Starship Asterisk*

Lagoon Nebula - M8
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

Larger Version and Data: http://www.astrobin.com/117075/B/

Around Eta Carina including the Keyhole-Nebula
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

Larger Version and Data: http://www.astrobin.com/126932/

The Tarantula and Surroundings
Photograph taken from San Antonio de Areco, Buenos Aires, Argrentina.
A cute southern sky object photographed with a good field.
Telescope Used: Astro-Tech Quad 66 apochromatic astrograph.
copyright: Sebastian Colombo

An early riser - IC 410

A larger view:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/157771356

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

Crown
In this time of the year, when the scorpion sets, in the other side Orion rises, the other arm of the Milky Way, the Milky Way sits horizontally on the horizon deploying a crown of stars in these latitudes of the southern hemisphere.

Panoramas
General Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Sergio Montúfar
https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/
https://500px.com/acubens

The center of M31, a LRGB picture.
http://www.astro-hp.dk
http://www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

IC 1318, Butterfly Nebula (reprocessed)
2 hour exposure time with a DSLR @ F = 500 mm f/2,8
For higher resolution, click here. Thanks for watching.
Technical details can be found on my website: www.dutchdeepsky.com
Copyright: Maurice Toet

Brought some images back from the Oki-Tex Star Party in Oklahoma and thought I would post for submission. All images were taken with a DSLR at 800 ISO.

NGC891
Scope: Sky Watcher Esprit 150
Mount: AP1200
Guiding: Orion SSAG using AT65EDQ
Camera: Canon 60da @ 800 ISO
Capture: Backyard EOS Premium
Exposure: 12.6 hours 6 Minute Subs
Processing: PixInsight



Link to Full Resolution

M45
Scope: Sky Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Guiding: Orion SSAG Magnificient Mini Autoguider
Camera: Gary Honis Modified Canon T3i @ 800 ISO
Capture: Backyard EOS Premium
Exposure: 8.5 Hours. 6 Minute Subs
Processing: PixInsight



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HELIX NEBULA
Scope: Sky Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Guiding: Orion SSAG Magnificient Mini Autoguider
Camera: Gary Honis Modified Canon T3i @ 800 ISO
Capture: Backyard EOS Premium
Exposure: 6.8 Hours. 6 Minute Subs
Processing: PixInsight



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M42
Scope: Sky Watcher Esprit 100
Mount: Takahashi NJP
Guiding: Orion SSAG Magnificient Mini Autoguider
Camera: Gary Honis Modified Canon T3i @ 800 ISO
Capture: Backyard EOS Premium
Exposure: 6 Hours. HDR Combine Using Multiple Exposure Lengths
Processing: PixInsight



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TRIFID nebula complex

Observatorio Panameño en San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Cyril Cavadore
Laurent Bernasconi
Joaquin Fabrega Polleri

Prism software

Nova 120 directdrive Mount

400mm telescope F3.5 + FLI Kaf16803 camera



Full resolution is HERE

Arp 273 HST
frequencies used 390-475 - 600 nm
Processing Paolo Pinciaroli
Hres: http://www.astrobin.com/full/127359/0/?real=&mod=
Good vision

E-MAIL: paolo.pinciaroli@tiscali.it

Sadr and Gamma Cygni Nebula

High Resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/126698/
Copyright: Andrea Pistocchini

Canopus over Lake Namtso and snowy Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains
link of high resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/127589/0/

Elements in this photo
- Lake Namtso, meaning “Heaven Lake” in the Tibetan language, because of its lofty altitude 4,718 m , stunning beauty, pure blue water, and spiritual associations.
- Snowy Nyenchen Tanglha Mountains. it is holy mountain with a lot fairy story in Tibetan religion and has three main summits above 7,000m
- Camp and people observing the night sky, which makes the picture vivid and success

Copyright: Lin Jianfeng

Close up view of the Southern Cygnus Wall in NGC 7000.

