Copyright: Sahm Werner
Caption: the polarization of the scattered light of the full moon, made with a fisheye and a polarizing filter.
Time: 2013-07-22 00:29:25
Location: Near Tübingen/Germany
Top of the picture: South
lefts side: West
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Copyright: Miguel Claro
http://www.miguelclaro.com
Caption: In the image we could see the moonset (almost like the sunset, with an orange tone) reflected in the Alqueva´s Lake water, where is located the old: "Fonte da Manivela" or in English the source crank. The image was captured in Mourão, a region of the great Alqueva Dark Sky Reserve. At the first sight, we could think that it wasn´t the moon, but maybe the Sun, so, how could we have sure ? First, because during the sunset we couldn´t see the stars and the sky so dark due to our atmosphere effect. And the most important, if you look carefully in full resolution, you will notice that the moon wasn´t completely full, in fact, due to an Earthshine effect, is also visible part of the moon´s left limb that is in the shadow (not directly illuminated by the sun), something that will not occur in the sun´s surface.
Canon 50D - ISO1600, Exp. 10 segs. 24mm f/2.8 - 16/06/2013 00:50
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Copyright: Tunç Tezel
http://www.twanight.org
Caption: I went to Uludağ National Park near Bursa, Turkey for two mornings to catch Mars and Jupiter together. I want to submit these pictures for APOD.
The first morning, 21st July, had better skies, but I was not able to reach the point I wanted on time, so I stopped at another place close to the ski resort. The pair was fairly easy to see and looked really eye catching.
I went up the mountain again this morning, 22nd, and this time I reached my planned spot with time to spare. The sky was cloudy and there was some wind also, which carried the clouds in and out of the way.
This is from Bakacak Peak, literally meaning "The Lookout". The elevation is 1734 meters, and the place has a good view of Bursa on the plain, about 1600 meters below. Mars-Jupiter pair cleared the clouds over the horizon around the beginning of morning twilight.
With just a 85 mm lens, a few stars of M35 becomes visible. The cluster is a few degrees west of the pair. Thanks to the elevation, the clouds did not block the view, unlike in the city.
Jupiter, Mars and M35. Ganymede and Europa are visible to the east of Jupiter and also Callisto to the west. Despite the twilight getting stronger, the open cluster shows up nicely.
In a few days, Mercury will also gain altitude and become visible together with Jupiter and Mars in the dawn sky. The Moon will also pass by the three on 4th and 5th August. I hope to catch them all, if all goes well.
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Copyright: Damian Peach
Caption: Comet 29P/S-W (July 22nd.)
Here is 29P from earlier today. Certainly looking fainter and less impressive than a couple of weeks previously.
20"CDK with FLI-PL6303E camera. 4x3mins unfiltered. Full moon present.
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Copyright: Yuri Beletsky
Caption: a recently obtained panorama of the very dark night sky taken from a 8000 feet summit in Atacama desert. This is an excellent example that even in such extremely remote and isolated places, the color of the night sky is never black. The are many components (airglow, dust, zodiacal light, etc..) which contribute to the final color. In the foreground one can see the rocks of the desert, what makes the panorama looks like a Mars surface. The Zodiacal light is spanning across the whole image and makes the perfect arc.
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Copyright: Astrophotographer Göran Strand
http://www.astrofotografen.se/
Caption: Tonight we finally got some NLC here in northern Sweden, Frösön (63 lat). The nights are quickly getting darker and we can also see some stars now. These are two shots of the first NLC for the autumn, hopefully we'll get some more of these lovely clouds in the coming nights.
regards Rolando
