Starship Asterisk*

A full Moon in colors
Copyrights: Houssem Ksontini Partial Lunar Eclipse 07 Aug 2017
Copyrights: Fathi Mayoof Lunar Eclipse from Italy
Copyrights: Francesco De Tata Eastern Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Guillaume Seigneuret
Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/drgkill/3 ... ed-public/ Double Eclipse - ISS transit during lunar eclipse
Copyrights: Sri Harsha Arangi IC2177
Credits and copyrights: Data: OmegaCAM/VST and DSS2; Assembling and processing: R. Colombari
Larger size: http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/9 ... ermark.jpg Lunar partial eclipse over Marseille time-lapse
Copyrights: Guillaume Cannat Halo, Thailand 2012
Copyrights: Camiel Wijffels Giant Squid & Flying Bat Nebula
Copyrights: Paul Swift Cocoon nebula
Copyrights: Huszáros Márk Summer Milky Way over the Gulf of Corinth
Copyrights: Alexandros Maragos Sunset with sunspot (and seagull)
Copyrights: Mark Ritter SN 2017cbv in NGC 5643
Copyrights: BJ Fulton M16 The Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry Moon from Brno Observatory
Copyrights: Jan Píšala Panorama of Perseids
Copyrights: Jiajie Zhang Partial Lunar Eclipse of August 7, 2017
Copyrights: Mohsen Salahshoor The sun bite of 2014
Copyrights: Alan Friedman

M52 - Open Star Cluster
http://albireo.gr/tmp/m52.jpg

http://albireo.gr/astrogallery/stars/op ... 8/M52.html

copyrights: Konstantinos Christodoulopoulos, albireo.gr, GREECE

Waxing Crescent Moon & Cirrocumulus undulatus clouds at twilight in Athens, Greece

https://alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Athens Twilight by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

LDN 1235
Copyright: Efrem Frigeni

Two wide angle shots of the Milky Way through Delicate Arch (Utah), respectively taken with 20mm and 14mm lenses. Saturn is visible just over the Pipe nebula





Larger images:
http://www.astrophoto.fr/milkyway_delic ... lt_cpr.jpg
http://www.astrophoto.fr/milkyway_delic ... lt_cpr.jpg

The Sea horse and the Galaxy - Barnard 150 & NGC6946

Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez Priego

https://flic.kr/p/XQMBhX

https://www.facebook.com/jose.jimenezjj

Vapor Dragons
Copyrights: Theodore Trafka Sun and the ship from Asuncion Paraguay
Copyrights: Jhon Harold Partial Lunar Eclipse of 7th-8th August 2017
Copyrights: Talha Zia Kiss the sky
Copyrights: Ben Coffman M20
Copyrights: Steven Mohr
Full size: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4435/3598 ... c9f9_o.jpg Perseids from the Observatory (12 to 13 August 2017)
Copyrights: Daniel López NGC7000 and IC5070
Copyrights: Jesús M.Vargas and Maritxu Poyal
Larger size: http://sky-astrophotography.com/index.p ... re&id=1107 Colorful Perseid Meteor
Copyrights: Alireza Vafa Perseids meteors over Catalonia
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado Annular eclipse 02-26-2017
Copyrights: Andrea V. Anfossi An Iris and a Deinotherium Head
Copyrights: P. Carotti
http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/3587/201 ... bd46f9.gif Perseid in Croatia
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi Night sky from Mohsen Arjmand
Copyrights: Mohsen Arjmand Region IC 1284
Copyrights: Jose F. Hernández Rho Ophiuchi
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/307065/0/? ... real=&mod= In the Sagittarius Arm: Lagoon and Trifid nebulae
Copyrights: Sebastiano Recupero Colorful spectra lines of Perseid fireball
Copyrights: Zhang Chao NGC 7635,The Bubble, Sharpless 162, or Caldwell 11
Copyrights: John Chumack Perseus falling star, a fire ball
Copyrights: Juan Antonio Gonzalez Hernandez The Sun
Copyrights: Joe Matus M45
Copyrights: Christian Guillonard 2017 Perseids
Copyrights: Yong Yang Perseids over erupting volcano
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar Perseids meteor shower composite from Joshua Tree National Park with detailed nebulosity
Copyrights: Michael Krypel March of the Milky Way
Copyrights: Christian Sasse

Eclipse partielle sur les bords du Tage by David Duarte, on Flickr

Eclipse partielle sur les bords du Tage by David Duarte, on Flickr

M8 lagoon nebula with 30 hours of exposure

M8 by Jonathan Durand, sur Flickr

https://www.flickr.com/photos/134034446 ... ool-apods/

A very Partial Eclipse Copyright: Alan C Tough

This was the view from the north of Scotland. The partial eclipse here was less than 2%. It was very cloudy over the UK and I may have been the only person in Scotland to witness this event!

Hi-res version:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/36802667315/

Copyright: Jason Guenzel

Hello, here my rendition of the August 21,2017 eclipse which I had the pleasure of experiencing. It is a composite image from ten sub exposures of various length showing details from prominences down to earthshine. Though I tried to use my visual experience as a guide, obviously the dynamic range is otherworldly. Enjoy..

Larger version with details...

4 Globular clusters in one frame (at least...)

47 Tucanae is the second brightest globular cluster following Omega Centauri.
The large globular 47 Tucanae (NGC 104, Caldwell 106) seen in this 1.5 X 1.5 Degrees frame outshines the 3 smaller clusters neighburing it.
All 4 clusters are companions of the Small Magellanic cloud.
NGC 121 is the small cluster at 2 O'clock of the cluster.
At 9 O'clock is the small cluster SMC L8 and above it the smaller cluster SMC L11.

There are several small galaxies hidden among the stars - the largest one PGC 1536 can be seen half way Between 47 TUC and NGC 121

Larger versions:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/new_images

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

Brightest Perseids of 2017
Copyrights: Victor van Wulfen vdB 9, vdB 7 and part of vdB8
Copyrights: Alberto Pisabarro Venus and Piton de la Fournaise
Copyrights: Cyril Richard AR12671
Copyrights: Stan Smith Transporter-Erector Retraction
Copyrights: Bill Jelen Perseid shower 2017
Copyrights: Sheila Wiwchar Perseid meteors from Zselic
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall M71
Copyrights: Jim Renard Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8)
Copyrights: William Tan Sharpless 254
Copyrights: Jeff Johnson
Larger size: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/Sh2-254_1Feb17.htm Solar Eclipse
Copyrights: Donald A. Lubowich NGC 55
Copyrights: Martin Pugh M16 and M18
Copyrights: Jose F. Hernández Galactic Core from Argimusco, Italy
Copyrights: Sebastiano Recupero, Antonio Ruggeri Perseids 2017
Copyrights: Giovanni Bonini Perseids, plane and startrails
Copyrights: Mácsai Krisztina Perseid Meteor Shower from Persia
Copyrights: Alireza Vafa Solar Eclipse 2008
Copyrights: Murray Paulson Meteor shower
Copyrights: Dheera Venkatraman Perseids meteor shower over French Pyrénées
Copyrights: Jean-Francois Graffand M27
Copyrights: Tolga Gumusayak
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/307506/0/ M31
Copyrights: Bray Falls Milky Way
Copyrights: Carlos Gomez

Solar Eclipse 2017
Copyrights: Josef Ladra

Clouds
Copyrights: Peter Way The Scorpion Sting, Cat's Pawn and the Lobster Nebulae
Copyrights: Ricardo Leite Chinese Sichuan Ruoergai cloud Ranch - the Perseid meteor shower
Copyrights: Qne Tea(Zhang Wei) Mosaic of M16, M17 and Sh2-54
Copyrights: Christian van den Berge
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikao/36217732510 NGC6888 Crescent Nebula
Copyrights: Credit & Copyright: Data: Raul Villaverde Fraile - Procesing: José Jiménez Priego Sunset over relay
Copyrights: Corrado Mascia Earthshine Moon and Pelmo
Copyrights: Marcella Giulia Pace Witch's Broom
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt Under the stars
Copyrights: Hower JI Milky Way and Perseid Meteor over Central Texas
Copyrights: Chris Sherman Milky Way Galaxy
Copyrights: Jennifer Koch Milky Way from Stanislaus River, California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Aurora over Hoopers Inlet with reflection of Southern Cross
Copyrights: Ian Griffin Comet C/2015 ER61 PanSTARRS near M45 Pleiades
Copyrights: Adriano Valvasori The seahorse and the galaxy
Copyrights: Jose Jimenez Priego The Milky Way just 20km away from Athens, Greece
Copyrights: Alexandros Maragos The Milky Way over the Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounio, Greece
Copyrights: Alexandros Maragos Sun 2017/08/18
Copyrights: Rafael Barragan 1st Lunar Eclipse of 2017
Copyrights: Udit pratap Das The Running Chicken Nebula
Copyrights: Ivan Bok NGC6559 and Surroundings
Copyrights: Chuck Manges

