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Partial lunar eclipse at the Australia Telescope Compact Array

http://csirouniverseblog.com/2013/04/26 ... on-rising/

Partial lunar eclipse in the morning twilight of the 26th of April (UT 25 April) as seen from the site of the Australia Telescope Compact Array (Narrabri, NSW). The photo features antenna 5 of the array (which consists of an array of 6 22-m radio-telescopes). At the time this photo was taken, the ATCA was observing mm-wavelength methanol masers located in the Galactic plane in the 330 to 345 degrees longitude range.

Copyright: Maxim Voronkov (CSIRO)

Fullmoon For Honeymooners

Corfu Greece, 01 Sep 2012
Canon eos 40D
Takahashi TOA130
1000mm
f7.7
iso800

This picture shows the moon track in the sky during the central part of the lunar eclipse of 25th of April 2013, as seen from countryside; it's a combination of multiple shots: 39 for the Moon (one every 2 minutes and half) and one final shot for the moonlit panorama; all done on a tripod.
Pictures were taken in the countryside of Melegnano, Lombardy, Italy .
The resulting pictures have been simply combined with Gimp: no other photo editing.

Camera data for all pictures:
Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure Program : Manual
Focal Length : 50.0 mm
Lens Type : Canon EF 50mm f/1.8


Moon exposures (39 every 2m 30sec from 2013:04:25 19:20:35 UTC to 2013:04:25 22:55:34
Exposure Time : 1/100
F Number : 1.8
ISO : 200

Moonlit landscape:
Exposure Time : 0.8
F Number : 1.8
ISO : 200

Fausto

A picture of a lunar halo appeared yesterday, shortly after the Moon eclipse; it as an actual combination of a picture of the lunar halo, with another picture, taken few minutes afterwards, of the Moon, just to show some of the lunar details in the glow: all done on a tripod.
Pictures were taken in the countryside of Melegnano, Lombardy, Italy .
The resulting pictures have been aligned and simply combined with Gimp: no other photo editing.

Picture details:

Lunar halo:
Exposure Time : 1/320
F Number : 2.8
ISO : 200
Date/Time Original : 2013:04:25 22:29:22

Moon:
Exposure Time : 0.3
F Number : 2.8
ISO : 200
Date/Time Original : 2013:04:25 22:31:06
Create Date : 2013:04:25 22:31:06

For both pictures:

Camera Model Name : Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Photographer: Fausto Lubatti
Focal Length : 100.0 mm
Lens Type : Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Fausto

M101
http://bf-astro.com
Copyright: Bob Franke Lunar eclipse from Hungary
http://www.astrophoto.hu
Copyright: Ladanyi Tamas
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Saturn on April 26th less then 48 hours from opposition its ring are brighter due to the Seeliger Effect and its hexagon northern pole is clearly visible. Also one of its principle moon is visible Rhea bottom right of the image. (Equpment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik LRGB filter set.

"Les Granges" at the centre of the universe
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=762
Copyright: Maurice Toet Tractor Shed
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=767
Copyright: Maurice Toet Stargazing
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=885
Copyright: Maurice Toet Wood Logs
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=876
Copyright: Maurice Toet Old Tree
http://www.dutchdeepsky.com/?p=871
Copyright: Maurice Toet

I would like to submit my image of the full pink moon rising in Prague:
copyright: David Tschornhttp://www.15sunrises.com
It was taken with a 1000mm MTO-11CA lens on a Canon 5D2, rest of the information is available in the EXIF.

Thanks.

http://www.astrobin.com/full/39937/?mod=none

Saludos desde España

Earth and Milky Way

Copyright: Sergio Montúfar

Rosseta Nebula
Second version, this is better

http://www.SkyandPhoto.com
Copyright: Rafael Rodriguez

High Resolution
http://www.skyandphoto.com/Other/My-Smu ... F&lb=1&s=O

Look Rock Milky Way - Foothills Parkway, Maryville, TN
Copyright: Noah Frere
Full Res: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-31mmlRQp6Uc/U ... abeled.jpg
I increased saturation quite a bit here which brought out the light pollution. Even though this is one of our regular dark sky sites, the city is not too far away...

