Starship Asterisk*

Melotte 15 in the Heart nebula
Copyrights: Steve Coates Alpha Centauri
Copyrights: Rich Hammar Winter Triangle
Copyrights: Ladanyi Tamas Star Trails from the South
Copyrights: Dimitri Alexei Gadotti VdB14 VdB15 and Sh2-202
Copyrights: Nicola Montecchiari

New Comet C/2014 E2 (JACQUES)
Copyrights: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Martino Nicolini
More about: http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2014/03/n ... cques.html Canopus and Eruption of Kilauea Volcano
Copyrights: Brian H. Day Skyful of Nebulae
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel A wonderful galaxy in Ursa major , NGC2841
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi
Larger size: http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC2841F8.htm Sequence of maximum level aurora display
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

green flash, 150% http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 19#p222119

A high resolution image of the crater Copernicus on the moon. Moon images are unfortunately rarely APOD, while our moon is still our closest spatial neighbor... This image has a resolution of about 300m per pixel. It was taken with a 11" telescope.


Copernicus Highres by Andre vd Hoeven, on Flickr

Rothkko wrote:green flash

or green ring?

sun and moon in the basement, 150% http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 00#p222131

PETRIFIED FOREST OF NEAPOLI A CONVERSATION BETWΕΕN THE DISTANCE PAST AND THE DISTANT STARS! by Stavros Hios, on Flickr

Great Sagittarius Star Cloud, Namibia, July 2013
http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... Jul-13.htm
Copyright: Manuel Jung

Omega Centauri
This picture was taken at the 2014 Winter Star Party in the Florida Keys. The Camera used is a Canon EOS T3i digital SLR. Modified by Gary Honis. The
Lens is a Astro-Tech AT111EDT f/7 triplet apochromatic refractor with a 0.8x focal reducer/field flattener. The image was exposed a total of 40
minutes. Tracking with a guided German equatorial mount.
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Jimmy Mack

M42 The Great Orion Nebula
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Jimmy Mack

IC 405 Bicolor
http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz
Skywatcher ED80, NEQ6 mount, ATIK 383 L+ CCD (mono), Baader Ha and SII Filters
green channel synthetic
Ha: 2.5h, 15 min subs
SII: 4h, 20 min subs

IC1396b in pure Ha
http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz
Skywatcher ED80, NEQ6 mount, ATIK 383 L+ CCD (mono), Baader Ha filter
Ha: 6h20', 20 min subs

IC 2574: Coddington's Nebula with H alpha added
Larger: http://m2.i.pbase.com/o9/92/1047492/1/1 ... LHaRGB.jpg

Data: http://www.pbase.com/kwiechen/image/154852162/large

Kai

Mars on the Ides
www.ancientstarlight.com
Copyright: Drew Sullivan Mars on the Ides of Mars (0921 UTC March 15 2014)

Mars is nearing opposition. Here Olympus Mons peeps up through surrounding clouds

Simeis 147 NSHO - 94hrs FSQ106 (new processing)
www.felopaul.com
Copyright: Didier CHAPLAIN & Laurent BOURGON full size : http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo42f.jpg



full size : http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo42f.jpg

The Great Horse
Copyrights: Marco Lorenzi LDN 1622: "The Boogie Man" Dark Nebula in Orion
Copyrights: Marco Lorenzi Milky Way and Venus rising
Copyrights: Marc Laxineta Mysterious Sunset
Copyrights: Graffeuil

Mars on March 13th, 05:39ut. Under above average conditions. Animation at: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/Mars- ... r-Anim.gif. At the polar cap Chasma Boreale is visible (top), Acidalia planitia (mid-tp), Capri Chasma (bot) and Terra Meridani (right). North is top.

EtaCarina @ 200mm – my NB pallete
Personally, I don't like the Hubble palette.
So by mixing channels in PixelMath, I implemented my own composition.
Higher res@
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard

Copyright: Terry Hancock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/13212238274/

Moon and Venus Alignmet Feb-26-2014
Copyright: Dario Giannobile
http://www.dariogiannobile.com

If you want to know how the shot was made and what was the Post Production workflow step by spep, have a look at http://www.dariogiannobile.com/blog. Hope you enjoy.
Dario G.

Starry Snowscape with Inadvertent Lovejoy
Copyright: Charles Hakes
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97737937@N04/13217282533/
I was all set to get a great time lapse of the spectacular Comet ISON, but it was a no-show. However, Lovejoy is the little blue dot above and to the left of the tree. (And I am standing by the trees in the distance.)


Starry snowscape by hakescl, on Flickr

Three new structures at M 51 / NGC 5198 / NGC 5173
http://www.deepskywonders.com/
http://www.balkonsternwarte.de/Neu2013/index.htm
Copyright: Dr.M.Straube / Dr.A.Sischka / M.Wenge / O.Schneider
combining imaging data from three telescopes to get over 50 hrs. bring up new structures at M 51 and two new structures into the
camera field around Messier 51
Overview

New structures at M 51

New structures at NGC 5198 and NGC 5173

Ha-RGB-Widefield Monoceros
http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz A composite of 3h RGB with a modded Canon EOS 450 and a 4h Ha exposure.
Lens 50mm / f 3.5

Skull and Crossbones - NGC 2467 / Sharpless 311
Star forming region

Webpage and links to Hi Res image -
http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/NGC2467.htm

Xi Cygni and "west coast" of North American Nebula
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/XiCygni_23Dec13.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
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