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NGC 5139 - Omega Centauri
http://www.astropilar.com.ar/cumulos/NGC5139_2.html
Copyright: Ezequiel Bellocchio

Hi,

Highly detailed Eta Carinae and WR22 surrounding nebulosity.
Larger version:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7460/8846 ... 5a00_k.jpg

Thank's for looking,

Laszlo Francsics

Lynd's Dark Nebula (LDN) 234
http://lbuckphotos.smugmug.com/Astrophotography
Copyright: Lee Buck High-res Version

This is a lovely planetary in Norma, NGC 6164 & 6165

This is an Ha OIII RGB blend (details under the image)and here I have blended
the narrowband and RGB data to create a natural colour palette: all small crops
from the full frame

NGC 6164/5 and very faint outer halo:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 5/original

Close up of the inner hourglass ring:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 6/original

Hubble type palette version:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original



Hope you like it.

Complete Tulip nebula region
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/9090246277/ This is POSS2 red and blue data of the Tulip nebula region in Cygnus. Processing using FITS Liberator and Noel Carboni's "Create Green Channel" in his Photoshop Actions in order to create a full-colour image.
Greg Parker

And here is POSS2 data for the Heart nebula.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/8916885270/ I don't seem to get how you use the [img2] and the address that's given in Flickr - sorry. If you could give me a one-liner on how to do this I would be grateful
Greg Parker

Object: NGC6818
FITS data obtained from Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).
Processing by: Delio Tolivia Cadrecha
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Last sunset of Spring (Última Puesta de Sol de Primavera)
Copyright: Juan Antonio Bafalliu Catalá (Bonobo)
Última puesta de Sol de esta Primavera en el hemisferio norte.
El Sol se pone tras Espejo, pueblo de la Campiña Cordobesa, Andalucía, España.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/calle_l_8/9096866760/

Mercury and Venus over Brisbane, Australia

Mercury and Venus hang low over Brisbane's Story Bridge, while the two stars of Canis Minor, Procyon and Gomeisa, appear above the Meriton. Taken on June 17, 2013.

Copyright: Ben Droste High-res version here: http://www.bendroste.com/photography/pu ... e_high.jpg

Ngc 4038 & 4039 - The Antennae Galaxies
http://www.sgastrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso and Brett Soames
This image was taken with a 6 and 8" telescope and is about 10 hours of exposure.
Please view this image in higher resolution on my Website.

Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1311/
Copyright: Hubble/ESA
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31603
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/ar ... c1311a.jpg[/img2]

Milky Way Panorama
http://www.360-grad-sachsen.de/panos/ro ... achts.html
Copyright: Christoph Simon
[attachment=3]milkyway_roques_de_garcia.jpg[/attachment]

Sadr, in the heart of Cygnus
Copyright: Luciano Nicola Scaramuzzi
[attachment=2]sadrfinalissima2.jpg[/attachment]

Solstice Sterngarten
Copyright: Förderkreis Astronomie und Raumfahrt Der Orion
[attachment=1]High_Noon1.jpg[/attachment]

ISS transiting the Moon
http://spaceweather.com/archive.php?vie ... &year=2013
Copyright: Maximilian Teodorescu
[attachment=0]APOD_Lunar transit_Max_.jpg[/attachment]

Billion-Pixel View of Mars Comes From Curiosity Rover
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-205
Copyright: NASA
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=201701#p201701
[img2]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/msl/2013 ... 18-640.jpg[/img2]

Here is a double transit of the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 with the Shenzhou-10 module docked since June 11 with 3 astronauts inside. Duration of transits: 0.46s. More images and details here: http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... 16-17.html

[attachment=0]thierry.jpg[/attachment]
http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... l_crop.jpg

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... a_full.jpg

Abell 1656 galaxy cluster in Coma Berenices
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli ( http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm )


Tech data and description: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d147.htm

Circumhorizon arc over British Columbia
Copyright: Mark Garstin
[float=left][attachment=1]GastinCHA1.jpg[/attachment][/float][attachment=0]GastinCHA2.jpg[/attachment]

strongmanmike wrote:This is a lovely planetary in Norma, NGC 6164 & 6165

This is an Ha OIII RGB blend (details under the image)and here I have blended
the narrowband and RGB data to create a natural colour palette: all small crops
from the full frame

NGC 6164/5 and very faint outer halo:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 5/original

Close up of the inner hourglass ring:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 6/original

Hubble type palette version:
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original



Hope you like it.

This is not a planetary nebula!!! It is an ejecta nebula around an O-type star. The only other type is the Bubble Nebula in the northern hemisphere, which strangely is often confused to be a Wolf Rayet nebula. It amuses me that even in the 21st century, NGC 6164 still gets mistaken for a planetary nebula!!
Love the outer halo, I think this was discovered in the 1960's by Bengt Westerlund, very few amateur images seem to show it and I believe Don Goldman's image was the first to show it in colour.

Besides Wolf Rayet and O-type stars, other stars that have ejecta type nebulae are Be-type stars, luminous blue variables and symbiotic stars. Also some novae also exhibit nova shell structures. Isn't our galaxy full of amazing wonders? I would love to be able to explore other galaxies from the inside, there are many others with interesting exotic Wolf Rayet nebulae.

tawilson wrote:Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1311/
Copyright: Hubble/ESA
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31603
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/ar ... c1311a.jpg[/img2]

Penguin Galaxy!!!!!!!

starsurfer wrote:

tawilson wrote:Hubble spots galaxies in close encounter
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1311/
Copyright: Hubble/ESA
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31603
[img2]http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/ar ... c1311a.jpg[/img2]

Penguin Galaxy!!!!!!!

If this was chosen as an APOD, it would make the world (and one cosmic girl) very happy!
This post is dedicated to someone whose name begins with the letter A and ends in E.

During Wednesday/Thursdays all-night adventure Joshua Tree National Park, the sky cooperated and helped produce a few terrific images. The moon was a bit brighter than I prefer for night shooting, but it did its job beautifully and illuminated perfectly the spectacular scenery. Image Here the waxing gibbous moon illuminated the rocky features near Arch Rock.

Light pollution comes not only from here on the ground, but from the heavens as well; in fact, one of the greatest offenders is the moon! On Thursday morning, June 20, 2013, the waxing gibbous moon shone over Keys View of Southern California's Joshua Tree National Park. The city lights on the far left are those of the desert communities of Coachella and Indio, while those on the far right are of Palm Springs. The red lights visible in the far right distance are from the wind turbine "farm" near Banning. The mountains to the center and right are the Santa Rosa Mountains; on the other side and somewhat protected from these lights, lies Borrego Springs, California's only International Dark Sky Community.

In Southern California's Joshua Tree National Park, two giant Joshua Trees arch across the starry sky and were lit by the bright waxing gibbous moon on the early morning of June 20, 2013. To capture this scene I placed the camera very low to the ground and aimed straight up.

The Moon

Copyright Brian Larmay



Larger images http://cygnusxone-telescopiceye.smugmug ... &lb=1&s=X3

Thierry Legault wrote:Here is a double transit of the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 with the Shenzhou-10 module docked since June 11 with 3 astronauts inside. Duration of transits: 0.46s. More images and details here: http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... 16-17.html

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... l_crop.jpg

http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/transit_tia ... a_full.jpg

Amazing Shots! Shenzhou-10 Docked to Tiangong-1, Transiting the Sun
Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2013 Jun 21

[i]Solar transit of the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 with the Shenzhou-10 module docked, taken from Southern France on June 16, 2013 at 12:14:50 UTC; using a white light filter. [b]Credit and copyright: Thierry Legault.[/b][/i]

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[i]Hydrogen-alpha solar transit of Shenzhou-10 module docked to Tiangong-1, taken from Southern France on June 17, 2013 at 12:34:24 UT. [b]Credit and copyright: Thierry Legault.[/b][/i]

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Crescent Nebula WideField
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... scent.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano