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Analemma of the Sun
Copyright: György Soponyai

Two years ago I completed my first two analemma projects from Budapest, Hungary the same location at the bank of river Danube. Sun (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/11815465285/) and Moon as well (https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/13893278724/).

Then I started thinking about other approaches to record the "8"-shaped curve and decided to take an all-sky photo at local noon (11:44 Central European Time) when the "8" stands vertical position. The project began on 2015-07-23 and completed two weeks ago, on 2016-07-04. I took the photo of the foreground on 2016-01-07 when the Sun was about to leave the bottom part of the curve:



Standing at the bank of river Danube and facing East you can see lots of office buildings, the Hungarian National Theater, the Palace of Arts and the pillars of Rákóczi Bridge (the southernmost bridge of Budapest).

A fun fact: the building of Palace of Arts acted as the headquarter of Chinese Space Agency in moovie "The Martian" and the Rákóczi Bridge is also visible in a small scene..

Photo details:
2015.07.23.-2016.07.04. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Sigma EF 8/4.0

Watching the Buck Moon rise from Glastonbury Tor, England.

Thanks.

Chris.

FULL MOON RITUAL. 20th of July is my name day and the best gift for myself is a full moon rising behind the ancient temple of Poseidon at Sounio, Greece. Despite capturing this theme repeatedly it is always magical, always different and i wouldn't miss for the world.
The moon was in the middle of the time period between apogee (July 13, 2016) and perigee (July 27, 2016) and with an angular size of 31 arc minutes it looked quite large, together with the moon illusion effect.
The main cause that the moon appears so large in comparison to the size of the temple in the photo is perspective, as the capture was done more than a mile away from the temple.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50885689@ ... ed-public/

The Swan Nebula (M17)
Copyright: Marcus Davies

Astrophotography Web Page:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/photography
Full resolution version:
http://www.pbase.com/gailmarc/image/161 ... iginal.jpg

Super Nova Remnant G082.2+05.3. This is an exceptionally complex area centered at about 20h19m +45d30m east of Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus, and is part of the Cygnux X complex. The SNR is an oval shaped object near the center 1/3 of the image measuring roughly 95'X65'. It is reported as a radio source but with optical spectra that indicate an Optical signature.

copyright: Dave Erickson
higher resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/256289/B/

http://www.hbastro.com

Subject:NGC6888 + Soap Bubble Nebula (Ha, OIII + RGB for stars)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/NGC6888-222.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

Nice one, Jim.

I really like it, too.

Ann

Hello,
NGC7000 in SHO colors. About 22 hours 1200s bin 2. Atik 383, RCGSO8, AZEQ6 mobile. Near Clermont-Ferrand in France.
The full is here http://www.astrobin.com/full/256383/0/
or here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/183832SHO2V7.png

Sh2-171 and NGC 7822 is a young star forming region in the constellation of Cepheus. The nebula is said to be some 900 pc distant. Some of the younger components of the system are thought to be only a few million years old.

Color image combines (4) Narrow band filters with
(13) 1200 second exposures for each Cyan ( OIII ), Green ( HAlpha ), and Red ( NII + SII ).

Copyright: Dave Erickson
higher resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/256042/C/

http://www.hbastro.com

Noctilucent Clouds over the Eifel, Germany by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

http://vazhorov.files.wordpress.com/201 ... pile11.jpg

Treasures of Cygnus in real colors
(NGC-7000 - the «North America Nebula», «Pelican»...)

Canon 6D (not modded), 24-105L/4 (105мм, 1/4), SW Star Adventurer.
18х4min, ISO 1600, processed in Fitswork. 08.09.2015, Chuvashia republic

Ed Vazhorov http://vazhorov.wordpress.com

M16, ngc6604
Details:
80/400 Esprit apochromat, HEQ-5, Canon Eos 60D
iso800, 40×6 minutes

