Starship Asterisk*

Milky Way
Copyrights: Colin Robson Under the Magellanic Clouds
Copyrights: Will Vrbasso IC1396- Elephant Trunk
Copyrights: Jesus M. Vargas, Maritxu Poyal and Alvaro Ibáñez Pérez Milky Way from Morocco
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon Night sky above Morocco
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon Crescent moon - Friday and Saturday 7 and 8 October
Copyrights: Jhon Harold First Quarter Moon in Singapore
Copyrights: A Kannan Monkey Head Nebula - NGC2174
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej Lunar Halo over Lijiang Observatory
Copyrights: Yuan Xiangwei IC 434 HorseHead Dark Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis M8,M20 & Mars
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis Meteor over Azul, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copyrights: Gerardo F González Andromeda Galaxy (M31)
Copyrights: Donald Waid South Taurid fireballs
Copyrights: Lubor Ptacek
Meteor over Phipps Peak North America and Pelican nebulae
Copyrights: ByoungJun Jeong Red skies above Rome
Copyrights: Marco De Paola The Milky Way’s Ancient Heart
Image credits: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1636/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36456

Chaos in cosmos: Stars with three planet-forming discs of gas
Credit: Christian Brinch, NBI, KU
An article: http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news1 ... cs-of-gas/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36452

The Big Dipper Points to the West
Copyrights: Wang Letian Solar and Lunar jet transit
Copyrights: Pedro Ré Ultimate survivors: Tatooine worlds orbiting two suns often survive violent escapades of aging stars
Image credits: Jon Lomberg
An article: http://news.yorku.ca/2016/10/12/ultimat ... ing-stars/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36464

The Aurora in the air
Copyrights: Stephanie Ye Ziyi Sharpless 187 'A Cosmic Spider'
Copyrights: Daniel Goelling
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/267628/B/ Startrails over lavender fields of Brihuega, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martinez

Sharpless 2-170 (SHO)

http://www.szlaci.hu/wp-content/uploads ... H2_170.jpg
Copyright: László Szeri

September 12. 2016.
458/1900 self made astrograph, Fornax100 mount, 2,5" TS Wynne corrector, Atik EFW-2, Atik 11000, Baader narrowband filters; expo time: 3.5 hours sum

Sunset on a venerable Solar Observatory
Copyrights: James Earley NGC2626
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez
Full size: http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/ne ... wip_v2.jpg Barnard 150, Dark Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Kilauea volcano lava flowing into the Pacific ocean
Copyrights: Mircea Goia Pleiades, M45
Copyrights: Dean Fournier
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/267866/0/ Mount Shasta Milky Way with Lenticular Clouds
Copyrights: Bryan Cogdell
Larger size: http://www.stellarscapes.net/wp-content ... izeBAC.jpg The Milky Way(s)
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn Mercury and Jupiter conjunction
Copyrights: Dave Dickinson NGC7023 Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux Cave Nebula
Copyrights: Leonid Shatz AR2598 on Sunday 9 October
Copyrights: Alastair Woodward LDN 1355/7 LBN 643 VdB 9 & 7
Copyrights: Patrick Gilliland Jupiter/Mercury conjunction - planets rising
Copyrights: Brad Timerson The Planet Mercury & Very Old Thin Crescent Moon at Dawn
Copyrights: John Chumack Walking from Taurus to Perseus
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile Proxima Centauri Might Be More Sunlike Than We Thought
Image credits: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
An article: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2016-25 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36460

The sky full of wonders
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar Cluster’s Advanced Age in Razor-sharp Focus
Image credits: Travis Rector, University of Alaska Anchorage. Image Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA
An article: http://www.gemini.edu/node/12576 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36461

