Starship Asterisk*

Thank you! That's exactly what I saw. The photo does not do justice to the perfect reproduction of the Sun in the clouds.

Flying Dragon - Sh2-113
Copyright: Evzen Brunner Higher res.: http://s6.postimg.org/tk1ldqok1/Sh2_113_114_1500px.jpg

Supernova Remnant Sh2-240 (Simeis 147)
Copyright: Evzen Brunner Higher res.: http://s6.postimg.org/a0x04dpsh/Sh2_240_1400px.jpg
Two frame mosaic.
Equipment: Leitz Telyt 180mm/F3.4 lens; Atik 460 camera; Ha, R,G,B filters
Processing: PixInsight
Total exp. time: 15h

Perseus Double Cluster
Copyrights: Richard Hammar Eastern Veil (NGC 6992)
Copyrights: Martin Rusterholz M8 The Lagoon Nebula
Copyrights: Angus Lau Milky Way over waterfall
Copyrights: Paul Friz North America nebula
Copyrights: Jose Mtanous

The Flying Bat nebula, Sh2-129, is a large emission nebula in the constellation Cepheus. With an apparent diameter of over 2 1/2 degrees in our sky, this faint Ha region is often overlooked due to the proximity of its much brighter celestial neighbor, IC 1396.

Above and to the right of Sh2-129 is the reflection nebula, vdB 140. While having no distinct features, the nebula is interesting because it appears to also be embedded within an HII region. The image contains several dark nebulae as well. Most notably, on the left side of the image is Barnard 150 - the Seahorse Nebula.

The "star" of this image is the enigmatic object, the Squid Nebula - OU4. Discovered by Nicolas Outters only 2 years ago in June 2011, the Squid Nebula shines by the blue/green light of OIII - the forbidden line of doubly ionized Oxygen. Over a degree long, the object is extremely faint and even more mysterious in its origin. Originally believed to be a planetary nebula, astronomers have since concluded that it is not such an object. However, to date, it is unclear exactly what OU4 is!

Full Resolution image and complete image details available at http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... =159&p=525.

Thanks for looking!

Andean all sky
Copyrights: Yuri Beletsky Lenticular clouds over Granada, Sierra Nevada
Copyrights: Guido Montañes M51
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/65331/0/?real=&mod= NGC281
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Gordien NGC3324 and NGC3293
Copyrights: Fényes Lóránd Barnard 344
Copyrights: Andre van der Hoeven Florida Keys Moonrise While Awaiting Comet ISON
Copyrights: Mike Killian

Taken in Monument Valley on Monday 25th November. A 14 hour drive through the night from San Francisco during my visit to the USA proved worthwhile when the sky cleared for a few hours. Until this point snow storms and clouds meant that visibility was down to around 200 metres and seeing the Mesas, let alone the stars was a challenge. Hampered by occasional cloud during a window of clear sky, I finally managed to get 5 straight shots in sequence which came together to form the star trails. An amazing experience (if not cold!) watching the stars appear over this amazing scenery.

EOS 550D, ISO800, 5x10minute Subs.

M42 and a touch of Ha

CPC925+60Da
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CPC925+60Da+clipHa

Pleiads and Hyades - wide field

Comet Lovejoy C/2013 R1, On November 26th. A quick three panel mosaic showing just part of its long tail and possibly an outburst (bulge,twist) at mid photo. (note: aligned on dust tail).

Comet ISON from Tenerife island
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado New Image of Comet ISON
Image Credits: TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO
More about: http://www.eso.org/public/images/potw1346a/ Comet ISON
Copyrights: Jose-Luis Ortiz ISON last night
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Comet Lovejoy (Nov 15th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

ISON from La Palma, Canary Island
Copyrights: Juan Antonio Gonzalez Hernandez ISON comet on November 24th from Teide Observatory
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado Comet Lovejoy on 24 November 2013
Copyrights: Carlos Vázquez Darias ISON comet from Teide Observatory
Copyrights: Daniel López

Solar Eclipse Nov. 3, 2013 6:43 A.M. Big Pine Key
http://www.nonicayphotography.com/
Copyright: Noni Cay Sunrise Eclipse in Big Pine Key 6:43 A.M. Nov. 3, 2013
http://www.nonicayphotography.com/
Copyright: Noni Cay Eclipse Over Atlantic Nov. 3, 2013 6:43 A.M
http://www.nonicayphotography.com/
Copyright: Noni Cay