LDN 1622, vdB 62 and vdB 63
http://www.distant-lights.at/vdb62-2017_02_25.htm
Copyright: Thomas Henne

Cosmos lift travel by MASAHIRO MIYASAKA, on Flickr

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NGC 5907 Splinter Galaxy
http://www.elfirmamento.com
Copyright: Manuel Fernández Suárez This image has an exposure of 19 hours. It consists of 38 takes of 30 minutes of exposure. I have added data collected with two Takahashi telescopes (1500 and 2415mm focal)

High resolution image: http://www.elfirmamento.com/galeria/ngc ... r_big.html

LOCATION: INFRARED OBSERVATORY. LEON, SPAIN - 2017
TELESCOPES: TAKAHASHI TOA 130 APO + EXTENDER (1500 mm) + TAKAHASHI MEWLON 210 (2415mm)
MOUNT: TAKAHASHI EM400 TEMMA 2
CCD: QHY9 CAMERA (-30º)
GUIDER: STV CAMERA / EZ GUIDER 60mm.
TOTAL EXPOSURE 19h - TOA LUM 10X30 min + TOA RGB 14X30min + MEWLON 14X30 min RGB
RGB FILTER + IDAS LPS
PROCESS: MAXIM, PHOTOSHOP, NOISEWARE
CALIBRATION: DARKS, FLATS

Thanks,
Manuel

Moon and Venus
Copyrights: Francisco Diego Dumbbell Nebula (M27)
Copyrights: Chuck Ayoub Perseid Meteor Shower
Copyrights: Lasha Ebitashvili Partial lunar eclipse over the "Jungfrau"
Copyrights: Martin Mutti Perseids in Tibet
Copyrights: Zefeng Li Anti-Crespular Rays over KSC
Copyrights: Bill Jelen Milky Way over River Tisza in Hungary
Copyrights: Zoltán Incze Crepuscular Rays and Shadows in the Sky of Las Vegas
Copyrights: Miguel Claro The Moon, Venus and the Flag
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado Lucky shot
Copyrights: Renee Rieger Partial Lunar Eclipse
Copyrights: Mohsen Salahshoor Plane and the Sun
Copyrights: Ben Hakala Side of West Veil Nebula NGC6960
Copyrights: Francesco Sivieri NAN and Pelican Mosaic
Copyrights: Scott Champion Trifid and Lagoon - Gamma Cygni
Copyrights: Arno Rottal Best Ever Image of a Star’s Surface and Atmosphere
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1726/?lang NGC 6914
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo Milky Way over Mosquito Lake California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Bubble Nebula NGC 7635
Copyrights: Jorge Juan García Mayo North America Nebula NGC 7000
Copyrights: Jorge Juan García Mayo SH2-119 (Cygnus)
Copyrights: Francois Chevenet Night sky
Copyrights: Haitong Yu Milkyway over a dirt road
Copyrights: Don Price Central Milky Way
Copyrights: Matus Motlo

Eclipse HDR
Copyright: rob pfile

Great American Eclipse - better HDR processing by rob pfile, on Flickr

Pop
URL of website, http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... 8/Soap.jpg
Copyright: Paul C. Swift

Pop by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

The 4th brightest Globular Cluster in the sky..after Omega Centauri, 47 Tuc and M22
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4358/3668 ... 1399_b.jpg
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

1.6 million light years from the Milky Way, the Irregular Dwarf galaxy NGC6822 is part of the local group of galaxies.
Some 7000 light years across and complete with prominent HII and OIII rich regions, highlighted here, it has a remarkable resemblance to the much closer large Magellanic cloud

Bigger file here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Orion Nebula



Orion Nebula (Reprocessed) by Alejandro Pertuz, en Flickr