Starship Asterisk*

NGC -3109

Copyright: Mark Hanson

This is a wonderful active dwarf galaxy. The addition of HA really makes this image pop.

Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK
LRGBHA - 440,300,300,300,300
You can see the full version here. https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc-3190

Thank you,
Mark

Double Cluster by Dave & telescope, on Flickr


Hi folks,
This is a recent image of the Perseus double cluster from Mayhill NM
Full resolution link posted with capture details
Thanks for looking!
Dave Doctor

NGC 2327

Copyright: Mark Hanson

This is a beautiful part of the famous seagull nebula. It has a nice variety of nebula, notice the very strange wisp coming off the star in the upper left corner.


Data from El Sauce, Chile 17” Planewave CDK

Lum 6 hours, RGB 5 hours per channel, and 9.5 hrs Ha, for a total of 30.5 hrs.

You can see the full version here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/ngc2327

Thank you,
Mark

In the heart of the Rosette



https://astrob.in/aqhahz/B/
Copyright: Tal Akerman

SHO + RGB Stars

Equipment:
- Telescope: GSO RC 8” Carbon Tube
- Mount: iOptron CEM70
- Main Camera: ZWO ASI1600mm Pro
- Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI174mm Mini
- Filters: Astrodon SHO 3nm, Chroma RGB
- Other: ZWO EAF, Atik EFW, FeatherTouch Focuser, OAG, CCDT67
- Software: N.I.N.A, PHD2, Pixinsight

Acquisition Details:
- Ha - 25x900s
- Oiii - 25x900s
- Sii - 20x900s
- RGB - 30x30s each
- Northern coast of Israel
- Bortel 7

Rosette Nebula
(Last years data reprocessed)
Click on above to enlarge.

Full details and higher resolution @ https://www.kinchastro.com/rosette-nebula.html

Good morning all,
these are my shots of M82 and M81 galaxys taken over a month with an Astro-Physics 180mm refractor and KAF 16803 camera. Location north-east of Italy. 15 hours in LRGB eeach.
For the H-alfa I took dedicated images with an astrodon Ha 3nm filter. Especially for M82, this meant 90 hours to be able to have good and deep details in the Hydrogen filaments. Hope you will like.

M81 and M82
Copyright: Marco Cosmacini


full images here (M82 is a crop from full field of view):

M81: https://flic.kr/p/2krhhWJ
M82: https://flic.kr/p/2ksY2Sb

Marco Cosmacini
Villaverde Observatory
Italy

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
IC 5146_2021 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

An heart in the sky.

IC1805
Taken from Villaverde Observatory, north of Italy with a 180mm refractor; this image took nearly 100 hours of exposure in Hydrogen alpha, Oxigen III and Sulphur II all at 3nanometers. Camera is a KAF16803.
Full 4K resolution at https://www.flickr.com/gp/cosmacini/S5h0jG
Copyright: Marco Cosmacini

The most famous horse in the sky
IC434
this is the horsehead nebula taken from Villaverde Observatory, north of Italy with a 180mm f/9 refractor; this image took 50 hours of exposure in Hydrogen alpha and RGB. A tone mapped H-alpha and clear channel were used for the luminance. Camera is a KAF16803.

Full 4K resolution here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/cosmacini/68NDP0

Copyright: Marco Cosmacini

Wolf Moon over the Falchera Lake
instagram.com/stefano.derosa_photography
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above two images taken in the evening of January 28, 2021, showing Full Moon reflecting over the calm waters of the Falchera lake, an artificial lake located in the extreme northern edge of the city of Turin (Italy).

Best regards
Stefano

"Magic reef"

Spain has many magical sea reefs, but this is one of the most beautiful and symbolic ones. The Mermaids' reef is called.


© Alvaro Perez and Jose Manuel Perez

Image Full HD: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pty ... 0.jpg?dl=0

Website: http://deviajeconmigo.com

The Super Wide Bubble & Family
Jaspal Chadha - London UK / Bortle 8/9
https://flic.kr/p/2kx9CEs

ISS solar transit. (White light)
Copyright: Vineeth Kaimal
Date: 29-Jan-2021
Location: Bengaluru, India
Website: http://TheUrbanAstronomer.com

Equipment:
iOptron CEM25P
GSO 6 Inch F5
Baader Solar Filter
Nikon 1 J5

Processing:
PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax, Gimp
Stacked Sun from the same video as station capture, using PIPP for preprocessing, and Autostakkert (50% of 9153 frames), wavelets/deringing in Registax. Blended with individual frames of the space station transit.

Messier 45 (The Pleiades)

The Pleiades open cluster
https://flic.kr/p/2kxAJDt
Copyright: Andres Molina The most famous open cluster at this year epoch, shines brightly under dark skies, this image was taken on one of the best night's at Tatacoa desert in Colombia.


16/01/20201

Desierto de la Tatacoa, Huila, Colombia

Gear: Camera Canon 70D
Telescope: Orion 6" Astrograph
Mount: Ioptron CEM25P

Image: 89x120s exposure per image, calibrated with dark, flat, bias
Stacked and process Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC 2021

*I'm reposting this in the February APOD submissions as I realized I posted this in January's accidentally right before it closed.
Ced 214/NGC 7822
Capture details can be found on my AstroBin profile at Ced 214 / NGC 7822