Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2015 1:56 pm**

The Guardian
http://www.ancientskys.com
https://www.facebook.com/AncientSkys
Copyright: Marc Toso

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Ancient circular structure just outside of Moab Utah. This photo was taken in early November, two exposures blended together. All of the foreground light is from a long exposure, illuminated solely by an extremely thin crescent moon. Another exposure was taken for the stars.

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:15 pm**

Margaret Bridge Startrails
copyright: György Soponyai

This cut all-sky photo was taken at Tuesday dawn. Standing at the southern cape of Margaret Island, the grounding of central pillar of Margaret Bridge was an ideal location for photographing cool startrail pictures. In "one hour direction" the building of Hungarian Parliament is visible.

2015.11.17. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Sigma EF 8/4 156x45 sec, F 7.1, ISO 320

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2015 9:52 pm**

The Birth of Monsters
Image Credit: ESO/UltraVISTA team. Acknowledgement: TERAPIX/CNRS/INSU/CASU
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1545/

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35377

N206 in the LMC
Copyrights: Don Goldman
Larger size: http://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/n206 ... a-remnant/

NGC 5216, the Keenan System (Arp 104)
Copyrights: Adam Block
Larger size: https://www.adamblockphotos.com/ngc-5216.html

M33 - the Triangulum Galaxy
Copyrights: Scott Rosen
Larger size: http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... =113&p=566

Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Dustin Smith

Merope and her sisters
Copyrights: Pasquale Costantino

Milky Way
Copyrights: Siro Moya

SH2 202
Copyrights: Robert Fields

From Rosette to Witch Head Nebula panorama
Copyrights: Stanislav Volskiy

Green sky as seen from inside of a green
Copyrights: Göran Strand

Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Josh Borup
Larger size: http://i.imgur.com/KAKjsna.jpg

Taurid meteor
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar

Aristarchos Telescope, and Orion
Copyrights: Christophe Anagnostopoulos

A rainbow of colors on the Moon from an Atlantic Sunrise
Copyrights: Robert Pettengill

Globular cluster NGC 1851
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Posted: **Thu Nov 19, 2015 10:34 pm**

Orion's belt and Sword
Image Credit: Jonathan Green (https://goo.gl/8tUz5c) and Amit Ashok Kamble (https://goo.gl/pbtWvG) / Auckland Astronomical Society (https://goo.gl/Z16tQU)

Orion's belt and Sword - The data that makes up this image was captured at the recent Astrophotography camp held in Foxton by the Horowhenua Astronomical Society, the image shows the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, the Orion complex is a large group of bright nebulae, dark clouds, and young stars in the Orion constellation. The cloud is between 1 500 and 1 600 light-years away, and hundreds of light-years across. Several parts of the nebula can be observed through binoculars and small telescopes, and some parts (such as the Orion Nebula) are visible to the naked eye.

The nebula is important because of its sheer size, as it spreads several degrees from Orion's Belt to his sword. It is also one of the most active regions of stellar formation visible in the night sky, and is home to both protoplanetary discs and very young stars. The complex also contains dark nebulae (such as the Horsehead Nebula), emission nebulae, reflection nebulae, and H II regions.

This image is the result of a collaboration between Astrophotographers Jonathan Green and Amit Kamble, Jonathan captured the image data and Amit processed the image in PixInsight, the image is made up from 101 x 1 minute exposures captured with a Canon 60da at ISO1250 through a Canon 200 mm lens set at f/2.8, 21 dark frames were subtracted for calibration and the stars were tracked using a iOptron sky Guider mount. Image Credit: Jonathan Green & Amit Kamble

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 12:08 am**

Two Universes
Large panoramic shot in the mountains of the Caucasus Nature Reserve.
Copyright: Yuri Zvezdny

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Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 4:34 am**

Star Trails and Aurora over Mount Rainier
http://www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/46847275@N04/19589554603/
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This image contains my first aurora experience with star trails over Mount Rainier. If you look closely there is a bright white trail of lights on the right side of the summit. This is a group of climbers attempting to summit Rainier. A week before this image was taken we unfortunately lost a young climber due to a high wind storm mixed with a blinding white-out. The climber was 23 years old. For me the image has a lot of emotion as it was the first time I was able to witness an aurora, and I would like to think that was the young climber watching out for his fellow mountaineers making their way towards the summit.

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 7:03 am**

Hi,

here is a 4-panel mosaic of the LMC!

4-panel mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

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Small(?) - 1400 x 1378 Pixel (1237 kB)

Medium - 3000 x 2952 Pixel (5927 kB)

Large - 6022 x 5925 Pixel (21111 kB)

cheers

Mario

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:23 pm**

Starless Orion and Horsehead Mosaic
copyright: Josh Smith

Starless Orion and Horsehead Mosaic by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 5:25 pm**

Lights on the Virgin Island
Copyright: Sabine Gloaguen

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Here is a picture taken in Brittany (France).
The sky was very clear and it was a pleasure to observe the Milky Way. If you look attentively, you could find the Andromeda galaxy and also some airglow on the right side.
I was lucky enough to observe for the first time the bio-luminescent plankton activated by the waves movement.
And finally the fire lit by unconscious people in this protected area creates a dramatic effect...

Canon 6D, Sigma f1.4, 24mm, ISO 3200, 20s, 16 pictures.

Posted: **Fri Nov 20, 2015 10:46 pm**

NGC 7822

Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:40 am**

Dust of Taurus, Baby Eagle to Pleiades

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Full screen version
http://www.astrobin.com/full/227425/B/

Copyright 2015 Richard Flinn

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2015 9:12 am**

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44x900 with Starlight Xpress Trius 694 and GSO RC8

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2015 2:30 pm**

http://www.astrobin.com/full/154371/B/

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2015 4:17 pm**

IC 342

Carlo Rocchi, Italy

Posted: **Sat Nov 21, 2015 6:24 pm**

NGC 104 - Final
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/23072533195/
Copyright: Alan C Tough

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Posted: **Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:12 am**

]The Colorful IC 434- The Horsehead and the Flame

I took this with a non modified dslr over the course of two nights. I was astounded to see how much detail was visible, even with basic gear.

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