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Red Moon over Frankfurt
Copyright: Mario Weigand
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Eclipse clock

Copyright: Gianluca Galloni

Composition of 9 images taken Friday, July 27th from Italy with the eclipse visible starting from the Moon rising with the same still immersed in the evening twilight.
The images were taken with a Canon 1100D mounted on a TeleVue 108/880 apochromatic refractor from the Lodigiano astronomical observatory.
Here in high resolution on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/26QnNju

A single image that picks up the Moon coming out of the shadow cone, you can also see some stars in the field.
Here in full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/MsuMf5

Milky ecplipse

The lunar eclipse of July 27 and the milky way in Sardinia.
www.ivanpedretti.com
Copyright: Ivan Pedretti https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/861/42997 ... 817d_h.jpg

After the eclipse, now if 'Winter is coming'
Tower of joy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/68018999@N08/
Copyright: Jose Luis Sanchez

July 27, 2018
Lunar Eclipse and Milky Way over Zafra castle

The Milky Way with the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars; the full moon eclipsed in the castle of Zafra (Tower of joy in the series Game of Thrones)
Milky way over Zafra Guadalajara. Spain.

La Vía Láctea con los planetas Júpiter, Saturno y Marte; la Luna llena eclipsada en el castillo de Zafra (Torre de la alegria en la serie Juego de Tronos)
Vía láctea sobre el de Zafra. Guadalajara. España.

cOPERNICUS CRATER
ASTROBIN
https://www.astrobin.com/full/358719/0/ ... do_Menezes

Equipaments:
C11 edege + pw 4x
Asi 174mm
Sao Paulo - SP
June 23, 2018Fernando oliveira de Menezes

ARISTOTELES and EUDOXUS
Upper crater ARISTOTELES
Lower crater EUDOXUS

Aristotle is a relatively new impact crater, situated in the north-eastern quadrant of the Moon, on the south shore of Mare Frigoris and east of the mountainous region known as the Alps Mountains.

Equipments
C11 edge
Pw 4x
So 174mm
Sao Paulo
6/21/2018
Copyright: FERNANDO OLIVEIRA DE MENEZES

MOON 47%
https://www.astrobin.com/full/356759/0/ ... real=&mod=
Equipamentos:
APo 150mm triplet
Asi 1600mm
Baader IR CUT
7/19/2018
Copyright: fERNANDO OLIVEIRA DE MENEZES

THE ULTIMATE SIGH OF THE LUNAR ECLIPSE
I got 135 videos, 320 images and I will have a good time to process everything.
It was an incredible moment, even in the midst of clouds, unique experience, I leave for you the last image I made of this event.

details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/358393/0/ ... do_Menezes

equipments:
AP 150mm triplet
1600mc
Baader ir cut
São Paulo -SP - BRAZIL
Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

PARTIAL MOON ECLIPSE
PARTIAL MOON ECLIPSE

For me it was the moment that surprised me the most during the whole eclipse, when the sky opened and this beautiful image appeared.

details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/358501/0/ ... do_Menezes

equipments:
AP 150mm triplet
1600mc
Baader go cut
Sao Paulo-SP - BRAZIL
Copyright: FERNANDO OLIVEIRA DE MENEZES

Perigee and Apogee Total Lunar eclipses 2018
Copyright: Petr Horálek
More info and image in higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=4098

In 2018, very unusual astronomical situation occured: both perigee and apogee full Moons were totally eclipsed. The perigee one, on 31 January 2018, was one of two so called „supermoons“ of 2018 and also second full Moon of the same month (in UTC time), making this one Super Blue Blood Moon. The apogee one, on 27 July 2018, was even more interesting as the eclipse itself took a central stage as the century’s longest one (with 1 hour and 43 minutes long duration of totality). Next time both perigee and apogeetotal lunar eclipses occur in 2033 and 2036. To preserve true angular proportions of both captured eclipses, during its maximal phases, I used completely identical equipment: Canon 6D, Canon 6D, MTO 1100mm, f10.5 on Vixen GP-2 mount, with same camera settings too.

Magical eclipse view over the Rhodes Island
Copyright: Petr Horálek
More info and image in higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=4119

The eclipsed Moon and the surrounding stars
Copyright: Alessandro Carrozzi
Total Lunar Eclipse – July 27th 2018 by Alessandro Carrozzi, su Flickr

M16 - The Eagle Nebula

Copyright: CAAT - Centro Astronómico del Alto Turia - Gonzalo Fornas
Processing: Laureano Martin - Alfonso Carreño Best Regards.-)

The skies of Alvord Desert, Oregon, USA

It was 2:30 in the morning and we were 1200m above sea level. Far away from the nearest large civilization. There are only lost villages of a few tens of inhabitants, some without even streetlights, for hundreds of kilometers.

After more than 10 hours of going to the desert, we knew it was going to be a hard journey, but it would be worth it to be in a lost in a place little visited that has one of the most AWESOME skies I have seen in my life.

Plant yourself in the middle of the desert, look around 360º and see nothing but a huge 19 x 11 kilometer stretch of flat sand that ends in mountains that you never see growing from far away.

