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Geminids
Copyright: Paolo Demaria, Ass. Astrofili Bisalta



Geminids, night of maximum from IMTN station of Cuneo, Italy.

Sharpless 2-308
Copyright: Jeff Husted Click here to view larger image and image info at my website: http://www.crabnebula.us/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnusloop/
Location: Tehachapi, California.
Equipment: Televue NP127is at f4.1; Atik 383L+; Atlas EQ-G. Astrodon 3nm OIII(6hrs),SII(1hr),Ha(5hrs) filters
Processing: Images Plus; AIP4WIN; Registar; PS Elements.
Thanks for looking.

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• Date of observation: 13th / 14th of December 2013
  Location: "Tauernwindpark Oberzeiring", 1900m above sea level, Styria / Austria / Europe; link: http://www.tauernwind.com/aktuell/tauern_awebcam.htm
  Duration of my observation: from 5pm (13-12-2013) to 5am (14-12-2014).
  I exposured approx. 1500 images (focal length: 14mm) and used finally 52 images with geminid meteors to create the fine attached image.
  The bright moon was a challenge.

Hey Erich, looks like you are trying to post images directly from your hard drive. Have a look at this thread: http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=22034
Register a username with the forum and then I can set you up to attach files to the forum so we can see them.

Hello friends, this´s my last job

Comet Lovejoy (C2013 R1) - Fri 13th Dec 2013 @ 3:57 - 5:14 UT
http://astrofotky.cz/~Konihlav/
Copyright: Pavel Pech

Geminids 2013
Copyright: Erich Meyer

Orion Constellation

Here you can see the Orion Constellation that I made a 1500 mts height near the town of Àger-Lérida-Spain. The mountain name is Coll d'Ares in the Pre-Pirineus between Spain and France. The weather conditions was perfect, with a good seeing even the Moon was at 33% light, finally I could take after the moonset.

Place: Coll d'Ares-Lleida
Date: 09/12/2013
Mount: Astrotrac
Optics: Tamron 90 mm ​​f / 2.8 ->closed at f / 4
Camera: Canon 5D MarkII mod
Exposures: 15 x 120 seg ISO 1000 + 15 Darks + Master flats and Bias.
Software: PixInsight 1.8

Copyright: Luis Romero
Crop image:
Best Regards
Luis Romero.
http://www.lurosan.com

Jupiter on December 13 at 01:01UTC


(full size: http://www.astrokraai.nl/dump/20131213_ ... kamp_3.jpg)

Imaged with a 16" Dobson telescope, Baader RGB filters, and an ASI120MM camera under good seeing conditions from Ruinerwold, the Netherlands.

(c) Emil Kraaikamp ( http://www.astrokraai.nl )

Flaming Star Nebula, IC405
Copyright : Massimo Tosco

http://www.massimotosco.it/IC405_CCD.html

http://www.astroimagem.com/Espectrograf ... ectrum.jpg

Nova Centauri Prism Objective Spectra Dec 16 , 2013

Moving Clouds over the Moon
URL of website, if any
Copyright: Dario Giannobile Clouds allowed me to shut for 3.2 sec without over-exposing the moon!!

Oh, the Places We’ve Been: 21 Spacecraft Trajectories
http://www.wthr.us/
Copyright: Kevin M. Gill Full Article & Information: http://www.wthr.us/2013/12/16/oh-the-pl ... weve-been/

NGC1961
Copyright : Leonardo Orazi
http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC1961.htm

"The Dust Bowler" - VdB7-8-9
Copyright : Leonardo Orazi
http://www.starkeeper.it/DustBowler.htm

8 Hours on M45
Copyright : Fabrizio Francione

http://www.astrophoto.it/globularopenclu1/page1.html

NGC 7497 and dust
By: Samuel Díaz Lopez and Salvatore Iovene


NGC 2634, NGC 2634 and wisps of IFN
By: Samuel Díaz Lopez and Salvatore Iovene

Nova Centaurin (left from Beta Centauri)
Copyrights: Constantino Baikouzis Falling snow (left) vs Galaxies (right)
Copyrights: Dr. Michael J. West Orion Snowfall
Copyrights: Jerry Lodriguss The Horsehead Nebula Complex
Copyrights: John Chumack Witch Head Nebula
Copyrights: Bob Franke

Tarantula and Ghost Head Nebulae
Copyrights: Harel Boren M42
Copyrights: Pablo Canedo Milky Way vs Light Pollution
Copyrights: J.J. Losada Cr 399 - The Coat Hanger / Brocchi's Cluster
Copyrights: Anthony Ayiomamitis LDN 1551
Copyrights: Processing - Robert Gendler; Original data: Subaru Telescope (NAOJ) NGC 869/884 - Perseus Double Cluster
Copyrights: Anthony Ayiomamitis

Helix nebula
Copyrights: Rick Stevenson

IC410 Nebula & NGC 1893 in Auriga

Narrow Band - Mapped Colour image of the dusty-emission nebula IC410 in Auriga along with its two "tadpoles". The nebula is surroundings the young galactic cluster NGC 1893.

Authors: M.Angelini - F.Antonucci ADARA Astrobrallo

http://www.astrobrallo.com Full Resolution: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1387366316
Image Details: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... -410-Marco

Jupiter, Moon Callisto and its shadow on December 18th, 04:55ut, 05:31ut. Now within weeks from opposition.

NGC 7497 and IFN
Large version: http://www.astrobin.com/full/68813/0/
By: Samuel Díaz López and Salvatore Iovene

The eye of Perseo
Large version : http://afesan.es/Deepspace/vdB%2018%2CL ... eus%29.jpg

As Greek mythology told us: ....: "So it is that Perseus found the cave of the three Graeae women. The Graeae shared a single eye for all three of them which they constantly fought over..:". Perseus took it.

vdB 18 seems to be a deep , fix eye ,looking impassive....

Sidney van den Bergh's comprehensive catalog of galactic reflection nebulae, published in 1966, contains 158 entries representing nebulosity around BD- and CD-type stars north of -33d and as identified in both red and blue Palomar Sky Survey prints. These entries represent diffuse reflection nebulae which are illuminated by one or more background stars and, in other instances, by the integrated light of the Milky Way.vdB 18 is catalogued as Type II (star outside the nebulosity) and Surface brightness F (Faint). This nebula is rarely imaged (I can´t find any image.. just some widefield ones)..and never detailed.The central star is V496 Per -- Variable Star of alpha2 CVn type. The nebula is surrounded by dust ... dust everywhere from the Lynds Dark nebula LDN 1434 and Lynd´s Bright nebulas LBN 720 and 721.A dozen of galaxies emerge between dust.