Németh, Róbert

DWB-111 Propellor Nebula by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

M81 and M82 with IFN
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/254688/0/?real=&mod= Crux, Coalsack, Carina
Copyrights: Lorand Fenyes
Full size: http://www.fenyeslorand.hu/galeria/kozm ... mal/94.jpg Deepest Ever Look into Orion
Image Credit: ESO/H. Drass et al.
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1625/?lang LDN 673 And the Dark Smilie Angel
Copyrights: Manolis Malakopoulos NGC 7000
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo The Veil Nebula - Eastern Part
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: Alvaro East Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Sebastiano Recupero Teapot asterism in Sagittarius
Copyrights: John Bell Kilimanjaro's Ash In The Sky
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar M20
Copyrights: Lloyd Smith Solar Halo
Copyrights: Brad Bolton Southern Cross Eta Carinae & Lambda Centauri
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn Milky Way Volcano over Bozeman, MT, USA
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn IC 5146
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile Cassiopeia, M31 and a red-green shooting star
Copyrights: Norman Schwarz The Crescent NGC 6888, The Soap Bubble
Credits and Copyrights: Data: DeepSkyWest; Processing: Patrick Gilliland IC1396
Credits and Copyrights: Data: DeepSkyWest; Processing: Patrick Gilliland Eta Carinae
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Rick Stevenson; Processing: Patrick Gilliland Small Magellanic Cloud
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Rick Stevenson; Processing: Patrick Gilliland

NGC7023
Copyrights: Olivier Garde 'Frankenstein' Galaxy Surprises Astronomers
Image credit: NASA/JPL/Caltech/SDSS/NRAO
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-183 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36150

Stellar Outburst Brings Water Snow Line Into View
Credit: A. Angelich (NRAO/AUI/NSF)/ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1626/?lang http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36158

Milky Way over West Australian coast
Copyrights: Paean Ng Green nights from Roque de los Muchachos, la Palma island
Copyrights: Sergi Luque Milkyway over the Vaoise National Park (France)
Copyrights: Emanuele Balboni M8 Lagoon Heart
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis Energy
Copyrights: Antonio José Solano Ferrer Crescent Moon and purple tree
Copyrights: Leonardo Caldas Milky Way and friends
Copyrights: Ian Griffin NGC6888 - Crescent Nebula
Copyrights: José Francisco del Aguila del Aguila The fire, the smoke and the star
Copyrights: Tibor Pósán Mammatus Clouds
Copyrights: Daniel Petra Milky Way from Western Australia
Copyrights: Matthew Briggs Sadr zone and Crescent nebula
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez Milky Way
Copyrights: Ángel Daniel Rodríguez Arós M8, M20, M21 and M28
Copyrights: Ángel Daniel Rodríguez Arós NGC 7023
Copyrights: Domenico De Luca NGC6888 and The Soap Bubble
Copyrights: John Vermette M63
Copyrights: John Vermette Summer Triangle
Copyrights: Miquel Duart

Sagittarius Wide-Field

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

35% size: The full 100% size:
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Other/Sagittarius.asp

Cygnus Wide-Field in Hubble Pallet

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

35% size: The full 100% size:
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Nebulae/Cygnus_SHO.asp

Traveler in the mountains

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/
Copyright: Yuri Zvezndy

This is a (4) pane mosaic of the area around Deneb, alpha Cygnus. Panels were taken over multiple nights in july 2016. The mosaic covers roughly 6X10 degrees. The image includes SNR G82.2+5.3, Pelican Nebula, Sadr nebula area, NGC6888 and the Soap Bubble to name a few.

North is to the left...

Larger image at: http://www.astrobin.com/full/256686/0/

Copyright: Dave Erickson 2016
http://www.hbastro.com

Messier 63
http://www.distant-lights.at/m63-2012_05_19.htm
Copyright: Thomas Henne

bystander wrote:Please, no hotlinks to images > 500Kb

Ok!


1/2 of the source is here: http://vazhorov.files.wordpress.com/201 ... pile11.jpg (Attention, 3,5Mb!)

Treasures of Cygnus in real colors
(NGC-7000 - the «North America Nebula», «Pelican»...)
Canon 6D (not modded), 24-105L/4 (105мм, 1/4), SW Star Adventurer.
18х4min, ISO 1600, processed in Fitswork. 08.09.2015, Chuvashia republic
Ed Vazhorov http://vazhorov.wordpress.com

The North America and Pelican Nebulae in SHO

Copyright: Nicolas Kizilian
http://astro.kizix.org
Full resolution : http://kizix.org/files/public-docs/NGC7 ... 5-full.jpg

The moon and The Lighthouse - Plemmirio - Syracuse
The moon and The Lighthouse - Plemmirio - Syracuse
Copyright:Dario Giannobile A Moon rising sequence behind the Capo Murro di Porco Lighthouse - Plemmirio - Syracuse -Sicily - Italy.
To be noted the distortion on the first Moon due to the thermal inversion.
Multiple exposures, minor aesthetic adjustment to remove flares.
Dario

A Dusty Flower
http://www.pbase.com/ccoop/image/163721933
Copyright: Steve Cooper M 63, the Sunflower galaxy taken with my 16" RC telescope and SBIG STXL 6303 camera with AO-X active optics from my observatory in south central Florida.