Look up and see the sky fall on you...There were dark areas that had never seen anything more than a photo. The galactic core... indescribable. It shone in a way that cannot be described. And see how the stars came out on the horizon, almost as dark as in the zenith is spectacular.

Here, in this photo, I appear, sitting on a chair, with the Milky Way behind me, already descending and hiding behind the distant mountains.

The United States has touched my heart ... its people, its life, its cities, its magical landscapes, the warmth with which it receives you, its endless roads, its burgers, everything... This trip has marked a before and after in my life.

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Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: www.aipastroimaging.com

Full resolution:
https://aipastroimaging.com/wp-content/ ... _2048p.jpg

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula

Image taken from my remote observatory "Zenit"
Location: Manciano (Grosseto)
Telescope: RC GSO Truss 10"
Reducer: Riccardi 0,75X - M63
Focal: 1500 mm
Mount: 10Micron Gm1000HPS
CCD: Moravian G2 8300
Filtrer: LRGB Astrodon Gen2 36mm
Subs:
L 80 X 350" bin 2
R 26 X 350" bin 2
G 30 X 350" bin 2
B 29 X 350" bin 2
Sensor -20°
Integration LRGB: 16 h

IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula by Paolo De Salvatore, su Flickr

NGC 6543, the nebula of the cat's eye

A photo with the technique of short exposures.
In 4 nights, I selected 95000 frames on 200000 captured at 300ms.
I used a newton 300mm F4 , barlow 3.5x and asi224mc
http://astrophoto17.eklablog.com/
Copyright: Stephane Gonzales

The Night when Mars is closest to Earth
http://NightChina.net
Copyright:Steed Yu Today, Mars is closest to us, less than 57.6 million kilometers from the Earth. In other words, for humans on Earth, Mars appears to largest tonight.

However, even the largest Mars will not be as big as the moon, as in the rumors. In fact, the largest Mars looks like only about 1/75 of the moon, and it still looks like a bright star to the naked eye.

In the early hours of the morning, I took photos of the moon and Mars. Putting together two photos, you can intuitively feel how big the largest Mars will be compared to the common moon.

Lunar Eclipse over Germany
Copyright: Marco Ludwig
In northern Germany the moon was rising total eclipsed. So we didn´t see the first part of the Eclipse. But for the 400 visitors of our Observatory in Neumünster it was just perfect. A summer Lunar Eclipse under perfect conditions and right after sunset.
Those seven pictures I took with my Canon EOS 60D and a 480mm Williams APO sitting on our 2000 pounds and 48 inch Newton. www.sternwarte-nms.de

Storm over the Atacama desert by Juan-Carlos Munoz-Mateos, on Flickr

Trio Gassendi (Gassendi, Gassendi A and Gassendi B)
Trio Gassendi (Gassendi, Gassendi A and Gassendi B)

The surface of the crater is cut by a multi-channel system (rille), which gives a "fractured" appearance to the floor. This channel system was named after Rimae Gassendi. The various channels on the crater floor are the result of volcanic and tectonic forces.
In April 1966, members of the "BAA Lunar Section" reported the appearance of a sudden reddish glow in Gassendi. This reddish coloration was confirmed by several experienced observers of the time. From there, Gassendi became a hot target for the search for Transient Lunar Phenomena - transient lunar phenomenon, brief or fleeting, which are described as rapid appearances of lights, colors or change of appearance in the visual, which could demonstrate the existence of volcanic manifestations, escape of gases or other geological processes that supposedly would imply that the moon would not be geologically dead.
(Vaz Tolentino)

Best details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/359042/0/ ... real=&mod=

Equipments:
C11 edge
So 174mm
June 25, 2018
Sao Paulo-SP

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

Kepler Crater
Kepler is highlighted by the system of bright rays created by debris ejected during the impact that excavated the crater. The rays cover the "tide" around them and extend for more than 300 km, crossing rays of other craters

better details
https://www.astrobin.com/full/359176/0/...

Equipments:
C11 edge HD
So 174mm
Filter ir cut
June 25, 2018
Sao Paulo-SPdo Oliveira de Menezes

Mars on July 31st at its closest approach to Earth opposition today.

Certainly my best photo of Mars this year, many details easily visible both at the wavelength of visible and in the infrared.
Vallis Marineris stands out in the center of the photo as well as several other regions around him, but what caught my attention was the presence of Olympus Mons at 10am as well as the 3 volcanoes of Tharsis a little more towards the center, they can be seen easily as terrain elevations and not simple blemishes.
https://www.astrobin.com/full/359232/0/?nc=user

This image shows one of my favourite regions in the Northern skies. It's the region surrounding the star Sadr in the constellation of Cygnus. This image was made using astrodon narrowband filters for Ha (5nm), OIII (3nm) and SII (5nm).

Equipment used was a TMB92 with a QSI583ws ccd camera cooled to -20C.

Processing done with Astropixelprocessor and photoshop.

Exposures used:

42 x 900s Ha
20 x 900s OIII
15 x 900s SII

Total: 19,25 hours


Sadr - Cygnus constellation by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr