Starship Asterisk*

John Ebersole wrote: Cederblad 90, Gum 3, vdB 94 in HST Palette
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Copyright: John Ebersole

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This emission (and reflection) nebula is located at the south wing tip of the Seagull nebula, IC2177, in Canis Major. A small planetary nebula can also be spotted by the sharp-eyed. A larger image is available at http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/p651566697 ... #h338d2e09

I never thought a narrowband image of this nebula could be so lovely considering the nice colours in RGB! The planetary nebula is a surprise that I was unaware of previously! It seems to have been discovered recently and is catalogued as PN G225.5-02.5 and is quite small at 20 arcseconds.

Hello to everybody,

This is the first image I have taken from my new roll-off roof observatory (I took 18 months to get my final installation, in my fix observatory after my adquisicion, located in the Astronomical Observatories of Sabadell in the Montsec, in the town Àger-Lleida-Spain)

The image is not the important thing, because I have forced it too much, colors, noise, without definition, but the most important thing is that is the first time that have tested my new installation of my roll-off roof observatory.

I hope this is will be the beginning of a good year plenty of nights clear skies.

Details photo:

Place: Àger-Lleida (Remote control)
Date: 30-12-2014

Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini II
Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180 ED
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II
Exposures: 10x300 sec + 10x150 sec + 12x60 sec all at ISO 1600, with darks, flats and bias.
Software: APT Astro Photography Tool v2.71 + Pixinsight 1.8

Titlte: M42 first light remote control roll-off roof observatory
Best Regards.
Luis Romero
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Night Colors



Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
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starsurfer wrote:

John Ebersole wrote: Cederblad 90, Gum 3, vdB 94 in HST Palette
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/
Copyright: John Ebersole
http://gallery.lightbuckets.com/image_d ... 9_full.jpg
This emission (and reflection) nebula is located at the south wing tip of the Seagull nebula, IC2177, in Canis Major. A small planetary nebula can also be spotted by the sharp-eyed. A larger image is available at http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/p651566697 ... #h338d2e09

I never thought a narrowband image of this nebula could be so lovely considering the nice colours in RGB! The planetary nebula is a surprise that I was unaware of previously! It seems to have been discovered recently and is catalogued as PN G225.5-02.5 and is quite small at 20 arcseconds.

Thanks for the nice comments and info about the planetary nebula.

The Tadpoles and The Flaming Star
by Adam Jaffe
Scranton, PA

Combined exposures of HaOIIIRGB for a total of 12hrs integration time.



Full Size
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Jupiter, Oval Ba and the moon Europa on January 10th, 06:14ut. Under ideal conditions finally. LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, PGR3 Ccd, Astronomik RGB filters, TeleVue 3x barlows. 60 sec. per chnl. Animation At: <a href="http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/J2015 ... m2-EMr.gif" rel="nofollow">www.jaicoa-observatory.com/J2015-01-10- ... Anim...</a>

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile (alcarreño)

Cinturon de Orion by astrocentejo, on Flickr

Venus an Mercury above the "Sausenburg" castle in the southern Black Forest (Germany)



Bigger: http://www.startrails.de/files/IMG_2062k.jpg



Bigger: http://www.startrails.de/files/IMG_2068k.jpg

Achim Schaller

Mercury & Venus Conjunction at Sunset, in Mumbai, India
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Copyright: Gurpreet Singh

Hi to all.
Lovejoy Q2 12th January / 275 mm F/3.3 newton /1h30 exp.
regards.

© Philippe TOSI

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 11th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

NGC1760

Copyright: Paul Haese

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High Score!
http://tonylicata.org
Copyright: Tony Licata

Flame Nebula
Credits and copyrights: Data: NASA IRSA & ESO; Processing: Mauro Rorato M78
Credits and copyrights: Data: ESO; Processing: Mauro Rorato NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster
Credits and copyrights: Data: ESO; Processing: Mauro Rorato Comet Lovejoy c/2014 Q2
Copyrights: Stan Honda Comet C/2014 Q2 LoveJoy
Copyrights: Robert Mueller Mercury Venus conjunction and an owl
Copyrights: Yuri Beletsky Comet Lovejoy and startrails
Copyrights: Del Croom Mercury and Venus conjunction
Copyrights: Jero Esquerdo Galiana

C/2014 Q2 - Jan 9
http://www.cieloyfoto.es
Copyright: Rafael Rodríguez Morales

Comet Lovejoy
January 10, 2015
(00:16 - 00:52 UT; Comet centered on 00:34 UT)

Larger Images and data:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/148202/0/
http://www.astrobin.com/148202/0/

Nick Pavelchak
Altamont, NY

Hello friends,

Last week I made the Horsehead nebula, the seeing was very bad, clouds windy...but I was enjoying too much, this is the most important thing when you have a hobby!!!

Details photo:

Title: The Horsehead Nebula or Barnad 33

Place: Observatorio AstroSirius Àger-Lleida
Date: 10-01-2015
SQM : 21.2 mag/arcsec
Mount: Losmandy G11 Gemini II (Ovision)
Telescope: Takahashi Epsilon 180 ED
Camera: Canon 5D Mark II mod.
Exposures: 30x 300 seg ISO 800
Software: APT 2.71 Astro Photography Tool + TheSkyX + Pixinsight 1.8
Clear Skies
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Paul Haese wrote:NGC1760

Copyright: Paul Haese

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There have been some excellent images of nebulae in the LMC this season, very happy to see them getting the attention they deserve! NGC 1760 (or N11 for the entire complex) is the second largest HII region in the LMC and this field of view is amazing! The looped nebula near the top of the image is N9 and this complex also includes a supernova remnant that I think was discovered in the 1990's. N11 also has a supernova remnant as part of the complex, it is the small purple bubble below and to the left of the central cavity.

Finally, I'm pretty sure your image includes some uncatalogued nebulae!

An image of comet Q2 Lovejoy from January 13th, in close proximity to M45. It will be closer to the Pleiades in a few days, and under dark skies it will be possible to catch the comet's tail over this open cluster.
The image is a 9 frames stack, each a 4 minute exposure at ISO800 with a Canon 550D and Sigma 50mm lens at F/4, from Comana Woods, Romania.
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Clear skies,
Max
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Copyright: Terry Hancock
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IC 342 - The hidden galaxy
by Reinhod Wittich
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Taken 13.01.2014 18:45 LTC near Warsaw, Poland. Gear used: OS Veloce RH200, STL11000 and ASA DDM 60.

NGC 1333 - An Interstellar Dust Cloud
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Copyright: Callum Hayton

Shot just before Christmas

M42 - The Great Princess of Winter Night
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Copyright: Sylvain Girard https://500px.com/photo/94656287/the-gr ... ain-girard

34 exposures of 5 minutes and 14 exposure of 10 seconds for the bright heard.
Camera : Canon EOS 1000D unfiltered
Telescope : Takahashi FSQ-106ED refractor.
Mount : Takahashi EM-200 USD3.
Guiding : Orion Starshoot Autoguider on a William Optic Zenithstar 66SD refractor.
Outside temperature : 0°C
Sensor temperature : 7°C
SQM : 20.7
Software : auto-guiding with PHD Guiding, acquisition with Astro Photography Tool, processing with PixInsight and a little bit of photoshop.
Location : Col des Milles Martyrs, Isère, France

Hope you'll like it !
Thank you.

Jellyfish Nebula. 10 hours SII Ha OIII

Jellyfish Nebula - Narrow Band by Kinch-Astro, on Flickr