Starship Asterisk*

A Shy Galactic Neighbour
Image Credit: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1536/?lang http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35125#p248032

Milky Way panorama
Copyrights: Göran Strand Comet Catalina approaching Open Cluster
Copyrights: Andrealuna Pizzetti and Mauro Facchini Uranus 2015-August
Copyrights: Jesus Santos Garzas Comet C/2014 Q1 PANSTARRS
Copyrights: José J. Chambó SH2 155 Cave Nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González Milky Way over Stage Harbor Lighthouse
Copyrights: Chris Cook M31 Andromeda
Copyrights: Salvatore Spinoso Milky way over the Cañadas del Teide , Tenerife, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martinez Moran Milky Way
Copyrights: Skender Buci

Milkyway & Moonset through Malibu Sea Cave
Copyrights: Elliot McGucken Antarctic Sundogs over a Frozen McMurdo Sound
Copyrights: Justin Lawrence Milky Way Galaxy over Crystal lake, Utah
Copyrights: Clarence Spencer North America Nebula
Copyrights: Bryan Shumaker Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Copyrights: Bryan Shumaker "The Peacock Milky Way
Copyrights: George Malamidis M45 The Pleiades "The Seven Sisters"
Copyrights: John Chumack Ursa Minor above Yaqing Temple
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Fuego Volcano Eruption & Milky Way core over Guatemala
Copyrights: Fabriccio Díaz Perigee/Apogee Lunar eclipse
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel

C/2014 Q1 with Centaurus A (Sep 16th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Larger size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 9_16dp.jpg The Eastern Veil NGC6992 by Terry Hancock
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Solarsaurus
Copyrights: Alan Friedman Comet C/2013 US10 16-Sep-2015
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Full size: http://www.astro-sharp.com/images/comet ... 76_ids.jpg C/2013 Q1 (PANSTARRS) and NGC 5128
Copyrights: Justin Tilbrook Abel 43 in Ophiuchus
Copyrights: Larry Van Vleet
Full size: http://lvvastro.com/lvvastro_images_raw ... 6-full.jpg

Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws - Lum Ha RGB

NGC 6188 is an emission nebula located about 4000 light years away in the constellation Ara. This area is commonly known as the dancing dragons. It is a starforming nebula filled with young stars, some of which are only a few million years old. They were most likely formed when the last batch of stars went supernova in that area.

The data for this image was captured on two nights - 21 June 2015 and 19 July 2015. This is my first serious attempt at mixing luminance and Ha data, and blending it with a traditional RGB data set. The processing turned out to be a little interesting than I initially thought. The Ha data with its strong signal can both flatten and drastically alter the underlying colour data.

My favourite part of the image is found in the lower left portion where the blue reflection nebula is located. I really like how it is mixed with the subtle pinks hues.

Instruments
Telescope: ........... 10" Ritchey-Chrétien (RCOS)
Focal Length: ........ 2300.00 mm
Camera: .............. SBIG STL-11000 Mono
Pixel size: ........... 9.00 um
Resolution: .......... 0.82 arcsec/pix
Mount: ............... Astro-Physics AP-900


Dancing in the Dragons Jaws - Lum Ha RGB
by Terry Robison, on Flickr

Milkyway in 3D picture
The image must be viewed with red / cyan glasses
Samuele Gasparini (http://WWW.ASTROBOOK.IT)
Canon 650D with Sigma apo 30mm 15 sec 800iso
http://www.astrobook.it/vialatteaalbero_rid.jpg

Magnitude 2.05 Mirach (Beta Andromedae) sits almost equidistant from the Andromeda Galaxy, M31 and the Triangulum Galaxy M33.
Two of the local group of galaxies, M31 and M33 can be found easily at this time of year rising in the east after sunset.
I feel that this image gives a unique perspective on our galactic neighbourhood.
A 50mm lens and a dslr were used to capture the widefield.
A refractor and dslr were used to capture the galaxie in details.
Software accurately registered and aligned the three images, and after blending in photoshop the composite was saved as a jpg.

Here are the details:

Creating this image was quite a process, and it involved combining images produced from three different OTA's and two different camera's.
The three elements of the image were as follows:

M31
Nikon D810A
Orion ED80
Orion Field Flattener
EQ6 Pro
Guided with KW Kwiq Guider
Mount and guider controlled with Maxim DL
6 X 3 minutes @ ISO 2500 with LENR on
Stacked in CCD Stack
Processed in Photoshop CC
Image captured Sept 2015

M33
LRGB composite captured with QSI 683WSG and TEC 140
Calibrated and stacked in CCDStack with processing in PS CS6
Image capture Sept 2014

Widefield Mirach
Nikon D810A
50mm Sigma art f/1.4
9 shots at f/2.8, 800 iso, 180 sec
Astrophysics Mach-1 mount
Guided with KW Kwiq Guider
Mount and guider controlled with PHD and Backyard Nikon
Image captured Sept 2015

All three images were registered and combined in Registar.
Further editing was done in Photoshop CC 15 and Lightroom CC 15

Moon and trees in 3D picture
The image must be viewed with red / cyan glasses
Samuele Gasparini (http://www.astrobook.it)
Fuji 3D camera 800Iso
http://www.astrobook.it/images/lunaealberi.jpg

Milky Way over Namibia
Copyrights: Ben Cooper Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Chris Grimmer Pluto "Wows" in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama
Credits: NASA
More pictures: http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/New ... e=20150917 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35161

Atlas V launch
Copyrights: Jonathan Schiralli Milky Way and Aurora over Larsemann Hills
Copyrights: LI Hang Sh2-126
Copyrights: Robert Fields IC5146
Copyrights: Bach Zoltán NGC 6992
Copyrights: Bach Zoltán A Massive Solar Prominence 09-17-2015
Copyrights: John Chumack The Bright Planet Venus in the Morning sky
Copyrights: John Chumack

River Of Light
Copyrights: Martin Campbell The Milky Way over Zabriskie Point with Panamint Range
Copyrights: Matt Anderson M83
CreditsCopyright: Data: NASA/ESA/ESO/NAOJ; Processing: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/211871/0/?real=&mod= Pluto Flyby
Credits NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI and Processing by Giuseppe Conzo Milky Way over Hawaii
Copyrights: Sarthak Dasadia Lagoon Nebula and Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Chan Chee Guan IC 5146
Copyrights: Danny Lee Russell NGC 7789
Copyrights: Karsten Möller IC 5146 The Cocoon Nebula
Copyrights: Phil Keyser

NGC6992
Copyrights: Dean Glacé A Different View of the North American Nebula
Copyrights: Rob Hawley NGC 7822
Copyrights: Nicolas Kizilian
Full size: http://astro.kizix.org/wp-content/galle ... zilian.jpg Minnesota Boundary Waters Milky Way - Darkest Skies in the US
Copyrights: Mike Shaw Star eruption of Elbrus
Copyrights: Boris Dmitriev Star Bridge
Copyrights: Nikita Kharlanov Ascending
Copyrights: Nikita Kharlanov Firebird Nebula
Copyrights: Dieter Willasch
Larger size: http://astro-cabinet.com/showimage.php? ... ng=english Dumbell
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile Sh2-155
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS) @ Aug.13,2015
Copyrights: José J. Chambó IC1396: Elephant Trunk Nebula
Copyrights: Peter Nagy M33 - Triangulum Galaxy
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez

hola a todos:
os dejo esta protuberancia que a mi me recuerda a un caracol
es del dia 19-7-2012
los medios son
telescopio: PST
cámara: DMK31AU03.AS
y la lente de barlow que tiene el ocular de 13 mm. del HYPERION
son 400 frames por toma
procesado con registax 3
saludos jose

Iris Nebula: The Space Flower by David Dvali, on Flickr

NGC 1333 in a Dusty Field for web by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

Copyright: Josh Smith

This is the third total lunar eclipse in a tetrad on April 4, 2015. Taken in Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. The eclipse started as the sun set in the west. This is a composite of 41 images with 5 minutes interval.
Bigger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mydarksky ... 187782598/

Vulpecula Skyscape

A two panel mosaic in narrowband

http://moonrocksastro.com/index.php/recent-work-2/


Vulpecula Skyscape by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

The Great Orion Nebula
https://instagram.com/matt_quinn/
Matt Quinn

The Orion Nebula is back in the Northern Sky! Another reason to love fall in Canada.

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238 ... 3149002556

Pleyades 2015 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Volcanic atmosphere at Piton de la Fournaise
http://lucperrot.fr/
Copyright: Luc Perrot

NGC891
LRVB with RC8 and Atik 460ex

L:50x300s bin1x1
RVB:3x9x180s bin2x2

(Full 2681x2112 here: http://astrob.in/full/213104/0/)
Or
On my website here: http://www.astrosteph.com/ngc891.html


NGC7331
L:12x600s bin1x1
RVB:3x9x180s bin2x2

(Full 2134x2695 here: http://astrob.in/full/212342/0/)
Or
On my website here: http://www.astrosteph.com/ngc7331.html

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238 ... 3149002556

Interstellar gas and dust in Cepheus

A two panel mosaic in Ha

http://moonrocksastro.com/index.php/201 ... ula-in-ha/



Elephant's Trunk nebula by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

NGC 3532 - Wishing Well or Football cluster

NGC 3532 from the Chameleon Team (Franz Hofmann, Wolfgang Paech): Bigger versions and image informations here: http://bine-und-franz.de/astrophoto/obj ... la_apq.htm

The Helix Nebula

This image is a narrowband/RGB combination shot on the same night with two scopes side by side. A fast f/3 (RH-200) system shot Ha and OII for three hours, and a little over and hour of RGB was shot with a DSLR (Nikon D810a) next to it after the moon set with an f/7 refractor. The OIII and Ha were mapped to their true colors and combined to add detail and color saturation to the RGB image.

Richard S. Wright Jr.
http://www.eveningshow.com

M24 - NGC6589/90 - B92/93 - IC1283/4

Larger res version
http://galaxlux.com/Telescope%20Gallery ... 2560px.jpg
http://galaxlux.com

Copyright: Mario Cogo

M8 The Lagoon Nebula
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Larger size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/DeepSky/A ... pc_ids.jpg C/2014 Q1 with Centaurus A Sep 18th
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Larger size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 9_18dp.jpg The Soap bubble nebula
Copyrights: Tolga Gumusayak
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/212610/C/ The Small Magellanic Cloud
Copyrights: Rick Stevenson
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/114789817 ... ed-public/ A Cosmic Rose With Many Names
Credits: ESO
More about it: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1537/?lang http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=248250#p248250

Messier 45
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile Drukgyal Dzong, Paro, Bhutan
Copyrights: Ju Shen Lee Aurora Australis over Mt John Observatory
Copyrights: Chris Murphy Milky Way over Canary Islands
Copyrights: Philippe Jacquot Iris Nebula: The Space Flower
Copyrights: David Dvali
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dvalid/20 ... /lightbox/