Starship Asterisk*

Barnard 343 - Dark nebula in Cygnus
(w/cluster IC 1311 toward upper right)
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/B343_30Aug14.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Thank you for looking ...

NGC 7822 - A star-forming complex in Cepheus
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/NGC7822_31Aug14.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Thank you for looking ...

Followed Ar2192 for a week from 23 till 28 th of October
best regards
image © Philippe TOSI

Gamma Cassiopeiae - IC59, IC63 (RGB)
http://astrofotky.cz/~Konihlav/
Copyright: Pavel Pech

The dipper collecting aurora lights.
Copyrigth: César Cantú
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... ategory/15

NGC 891 Galaxy
Copyright : Massimo Tosco
http://www.massimotosco.it/NGC891_CCD.html

Open cluster NGC 1528 in Perseus by Oleg Bryzgalov, on Flickr

Crescent Moon by the cabin
http://www.astrofotografen.se
Copyright: Göran Strand Slowly the winter is coming closer to the northern hemisphere and we're one month away from the holidays. This little cabin located on the island Frösön close to the city of Östersund, Sweden, was well suited for shooting the crescent moon this evening.

starsurfer wrote: This is a very nice image! The narrowband data has made a hidden secret more apparent, a small planetary nebula catalogued as WeBo 1. See the attached crop for a closer view!

webo1.jpg

again thanks starsurfer, I looked at that earlier and could not find any reference to WeBo 1
cheers, happy thanksgiving

This is a reprocessed of a previous post on ( Astromontufar » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:01 am )



Circumpolar




https://500px.com/acubens
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Sergio Montúfar

Northern sky diffuse on aurora borealis.
Copyrigth: César Cantú
http://youtu.be/yGNE1fuwSQM

Copyright: Terry Hancock
This Hubble Palette image combines all data captured from my backyard observatory in sunny Fremont, Michigan USA, September-October 2014 using QHY11/TAK E-180 and data collected in 2012 using QHY9/TMB92SS
Bottom left is part of lesser known emission Nebula SH2-202
I added data from the RGB version for a more natural looking star color.
Total Integration time 24.5 Hours
https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15259261273/

Sunrise, Assekrem Tamanrasset Algeria

http://www.astrobin.com/full/137853/0/

Copyrights : Fayçal Demri

30 Doradus - Cosmic web in south sky
http://www.astrobin.com/users/wellersonlopes/
Copyright: Wellerson Lopes

Full resolution
http://www.astrobin.com/full/137762/

wellersonlopes wrote:30 Doradus - Cosmic web in south sky
http://www.astrobin.com/users/wellersonlopes/
Copyright: Wellerson Lopes

Full resolution
http://www.astrobin.com/full/137762/

I like this image a lot! Also a part of the superbubble N70 is visible near the left edge.

terry.hancock wrote:

starsurfer wrote: This is a very nice image! The narrowband data has made a hidden secret more apparent, a small planetary nebula catalogued as WeBo 1. See the attached crop for a closer view!

webo1.jpg

again thanks starsurfer, I looked at that earlier and could not find any reference to WeBo 1
cheers, happy thanksgiving

I have seen WeBo 1 in quite a few widefields of the Heart Nebula but I assume most people don't notice it. Adam Block has an interesting story in one of his previous images.

You can read more here: http://cdsads.u-strasbg.fr/abs/2003AJ....125..260B

Very thin crescent moon

In 2012 february 22, after newmoon, the moon setting very close to the sun, but enough far to observe it.
Im was going to my village little hill, to take photos of this rare setting. I was having a very large luck, bequase the 3. photo is showing the tiny 0.7% phase moon... The "lifetime" was 18,5, hour after new moon. Thank you weather, for the great sky!
Larger image: http://kepfeltoltes.hu/141126/2012_02_2 ... es.hu_.jpg

You can see the tiny crescent moon this image. The moon distance to the horizon is only 1,5° (local time 18:05). It was invisible to the naked eye.
It was my first, and the youngest moon observation ever. Sometimes the luck is important. This image was created a Canon EOS1000D + Canon 70-300EF

Im showing this image after the sundays 1.5% crescent moon.

Rafael Schmall
Hungary, Somogy, Kaposfő
http://rafeeen1.tumblr.com/

Halves of Circles.
Iceland, October 2014.
Copyrigth: César Cantú

http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/9

The Orion and Running Man Nebulae
http://www.SgAstrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso and Ryan Hannahoe

NGC253 and faint Halo
http://www.SgAstrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso and Brett Soames

Copyright: Terry Hancock
My final image which completes this interesting chapter within this region of Cassiopeia is a 6776x4170 pixel 4 panel Mosaic of The Heart & Soul Nebulae also including, Emission Nebula SH2-202 bottom left, Planetary Nebula HDW 2 also known as Sh2-200 near top left hand corner, beneath that is another Planetary Nebula IC289, smaller objects such as WeBo 1 cannot be seen in this image but I did a crop you can find here https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15886471491/

My RGB data was used to give what I think gives a more pleasing and natural star color.
Total Integration time 56.5 Hours

terry.hancock wrote:Copyright: Terry Hancock
My final image which completes this interesting chapter within this region of Cassiopeia is a 6776x4170 pixel 4 panel Mosaic of The Heart & Soul Nebulae also including, Emission Nebula SH2-202 bottom left, Planetary Nebula HDW 2 also known as Sh2-200 near top left hand corner, beneath that is another Planetary Nebula IC289, smaller objects such as WeBo 1 cannot be seen in this image but I did a crop you can find here https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/15886471491/

My RGB data was used to give what I think gives a more pleasing and natural star color.
Total Integration time 56.5 Hours

Click to view full size image

I've loved following the progress of your project! Although you have mentioned there is the planetary nebula IC 289, it appears as a tiny star even in the largest image!! A closeup with a large telescope would also show a halo around it.

A known and very beautiful nebula in Orion taken from Buenos Aires Argentina by Omar Mangini




For more resolution : http://www.nebula1.com.ar/b33yngc2024.htm

Rosette Nebula in Monoceros from Buenos Aires by Omar Mangini



for more resolution: http://www.nebula1.com.ar/ngc2237areco.htm

Triple the Clusters, Triple the Fun
https://flic.kr/p/pgy4W2
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

Triple the Clusters, Triple the Fun by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

From top to bottom: M38, M36 and M37 were photographed in the constellation Auriga. This stack of 22 twenty second exposures (Canon T2i, ISO 800, f/3.2, 100 mm lens) is framed by the bright stars Alnath (Β Tau) the the right and θ Aur to the left. A thin layer of high clouds added a soft glow to the bright stars. Tracking was done with an iOptron Sky Tracker . The stacking was performed in Nebulosity.