Starship Asterisk*

Horsehead nebula
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Copyright: Tim Christensen LRGB filters
More info here http://www.astrowimp.com/horsehead-nebula.html

The Pleiades and Integrated Flux Nebula by Die Launische Diva, on Flickr

Data collected, calibrated and registered by Scott. The resulting light frame was processed by myself, Die Launische Diva.

Some terrestrial phenomena:

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

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon


The Pilot's halo:


Colorful rainbow over Moscow:


Airplane trails over Amsterdam:

M33 in Triangulum Copyright: Gerhard Bachmayer

Copyrights:Raul Villaverde Fraile

NGC 2467 in Puppis
Credits: SSRO-South (Joaquin Perez, Steve Mazlin, Jack Harvey) and PROMPT/CTIO
Larger size: http://www.starshadows.com/gallery/disp ... ?imgID=526 Star trails from Ramon Crater, Negev, Israel
Copyrights: Michael Krypel Exploding meteor
Copyrights: Aaron Kupferman Southern Spiral NGC300
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Aurora from Ashton-under-Lyne, UK
Copyrights: Sarah Lewis Comet Catalina from southern
Copyrights: José J. Chambó SH2 132
Copyrights: César Blanco González
Larger size: http://www.cieloprofundo.com/cesar/foto ... 2_3000.jpg Sunset, Lick Observatory, 2004
Copyrights: Marilyn Delgado Messsier 33
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile M78, Barnard's Loop, LDN 1622
Copyrights: Steve Cooper

Melotte 15

http://www.fotoastro.blogspot.com.es/
http://www.astronomic.fr

Copyright: Cedric Thomas & Mikel Martínez

Melotte_15_SHO V2

North America and Pelican, 4 panels mozaic
http://www.bastienfoucher.com
Copyright: Bastien Foucher
Full size picture is here : http://www.bastienfoucher.com/Astrophot ... an_SHO.jpg

Planetary Conjunction above Cavo Bianco, Asprokavos.

The three planets, Venus, Jupiter and Mars are just above the small cave of sandstone in the beautiful clay-hill beach of Arcoudilas.
The planets is just under the Constalation of Leo.
The colors was just amazing, Venus was the most beautiful and most luminous but but all three formed a beautiful equilateral triangle.

Canon eos 6D Samyung 14mm f2.8 iso800 Corfu, 26 Oct 2015

The Full Veil, Mosaic of broadband and narrow band data
Image details and larger sizes available here: http://www.starscapeimaging.com/page172/index.html
Copyright: Jon Talbot

IC59 - IC63

http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/sites/ ... k=oeVgY4QC
Data/FullRes

Recording / preprocessing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Jens Zippel
Image processing: by Jens Zippel & Frank Iwaszkiewicz

Best Regards Deep-Sky-Astroteam / Jens Zippel

M27 Nebula
Sum: 16x900 sec Luminance with Idas Lps-p2 filter + 5x900 sec for each RGB channels with Astronomik filters + 12x900 sec for each Ha e OIII channels with Baader filters. CCD Moravian G2-4000 at -15° in Binning 1x1 and Orion active optics. Celestron C14 F/ 6.3.
S.Gasparini
http://www.astrobook.it
Full image resolution: http://www.astrobook.it/images/m27_oss_def.png

Stars in the Arizona Desert
Copyrights: Don Price Comet 67P on Oct 22nd
Copyrights: Damian Peach The Moon and birds
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaïfat ABELL85/CBT1
Copyrights: Rafael Rodríguez Minimalism
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga Compelling Concentricity
Copyrights: Adam Block Orionid Meteor over Mt.Jampayan
Copyrights: Jeff Dai IC1871
Copyrights: Sara Wager NGC 1333, stellar nursery in Perseus
Credits and copyrights: Agrupació Astronòmica d'Eivissa/Ibiza (AAE) - Alberto Prats Rodríguez Moon Trail of over 5 hrs
Copyrights: Vijay Kapoor

full moon

Storck's nest in the moonlight
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal
Storck's nest in the moonlight
ETX90, Sigma 17-70mm, EOS650D

Pacman at Halpha with only 400mm
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal
NGC281
Esprit80 and Moravian G2-8300.
3x Drizzle.
7x1200sec 12nm Halpha.

Orions Inner Core
http://www.far-light-photography.at
Copyright: Arno Rottal
Orions inner core
20x10sec, 20x30sec, 10x60sec Halpha.
RGB from DSLR. 3x Drizzle due to only 400mm.
Moravian G2-8300 on Esprit80.

I love your Moon stork and your portrait of Orion, Arno! The stork and Moon juxtaposition most certainly speaks for itself, and your Orion Nebula picture looks just the way it may look when observed through a telescope.

Ann

What does a spooky looking selfie, three planets and a dead satellite have in common? They are all in this photo from October 26, 2015. I thought I would try a selfie on Monday morning using my Canon 6D and Lensbaby Fisheye lens (15 seconds at ISO 3200), after examining the photo I noticed a small streak in the background that I later identified (using Starry Night Pro software) as satellite ADEOS II, which died in orbit in 2003 after the solar panels failed.

You never know what your time lapse images will pick up!

M57

Copyrights: Stéphan Gaumont-Guay
Scope: Celestron EdgeHD 8"
Cameras: Atik 460ex and SXVR-H18
Exposure time: 40h
Location: Stoneham, Quebec, Canada.
Website: http://www.astrobin.com/users/AstroGG/
High resolution image: http://www.astrobin.com/222706

Mercury Venus Jupiter Mars Conjunction - Dawn at Plemmirio Lighthouse
URL of website, if anywww.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile

Venus Jupiter Mars Conjunction - Dawn at Plemmirio Lighthouse
URL of website, if anywww.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile

VISTA Discovers New Component of Milky Way
Credits: ESO/Microsoft WorldWide Telescope
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1542/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35299

Melotte 15
Copyrights: Dan Meek The "Halloween Aurora" of 2003
Copyrights: Dave Parkhurst Milky Way and meteor
Copyrights: Inma González de la Mata NGC6914
Credits and Copyrights: Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi; Image processing Credit : Daniele Malleo M94
Credits and copyright: Data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, Subaru Telescope and Robert Gendler; Assembly and Processing by Robert Gendler
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M94-HST-Gendler.html M17
Credits and copyrights Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler and Roberto Colombari
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M17- ... u-ESO.html The Moon
Copyrights: Andy Spielman October SuperMoon
Copyrights: Maxwell F.X. Palau The Witch Head
Copyrights: Jeff
Full size: http://www.skycrumbles.net/Pages/IC2118_en.html Asteroid 2015 TB145
Copyrights: Ernesto Guido ‘One size fits all’ when it comes to unravelling how stars form
Image credit: K.G. Johnston and ESO (background image)
An article: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/378 ... stars_form http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35303

Milky Way and Halema'uma'u Crater
Copyrights: David Puleo

Reflection and dark nebulae in Cepheus
Copyrights: Artem Mironov
Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/artemfomi ... ed-public/ Black Hole Has Major Flare
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-331 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35298

Veil Nebula for Hallowe'en
Copyrights: Stuart Heggie
Full size: http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/cc ... 6M_Big.jpg C/2014 Q1 on Sep 13th
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Full size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 9_13dp.jpg LBN 603
Copyrights: Robert Fields Pillars in NGC7822
Copyrights: Don Waid
Larger size: http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc7822 ... -1200.html Hunter´s Moon
Copyrights: Javier Martinez Moran Lunar Halo
Copyrights: Stan Honda Aurora in the subarctic
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke SADR 21
Copyrights: Andrea Malservisi