Starship Asterisk*

IC 5070 Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Jorge Juan García Mayo Heat Lightning Storm
Copyrights: Larry Hubble Lightening Over the Atlantic Ocean
Copyrights: Kaly Royster Rising Moon
Copyrights: Rodrigo Andolfato GLMP 1000 - IRAS 20324+4057 - evaporating protostar
Copyrights: Josh Smith The Sun - photosphere/chromosphere
Copyrights: Alan Friedman M63, A Dusty Flower
Copyrights: Steve Cooper M20 – Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Ashley Marando
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/254931/F/ Solar Halo
Copyrights: Troy Casper Armstrong’s Full Moon over the Brno city
Copyrights: Petr Horálek Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Full size: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8737/2821 ... 0a99_o.png Bode's Galaxy
Copyrights: Thomas Lelu Milky Way, three satellites and Suevit rock
Copyrights: Markus Kleinle M16, Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga NGC 6820
Copyrights: Robert Fields Coccoon fog
Copyrights: Jochen Fehmer Ancient Eye in the Sky
Credit: NAOJ
An article: http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease ... index.html http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36197

Crescent
Copyrights: Tolga Gumusayak
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/256710/0/ Jupiter’s Great Red Spot heats planet’s upper atmosphere
Credit: Art by Karen Teramura, UH IfA, James O’Donoghue
An article: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/28 ... atmosphere http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36205

M8
Copyrights: Albert Barr A squid in an oister shell
Copyrights: David Lindemann Vulpecula, The Fox
Copyrights: Jerry Lodriguss

Jupiter’s cloud tops - painting
Copyrights: Peter Blathwayt A journey, from Corona Australis to Rho Ophiuchi
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn ISS and Moon terminator
Copyrights: Juan Ortega A jewel in the universe
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas M16
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas Watching Universe
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas Andromeda Galaxy from "El Cajas" National Park near to Cuenca-Ecuador
Copyrights: Sandro Santander Medina ISS vs Moon
Copyrights: Oscar Martín Mesonero The Neglected Lunar phase
Copyrights: Pete Lardizabal ISS over Rocky Mountains
Copyrights: Stan Honda NGC 1316 and environs
Copyrights: Dave Jurasevich M8, M20, M21, IC 4685, M23 and friends
Copyrights: Rodrigo Roesch Cepheus flare
Copyrights: Giovanni Benintende
Full size: http://www.astrogb.com/lbn550.htm Milky Way
Copyrights: Luis Guillermo Muñoz Velez Barnard 72
Copyrights: Cesar Cantu Quiroga
Full size:http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/upload/201 ... 619d43.jpg M27 Dumbbell
Copyrights: Marco Schrievers White Dwarf Lashes Red Dwarf with Mystery Ray
Credits: M. Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1627/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36201

Twinkling in mirrors
Copyrights: Lenka Zychová The Leo Triplet Galaxies
Copyrights: Davide Coverta Moon in the Morning Sky
Copyrights: Alan Friedman Mars (June 9th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach Loneliest Young Star Seen by Spitzer and WISE
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-196 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36202

Cygnus Wall complex
Copyrights: Sara Wager

planets and highway
venus in haze mercury, above, and regulus jupiter

Hello,
25 hours bin 2 Ha OIII.
Atik 383, RCGSO8, AZEQ6.
Full is here http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/156003BulleV6.jpg

Hello,
NGC7000 in SHO colors. About 22 hours 1200s bin 2. Atik 383, RCGSO8, AZEQ6 mobile. Near Clermont-Ferrand in France.

The full is here http://www.astrobin.com/full/256383/0/
or here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/183832SHO2V7.png

International Space Station passing over the Angel of the North
Copyrights: Matt Robinson NGC7822
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez Comet PanSTARRS between Centaurus jewels
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Startrails
Copyrights: Lionel Parmeggiani Chorus of Black Holes Sings in X-Rays
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-197 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36206

Saturn (June 9th)
Copyrights: Damian Peach Mars images (June 10th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach Pickering's Triangle
Copyrights: Bob Fera Draco Trio
Copyrights: Bob Fera Sh2-84 Emission Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Moonrise and Milky Way over the lavender fields in Brihuega, Spain
Copyrights: Javier Martinez M31
Copyrights: Efrem Frigeni M20 Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Rafael Compassi Star Trails over DCT
Copyrights: Len Bright M8
Copyrights: Delberson Tiago

Mars, Saturn, Antares, Dschubba and Milky Way from Castlepoint on the East coats of New Zealand's north island
Copyrights: Ryan De Dominicis Andromeda Rise above Pangong Lake
Copyrights; Ajay Talwar Galactic centre above Pangong Lake, Ladakh Range
Copyrights; Ajay Talwar Snake Nebula
Copyrights: R. Colombari / E. Recurt
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/257059/0/ Conjunction of Stations
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Milky Way
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh Monsoon in Arizona
Copyrights: Don Price Perseid meteor
Copyrights: Till Credner NGC 6727 and NGC 6723
Copyrights: Leonardo Julio
Full size: http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/1 ... 23_hd.html Milky Way, planets and a shooting star
Copyrights: Pietro Francia Jupiter, Mercury and zodiacal light
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar Milky Way from Nerpio
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez M16, the Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González

IC1396
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Shrot "Natural" color palette with narrowband filters:

I think this image of Comet PanSTARRS is absolutely lovely, not least because of the beautiful colors, as seen when the path of green comet seems to have crossed a blue and a yellow star. The blue star is HD 129685, spectral class A0V, mag. 4.9, B-V ≈ 0.02, distance ≈ 215 light-years, luminosity ≈ 39 solar. The yellow star is HD 129456, spectral class K3III, mag. ≈ 4.1, B-V ≈ 1.4, distance ≈ 210 light-years, luminosity ≈ 81 solar. The stars are at very similar distances, and their colors, spectral classes and luminosities suggest they might be related, because A-type main sequence stars get brighter when they evolve into K-type giants. But in fact these stars are probably not related at all, because they have extremely different proper motions. The yellow star could possibly be a (slow) halo star, somewhat similar to (but fainter than) Arcturus.

The blue star at bottom right is a so called Ap Si star, a silicon-enhanced peculiar star classified as an A-type star, even though it is as hot and as bright as a B-type star. Its B-V is ≈ −0.08, and its luminosity is ≈ 160 times solar.

In any case, this is a very lovely image with splendid colors!

Ann

Ann wrote:

Josh Smith wrote:GLMP 1000: An evaporating protostar by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

I think this image is absolutely amazing, and I found this page where Josh himself talks about it.

Ann

Thank you for the kind words Ann! A lot of work went into capturing that image! It is over 100 hours of data including quite a bit in the near infared i' channel.