Starship Asterisk*

IC5067 Pelican Nebula
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total frame 94Hr done with AP155 on Paramount MX

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Copyright: J.C CANONNE, P. BERNHARD, D. CHAPLAIN & L. BOURGON

NGC 7293 The Helix Nebula



NGC7293-HA-14x300-hdr by Chuck Manges, on Flickr


copyright: Chuck Manges

Bubble Nebula NGC 7635
Copyrights: Stefan Westphal
http://www.astrofreunde-franken.de

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My 2015 Solar System collection!
http://astromaphilli14.blogspot.com/201 ... bests.html
Copyright: Michael A. Phillips
http://i.imgur.com/ygk4rUg.png

Mercury at Twilight: Mercury shines brightly after sunset over the hazy Gulf of Patras in West Greece.
On Dec 28, 2015 Mercury reached its greatest eastern elongation from the setting sun.
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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Mercury at Twilight by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

Catalina comes to town

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copyright : Starry Night Imaging (https://www.facebook.com/starrynightimaging)

Last full Moon of the year
Copyrights: Emanuele Balboni Christmas Moon
Copyrights: Piotr Potępa Moon Halo at midnight in the Christmas Night
Copyrights: Manuel Floris Christmas Moonrise over Munich
Copyrights: Marco Sproviero Last Full Moon of the year behind Cuatro Torres de Madrid
Copyrights: Javier Martinez Milky Way from Argentina
Copyrights: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau The Tarantula Nebula
Copyrights: Jaspal Chadha and Luiz Duczmal The Dumbbell Nebula (M27 or NGC 6583)
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga IC410
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Christmas Full Moon
Copyrights: Lauren Blankenbeckler Eiffel Tower full Moon Christmas Star
Copyrights: Elias Chasiotis NGC2070 - Tarantula nebula
Copyrights: Lucas Becroft

Planetary Nebula NGC 2818
Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble Legacy Archive
Processing: Brandon Pimenta


Young Star Cluster Westerlund 1
Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble Legacy Archive
Processing: Brandon Pimenta


Hen 1357: New Born Nebula
Credit: ESA, NASA, Hubble Legacy Archive
Processing: Brandon Pimenta

Christmas full moon
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall


Larger version: http://www.asztrofoto.hu/galeria/img/1451079838.jpg

At that time, everybody eat the christmas dinner, but I decided to create a multiple exposure about the full moonrise.
A special christmas gift for our humanity, because the next christmas full moon will be observable 2034, so thats a rare sighting. And I are lucky, because the other parts of Hungary is very foggy that day.

I used Canon EOS6D with Canon 70-200 f4L USM lens: fix ISO800 and fix f8, various exposures.
Date: 2015. december 25. ~15:40 UT
Location: Hungary, Somogy, Kaposfö


Rafael Schmall
Hungary, Somogy, Kaposfö
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http://www.asztrofoto.hu/adatlap/Rafeee

Mirage Sunset
Copyright: Rafael Schmall


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A beautiful and rare sunset above Hungary. I observerd from the Zselic StarPark lookout tower. (Zselici Csillagpark) The 4. image contains the 2473 sunspots , which erupted today a powerful M1.9 class solar flare. The 5. image produced a green flash, and the 8. sun image looks too malformed.
We have a large inversion layer with 10°C difference

I used Canon EOS1000D with Admiral 400mm lens with 16f stop. This is a 9 picture montage - ISO100, 1/2500 sec

Rafael Schmall
Hungary, Somogy, Zselic Observatory
http://zselicicsillagpark.hu/
http://www.asztrofoto.hu/adatlap/Rafeee

Sunspot AR2473: After several quiet days, big sunspot AR2473 erupted on the surface of the Sun.
http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Sunspot AR2473 by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

Starless Pelican & North America Nebula (Cannistra bicolour)

Copyright: Rob Preston

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Sunrise in Winterwonderland
Copyrights: Christian Frieber ISS transit
Copyrights: Salvatore Lo Vecchio Milky Way from Nevada, USA
Copyrights: Tanja Aurora above Kiruna, Sweden
Copyrights: Kiran Tikare Christmas sky
Copyrights: Donald Sharer Stars over the cereal fields
Copyrights: Antonio Peña Eta Carinae
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Space Telescope, ESO, Amateur Data; Processing Rob Gendler and Roberto Colombari
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Eta-HST-ESO.html Vela SNR
Credits and Copyrights: Data: 117 Panel Mosaic, Digitized Sky Survey, FSQ-106; Processing: Robert Gendler
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Vela-DSS.html Venus rising
Copyrights: Martin Marthadinata Eta Carinae Nebula NGC3372
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Cocoon nebula (IC 5146)
Copyrights: Pascal Minvielle M31 Andromeda Galaxy, M32, M110
Copyrights: Gord Barrett

Tadpoles - a crop from the 2 panel image. by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

IC 2087 and Barnard 22 from suburban skies
Copyright: Jon Talbot



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Flares
Copyrights: Diego Rizzo Night skies of 2015
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Albert Barr C/2013 US10 (Dec 14th)
Copyrights: Damian Peach A window on the universe
Copyrights: Carlo Zanandrea Orion over the clouds
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi Melotte 15 - Center of the Heart Nebula
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo
Copyrights: Christoph de Brucker Christmas sleigh cloud
Copyrights: Bertrand Kulik Star and other trails
Copyrights: Stan Honda Comet Catalina
Copyrights: John Chumack Comet Catalina
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich

Venus rising over Welirang Volcano
Copyrights: Martin Marthadinata Fornax Cluster
Copyrights: Jason Jennings
Larger size: http://cosmicphotos.com/gallery/display ... ld_resol=2 Is there anybody out there?
Copyrights: Francesca Dani Monsters at Borrego Springs
Copyrights: Jim DeLillo M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula Complex
Copyrights: John Chumack IC 63
Copyrights: Robert Fields Simeis147
Copyrights: Idir Saci
Full size: http://www.astrosurf.com/crepuscule/Per ... vffull.jpg Center of the Heart Nebula
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo Panoramic Milky Way
Copyrights: David Moreno Zodiacal Light, Great Planets and the Spring Triangle
Copyrights: Ricky Song Temple of science
Copyrights: Boris Dmitriev

The Great Andromeda in Stardust by David Dvali, on Flickr

Where Perseus meets Taurus by David Dvali, on Flickr

Elephant Trunk Nebula

Elephant Trunk Crop by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Greg Parker wrote:

ChrisKotsiopoulos wrote:Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site in Dorset, southern England. Apart from its unique geomorphology it is an ideal target for Winter Solstice photography. From this vista it spans 115 degrees across the southern horizon whereas the Sun covers 103 degrees from sunrise to sunset at this latitude during the shortest day of the year.

Five photos stacked during the whole day at 20/12/2015, two days before the Winter Solstice.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

That is a superbly executed image!! Well done and Merry Christmas to you too
Greg Parker

Thanks Greg!

Blurred Moon
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Sun Columns
Copyrights: Jüri Raidma

[My first attempt at commenting on some of the beautiful images posted on this forum. Hope I did it right.]
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"Blurred Moon." Very nice. And...rightly centred near the "Woman in the Moon.

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Sandgirl wrote:Blurred Moon
Copyrights: Dani Caxete

Pensamiento de Luna.jpeg

Sun Columns
Copyrights: Jüri Raidma

DSCN0082.JPG

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[My 2d attempt at commenting on some of the beautiful images posted on this forum. First one wasn't in the right place. And apparently, one cannot delete a post, once submitted. Hmmm.]
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"Blurred Moon." Very nice. And...rightly centred near the "Woman in the Moon."

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Aldebaran meets the Moon - Label - Syracuse - Plemmirio
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Copyright: Dario Giannobile Rev.1: a warmer image with real and natural colors.