Starship Asterisk*

Moon and Mars from Normandy
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat Cone, Fox-Fur and Christmas Tree / NGC 2264
Copyrights: Harel Boren Extreme Power of Black Hole Revealed
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Stanford/J.Hlavacek-Larrondo et al, Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/M.Postman & CLASH team
More about: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/rxj1532/index.html Rosette Nebula - 100 hour composite mosaic
Copyrights: Mike Wiles Lunar Corona and Mars
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Rare Brown Dwarf Discover
CREDIT: CREPP ET AL. 2014, APJ
An article: http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/e ... t_research

NGC 2237, the Rosette nebula in HST palette

http://bastienfoucher.smugmug.com/
https://www.facebook.com/BastienFoucher ... tographies

Copyright: Bastien Foucher
A higher resolution picture is here : http://bastienfoucher.smugmug.com/Astro ... &k=6hm3fXp

Lightpollution on Roque de los Muchachos
Copyrights: Björn Hamann
Larger size: https://www.360cities.net/image/red-and ... 5.30,110.0 Winter gems over China
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Jupiter shining with Orion in Los Andenes
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Atlas-V Rocket Blazes Fiery Streak through star trails
Photo Credit: http://www.MikeKillianPhotography.com / AmericaSpace.com Shell Galaxy NGC 1344
Copyrights: Don Goldman, Ph.D. "Astrodon"
Larger size: http://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/disp ... ?imgID=268 Pleiades with DSLR and 80/480
Copyrights: Paolo Demaria NGC 5101, NGC 5708 and IC879
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
Larger size: http://www.martinpughastrophotography.i ... _IC879.JPG IC 447 Neighborhood
Copyrights: Rogelio
Larger size: http://deepskycolors.com/astro/2013/12/ ... _IC447.jpg

un mes de color 4/11 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 38#p220138

Shadow of Callisto on Jupiter
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar First Weather Map of Brown Dwarf
Credit: ESO/I. Crossfield
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1404/ Jupiter triple shadow (cast by Europa, Callisto and Io)
Copyrights: Petrus Lupus IC 2087 and Barnard 22
Copyrights: Albert Barr River of Hydrogen Flowing through Space Seen with Green Bank Telescope
Credit: D.J. Pisano (WVU); B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); Palomar Observatory – Space Telescope Science Institute 2nd Digital Sky Survey (Caltech); Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope
An article: https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressrelea ... f-hydrogen Big Dipper, Clouds, Peak and Auroras
Copyrights: Stephane Vetter IC 434 Hoursehead Nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González

A Bright Meteor in Caldera de Taburiente
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Venus - Moon conjunction
Copyrights: Shahrin Ahmad Witches Broom
Copyrights: Bill Snyder A Road to Big Dipper
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Possible Supernova in M99 galaxy
Copyrights: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Martino Nicolini AR1967
Copyrights: Chander Devgun

Astronomical Sunset.
(Only one star).
César Cantú

A spectacular lunar halo cutting through Orion's belt, Jupiter is visible too.
From 09.02.2013 from Sf Gheorghe Romania

Larger pictures for the Lunar halo posted by me a few minutes ago:
http://www.astrobin.com/77739/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/csmisi/124 ... otostream/

Title of image

IC 2118 (also known as Witch Head Nebula due to its shape), is an extremely faint reflection nebula believed to be an ancient supernova remnant or gas cloud illuminated by nearby supergiant star Rigel in Orion.

It lies in the Eridanus constellation, about 900 light-years from Earth. The nature of the dust particles, reflecting blue light better than red, is a factor in giving the Witch Head its blue color. Radio observations show substantial carbon monoxide emission throughout parts of IC 2118 an indicator of the presence of molecular clouds and star formation in the nebula. In fact candidates for pre-main sequence stars and some classic T-Tauri stars have been found deep within the nebula.

The molecular clouds of IC 2118 are probably juxtaposed to the outer boundaries of the vast Orion-Eridanus bubble, a giant supershell of molecular hydrogen blown by the high mass stars of the Orion OB1 association. As the supershell expands into the interstellar medium, favorable circumstances for star formation occur. IC 2118 is located in one such area.The wind blown appearance and cometary shape of the bright reflection nebula is highly suggestive of a strong association with the high mass luminous stars of Orion OB1.

The fact that the heads of the cometary clouds of IC2118 point northeast towards the association is strong support of that relationship.


Rigel & the IC2118 The Witch Head Nebula.

