Starship Asterisk*

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Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, registered from Brazil.

Equipment: ED80 + QHY163M
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Delberson.

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Great Galaxy Cluster in Centaurus (Abell 3574), registered from Brazil.

Equipment: ED80 + QHY163M
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Delberson.

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Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33), registered from Brazil.

Equipment: ED80 + QHY163M
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Delberson.

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Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31), registered from Brazil.

Equipment: ED80 + QHY163M
Regards,
Delberson.

SH2-140, 145, 150
Copylight ByoungJun Jeong

full resolution
https://www.astrobin.com/full/323731/0/?nc=user

Titled : Narrow-Band Excitement in Perseus

This is the narrow-band and broad-band mixed version of our exploration of the California Nebula in Perseus.

Brought to you through the collaborative photographic efforts of European astrophotographers Paul C. Swift & Maurizio Cabibbo. Processed by Swift.
Image here: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... ar-fix.jpg

Narrow-band excitement in Perseus by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

Swift:

Imaging telescope: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Imaging camera: 9.2mp Sony SX814
Mount: Software Bisque Paramount MX
Guiding telescope or lens: Vixen VSD 100 f/3
Filters: Chroma OIII 3nm, Chroma Ha 3nm and Chroma SII 3nm

Locations: Home observatory, Valencia, Spain

Cabibbo
Imaging telescope:Takahashi Fsq 106 EDXIII f/3,6
Imaging cameraSbig Stl11000

Filters: Baader RGB HA
Mount: Losmandy G11
Guiding telescope or lens: Orion SSAG on Orion Short Tube 80/400



Copyright: Paul C. Swift and Maurizio Cabibbo

Beauty of imperfection
Copyrights: Shangguo Gao Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) on May 26th
Copyrights: Damian Peach M45
Copyrights: Damien Cannane NGC 2903
Copyrights: Günter Kerschhuber NGC7789 - Caroline's rose
Copyrights: Guillaume Seigneuret M33
Copyrights: Pedro Ré M33 and its nebulae
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992)
Copyrights: Chuck Ayoub Mare Nectaris and colors on the lunar ground
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti Northeast Frigoris and colors on the lunar ground
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti Venus and Jupiter rise
Copyrights: Mohamed Gamal Milky Way, airglow & Gegenschein at Pic du Midi Observatory
Copyrights: Stephane Vetter HH-666
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana The three ways
Copyrights: Davide Necchi[/b Venus and Jupiter rising together
Copyrights: James Li Milky Way over barn near Oakdale, California
Copyrights: Eric Houck The Omega Nebula
Copyrights: Danny Lee Russell LDN 1152, the "elephant trunk nebula's" twin
Copyrights: Markus Blauensteiner Venus and Jupiter are Closed at Dawn
Copyrights: Wang Letian Venus and Jupiter over the Roman Bridge, Cordoba, Spain
Copyrights: Paco Bellido M42
Copyrights: Rudy Kokich

Jupiter and Venus conjunction from Ankara/Turkey
Copyrights: Merfin Mina Meşe Venus-Júpiter conjunction over Yebes Astronomical Observatory
Copyrights: Pedro Luis Cuadrado Jupiter meets Venus, a rare planetary affair
Copyrights: Zsolt Berend Jupiter and Venus trying a celestial kiss
Copyrights: Francisco José Sevilla Soul Nebula
Copyrights: Ronald Brecher

Barnard 202,203,204,vdB 13,Bernes 63,RNO 14 and some Herbig-Haro targets
Copyright: Antonio F.Sanchez


More resolution and information:
http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/Barna ... us%29.html

North America Nebula complex
Copyrights: Maurizio Cabibbo and Paul C. Swift Jupiter and Venus above the skyline of Beijing
Copyrights: Steed Yu A Clear Night with the Northern Taurids Meteor Shower
Copyrights: Jiacong Li Ful Moon multicolored
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti M20 "trifid nebula" & M21
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux (NGC 6946)
Copyrights: Harold Heaton Horse Head Region
Copyrights: Andrealuna Pizzetti Meteor, galaxy and aircraft
Copyrights: Cheng Luo Horse in starry night
Copyrights: Cheng Luo Autumn starry night in north China
Copyrights: Cheng Luo

Waning Crescent Moon

Photographer's name: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

Email addresses: Barretosmed@hotmail.com

Date, time, and location: 11/15/2017, 03:10, San Carlos-SP-Brazil
Telescope: Esprit 150 ED and Zwo asi 1600 mm coled

Copyright. Raul Villaverde Fraile
Orion en 9 teselas by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Updated Heart of the Heart Nebula

IC 1805 Portrait
Technical card
Imaging telescope or lens: 10" Orion Astrograph
Imaging camera: ZWO Optical ZWO ASI 1600MM cool
Mount: Celestron CGX
Guiding telescope or lens: Astromania 60mm
Guiding camera: Astromania SGCMOS Series Telescope CMOS Camera
Software: AstroPhotography Tool (APT), AstroPixel Processor (APP), PhotoShop, LightRoom
Accessories: ZWO Optical Zwo Filter Wheel 8 x 1.25"

Sii 29 x 6min = 174min
Ha 30 x 6min = 180min
Oiii 30 x 6min = 180min
Lumi 24 x 3min = 72min

Copyright Warren Landis

NGC 281

HaOIIIRGB
(c) Patrick Winkler
http://www.celestialobjects.net/ngc281.html

Sharpless 200 (SH-200). KG Observatory, San Diego, CA.

Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Imaging camera: QSI 660 WSG
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Focal reducer: Celestron 0.7X
Software: PixInsight 1.8, PHD Guiding 2, Neat Image V7, Photoshop CS3, Sequence Generator Pro, Maxim DL6
Filters: Astrodon 1.25" 3nm OIII, Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha
Accessories: Innovations Foresight ONAG SC, Optec FocusLock, Starizona MicroTouch Autofocuser
Resolution: 2676x2158
Dates: Oct. 24, 2017, Nov. 27, 2017
Frames:
Astrodon 1.25" 3nm OIII: 20x900" -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" 5nm Ha: 17x900" -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 9.2 hours
Darks: ~20
Flats: ~40
Flat darks: ~40
Bias: ~20
Avg. Moon age: 6.24 days
Avg. Moon phase: 38.94%
Mean SQM: 19.50
Astrometry.net job: 1839246
RA center: 47.764 degrees
DEC center: 62.793 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.642 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 91.240 degrees
Field radius: 0.307 degrees
Locations: Home, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States

https://www.astrobin.com/full/323968/0/?nc=user

SOLAR AR 2688


Area ativa AR 2688 com filtro Daystar cromosphere além de filtro ERF frontal.

EQUIPAMENTOS: ESPRIT 150 ED
ASI 174 mm
Local: São Carlos – SP
Filter DAYSTAR, FILTRO DE REJEICAO DAYSTAR 150mm.

Cassiopeia - The Queen
Image copyright: Jason Guenzel

I just think its an awesome sight to see Andromeda hovering over the plane of our galaxy, knowing we are both hurtling toward our future collision. This area of the Milky Way is dotted with some interesting targets. The brighter ones are the Heart Nebula in the lower right, the Double Cluster slightly above that, and the Pacman Nebula just below the center of the frame. Of course, the Great Andromeda Galaxy steals the show, but the rift of the Milky Way makes for an interesting horizon line.

Enjoy!
Link to higher resolution and capture detail....

Summer Triangle Sets Over The Trona Pinnacles by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

My best from this fall...

Orionids Meteor Shower: https://www.astrobin.com/320109/?nc=user


Dual Telescope Imaging: https://www.astrobin.com/323978/?nc=user


Triangulum Galaxy from this fall: https://www.astrobin.com/315232/B/?nc=user


Andromeda from this fall:https://www.astrobin.com/306006/D/?nc=user


Cassiopeia's Ghost: https://www.astrobin.com/320107/?nc=user

Flying Bat Nebula and Squid, SH2-129 and OU4
David Dvali
Flying Bat and Squid, SH2-129 and OU4 by David Dvali, on Flickr

The Butterfly Nebula, IC 1318
David Dvali
The Butterfly Nebula, IC 1318 by David Dvali, on Flickr

Widefield in Cygnus
Widefield view of the Cygnus region.
A fairly large region of the sky, composed with mosaic of 8 pictures to cover everything in this portion of the sky.

Nikon D750 Astrodon, Samyang 135mm f/2 ED AS UMC
NiSi Natural Night Filter
SkyWatcher Star Adventurer
120s, 1600ISO, f/2.8, 135mm
The exposure time for each picture is 120s only, without DOF.

HD version (3500px, strongly recommended) : http://maximeoudouxphotographie.fr/grand-champ-cygne/

Astrobin version with astrometry : https://www.astrobin.com/308924

Maxime Oudoux
Website : http://maximeoudouxphotographie.fr

Mare frigoris


Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Best Resolution: https://www.flickr.com/photos/155237548 ... ed-public/
Celestron C11 + focal reducer 0.7 + asi 290mc

Schroteri Valley
In my opinion the most beautiful region of the moon: Valle Schroteri region showing mainly the Aristarchus plate and its strange region.

Aristarchus dish (55km wide) has large pyroclastic deposits are a potential resource for useful elements like hydrogen, oxygen, iron and titanium. Thus, due to its geological complexity and potential resources, the Aristarchus region is of course of interest to the Constellation Program and future lunar missions.

The other region of great interest (Cobra Head [CH]) consists of a deep well is thought to be the source of ventilation of a tremendous lava outlet that flowed through the plateau and formed the rille.

Does this region have high brightness know why?
What is the origin of the shiny material?
Some of the brightness is a function of faces of steep stones facing the sun. Most of the local material here is basaltic, giving a different coloring of the region, originating in the enormous 140 km long Vallis Schröteri snake head vent.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155237548 ... ed-public/
Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
EQUIPAMENTS: C11 edge, ASI 290 mc and powermate 2,5x
Local: São Paulo– SP

barretosmed wrote:Schroteri Valley
In my opinion the most beautiful region of the moon: Valle Schroteri region showing mainly the Aristarchus plate and its strange region.

Aristarchus dish (55km wide) has large pyroclastic deposits are a potential resource for useful elements like hydrogen, oxygen, iron and titanium. Thus, due to its geological complexity and potential resources, the Aristarchus region is of course of interest to the Constellation Program and future lunar missions.

The other region of great interest (Cobra Head [CH]) consists of a deep well is thought to be the source of ventilation of a tremendous lava outlet that flowed through the plateau and formed the rille.

Does this region have high brightness know why?
What is the origin of the shiny material?
Some of the brightness is a function of faces of steep stones facing the sun. Most of the local material here is basaltic, giving a different coloring of the region, originating in the enormous 140 km long Vallis Schröteri snake head vent.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/155237548 ... ed-public/
Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
EQUIPAMENTS: C11 edge, ASI 290 mc and powermate 2,5x
Local: São Paulo– SP

Click to view full size image

[amateur guess]
Could the shiny material possibly be fresh lunar ice that was exposed through a powerful impact of some sort?
[/amateur guess]

Ann