Image description and details are on the link below:
http://www.waid-observatory.com/NGc7000 ... 10-04.html

Donald Waid
http://www.waid-observatory.com

The Earth's Shadow


Location: Mt. Hehuan, Taiwan

Copyright: Hung-Hsuan Yen
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low rainbow (sun elevation 34º) and anticrepuscular rays. polarized filter

M52 - Bubble Nebula - NGC 7538 - Sh2 157 field with DSLR
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

Image taken during 2014 Saint Barthélemy (AO, Italy) Star Party.
- Canon Eos 450D
- Tecnosky 80 Apo Triplet reduced at f/4.8
- 45 x 600 s @ 800ISO

Full resolution and technical specifications:
http://www.astrobin.com/127084/B/

Best regards,
Paolo Demaria, Cuneo, Italy

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238@N08/
Messier 33 RGB+Halfav2 by astrocentejo, on Flickr

HST Messier 82

Image credits: Hubble Legacy Archive
Processing: Davide Coverta http://www.madeofstars.net/


High Res: http://www.astrobin.com/full/127437/0/

November 2013/July 2014
Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
LX200 12"GPS with Starizona reducer-coma corrector F/7.1
CCD QSI 540wsi cooled -20 e Astrodon RGB Gen.2 True-Balance I-series filters and Astrodon Narrowband 5nm
Autoguide with Magzero MZ5-M and PHDguiding on ETX105
HA-OIII-RGB: H-alpha 67x5', OIII 65x5', R 30x3', G 85x3', B 29x3'
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Dark, Bias and flat subtract
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart4, AstraImage4, StarTools1.3 and Paint Shop ProX6

Full size image: http://www.mazzottiefigli.com/cfm2004/a ... ngc40.html

Best regarda,
Cristina Cellini

Melotte 15
http://coatesastrophotography.com/
Copyright: Steven Coates
Melotte 15 is an emission nebula with star cluster in the center of the Heart nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Imaged from Ocala, Florida through Ha, OIII and SII filters.
20 minute exposures combined to a total of:
3 hours Ha (binned 1x1)
2 hours and 20 min OIII (binned 1x1)
2 hours and 20 min SII (binned 1x1)
Processed in Photoshop using Hubble palette
Imaging telescope: Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien
Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II German equatorial mount

LBN 558 and LDN 1250-1246 in Cepheus
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli and Edoardo Radice ( http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm and http://www.radice.biz/ )
A new processing by Edoardo Radice of my data submitted here some weeks ago.


Details: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d181.htm and http://www.astrobin.com/127427/

Lunar Eclipse Above the Foggy San Francisco Bay
Date: October 8, 2014
Location: Berkeley, CA, US

54 photos were superposed:
7 x [Total eclipse]: 15 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 (Interval ~ 4-5 min)
46 x [After total eclipse]: 1/20 sec, f/18, ISO 200 (Interval ~ 3 min)
1 x [Over-exposed moon with bay view after the partial ends] : 30 sec, f/14, ISO 400
NOTE: a small curve above the caption "The Campanile, UC. Berkeley" is a track from an airplane departing from SFO airport

Copyright: Jeng-Lun (Alan) Chiu

Lunar Eclipse Above the Foggy San Francisco Bay
Date: October 8, 2014
Location: Berkeley, CA, US

54 photos were superposed:
7 x [Total eclipse]: 15 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200 (Interval ~ 4-5 min)
46 x [After total eclipse]: 1/20 sec, f/18, ISO 200 (Interval ~ 3 min)
1 x [Over-exposed moon with bay view after the partial ends] : 30 sec, f/14, ISO 400

Copyright: Jeng-Lun (Alan) Chiu

I took this photograph near Cape St Vincent (Portugal) in August. There, the sky is black enough to capture this phenomenon, as in front of me was only the vast ocean ...

Subject:The Pelican on fire (Narrow band Ha OIII SII)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/PelicanNB-4sat.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/