Starship Asterisk*

Comet 168P/Hergenrother
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/
Copyright: Tamas Abraham

Veil Nebula 2-pane mosaic
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

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cheers

Mario

Jellyfish Nebula IC 443 (bicolor)
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

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cheers

Mario

NGC 7129 & NGC 7142
http://www.massimotosco.it/NGC7129.html
Copyright: Massimo Tosco

Yesterday it rained ... and this afternoon, in full photoshoot has come a flock of flying ants on the ground to fertilize ... one has fun with the lens mounted on a tripod.
ayer llovió... y esta tarde, en plena sesión de fotos, ha salido una bandada de hormigas voladoras de bajo la tierra para fecundarse... una de ellas se ha entretenido con el objetivo montado sobre trípode. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuptial_flight

Plejades with some dust
Copyright: Michael Deger

http://www.galaxyphoto.de http://www.galaxyphoto.de/plejades_I.htm

Thank you for looking

Moonset over north-west part of Croatia.
Copyright: Zoran Novak
http://www.advega.hr/galerija_fotografija

A caterpillar with leaving Venus
Copyright: Petr Horálek
The composition of leaving Venus during last Venus transit in caterpillar shape is made from 37 individual images captured between 4:37 - 4:49 UT (equally every 19 second). Used Canon 550D, MTO 1000/10, Baader astrosolar filter. Observed from Kunětická hora, Czech republic.
Higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/gallery/ ... 2000px.jpg

M16 - The Eagle Nebula (Narrowband)
http://www.lvvastro.com
Copyright: Larry Van Vleet

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 1f44540add

Use however you see fit, just give me a touch of credit where due =)

Here is a shot of the Sun from 10-21-12
Taken using a PST40, Flea3 webcam and 2x barlow. The full disk is a composite of 31 individual frames. 30 second AVIs comprising around 3500 frames were captured to create the subs.
Full disk Sun 10-21-12
Copyright: Tim Jensen And a close up of the major promenence:
promenence 10-21-12
Copyright: Tim Jensen

MRO Astrophotography Contest Winners
http://bit.ly/X97Oy4
Copyright: Magdalena Ridge Observatory

Through Zodiacal Light

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79734303@N06/

Copyright: Scott Tully

Venus and Zodiacal light can be seen just before dawn from a rural Connecticut sky! I was out trying to capture the Zodiacal Light and some possible Orionid meteors on the morning of 10/21/12. Here under slightly dark rural skies, Zodiacal Light can still be seen in some spots and glows just as bright as the faint light pollution on the horizon. When I was reviewing my photos I noticed that this frame might have a big meteor in it! On closer examination I found this was no meteor but it was a satellite. From what it looks like it seems I had caught a satellite passing through the Zodiacal Light. Not knowing, I took the shot just as it was being lit by and exiting the zodiacal light. A pleasant surprise to make up for no meteors in the shot! (according to heavens above this is rocket body - Cosmos 1943 Rocket and was at the end of its visible pass)

Photographed at 5:34 am EDT / 9:34 am UTC
located at Mudge pond in Sharon, CT. USA

20 Sec
f/3.5
ISO 3200

at sunset

Copyright: Kai Wiechen

http://www.pbase.com/kwiechen/image/146897203

NGC247 Needle's Eye Galaxy
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

A small field in NGC 1763
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Josh Lake
This was the winning image in the 2012 Hubble's Hidden Treasures contest. It is processed from data freely available in the Hubble Legacy Archive. It is an image of a small portion of the N11 star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A representative color combination from the hydrogen and nitrogen data reveals a dark, dusty filament on a backdrop of glowing gas.

NGC 6537
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Josh Lake
Processed in PixInsight from data available in the Hubble Legacy Archive.

Another view of NGC 1763
Copyright: NASA, ESA, Josh Lake
Another region of NGC 1763 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Processed in PixInsight from data available in the Hubble Legacy Archive.

IC1805
http://www.pleiades.hu/en/index.php
Copyright: Lóránd Fényes

FULL VERSION: http://www.pleiades.hu/en/galeria/kozmo ... mal/44.jpg

"Orion The Hunted"

The Orionid Meteor Shower just passed this last weekend. Here is a photo showing a meteor going right above Orion's belt and into his stomach (theoretically). I got extremely lucky with this shot since it was only a 4 second exposure with the canon 50mm F/1.4 lens.

Sharing is appreciated!

Camera Details:
Canon T3i
Canon 50MM F/1.4
ISO 1600 for 4 Seconds.
Added diffraction spikes to show constellation



"Orionids"

The Orionid meteor shower rained bits of the famed Halley's Comet in Tucson, Arizona last night and what a sight it was. A couple friends and I laid out some blankets and enjoyed the show out at Gates Pass.

Sharing is appreciated!

Photo Details:
Composite image of 5 images from a time-lapse
Canon 5DMKII 16MM F/2.8
ISO 2500 for 21 Seconds

Orion and airglow
Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/en)
The Orion and other winter constellations with faint airglow from La Silla, Chile before daybreak on 15th October 2012. Image bit saturated to yellow/green because of the airglow.
Higher dimension: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/gallery/ ... 1800px.jpg

a meeting of comets: 168p/Hergenrother and C/2012 j1 Catalina in Pegasus 24.10.2012

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http://www.astrobin.com/uploads/fa54f19 ... 6d49c7.png

http://www.astrobin.com/23353/

Thank you

Roberto Barcellona

Orionids
Full image can be found at http://www.astrobin.com/23322/
Copyright: Allan Runyan

NGC 6888
http://www.manuelj.com
Copyright: Manuel Jimenez NGC 6543
http://www.manuelj.com
Copyright: Manuel Jimenez