Manistique Light house
Copyrights: Maurice Bolduc The star trail at mountain peak
Copyrights: Aaron Fan The Big Dipper and Quadrantid in snow
Copyrights: Lau Albert Wai Kit Crescent Moon with earthshine
Copyrights: Vincenzo Mirabella Gegenschein & Zodiacal Band with the Milky Way
Copyrights: John Chumack Messier 33
Copyrights: Péter Feltóti and Marcell Csőke

hola a todos:
Os dejo una foto en banda estrecha de LA NORTEAMERICA ó NGC 7000, a ver que os parece,
esta en paleta hubble y estos son los datos:
TOMAS:
H alfa: 17 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 17 darks y 50 bias
OIII: 10 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 10 darks y 50 bias
SII: 14 Light de 900 segundos; 30 flats, 14darks y 50bias
PALETA:
HUBBLE
R= SII
G= H-alfa
B= OIII
L= H-alfa
TEMPERATURA: -10 GRADOS
TUBO: FSQ 106 ED
CCD: SBIG ST-8300M
MONTURA: CGEM
CCD guiar: QHY5II
LUGAR: TORREJÓN DE ARDOZ y LAS INVIERNAS (GUADALAJARA)

ultimo retoque por Cesar Blanco González

Cepheid Variable Star V1 in M31 (Circled)

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Other/V1.asp

IC59, IC63 and Gamma Cassiopeiae

Copyright: Rolland Balázs
http://www.ferenczyluc.com

M74.
Full size here.



My Equipment:
Astrosib RC360,
WS-240, SitechII,
ScopeDome M3 v3,
FLI (PL16803+CFW7+LRGB+Ha+OIII+SII),
RoboFocus, Optec Gemini Focusing Rotator
Off-axis - SX Lodestar X2

Integration:
L = 17 x 1800s bin1
RGB = 10 x 900s bin2
Ha = 11 x 1800s bin2
Total: 21.5H

Location: Belarus
Author: Andrei Ioda
http://astro.ioda.by

NothAmerica & Pelican Nebulas
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... ica-y.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

M31 Andromeda Galaxy Mosaic
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... curos.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

Hello,
20 hours of SHO bin 2 and 4
RCGSO8, AZEQ6, ATIK383
The full is here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/754374PacmanV3.jpg
You can turn the picture left or right for APOD

Apparent motion of Mars and Saturn from 31/01/2016 until 12/10/2016
Copyrights: Dimitris Kapetanakis Belt of the Orion
Copyrights: Jiyong Youn Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Jürgen M Lobert Meteor hit Polaris
Copyrights: Schindler Leung Solar Eclipse from Reunion island 2016
Copyrights: Daniel Payet Solar halo in Kiruna, Sweden
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke Spectacular aurora at twilight
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke Heaven of Light
Copyrights: Will Vrbasso Sunrises
Copyrights: Patrick Eagar M45
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry Saturn (March 25th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach Mars, Scorpius and Milky Way over Cerro Colorado, Córdoba, Argentina
Copyrights: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau Andromeda (M31)
Copyrights: Rick Ellis NGC 891
Copyrights: Stefan Heutz Night sky of La Palma Island
Copyrights: Javier Martínez Morán Milky way over mountain Bjelašnica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Copyrights: Catovic The Moon
Copyrights: Tibor Csaplar Triangle Galaxy M33
Copyrights: Dennis Hilljegerdes Moon crescent
Copyrights: Jacques Crotiri M20 with a twist
Copyrights: Josep M. Drudis-SN The incredible Pegasus
Copyrights: Alessandro Falesiedi NGC2146
Copyrights: Ian Gorenstein Walking from Taurus to Perseus
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Sparkle of GGD 30
Copyrights: Adam Block Bubble Nebula, Herbig-Haro 170, M52 and more...
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Hunter's Moon from Singapore
Copyrights: Akash Anandh M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis NGC 7023 Iris Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis Milky Way and airglow from Lastovo, Croatia
Copyrights: Milan Kasuba Super Moon
Copyrights: Pedro Luis Moreno Full Moon
Copyrights: Uğur İkizler Mars and friends
Copyrights: Elke Schulz ISS passing in front of the Moon
Copyrights: Yanina Metodieva NGC7582, NGC7590, NGC7599 – Three members of the Grus Quartet and other galaxies
Copyrights: Krisztian Toth Scorpius with Mars and Saturn
Copyrights: Martin Junius ISS crossing Full Moon
Copyrights: Kris Smith Wizard nebula (NGC 7380)
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez All in one Night
Copyrights: Amin Ghavamian Moon rising on October 16th
Copyrights: Ingo Janiszczak Sunset over Adriatic Sea
Copyrights: Albert Barr

M31
Copyright: Rolland Balázs

http://www.ferenczyluc.com

4x600s Ha and 20x600s Lum.
In center is M31. Every piece of mosaic: Top, left: almost only Ha regions. Top, right: pure Ha expo. Bottom, left: combined Ha, Lum. Bottom, right: pure Lum expo.

Bigger size: http://www.ferenczyluc.com/files/m31_final_5m.jpg

1802" venus, left, and mercury (1800" chronometer ) 601" moonrise

October 17, 2016 Antares Rocket Launch as seen from Cape May, NJ

(photograph is a 5 shot composite to show rocket trail)

Rise of the October Fullmoon behind Mount Säntis in Switzerland

The HorseHead Nebula
http://www.pbase.com/ccoop/image/164325283
Copyright: Alan Chen/Steve Cooper

NGC 891 and the distant neighbors Details:
Telescope: SkyWatcher 250/1000 Newtonian
Mount: AZ-EQ6
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Exposure: 48×6m, iso800

Németh, Róbert
Magyarnádalja, Hungary

moon, spica up, in the center brighter venus, mars above and to the right saturn. porrima (29 Vir) above mars. los planetas eran para mí por entonces puntos gordos en el cielo. 1310" venus is the brightest, above mars, above porrima and to the right saturn. no siempre salen bien las cosas

NGC 1999 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

processing copyright: Josh Smith
acquisition copyright: Josh Smith and Craig Smith

Cocoon Nebula

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

40% size: The full 100% size:
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Nebulae/IC5146_LRGB.asp

moon, 98,55%

Venus over NASA Langley
Copyrights: David Melton IC348
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/268605/0/? ... real=&mod= North America and Pelican Nebulae
Copyrights: Juan Lozano de Haro
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/268114/0/?real=&mod Full Moonrise in Mauna Kea shadow
Copyrights: Aerialgreg Dark nebula Barnard 150
Copyrights: Alessandro Pensato
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/259236/0/?real=&mod= Mars on March 25th
Copyrights: Damian Peach Jupiter on March 26th
Copyrights: Damian Peach Recently active lava flows on the eastern flank of Idunn Mons on Venus
Image credits: DLR
An article: http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault ... lery/24774 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36477

Total Supermoon Lunar Eclipse
Copyrights: Guillaume Doyen Hunter Supermoon from New England
Copyrights: Chris Cook Antares OA-5 launch from Cape Cod
Copyrights: Chris Cook Rocket Launch
Copyrights: Jeremy Terry The Wizard Nebula - NGC 7380
Copyrights: Peter Hergesheimer SuperMoon
Copyrights: Jonathan M. Corredor O. Elephant Trunk Nebula
Copyrights: Dwight Talley Orbital ATK Antares launch as seen from Central Park NYC
Copyrights: Chirag Upreti NGC-1499 The California Nebula
Copyrights: John Chumack Bubble Nebula
Copyrights: Olivier Hardy Launch of the Antares rocket from Wallops Island
Copyrights: Brian Mulligan Cloudy Nights, Sunny Days on Distant Hot Jupiters
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/V. Parmentier
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-267 [ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36481 /b]

Horsehead Nebula
Copyrights: Steve Cooper From NAN to Crescent and lots of friends
Copyrights: Yves Van den Broek and Mabula Haverkamp

A meteor from the Orionid shower along with it's radiant...the Orion constellation glowing in a beautiful red/orange color with a slight green tint at the end....captured last night, Oct 21 2016 at 01:57 AM UTC from Waldkraiburg, Bavaria, Germany!

Credits: Sentiment Codlea & Daniel Nicolae

SH2-199, Detail of the Soul Nebula
FullRes:
https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/en/sh ... l-nebula-0

Copyrights Frank Iwaszkiewicz
http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de