The conjunction of Mercury, Venus and Jupiter was photographed on May 26 using a Canon T2i and a Canon f/2.0 100 mm lens from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This conjunction is one of the best views of Mercury that I've seen in recent years!
Fireflies' ethereal dancing come together with stars' orbit.
A composition of stacked photos taken on the city of Kavala in the northern part of Greece.
Planet Dance over Greenbelt Lake
Venus, Mercury and Jupiter at 8:50 pm on May 26 in Greenbelt, MD
(Canon T1i, kit lens, f=55mm, F5.6, 0.6", ISO400)
Copyright: Andrey Timokhin
Inside the dome, there is a comet hunter, Facultad de Ciencias Astronomicas of La Plata university, the observatory at fall.
c. Sergio Montúfar
Moon X
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 1:02 pm
by sebyta
Effect X
An effect caused by the shadows of the craters.
Visible for a short time.
It's curious and striking.
Thanks for watching.
Data acquisition and higher resolution: http://www.astrofotografiadelcielosur.blogspot.com
Copyright: Sebastian Colombo
Please find above an image taken on May 26, 2013, showing Full Moon setting behind the Alps and the Mole Antonelliana (the monument symbol of the city of Turin, Italy).
no todo sale bien // not everything goes well
Venus y Mercur.. en el gran teatro (el señor Júpiter sufrió una indisposición tras las nubes).
Venus and Mercur.. in the grand theater (Mr. Jupiter suffered a indisposition behind the clouds)
Mérida, Spain. 05-26-2013
Júpiter y Venus (Mercurio estaría arriba, fuera de cuadro).
Jupiter and Venus (Mercury would be up, out of frame)
Mérida, Spain. 05-27-2013
Re: Submissions: 2013 May
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:45 am
by mexhunter
Conjunction of Jupiter, Mercury and Venus.
Copyright: César Cantú
Image:
Object: NGC 281 - Bok Globule - 31 October 2005
FITS data obtained from Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).
Ha_R Blend = (HST_10713_01_ACS_WFC_F658N, HST_10713_01_ACS_WFC_F814W)
G = HST_10713_01_ACS_WFC_F555W
B = HST_10713_01_ACS_WFC_F435W
Over the past few months I have been on a mission to achieve a long time dream of mine: Taking a deep sky image with more than 100 hours of exposure!
Now, after having gathered 120 hours of data over 43 different nights in Feb-May 2013, I'm happy to present what appears to be the deepest view ever obtained of Centaurus A. This is likely also the deepest image ever taken with amateur equipment (faintest stars are magnitude 25.45).
Link to high resolution image (~4MB): http://goo.gl/WOfyz
Link to high resolution image with 709 globular clusters marked (~4MB): http://goo.gl/IO484
Link to comparison of jet details with a 50 hour image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory: http://goo.gl/t1hXS
Link to image of detailed magnitude readings: http://goo.gl/3jkrx
Link to gallery of distant background galaxies in the image: http://goo.gl/Mp5eV
Image details:
Date: Taken over 43 nights in Feb-May 2013
Exposure: LRGB: 90h:10h:10h:10h, total 120 hours @ -28C
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
Re: Submissions: 2013 May
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 9:53 pm
by geckzilla
Whaaat? Wow, that's a very familiar galaxy with some unfamiliar details. Phil Plait really likes it, too. Congratulations, Mr. Sky Viking. That's some impressive photon pillaging you've done there.
