Starship Asterisk*

Ring around the Moon

Copyright: Rick Stankiewicz
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Orion over the Sorapis

Copyright: Marco Pignatti
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Haloed Moon and Jupiter

Copyright: Kathy Henry
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Untitled

Copyright: Doug Zubenel
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Crepuscular Rays over Sydney

Copyright:Carlos Orue
http://www.flickr.com/photos/70960426@N ... hotostream

Hi all,

"Correction"

Regarding my submission 'Anticrepuscular Rays Over Sydney' what I meant was 'Crepuscular Rays Over Sydney'.

Thanks for looking.

Best regards.

Carlos Orue.

This images shows a combined image of M51 taken by the Hubble Space telescope and the Spitzer space telescope. Star formation areas and dust bands jump out in this highly detailed image.

high resolution
Credits:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Kennicutt (Univ. of Arizona)/DSS
Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).

Processing: André van der Hoeven

Moonset Behind Kitt Peak National Observatory
http://www.darkskyimages.com
Copyright: Scott Tucker
Video of the full moon setting behind Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, as seen from Whipple Observatory on Mt. Hopkins, 45 miles away. Check out the link below for the full description and video:
'Full Moon Setting Behind Kitt Peak' Video and Description

Or the direct link to the YouTube video:
Direct video link

Scott

M33
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

The Horse and the Hunter
http://www.lightwavesobservatory.com
Copyright: James Black

California Nebula

Copyright: Gianni Fardelli
http://www.facebook.com/gianni.fardelli

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http://bit.ly/V7GpLr

Messier 46 and Planetary Nebula NGC2438
http://www.rolfolsenastrophotography.com
Copyright: Rolf Wahl Olsen Link to large image

Messier 46 is an open star cluster located approximately 5,500 light years away in the constellation of Puppis. The cluster is around 300 million years old and contains up to 500 member stars within its diameter of 30 light years.
The cluster was discovered by Charles Messier on 19th February 1771. It is notable because of the planetary nebula NGC2438 that was discovered by John Herschel in 1833 and seems to lie within its boundaries near the bottom in this image. This is the remains of a very old star that has shedded its outer layers and become a faint white dwarf visible as the small blue point in the very centre of the nebula.
The planetary nebula has a different velocity through space than the cluster and is also closer to us at a distance of 3,000 light years, so it is not a true member of the cluster but just happens to lie in the same direction.

Image details:
Date: 1st January 2013
Exposure: LRGB: 44:12:10:10m, total 1hr 16mins @ -27C
Telescope: 10" Serrurier Truss Newtonian f/5
Camera: QSI 683wsg with Lodestar guider
Filters: Astrodon LRGB E-Series Gen 2
Taken from my observatory in Auckland, New Zealand

Artist's rendition of the HAT-P-7 system
http://subarutelescope.org/
Copyright: NAOJ
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Seasonal Changes to Martian Surface
http://www.psi.edu/
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Arizona
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NGC 2626 region in Vela
http://www.astro-austral.cl
http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/part ... html#perez
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez
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Barnard 33 e NGC2024
Copyright: Roberto Colombari
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Milky Way over Roque Cinchado, Teide National Park, Island of Tenerife
http://www.michaelbolognesi.com
Copyright: Michael Bolognesi
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Thor's Helmet
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.id.au/
Copyright: Martin and Karen Pugh
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Rosette Nebula (Caldwell 49 or NGC 2237) in Monoceros, HaRGB Collaboration 15 January 2013
Copyright: Doug German/Dave Williams

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http://i50.tinypic.com/i70nq8.jpg

RGB (Doug German) :
SW ED80/EQ5
Nikon D70 modded, Baader Neodymium filter
39 x 180secs iso 800 (1 hour 57 minutes)
Guiding (RA only): Quickcam Pro4000/9x50 finderscope, PHD

Ha (Dave Williams):
10 x 600 secs (I hour 40 minutes)
Nikon 180mm lens @ f2.8 (heavily cropped)
Moravian G2 8300
Astrodon 5nm Ha filter

http://www.astrobin.com/full/30838/?mod=none

Jupiter and Three of its moons on January 25th, 00:19ut. The moon Io is transiting with its trailing shadow and its located top right of the GRS storm of the disc, The moon Callisto is the one on top and Ganymede at left.

Last year, I shot this picture of the summer milky way, near "la pointe du Raz" in Brittany (France).
It is a composition of 31 pictures taken with a 350D and a samyang 14mm (f2.8, 1600 iso 20s)
http://cyandro.free.fr/IMG_8052-1%20Pan ... r-1-17.jpg

More pictures: https://www.facebook.com/AlexandreCroisierPhotographies

Alexandre CROISIER

NGC 6914 in Cygnus

Thanks for looking

Kfir Simon

Larger version here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148456373

VDB 9 in Cassiopea

Larger version here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148456379

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

NGC 663, 654 LDN 1332-1334 - 1337 and VDB 6

Larger version here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148456378

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

LDN 1608 -9-10 in Monoceros

Larger version here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148456366

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

Rarely imaged SH-278 in Orion

Larger version here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148456377

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

Other View of Pleyades
http://www.skyandphoto.com
Copyright: Rafael Rodriguez Morales
http://www.skyandphoto.com/Other/My-Smu ... &lb=1&s=X3

Los Roques de Garcia, National Park Canadas del Teide

http://www.astropix.co.uk/ps/images/a0999.jpg
M81 and M82 amongst the Integrated Flux Nebula by Peter Shah
http://www.astropix.co.uk/ps/pages/a0999.htm

Bodes Galaxy M81 & M82
larger
Full resolution


East of Merak: M97 & M108
larger
Full resolution

http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand

greets

Mario

M33 Triangulum Redux and a Teeny Tiny Galaxy behind M33
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.
I almost like the "Teeny Tiny" Galaxy behind M33 better than M33... Based on the size I'm guessing 100 million light-years distant????

Hello, image taken from Buenos Aires, full moon in the Belt of Venus over Rio de la Plata, on 26/01/2013


© Carlos Di Nallo


http://carlosdn-alfacentauri.blogspot.com.ar/

NGC 3324 - Gabriela Mistral Nebula


Conjunction Jupiter and M45


Hello, images obtained from San Antonio de Areco - Argentina.
Copyright: Antognoni Alejandro All rights reserved.

http://www.sonovasco.com.ar
http://www.facebook.com.ar/sonovasco