Starship Asterisk*

Andromeda Galaxy
Copyright: Jeffrey Sines



Andromeda Galaxy by Jeffrey Sines, on Flickr

Draw well, Orion and faint airglow
Copyright: György Soponyai


The moonless night, the dry skies and the moderate light pollution led me out to this well near Kiskörös at the border of Kiskunság National Park. By inspecting the first photos I quickly realized the faint green background light however the airglow remained invisible to naked eye.

This kind of old draw well is the symbol of the Hungarian Plain, the Puszta.



Photo details:
2014.09.28. Kiskőrös, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 50/F1.4 4x8 sec, F2.2, ISO2500

NGC1976-HaRRGB by dan.crosse, on Flickr

LDN1235 Shark Nebula

High Resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/123591/B/
Copyright: Andrea Pistocchini

Sandgirl wrote:Small Magellanic Cloud
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/110872523 ... 9/sizes/o/

15160519619_4e8036fb7d.jpg

Simply magnificent despite the fact that I consider the SMC to be "boring" in comparison to the LMC. The only way it could be made better is with OIII exposures, I like OIII more than Ha.

Who Created the Universe?

The God's crucifix (Rasos de Peguera-Barcelona-Spain)

Details Photo:
Camera: Sony A7R
Lense: Zeiss Distagon 15 f/2.8
Exposure: 20 sec f/3.5 ISO 3200
Software: Pixinsight & Ligthroom 5.6
By Lluís Romero
Clear Skies
https://www.flickr.com/photos/llromero/

Astronomical Selfie

Meeting with the gods.
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by: Sergio Montúfar

M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula in the Hubble Palette
http://www.azstarman.net
Copyright: Bernard Miller

Hello,

I subjects(submits) you a series of images of Uranus embellished with images in IR who reveals a thunderstorm of Uranus called(mentioned) "Keck1" because observed for the first time in August by one of the telescopes Keck.

Marc DELCROIX participated in the analysis of the images and made them follow at the Professional's.

The used material(equipment) is a Newton Skyvision 15 " to F/D 21 on Table EQ Tom O, one
CCD Manta 283, an ADC Pierro Astro and a filter IR 685 Baader.
The durations acquisitions are of 30min for every images with variants exposures of 120ms in 240ms and from 5000 to 8000 images held(retained) according to the series.
I was able to make his(her,its) observations at night from 26 till 27 September to France.

Uranus and Keck1
LE GALL Yann
web site http://astrophotography.olympe.in/presentation.php





Very cordially,

Yann Le Gall

Astronomical Selfie


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by: Sergio Montúfar

Earth as seen by a stratospheric balloon
Copyright: Astro-jeunes

Heart Nebula (IC1805); Soul Nebula and Maffei 2
Copyright: Paolo Demaria
I'd like to submit two pictures taken during the 2014 Star Party of Saint Barthelemy, Aosta, Italy.

The first one shows the field of the Heart Nebula (IC1805), while the second one is about the Soul Nebula IC 1848 and the galaxy Maffei 2.
Both of them wew taken with a modified Canon Eos 450D and a Tecnosky 80/480 Apo Triplet reduced @ f/4.8.

Full resolution and technical specifications:
IC 1805: http://www.astrobin.com/124139/
IC 1848 and Maffei 2: http://www.astrobin.com/123842/B/
Best regards,
Paolo Demaria, Ass. astrofili Bisalta, Cuneo, Italy

A few more from me

About to get washed away by the surf, managed to shoot this panorama just in time.

'Rockpool Way' by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

Weather could;t have been any more perfect at lake Dunstan, Cromwell. You can see:
• 2 MCs
• Milky Way
• Faint Aurora Australis
• Airglow
• Iridiam Flare
• Light pollution from Cromwell

Lake Dunstan Milky Way. by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

The Kiwi in the centre of our galaxy, a single shot using a 50mm ƒ1.8 lens:

The Kiwi Way by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

The Milky Way about to set over Lake Kaniere, West Coast of the South Island.

Run and Jump by Mikey Mack, on Flickr

Cheers!

NGC 281 Pacman Nebular - Deep-Sky-Astroteam Fullres



Telescope / lens (recording): ONTC 10“ f/4
Recording camera: Atik 383L+
Filter: Astronomik OIII 12nm CCD, Astronomik Ha 6nm CCD
Mount: Celestron CGE
Software: PixInsight, Straton, PS CS6

Date: 29.8 / 23.09.2014 near Berlin (GER)
Resolution: 3289x2492
Astronomik Ha 6nm CCD: 26x1800" -20C bin 1x1
Astronomik OIII 12nm CCD: 9x1800" -20C bin 1x1
Total time: 17.5 hours
Darks: ~ 15
Flats: ~ 30
Bias: ~ 30

RA Centre: 13,199 degrees
DEC center: 56,638 degrees
Orientation: 92,396 degrees
Field radius: 0,639 degrees

Recording / preprocessing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz
Image processing: by Nico Geisler & Frank Iwaszkiewicz


Best Regards Deep Sky Astro Team

Ladee rocket launch as seen from Cape May, NJ with the milky way shining bright,



Moonset with moon-rays with the milky way, Cape May Point, NJ



By Chris Bakley
cbakley@live.com
chrisbakleyphotography.com

Nitpicker wrote:

raikko21 wrote:ISS from Algiers
Telescope : CGEM DX1100
Camera : DMK51AU02.AS
Location : CRAAG Algiers, Algeria
Copyright : Fayçal Demri / CRAAG

That's an impressive ISS sequence! I like your Saturn, too. Do you have the date and time for the Saturn image?

The image of Saturn was taken on june 14th 2014 at 21:26UT