Starship Asterisk*

Title : Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas batched in sunset colors
Copyright ; Sebastian Wojtal
Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Date: 15/10/2024
Camera: Nikon D5300
Mount: Omegon LX3
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
Settings: 8x25s stacked and processed in Adobe Photoshop

Northern Lights at Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber

Two images from this neolithic burial chamber that is believed to have stood on this site for over 5,000 years. Stonehenge, the world famous stone formation in England, was constructed using the very same Pembrokeshire bluestones that made Pentre Ifan, but Pentre Ifan is 1000 years older.

On the night of October 10th 2024, the northern lights put on an intense display here.

Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

As the news is about comets, I'm posting a new video on the nucleus of comet 67P in the video section.

The model covers the entirety of the comet, which is an object measuring 4.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 km. This 4K relief film highlights the diversity of surface features, with peaks, arrows, circular erosion depressions, dunes, cliffs, escarpments, scree, pits, wells, fractures and faults, consolidated and unconsolidated terrains, polygonal networks, transport and deposits—in short, all the mineral and sidereal beauty of the comet.

here: viewtopic.php?t=22884&start=700#p341787

This picture was taken from “Le moulin de Bénesse Lès Dax” a town in south west of France on 18 october 2024 at 20h36 (UTC+2) The kids, the windmill and the comet, this could be a farytale from Jean de La Fontaine about the astronomical event of the moment :
the passage of comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas over the Bénesse Lès Dax windmill.


LES ENFANTS, LE MOULIN ET LA COMETE. by David Duarte, sur Flickr

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The Best Bench in the World
2024-10-10 22:52 UTC

I had been dreaming about this photo since the previous May aurora that I had in Madrid.
After a few rainy and windy days due to the rest of Hurricane Kirk that hit the northwestern part of Spain, I had the ideal conditions to take this panoramic view on the Galician coast of Ortegal. Close to Estaca de Bares, it is the northernmost area of ​​the Iberian Peninsula.
In the photograph you can see Cape Ortegal with its lighthouse on the left side of the bench and the lights of Cariño, as well as small dots on the sea of ​​fishing boats fishing.
A small cloudy front and fog that came down from A Capelada partially covering the setting of a crescent Moon ended up putting the icing on the cake and subtly illuminating the landscape.
In the company of my father, who sat on the bench, we were able to observe with the naked eye the reddish color of the strong aurora and spend an unforgettable night free of clouds.

Moonlight rainbow over Viveiro-Galicia-Spain

I tried to photograph the Tsuchinshan-Atlas comet, but a cloud hid it, but it soon rewarded me with a rainbow.
Panoramic composed of 6 frames with a 28mm ...
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Up close of the nucleus of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) on October 18th.

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) showing its anti tail on October 18th.

Sh2-185 The Ghost of Cassiopeia

Acquisition Telescope Tecnosky APO Triplet 115/800

Capture chamber Omegon veTec 571 M

Mount iOptron CEM70G

Filters Optolong Blue 2" Optolong Green 2" Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2" Optolong Luminance 2" Optolong OIII 3nm 2" Optolong Red 2" Optolong SII 3nm 2"

Accessories Primaluce Lab SESTO SENSO 2 WandererBox Ultimate V2 WandererCover V3 WandererRotator Mini

Software Adobe Photoshop Han K. Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) iOptron ASCOM Driver and Commander Planewave Platesolve2 Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Stark Labs PHD Guiding Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guide telescope Omegon 90/500

Driving Cam Omegon veLOX 224 C

Optolong Blue 2": 29×240″(1h 56′)
Optolong Green 2": 29×240″(1h 56′)
Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2": 17×900″(4h 15′)
Optolong Luminance 2": 15×300″(1h 15′)
Optolong OIII 3nm 2": 19×900″(4h 45′)
Optolong Red 2": 29×240″(1h 56′)

https://flic.kr/p/2oJNEFe

M63 Galaxy

The Sunflower Galaxy (also known as M 63 or NGC 5055) is a spiral galaxy visible in the northern constellation of Hunting Dogs; it was discovered in 1779 by Pierre Méchain, a colleague and friend of Messier and who collaborated in the writing of the famous catalogue.

This shot of this magnificent galaxy was captured with two telescopes of different diameters:

TS Ritchey - Chrétien 12"
Tecnosky APO Triplet 152/1216

Acquisition Cam:

Omegon VeTec 571C
Moravian G2 8300 Mono

Mounting:
the Optron CEM120

Self-built Flat Box, with Ascom 50x50 dimmer

Filters:
Optolong L-Pro, Optolong L-Ultimate, Astronomik HA 6nm, Astronomik RGB, Astronomik CLS

Accessories:
Primaluce Lab SESTO SENSO 2 • WandererRotator
Electronic Control Anti-Country Bands • ZWO 7x2 Filter Wheel • Riccardi 0.75x

Software:
Adobe Photoshop · Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) · iOptron ASCOM Driver and Commander · Planewave Platesolve2 · Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight · Stark Labs PHD Guiding · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N. I.N. A. / NINA)

Driving Telescope:
Omegon 90/500

Driving Cam:
Asi Zwo 224MC

41x300s L - Pro
51x300s Cls Ccd
15x600s Ha 6nm
21x240s R
21x240s G
21x240s B

Credit: Luca Dinoi and Marcello Carrieri
Image full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2pLremd

NGC 7635

Acquisition Telescope
Tecnosky APO Triplet 115/800

Capture Room
Omegon veTec 571 M

Frame
iOptron CEM70G

Filters
Optolong Blue 2" Optolong Green 2" Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2" Optolong Luminance 2" Optolong OIII 3nm 2" Optolong Red 2" Optolong SII 3nm 2"

Accessories
Primaluce Lab SESTO SENSO 2 WandererBox Ultimate V2 WandererCover V3 WandererRotator Mini

Software
Adobe Photoshop Han K. Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) iOptron ASCOM Driver and Commander Planewave Platesolve2 Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Stark Labs PHD Guiding Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guide telescope
Omega 90/500

Driving Chamber
Asi Zwo 224MC

poses:
Optolong Blue 2": 21×300,″(1h 45′)
Optolong Green 2": 21×300,″(1h 45′)
Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2": 15×900,″(3h 45′)
Optolong Luminance 2": 31×300,″(2h 35′)
Optolong OIII 3nm 2": 15×900,″(3h 45′)
Optolong Red 2": 21×300,″(1h 45′)

Integration: 15h 20′

Credit: Luca Dinoi and Marcello Carrieri
Image high quality: https://flic.kr/p/2oWVi2R

Rosette Nebula NGC2237

Acquisition Telescope Tecnosky APO Triplet 115/800

Capture chamber Omegon veTec 571 M

Mount iOptron CEM70G

Filters Optolong Blue 2" Optolong Green 2" Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2" Optolong Luminance 2" Optolong OIII 3nm 2" Optolong Red 2" Optolong SII 3nm 2"

Accessories Primaluce Lab SESTO SENSO 2 WandererBox Ultimate V2 WandererCover V3 WandererRotator Mini

Software Adobe Photoshop Han K. Astrometric STAcking Program (ASTAP) iOptron ASCOM Driver and Commander Planewave Platesolve2 Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Stark Labs PHD Guiding Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)

Guide telescope Omegon 90/500

Driving Chamber Omegon veLOX 224 C

Poses: Optolong Blue 2": 19×19″(6′ 1″) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1 Optolong Green 2": 19×240″(1h 16′) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1 Optolong H-Alpha 3nm 2": 21×600″(3h 30′) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1 Optolong Luminance 2": 25×300″(2h 5′) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1 Optolong OIII 3nm 2": 25×600″(4h 10′) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1 Optolong Red 2": 19×240″(1h 16′) (gain: 100.00) f/5.5 -10°C bin 1×1

Credit: Luca Dinoi
Image high quality: https://flic.kr/p/2ooJysU

The Moon Cave

Moon Cave by Ahmed Waddah, on Flickr

Image is a composite where the foreground was shot at blue hour and the sky was shot later that night but from another spot close by with all directions taken into consideration using planetary planning tools such as stellarium and photopills.

 I traveled south to the White Desert in the New Valley region on the night of the Perseids Meteor shower 12th of August. This cave is known as Moon Cave "Kahf el Amar", I had always wanted to shoot this cave, but the problem was that it's like a very narrow canyon and it's a main route path and visiting site. So, sky view is limited so to me it's not an optimal location to camp and spend the night, so this time I thought I would scout the area around the canyon for the perfect spot with open skies, go shoot the cave and come down to final spot to image the meteor shower and that is exactly what I did. 

Sky
Nikon Z6IIA - Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S - IOptron SGP
341x30 - ISO 2500 - 24 mm

Foreground
Nikon Z6II - TTArtisan 11mm F2.8
HDR  of 3 exposures: 13s 20s 30s @11mm @f/8 -ISO100

Date:12th of August, 2024
Place: White Desert,New Valley, Egypt

Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/ebelfm/

Social:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/waddah.photography
Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/WolfHeart/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/waddahphotography/

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS (C/2023 A3) captured over Lake Learmonth outside Ballarat (Victoria, Australia) on the night of Sunday 20th October at 9:15pm (AEDT, GMT+11). Venus at left.

Sony A7III, Sigma 20mm lens. 20 secs at f1.4.
https://philhart.com/

I couldn't choose between these three images so this is a triple submission.

The tremendous northern lights display of October 10-11, 2024, photographed at the Welsh coastal village of Llangrannog.

About me: I'm a wedding photographer and travel photographer but astrophotography is for my personal enjoyment. I've got lots of astro and aurora images on my Instagram if you'd like to see more.

St. Crannog's Statue, Llangrannog, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

St. Crannog's Statue, Llangrannog, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

St. Crannog's Statue, Llangrannog, United Kingdom © Mathew Browne via PhotoHound

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) on October 19th. Comet C/2023 A3 is in the constellation of Ophiucus, at a distance of 90,127,540.4 kilometers from Earth at a magnitude of 4. ( ED80 APO, CGX-L Mount, ASI533mm Pro Cmos, EFW8, Astronomik LRGB Filters.)

The Sailboat cluster (NGC225) and VdB4

https://deepskyobjects.com/ngc225/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh, Carlsbad, CA

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/

Spooky SpaceThe Ghost Sh2-136
As we approach All Hallows Eve, the dark and scary creatures come to life. This magical and spooky part of space inspires the imagination with the little ghostly claws reaching out to suddenly tap you on the shoulder, in the dark….
This is a reflection nebula in the constellation Cepheus where the bright young stars are illuminating the vast amount of dust and material in space. A little star is being formed in the lower right where the orange spot is glowing.
Imaged from my backyard in LRBG on yet another perfectly clear night in late September 2024….

Spooky Space by Andrea Girones, on Flickr
C11 0.7x reducer for 1960 mm
Asi2600MM
9 hours Sept. 29 using RGB filters
9 hours Sept 30 of Lum
180s exposures
Celestron OAG174mm guide camera
iOptron CEM70 mount

Tribute To Universe (annotated) by Michele Guzzini, su Flickr

Tribute To The Universe (annotated) by Michele Guzzini, su Flickr

I captured this photo during the strong geomagnetic storm on the night of October 10/11 from a beach in Sirolo, central Italy, where, for the second time in a year, we witnessed an unbelievable aurora at our latitudes.

Tribute to the Universe
This photo, for me, is a tribute to the universe. Three planets, four with Earth, outline the plane of the solar system. Orion, the most fascinating constellation with its "hidden" nebulas. Above, the Pleiades. A glimpse of the outermost arm of the Milky Way with its star clusters. And then there’s our atmosphere, glowing red, ignited by a "piece" of the Sun that reached us. A thin layer of gas that protects us from the visible and, most importantly, the invisible.

Image info:
Location: Sirolo, Italy
43.522980, 13.623744
2024/10/11 01:03am

Nikon Z6 + Nikon Z 20mm F/1.8 S
Pano of 2 single shots

NGC 1851 - The Globular Cluster in Columba


BEST DETAILS
https://www.astrobin.com/full/ocwwhs/0/

EQUIPMENT:
Esprit 150mm triplet
Zwo asi 6200mc
Mount CEM120
Frames 105 x 100" ( 3 hours)

LOCATION: Munhoz - MG - Brazil
DATES: From 09/10/2023 to 10/07/2023

PROCESSING AND CAPTURE:
Adobe Photoshop, ASTAP, SGP, PHD2 and PixInsight

Author: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/menezes_fo?ig ... _source=qr

Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com
(Organizing author of the book Amateur Astrophotography in Brazil)
https://clubedeautores.com.br/livro/ast ... -no-brasil

Heart of The Stars by Blake Estes, on Flickr

Although I had been imaging C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) remotely for some weeks, This photo was taken during the first night that weather permitted my partner and I to view the comet with our own eyes for the first time here in Australia during the evening.

Canon 1DX MKIII
Canon 16-35mm
f/2.8
ISO 12800
20 Second exposure

The Western Veil Nebula / NGC6960

Copyright: Barry Costello
https://flic.kr/p/2qpaGjz The western Veil Nebula aka ‘The Witch’s Broom Nebula’ (just in time for Halloween ‍ ). I’ve been working on this capturing data all through the summer months June -Aug 2024, Newtownards, N.Ireland. The photo itself is composed of x106 300 second exposures in narrowband to capture the finer details of this beautiful interstellar structure.

It’s a supernova remnant that forms part of the Cygnus loop located in the northern constellation Cygnus approximately 2,100 light-years from Earth. The nebula itself is the remnant of a massive star that exploded around 10,000 to 20,000 years ago in interstellar space.

The nebula stretches across about 3 degrees of sky, which is roughly six times the diameter of the full Moon . The western Veil is a smaller section of this structure. The Western Veil Nebula is often referred to as the Witch’s Broom due to its characteristic shape. It features long, delicate filaments of gas, primarily composed of ionized hydrogen (Hα), oxygen (OIII), and sulfur (SII). These gases give the nebula its distinctive colors: reds/yellow/orange from hydrogen and sulfur, and blues/greens from oxygen. One of the most notable features within the Western Veil is the bright star 52 Cygni, which can be seen at the peak of the nebula.

Equipment:

Telescope - Redcat 51
Mount - Star Adventurer GTI
Camera - ASI533 OSC
Guide camera - ASI 120mm
ASIAir

Post-processing done in PixInsight and photoshop

Hunter's Moon over Atlanta Skyline!
https://naikonpixels.com/
Copyright: Prashant Naik

The Hunter’s Moon often seems bigger and closer to the horizon when it rises, thanks to the moon illusion. It’s not actually larger—it just looks that way because our brains perceive objects near the horizon differently. On Wednesday, October 17th, the Moon was at perigee, about 222,055 miles from Earth. This makes the illusion even more striking when the Moon is framed by buildings, trees, or hills. Photographers just use fancy long lenses to enhance the effect.

This vertical panorama combines multiple exposures: the foreground and skyline were captured with 3s exposures at f/5.6, using ISO 800 and 400, respectively. The Moon was shot separately with a 1/25s exposure at f/5.9 and ISO 500.

Comet C/2023 A3 -- Collage

Image Details:

Telescope: RC Ø400mm (resolution 0.28”/pixel)
Telescope: Refractor Ø40mm (resolution 4.31"/pixel)
Mount: Direct Drive mount (unguided)
Reducer & Flattener: 0.75x
Filter: UV/IR
Camera: IMX553 (Color CMOS) -->Left image
Camera: IMX571C (Color CMOS)-->Right image
Lelft Image Int: 1x120sec + 2x300sec at 4.31"/pixel
Right Image Int: 1x120sec + 1x300sec at 0.28"/pixel

https://www.flickr.com/photos/astrotolva/
Copyright: Lluís Romero

I am submitting this capture of NGC 1333 and its surrounding region for your consideration. I have recently taken this deep image of NGC 1333 and the surrounding region from Rockwood, Texas with my Epsilon 160ED hosted at Starfront remote observatories. This was taken with an ASI 6200mm Pro and LRGB filters. The total integration time was 44 hours. I took this over many nights starting October 5th 2024 and ending on October 15 2024. The deep integration of the NGC 1333 region brings out the incredibly complex and rich dust lanes surrounding NGC 1333.

Equipment used:
Takahashi Epsilon-160ED
ZWO ASI6200MM Pro
ZWO AM5
Chroma Blue 50 mm × · Chroma Green 50 mm × · Chroma Lum 50 mm × · Chroma Red 50 mm ×
MeLE Quieter3 Mini PC · Optec TCF-Leo Low Profile Focuser · Pegasus Astro Indigo OAG · Takahashi Extender E-160ED 1.5X (TKA59595)
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
ZWO ASI174MM Mini

Brief summary about NGC 1333:

NGC 1333 is a bright reflection nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It’s part of the larger Perseus molecular cloud complex and is known for its rich star formation activity. It is situated approximately 960 light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus. The nebula contains a dense concentration of gas and dust, which provides the raw material for star formation. It hosts numerous young stars and protostars. It is prominent in infrared and visible light observations, with its most notable feature being its blue reflection from starlight scattered by dust.

Here is a link to the astrobin page:

https://www.astrobin.com/au0vcb/



Thank you for your consideration,

Ashraf AbuSara