Sharpless 305, 306, 307 and 309
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon Higher resolution versions can be found at http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH3 ... 7_0413.htm

Saturn's Hexagon
http://500px.com/rafaeldefavari
Copyright: Rafael Defavari
Taken with an 8" Schimdt-Casegrain telescope from Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.

The center of our Milky Way
http://500px.com/rafaeldefavari
Copyright: Rafael Defavari
Taken with a 50mm lens on a DSLR and a home-made tracking mount from Jean Nicolini Observatory site, Campinas, Brazil.

ETA CARINA
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/3372tvm.htm

We finally had some good, warm, evening weather, and I was able to get out the scope and take a few pictures. I did see Jupiter and Saturn, but the full moon was so bright, I could not discern a galaxy to save my LIFE!!! So, I settled for the Moon, and M13...which I could fairly make out in the eyepiece.

Both pictures are taken from about 20 still pictures made into an AVI video. This is then loaded into Registax. The frames are aligned, stacked, and the best parts of each frame are saved as a single image. Then that image is used in Photoshop, with auto level, contrast, and color...and these are the results...much better, and clearer than my other efforts. Sounds like a long, involved process, but really only takes maybe 5-6 minutes or so. Not counting all the telescope operation and taking the pictures of course, that took about an hour and a half, that session. Just the processing time.

If I did that process with Jupiter, it gets totally lightened up, and is not good, with Saturn it is totally washed out...Deep Sky Objects turn out the best, and the Moon...

I don't have one of the original M13 frames, but they can be "dingy" looking. Processing really clears them up, and makes them more enjoyable.

The Moon features are brought out with a Wavelet function in Registax. The original image is a tad blurred.

My ETERNAL THANKS to Tony Hallas, for the advice he gave me!

All images were taken with my 10" Meade LX 200 GPS, and a Deep Sky Imager 2 Color Camera, on my laptop....from my driveway, in a neighborhood of a city with lots of light pollution, there is a street light 50 feet away or so. And then there was the Full Moon!!! Not too shabby for a relatively cheap observatory.

More great weather coming next week!!!

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NGC4216
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

Afterglow of GRB 130427A
Uppsala Amateur Astronomers - http://www.uaa.nu
Copyright: Uppsala Amateur Astronomers Imaged with LRGB with one telescope and measured in BVRI with another.
Observers: Lars Hermansson, Mats Johansson and Patrik Holmström

/Patrik Holmström

IC5070 - Pelican Nebula
http://www.skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=IC5070.jpg
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

Star trails over a water well in the Montsant mountains, Catalonia
Copyright: Maria Rosa Vila

Double Lunar Eclipse
Copyright: Torsten Schäfer
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On the Ridge (with green airglow)
http://www.mikesalway.com.au/
Copyright: Mike Salway Partial Lunar Eclipse
Copyright: Maximilian Teodorescu
[attachment=0]MaximilianTeodorescu_PartialMoonEclipse_April25_2013.jpg[/attachment]

Markarians Chain by Peter Shah 12inch f/3.8
http://www.astropix.co.uk/ps/pages/a0940.htm

A VERY PARTIAL ECLIPSE

Cristina Cellini - San Romualdo/Ravenna (Italy)
http://www.mazzottiefigli.com/cfm2004/a ... leluna.jpg


Rubinar300 f/4.5 Lens and Canon 450D - Iso 200 - Media of two image of 1/200 and 1/5

IC1396 in SHO


full & info : http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo32.htm
do with a TEC140 , 28H in SHO,

IC1848 in SHO


full & info : http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo34.htm
do with a FSQ106 , 60H in SHO, 45 H good frame

Didier CHAPLAIN & Laurent BOURGON
www.felopaul.com