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THE AURORA IMITATES THE SHAPE OF THE MOUNTAIN

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Copyright: Jean-Luc Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace / First Light December 26th, 2014. It was the first day of a trip in Iceland. Just few hours after landing I've seen the best nothern light of the week. This very impressive mountain is Kirkjufell, it means "mountain-church". I was very lucky to shot the aurora just as it took the same shape as the mountain ! Few seconds before or after it was not the same.
I took this image with the new Sony Alpha 7s that is realy very sensitive : its has a big sensor with only 12 millions pixels, and the readout noise is very low.

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) near Pleiades on January 17th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory This 32 panel mosaic shows the comet near M 45 (Pleiades). More info and hi-res images on website

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) with Hyades and Plejades, Berne, Jan. 15, 2015
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Copyright: Manuel Jung, http://www.sternklar.ch

Comet Lovejoy Hyades and Pleiades - 16 degree tail
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Full size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/comets/C2 ... 44_ids.jpg Full size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/comets/C2 ... 48_ids.jpg Comet Lovejoy
Copyrights: Dani Caxete NGC 2170
Copyrights: Harel Boren Comet Lovejoy C/2014
Copyrights: Carlos Soares NGC2244 - Animals in the sky
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez & Christian García Pérez Lovejoy and the Pleiades
Copyrights: Rich Richins

Lovejoy wide angle
Copyrights: Stan Honda Fog and Winter Hexagon
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Sight you won't see for 10,500 years
Copyrights: Dave Lane Comet Lovejoy Image 17th Jan 2015
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Larger size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/comets/C2 ... 30_ids.jpg Lovejoy in Taurus
Copyrights: David Grgic Comet C/2014 Q2 passing near Messier 45 on 16/01/15
Copyrights: Andre Cruz

Half rotation map of Jupiter
Copyrights: Paul Abel Submission: Comet Lovejoy seen from Portugal
Copyrights: Miguel Claro NGC2477 / NGC2451
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Roberto Colombari / ESO; Processing Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/149378/0/?real=&mod= Comet Lovejoy wide field 17th Jan 2015 - 18 degree tail
Copyrights: Ian Sharp
Larger size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/comets/C2 ... 05_ids.jpg Orion with cirrus clouds
Copyrights: Misty Carty Comet Lovejoy near the Pleiades
Copyrights: Misty Carty Comet Lovejoy - January 12th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach Comet Lovejoy
Copyrights: Jim P

Title:
Comet Lovejoy mosaic (Jan.16,2015)

Object/Date:
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) @ 2015-Jan-16

Tech data:
Takahashi Takahashi FSQ Fluorite refractor + SBIG STL-11000M camera 3x(L:1×180 Bin1 + RGB:1x60 Bin2)

Description:
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 16, 2015 at its best. In this image, composed by a mosaic of three frames and covering a field of 7 x 3.5 degrees, the comet shows a powerful coma of 40' wide shinning at 4th magnitude. A long gassy tail is thrown toward East in which can be see several jets opening in angle. Manifold details are perceived in these streamers, ripples, knots and a disconnection at 2 degrees from nucleus.

Location:
Remotely from Mayhill, New Mexico (USA)

Post link:
http://cometografia.es/mosaico-lovejoy-16ene2015/

Dear All,

Here is my submission for APOD

The Dust lanes , the Nebula, the Cluster and the Comet http://www.flickr.com/photos/astronomyguru/15686468813

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) and the Pleiades.
It was a clear evening without humidity. Perfect to observe the comet with the Pleiades. Firstly I took photos with my newton telescope (8-inch, f/5). The other image was taken by an Asahi Pentax Super Takumar 1,4/50 lens. Image by newton: 32x30 sec, ISO1600. Image by Asahi Pentax lens: 12x1 min. at f/4, ISO1600. Camera: Canon EOS 400D. Mount: EQ-5. Unfortunately clouds appeared on the sky during taking photos and this fact was the end of the observation.
Higher resolution:
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Dolmen
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Copyright: Carles Domènech http://500px.com/photo/96148473/dolmen- ... ies-carles

Sandgirl wrote:Starry romance
Copyrights: Chris Cook

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Awww I would love to have this moment with my future soulmate!

Comet 15P Finlay recent outburst on January 18th, 23:27ut. The comets outburst on 16th December 2014 from magnitude 11 to magnitude 9 becoming bright enough to seen in common binoculars. On 23 December 2014, 15P and Mars were only 1/6th of a degree apart in the sky after sunset. But by 23 December 2014 the comet had dimmed considerably since the outburst.

Updated M45 and Lovejoy.

Larger image at

http://re-prop.com/apod/lj45.jpg

Comet Lovejoy mosaic (Jan.16,2015)
Copyrights: José J. Chambó IC342
Copyrights: Ron Brecher The Lovejoy-set
Copyrights: Carlo Dellarole & Andrea Demarchi Inner jets in the coma of comet Lovejoy
Copyrights: Paolo Tanga Comet Lovejoy's long tail
Copyrights: Marco Fulle
Larger size: http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_up ... _id=107473 Moon crescent
Copyrights: Bob Oakley Orion, the Pleiades and the Comet
Copyrights: Daniel Lopez / IAC M45 and Lovejoy
Copyrights: Dave Lane Thor's helmet
Copyrights: Thava N

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By. Sergio Montúfar
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Daniel Lopez, I love your Orion, the Pleiades and Lovejoy image! What a cosmic vista! The colors! The lines! The drama!

Ann

Crab Pulsar & Shock Front
Credit: Hubble Team and Scientist
Process: Sergio Montúfar

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PseudoGreen

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MonocerosR2
Image Credits Irsa Wise ESO
Processing : Mauro Rorato http://www.astrobin.com/149908/

Dusty Cometary Globule CG4 in Puppis looks like it is about to devour a helpless little galaxy ESO 257-19...but of course the galaxy is over 100 Million lights years beyond CG4!
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Hello,
A picture made 10 days ago on two nights, 17 hours of 1200 s bin2. Filters Baader 7Nm 50mm Ha and OIII, Atik383, RCGSO8 and AZEQ6, mobile set-up managed by Maxpilot. I hope you will enjoy.
Full size and details are here http://www.astrobin.com/148278/D/

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strongmanmike wrote:Dusty Cometary Globule CG4 in Puppis looks like it is about to devour a helpless little galaxy ESO 257-19...but of course the galaxy is over 100 Million lights years beyond CG4!

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Copyright: Michael Sidonio

I think it wants to hug the galaxy!

Jupiter and its largest moon Ganymede transiting across the disc on January 19th,05:56ut. (Equipment info on image)

NGC2175 - The Monkey Head Nebula
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Copyright: Alfonso Carreño (Observatorio Zonalunar)
Full size image can be viewed here

The Running Man Nebula in Orion
by Reinhold Wittich
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Did a run of LRGB (90sec) x15 L and (90 sec) RGB x5
added to sky from night after .
Comet Lovejoy. Lots of processing to hopefully bring out detail all round

for full res go to , www.shaunreynoldsastro.com