Background summer sky and the center of the Milky Way. Crescent Nebula
Copyrights: Salvatore Spinoso The Comet Lemmon loses its gas tail
Copyrights: José J. Chambó

Yellowstone at Night - Milky Way arch over Old Faithful
Copyrights: Wally Pacholka Venus and the Sun
Copyrights: Amin Rabinia Comet Lemmon,Open Cluster M52,Bubble Nebula(NGC 7653) & NGC 7538 in Cassiopeia region
Copyrights: Mohammad Nowroozi (Elephant's Trunk Nebula (VDB 142) in Cepheus
Copyrights: Laurent Huet Rho Ophiuchi area
Copyrights: Albert Barr

NGC 6559 and some of the surrounding dark lanes in Sagittarius
Copyrights: Bryan Cogdell Milky Way Galaxy
Copyrights: Jonathan Minto LDN 588 in Serpens
Copyrights: Mark Elvov Comet Lemmon - July 13th
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Coup de Foudre / Reunion Island
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Copyright: Luc Perrot