Starship Asterisk*

Conjunción de planetas sobre la Campiña Cordobesa
(Conjunction of planets over the Cordoba Countryside)
Córdoba (Spain)
(c) Juan A. Bafalliu Catalá

http://www.flickr.com/photos/calle_l_8/8883648467/

geckzilla wrote: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.

It's on Universe Today, also.

bystander wrote:

geckzilla wrote: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.

It's on Universe Today, also.

I, too, was stunned at the quality of Rolf Wahl Olsen's portrait of Centaurus A.

Congratulations, Rolf! That's a fabulous image! Just look at the outer "shells" of the main elliptical body of Cen A. These are remnants of the expansion of the outer parts of Cen A when the spiral galaxy started crashing into it. Or else they are remnants of similar collisions that have happened before in the long history of this galaxy.

Fantastic!

Ann

"Southwest Planetary Trio"


The planetary trio – from bottom to top: Jupiter, Venus, Mercury – has been an awesome sight in the west after sunset, and it’s still happening – at least through tonight. A planetary trio is when three planets fit within a circle with a 5-degree, or smaller, diameter.

Nikon D700
Nikor 70-200 f/3.5
ISO 160 for 1/s a sec

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury
http://www.greeksky.gr/greeksky/slides/ ... Island.htm
Copyright: Chris Kotsiopoulos
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Venus, Jupiter and Mercury
Copyright: Ugur Ikizler
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower and moon
Copyright: Geoff Sims
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Planet trio
http://www.astronomia-mag.com/
Copyright: Paco Bellido
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Sunset over Frösön, Sweden
http://www.astrofotografen.se
Copyright: Göran Strand
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Hoag's Galaxy
http://www.skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Galaxies/Hoag
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

Planetary Conjunction from Germany
http://www.elkesgallery.com
Copyright: Elke Schulz
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Planet conjunction from La Silla
http://www.lco.cl
Copyright: Yuri Beletsky
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Comet C/2011 L4 PANSTARRS
Copyright: José Francisco Hernandez
[attachment=2]C2011L4_1305229_J24.jpg[/attachment]

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury
Copyright: Gabriel Funes
[attachment=1]IMG_2013_05_26_Conjuncion.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 4567/4568: Colliding galaxies in Virgo
http://www.oc-aisig.org/zenphoto/albums ... lrgb_3.jpg
Copyright: Bruce Waddington
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NGC 6752: Globular star cluster in Pavo
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1323/
Copyright: ESO
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=31459

Super Weather for Super Conjunction
Photo taken (5/29/2013)
Mercury on top, Venus in the middle and Jupiter below
Mesquite tree branches on the bottom

The slope angle and directions of the Santa Catalina Mountains in Southern Arizona create very dynamic wind/convection patterns around the time of sunrise:
Also portrayed is a phenomenon called Crepuscular Rays
Eruption or Sunrise
Zoomed in:
Photos taken May 14

Here you can see the Triple Conjunction of Planets (Mercury, Venus and Jupiter) these planets are visible during this days, and the next time that we can see a conjunction will be October 2015.

Hope you like!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/8891519210/
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2845/8891 ... b014_o.jpg Best Regards
Lluís Romero.
http://astrosirius.org

Beautiful image, Lluís!
As a side note, I guess you skipped the submission process, the selection process, waiting to get scheduled in for the APOD, and just posted it! I like it!!!

Hi Stephen, thanks a lot for your kindly comments. Take care!!!

Wheat field over a startrail panorama
Star Trails of 150 stacked images with 20sec exposure each. An image taken in Kavala a city in the northern part of Greece

Adding the fireflies dancing in the final Star Trail image

"IRIS"

The setting Moon lights up the landscape as an Aurora Australis display dances on the horizon and The Milky Way stretches overhead. Aurora Australis are exactly the same as The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis but they are less commonly observed as there is very little landmass in the southern hemisphere where the lights frequently occur.

Tasmania, Australia. 20th of May 2013
360 x over 180 degree panorama made from 20 individual images. Images stitched together in PTGui Pro.
Kind Regards
Greg Gibbs

My website: http://www.capturingthenight.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CapturingTheNight

SUN
This is 4 days before venus transit 2012

BY: Sergio Montúfar

Sharpless 308
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

Here is the Panorama of Perth on the autumn day, 25th of May 2013 …
The Sun was almost gone – still visible yellowish reflection on some of higher buildings, the Moon had just risen, but was disappearing behind a band of clouds.
Also nicely visible are 4 light towers of the Subiaco Oval.

Copyright Michael Deger

http://www.galaxyphoto.de http://www.galaxyphoto.de/ic1396widefield_I.htm

Taken from the observatory at Bosque alegre, Córdoba, Argentina.
Copyright: Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo (EABA, OAC, UNC).

Taken from the observatory in Bosque Alegre, Córdoba, Argentina.
Copyright: Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo (EABA, OAC, UNC).

NGC 1499 the California nebula
~1,000 light years from Earth
Emission nebula in the constellation Perseus
Imaged November 8 and December 1, 2012 from Ocala, Florida
RGB: 1 hour 6 min Red, 1 hour Green and 1 hour Blue (binned 1x1)
Ha: 2 hour 15 min (binned 1x1)
PS CS5
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Orion 50mm guide scope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Astrodon Tru-balance E-Series Generation II LRGB filters
Baader 7 nm Ha filter
http://coatesastrophotography.com/p8406 ... #h4dcc0c10

Rothkko wrote:crepuscular rays, iridescence...
... and stars (49' before sunset), with polarizing filter.

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 00#p199383

multiple solar system nice, and true,
but they are not stars.
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Four Planets by fksr, on Flickr

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Earth.