Starship Asterisk*

"The Galactic Rose"

My recent work in Monoceros- NGC 2237 The Rosette Nebula

This two panel mosaic highlights one of the most beautiful regions of the night sky. Each year I chase it across the northern hemisphere, racing both time and weather and as it sets to capture it's beauty.

Until next year!



Full Size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/281459/B/

Equipment-
WO 132 FLT
QHY 16200a
AstroPhysics Mach 1

Integration-
12x180s L
12x180s R
12x180s G
12x180s B
(2.4 hours per panel)

Captured over the last two months at Fall Creek Falls State Park​ with Main Sequence Software​ - Sequence Generator Pro, and integrated, calibrated, and exported with PixInsight​. Levels and Curves in Photoshop.

Northern Lights Yellowknife
Copyrights: Evan Gathercole Sundogs from Espoo, Finland
Copyrights: Eva Sánchez Supermoon over Acropolis
Copyrights: Kimon Papathanasopoulos ISS and Milky Way overChia beach, Sardinia (Italy) in September
Copyrights: Ivan Pedretti IC1805
Copyrights: Markus Hentschel Constellation of Auriga
Copyrights: John Chumack Beautiful Alaska
Copyrights: Heather Higgs Messier 78 In Orion
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Aurora Australia from Cape Schank Victoria Australia. Venus setting in the west
Copyrights: Souren Harutyunyan CenA
Copyrights: Kathryn Neugent A celestial burning bush
Copyrights: Steve Mazlin Lenticular clouds
Copyrights: Andreas Luginbuehl NGC 3614: Stellar Tidal Streams
Copyrights: Adam Block Horsehead region
Copyrights: Hanjo Kwon IC410
Copyrights: Hanjo Kwon IC1805
Copyrights: Hanjo Kwon NGC1977
Copyrights: Hanjo Kwon Center of The Center of the Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Hanjo Kwon NGC281 - Pacman Nebula
Copyrights: Francesco di Biase

Photo taken from Boeing 747-400 while flying over Antarctica on the 26 Jan 2017 close to the Australia's Casey Station.

Horsehead and Flamenebula

4,5h L, 5,5h HA, 1h RGB each

Antarctica 2017: An Island Shaped Like Australia
Photo taken during 13h flight Perth-Antarctica-Perth near the Australia's Casey Station ...

Before going out to photograph the Perseids meteor shower I checked Heavens Above and noted that an Iridium flare would appear in the constellation Orion.

Sunset behind pagoda
Copyright: Fevzi DINTAS

Hind's Variable Nebula NGC 1555
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB 186:78:66:48min / 10"f4,8 Newton

Veil Nebula NGC 6960
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB: 160:148:142:142min / 4,4" f3,9 Newton

NGC 6188
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

Ha OIII SII 110100min / APM 107/700mm and 0,75x Big Riccardi Reducer

Dusty pixels of LBN 782 nebula in Taurus. Based on data from remote observatory DSW.
FSQ106/QSI683wsg/Paramount MyT
L:25x900s,R:16x900s,G:16x900s.B:16x900s
Copyright: Leo Shatz

Milkyway Mosaic -The Center-
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

10-Panel Mosaic; 10x3x10min/ ISO1600/ Canon EOS 5dMKII/ EF200mm f4

Constellation Scorpius and friends
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

5x15sek/ ISO6400/ Canon EOS 5dMKII/ Samyang 24mm f1,4

Rho/Oph-Region in Scorpius
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

2-Panel Mosaic/ 2x32x6min/ ISO800/ Canon EOS 5dMKII/ APM APO 107mm + 0,75x Big Riccardi Reducer

Triangulum Galaxy M33
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

60x6min/ 10"f4,8 Newton/ Canon EOS 5dMKII

Around Lagoon Nebula
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB 24:24:12:18min/ 71mm f4,9 Astrograph

Small Magellanic Cloud
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

HaLRGB 60:72:36:36:36min/ 71mm f4,9 Astrograph

Large Magellanic Cloud
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

30x3min/ ISO1600/ Canon EOS 5dMKII/ EF200 f4

Milkyway Panorama
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

4-Panel Mosaic/ 4x20x3min/ ISO1600/ Canon 5dMKII/ Tamron SP 15-30mm (30mm f4)

Eta Carina Nebula NGC 3372
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

26x6min/ ISO 1600/ Canon 5dMKII/ APM APO 107mm + 0,75x Big Riccardi Reducer

Corona Australis
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

33x6min/ ISO 1600/ Canon 5dMKII/ APM APO 107mm + 0,75x Big Riccardi Reducer

NGC 4725
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB 216:132:108:126min/ Atik 383L+/ 10"f4,8 Newton

California Nebula NGC 1499
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

SII Ha OIII 170:210:180min/ Atik383L+/ 4,4" f3,9 Newton

Orion Nebula M42
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB: 56:24:24:24:24min/ Atik383L+/ 4,4" f3,9 Newton

NGC 1333 Widefield
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

LRGB 132:84:76:80min/ Atik 383L+/ 4,4" f3,9 Newton