Exposure Details (Mosaic of two photos with the same conditions).

Location: Àger-Lleida
Date : Gener 03, 2014
Time: 01:00 am -- 4:30 am

Mount: Astrotrac
Lens: Sigma 300 f/2.8 (closed at f/3.5)
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II mod.
Filter: without filter.
Guiding: without guiding.

Exposure Lghts: 30 x 160 sec ISO 1000
Exposure Darks: 30 x 160 sec ISO 1000
Exposure Flats: 30 x 160 sec "AV" ISO 1000.
Exposure Bias: 100 x 1/8000 ISO 1000.

Temperature: -1.4 // -4 Cº
SQM Reading: 21.50 mag/arcseg2
Seeing: 4/5
Software used: Pixinsight 1.8.0.1.1087
Best Regards.
http://www.astrosirius.org
Copyright: Lluis Romero Ventura

LBN 552
Copyright: Luca Moretti

Auriga
Website: http://www.skymonsters.net
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

Waning Crescent Moon & Venus
Copyrights: John Chumack Antares clouds - more saturated version
Copyrights: Fényes Lóránd Rare rainbow pileus cloud observed from Mutare, Zimbabwe
Copyrights: Peter Lowenstein M42
Copyrights: Jacob Bers
Large size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/75647/0/ Aurora, skyglow, and the gegenschein at Okie-Tex 2013
Copyrights: Mike Lockwood Eta Carinae
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Large size: http://imageshack.com/a/img547/6047/7xm3.jpg Home sick - life on Mars
Copyrights: Göran Strand

M81 and M82 with IFN Link to full size image
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyinsea/ ... 3/sizes/o/

Bicolor image of IC1805/ Melotte15
Acquisition details and processing details in the link (click on the image to be redirected)

Rosette nebula bicolor
Copyright Jan Camek

Image acquisition details:
http://www.astrobook.sk/vsetky-ccd-obra ... 1&fwd=1804

M81/M82 Hyperstar/TEC combination with SN2014J by Andre vd Hoeven and Michael van Doorn, on Flickr

Exoplanets hunting ground
Copyrights: Jakub Bochinski Centaurus A HD - natural hidrogen alpha version
Copyrights: Fényes Lóránd Andromeda galaxy
Copyrights: László Francsics Mars on January 31st 2014
Copyrights: Leo Aerts Rosette nebula
Copyrights: Nicolás Villegas Bubble Nebula Around WR 16
Copyrights: Don Goldman
Larger size: http://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/disp ... ?imgID=269 Arededores M81
Copyrights: Jose F. Hdez

NGC6914, VdB131, VdB132, Dolidze8 L-HaRGB
Full resolution and acquisition details http://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=O ... 244259.jpg

Copyright Jan Camek

Abell 6
Copyrigths: David Ratledge The Southern Pleiades
Copyrights: Louie Starbursting in the Galaxy M82
Credit: Josh Marvil (NM Tech/NRAO), Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), NASA
An article: https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressrelea ... ing-in-m82 AR 11944 Sunspot
Copyrights: Divyadarshan Purohit Milky Way road and airglow
Copyrights: Yuri Beletsky Dwarf Galaxy IC1613
Copyrights: Martin Rusterholz
Full size: http://www.cxielo.ch/gallery/v/galaxy/i ... ewsIndex=2

Many stars, and surely many moons.
This is a compositive image, showing part of our moon, our nearest star, the Sun, and some deep sky to the middle course of our galaxy, the Milky Way, on 3 of my images.
César Cantú

The moon imaged during daylight at 8th FEB 15:12 UTC using a Hydrogen Alpha filter.
The best view is at the full resolution here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/154426228/original

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

M42 + Satellite
Copyrights: Terry Shoobridge Great Moon Earthshine
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Earthshine
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Very Large Active Sunspot Group AR1967 Flaring
Copyrights: John Chumack Centaurus A: A New Look at an Old Friend
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Birmingham/M.Burke et al.
An article: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2014/cena/

Supernova 2014J in M82
Copyrights: Ryan Hannahoe SN2014J in M82
Copyrights: Genaro Suarez Castro Supernova SN2014J
Copyrights: Ugur Ikizler M82: Supernova!
Copyrights: Adam Block

C/2012 X1 alongside spiral galaxy NGC 6384
Copyrights: Damian Peach Comet ISON on Serra Grossa
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Comets Lovejoy and LINEAR in conjunction
Copyrights: José J. Chambó