Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:10 pm**

NGC2264 Narrow Band

http://www.sky-astrophotography.com/ind ... re&id=1059

Clear Skies,

Maritxu Poyal and Jesús M. Vargas

http://www.sky-astrophotography.com

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:15 pm**

NGC 6559 - M8 and M20

http://www.sky-astrophotography.com/ind ... ure&id=768

Clear Skies,

Maritxu Poyal and Jesús M. Vargas

www.sky-astrophotography.com

Posted: **Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:34 pm**

Perseus double cluster

http://www.sky-astrophotography.com/ind ... ure&id=892

Clear Skies,

Maritxu Poyal and Jesús M. Vargas

http://www.sky-astrophotography.com

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:41 am**

NGC6726
Copyright: Jacek Bobowik

Larger image: http://www.astrofotki.pl/papod/NGC6726.jpg
Web Site: http://www.astrofotki.pl

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:42 am**

M16
Copyright: Jacek Bobowik

Larger image: http://www.astrofotki.pl/papod/M16.jpg
Web Site: http://www.astrofotki.pl

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:48 am**

Moon and Jupiter with a lonely tree and cross illuminated by a passing car.

Tamas Abraham
More images:
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/tajkep/ejsz ... 70122.html

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:54 pm**

October 28, 2016
Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
Tecnosky AG70/350
ASA DDM60PRO
CCD QSI 583ws cooled -20
Unguided images
Astrodon RGB E-Series Gen2 filters
RGB: R 12x5min, G 11x5min, B 14x5min.
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart6 and Paint Shop Pro X9

Cristina Cellini

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:35 am**

Helix Galaxy (NGC 2685), Copyright KG Observatory.

Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Imaging camera: QSI 660 WSG
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Focal reducer: Celestron 0.7X
Software: PixInsight 1.8, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image V7, Sequence Generator Pro, Maxim DL6, Adobe Photoshop CC 2014
Filters: Astrodon 1.25" R, Astrodon 1.25" B, Astrodon 1.25" G, Astrodon 1.25" L
Accessories: Innovations Foresight ONAG SC, Optec FocusLock, Starizona MicroTouch Autofocuser
Resolution: 2494x1616
Dates: Jan. 14, 2017, Jan. 16, 2017, Jan. 17, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon 1.25" B: 23x300" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" G: 19x300" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" L: 117x300" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" R: 35x300" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 16.2 hours
Darks: ~20
Flats: ~80
Flat darks: ~80
Bias: ~20
Avg. Moon age: 18.10 days
Avg. Moon phase: 86.51%
Mean SQM: 19.50
Astrometry.net job: 1419060
RA center: 133.913 degrees
DEC center: 58.734 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.643 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 88.531 degrees
Field radius: 0.265 degrees
Locations: Home, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2017 4:42 am**

Andromeda

A short 15min exposure of the closest galaxy to us. The andromeda galaxy.

What is special about this image is that it was taken with fairly simple equipment from average skies and short exposure time, yet it brilliantly shows details in the galaxy.

Exif: 30sec * 51, ISO 3200, f2.8 at 200mm using Tamron 70-200 on Canon 6D

: Andromeda Galaxy

Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2017 10:16 pm**

Rosette Nebula

Data and higher resolution: http://www.wittich.com/?p=2526

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Posted: **Mon Jan 23, 2017 11:58 pm**

M13 Globular Cluster
http://www.astrowimp.com
Copyright: Tim Christensen
LRGB

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2017 7:49 am**

NGC2264 and the Christmas Tree Cluster - HaRGB
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal

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NGC2264 and the Christmas Tree Cluster - HaRGB
14x1200sec Ha
each 4x900sec RGB
Moravian G2-8300 on Esprit80.

full resolution:
http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/e ... ermark.jpg

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:14 pm**

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2017

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Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:21 pm**

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2017

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Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2017 8:14 pm**

Falcon 9 liftoff
Copyrihgts: Greg Martin

LBN 437
Copyrights: Günter Kerschhuber

Iridium 60
Copyrights: Hýža Vašek

One day long exposure
Copyrights: Marco Meniero

Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Oleg Bouevitch

Jupiter on January 14, 2017
Copyrights: Brian Combs

IC 1805
Copyrights: Andrea Demarchi

M27
Copyrights: Josep Drudis

Milky Way from Australia
Copyrights: Daniel Gaussen

No regular circumpolar trails
Copyrights: Francisco José Sevilla

ISS passing from Valladolid
Copyrights: Francisco José Sevilla

NGC 7822 Narrowband
Copyrights: Peter Hergesheimer

NGC 2264
Copyrights: Jesús M.Vargas and Maritxu Poyal

NGC7000
Copyrights: Jesús M.Vargas and Maritxu Poyal

NGC7000 & IC5070
Copyrights: Jesús M.Vargas and Maritxu Poyal

NGC6992
Copyrights: Jesús M.Vargas and Maritxu Poyal

Pipe Nebula with smoke
Copyrights: Clinton Chan

NGC7822 Region
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

M42 Orion Nebula
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

The Milky Way over the Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martínez Morán

Mars and Venus hiding behind a tree
Copyrights: Srikanth Boga

Posted: **Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:27 pm**

M78 region in Orion
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Rainbows and anti-crepuscular rays
Copyrights: Todd Lindberg

Double Cluster in Perseus
Copyrights: Alan Potts

Pleiades
Copyrights: Alan Potts

Moon and plane from Athens, Greece
Copyrights: Elias Kotsikonas

Colorful Scorpio
Copyrights: Hower Gee

Horsehead and Flame
Copyrights: Thomas Peter

IC405
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo

Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Bryant Henley

NGC-253 Sculptor Spiral Galaxy
Copyrights: John Chumack

In the heart of Orion
Copyrights: Tommaso Rubechi

Running Man
Copyrights: László Francsics

Messier 78
Copyrights: László Francsics

Natural colour and hypersaturated Moon
Copyrights: László Francsics

An Airplane Superglory
Copyrights: Giancarlo Forno

NGC 5128 - Centaurus A
Copyrights: Ruben Barbosa

ISS Lunar Transit
Copyrights: Brad Goetsch

Posted: **Wed Jan 25, 2017 9:22 am**

22° Halo & Contrail
22° halo around the sun with a contrail casting a shadow on a thin cloud layer over the city of Patras in West Greece.
http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

22° Halo & Contrail by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

Posted: **Wed Jan 25, 2017 11:30 am**

Startrails and ISS
Copyright: Steve Johnston
Taken at Cape Schanck, Victoria, Australia on 7 January 2017. Waxing gibbous moonset (70% full) provides pleasing foreground illumination despite washing out the sky. Canon 5DMkII, 14mm @ f/2.8, ISO-1600, stack of 62 x 19s exposures.

Posted: **Wed Jan 25, 2017 12:07 pm**

Emu rising over Waratah Bay
Copyright: Steve Johnston
A mosaic of 63 images taken from Walkerville South, Victoria, Australia on 4 April 2016. The image shows Jupiter in upper left, the Magellanic Clouds in upper right, Mars and Saturn forming a triangle with Antares in the lower centre, the green cast of airglow around the horizon and the electric blue of bioluminescent plankton in the surf of Waratah Bay. The dust lanes within the Milky Way between Scorpius and Crux (Southern Cross) are known in Aboriginal culture as the "Emu in the sky". Canon 60Da, 28mm @ f/2.8, ISO-3200, exposure time 25 seconds per frame.

Posted: **Wed Jan 25, 2017 7:58 pm**

Conjuction of Venus and the Moon
Copyrights: Tamás Kelemen

Moon-Jupiter conjunction from Italy
Copyrights: Stefano Fasolin

M42
Copyrights: Kardos Zsolt

M42 & NGC1977
Copyrights: Kardos Zsolt

Sword of Orion
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Orion region
Copyrights: J. F. Hernandez

Sun dog from Switzerland
Copyrights: Philippe Haake

Hydra Galaxy Cluste
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Lagoon Nebula
Copyrights: Damian Peach

NGC 3201
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Cone Nebula
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Orion Mosaic
Copyrights: John Vermette

Orion's dagger mosaic
Copyrights: Kevin Morefield

IC417 and NGC1931
Copyrights: Destin Heilman

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Barnard's Loop, Horsehead Nebula, Flame Nebula and M78
Copyrights: Doug Backlund

Cumulonimbus
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar

Abell 426 Perseus A Galaxy Cluster
Copyrights: John Chumack

Venus in a bubble
Copyrights: John Bell

Under the telescope
Copyrights: Jingyi Zhang

Pacman Nebula
Copyrights: Rodd Dryfoos

NGC 3621
Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Space Telescope , ESO, Amateur Data; Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC3621-HST-ESO.html

NGC 2264 Cone Nebula
Copyrights: Tragoolchitr Jittasaiyapan

Orion and the Chinese New Year
Copyrights: Jianfeng Dai

Venus on 20th January
Copyrights: Valery Denis

Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2017 9:28 am**

"Space Window"
Full image here: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... Nebula.jpg
Copyright: Paul C Swift

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Posted: **Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:07 am**

Rosette nebula - HaRGB
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal

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Rosette nebula - HaRGB
5x1200sec Ha
each 6x600sec RGB
Moravian G2-8300 on Esprit80.

full resolution:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/281325/0/?real=&mod=