NGC7822

Copyright: Didier CHAPLAIN & Laurent BOURGON
http://www.felopaul.com



Higher res.: http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo38f.jpg
Equipment: Taka FSQ106 with CCD Moravian G4-16803, filter astrodon N2 Ha S2 O3 in 3 nano
Processing with PixInsight
Total exposure time: 89h

Comet Lovejoy

Date: 2013/11/27 at 03h30 UT
Telescope: Starfire Apo 150/1350mm at Peterberg Observatory (http://www.sternwarte-peterberg.de
Camera: Atik 383l* in luminance channel
31x30sec
alignment to comet with PixInsight
Pseudo-colour computed from scale-intensity (not real)
Comet enhanced with larsen-sekania filter

Title of image
private homepage : http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz

Center of NGC 7822 in Ha and OIII
Website: http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz

Monkey Head Nebula
also known as IC 2159, Sharpless 252, NGC 2175.
Details here: http://www.wittich.com/?p=1156
Enjoy the head of the monkey.

Best wishes

Reinhold

Orion @ 50mm

higher res @:
http://westcoastpics23.blogspot.com.au/?view=flipcard

ISON Comet Sun Flyby
During the last two days, we have been following with particular attention the ISON comet through pictures of SOHO / LASCO.
We have composed this video using pictures of the C2, C3, Stereo and a simulation  with Stellarium software.
This task was quite complicated due to several issues: the difficulty of downloading pictures from fully collapsed servers, synchronizing every video, and so on.
As you can see in the last pictures, it appears that the comet survived (at least partially). We hope you like it.
http://laazotea.org/ISON_flyby
Copyright: Video by Zerjillo & Antonio Román (All photo from SOHO and STEREO Mission)

IC 410 the Tadpoles in Hubble palette
http://coatesastrophotography.com/
Copyright: Steve Coates
IC 410 an emission nebula about 12,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga. Near the center of the nebulous region is a star cluster ( NGC 1893) and just to the bottom right of this cluster lies two structures that resemble tadpoles. These structures are made of leftover hydrogen and dust from the formation of the star cluster and the "tails" are from the solar wind coming from the stars of NGC 1893.
Imaged from Ocala, Florida through Ha, OIII and SII filters and processed using Hubble palette, assigning SII to RED, OIII to BLUE and Ha to GREEN.
20 minute exposures combined to a total of:
3 hours Ha (binned 1x1)
2 hours and 20 min OIII (binned 1x1)
2 hours and 20 min SII (binned 1x1)
Processed in Photoshop using Hubble palette
Imaging telescope: Astro-Tech 8" Ritchey-Chrétien
Imaging camera: QSI 683 wsg-8
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II german equatorial mount
http://bit.ly/1fOYuuc

This image shows us the path to where the center of our galaxy, impossible to see due to the large amount of dust that exists between our point of view and the galactic center itself, which is located about 27,000 light-years away.
Copyright: César Cantú
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/26/category/9

Vdb15 to the Heart
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon You can find much higher resolution copies of this image here (up to 8000x2800) http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Hea ... 5_1113.htm

Hi, let me introduce myself, I'm Ariel Trepin, I am 36 years old, I'm from the town of Sampacho, province of Córdoba, Argentina.
before that nothing they excuse my English, I'm writing through a translator, wanted to tell you that I am an amateur astronomer since childhood, that already adult recently I could buy my modest equipment for observation.
I wanted to show everyone you 2 photographs made from the patio of my house to the Comet Ison in broad daylight, 27/11/2013 at 15.03 UTC - 3 hours Argentina, use a compact camera brand Panasonic dmc Tz5, putting the thumb of my hand to block the Sun.
Not be very well where I have to publish these images, if here is not the right place, ask for help to indicate me where it is, and the moderators who know how to understand and move the topic to the right place.
I hope you like it, the photographs and my technique. Best regards.
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ison1 por Ariel Alejandro Trepin, en Flickr

hi please find here C/2013 R1 Lovejoy comet taken last night.
self made 200 mm F/3 newton + EOS 5DMII 400iso
regards
PhilippeTOSI

Magnificent comet C/2013 R1 Lovejoy ! Baker-Schmidt Zen 8-inch F/2 ST-10XME 8 min exp LRGB. 29NOV2013 04:30UT