Starship Asterisk*

Startrails above Mount Bromo This picture was taken in June 2014 on a lookout point named King Kong Hill, overlooking the volcanoes in the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park. The nearest mountain in the centre is Mount Batok, the steaming crater on the left is Mount Bromo, and on the far is the erupting Mount Semeru. Mount Bromo sits inside the Tengger caldera of fine volcanic sand, with a diameter of approximately 10 km. The bright streaks of light at the caldera below a layer of fog were jeeps carrying tourists to lookout points to view sunrise. This star trails above the volcanoes were a combination of 270 images with a total exposure time of 2 hours and 15 minutes. All the stars rotate around the south celestial pole except of one that “did not behave” (a meteor near the centre right of the picture). The rising Moon brightened the landscape and made the sky bluish.


Milky Way and Fireball This picture was taken in June 2014 at Lava View Lodge in Cemoro Lawang, the major access point to the Tengger caldera which on it sits the steaming crater of Mount Bromo and Mount Batok. The summer Milky Way shinning above the volcanoes and a fireball made it appearance by briefing brightened up the surrounding. The sky was bright and blue because of the Moon.

Galactic Pearl

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Copyright: Mark Gee


Galactic Pearl by Mark Gee, on Flickr

This is a 360 degree pano taken from atop Castle Rock at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. I made the climb under darkness, which made it somewhat more challenging than normal. Castle Rock stands at a height of 162m above sea level, and the Castlepoint lighthouse is perched 62m above sea level at the opposite end of the beach below.

The galactic core of the Milky Way was rising to the east over the ocean, and the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds can be seen to the left of it. The Zodiacal Light is seen to the bottom right of the sky dome. The 400 megapixel image consists of 32 images all shot at 24mm on a Gigapan Epic Pro.

Hello, here is area of SH2-134.

Exposure:

HA: 115x600s
Red: 9x600s
Green: 9x600s
Blue: 9x600s

With fsq106, neq6 pro and atik 383l+.
Full jpeg : http://www.astrobin.com/full/110533/0/?real=&mod=

Regards, Romain.

Cocoon Nebula, a 9,1 hours 2LHa-RHaSII,GOIII,BOIII picture
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The raw data was taken during July-August 2014
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

First post summer image ,two pane mosaic with H Alpha of Witches Broom part of Veil Nebula. 900 sec subs, 7 hour total .


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Copyright: Jacek Bobowik Larger image: http://www.astrofotki.pl/NGC281_HST.jpg

email: paolo.pinciaroli@tiscali.it

M17 - The Omega Nebula in Wide Field

The Omega Nebula, also known as the Swan Nebula (catalogued as Messier 17 or M17 and as NGC 6618) is an H II region in the constellation Sagittarius. The Omega Nebula is between 5,000 and 6,000 light-years from Earth and it spans some 15 light-years in diameter. It is considered one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy. Its local geometry is similar to the Orion Nebula except that it is viewed edge-on rather than face-on. An open cluster of 35 stars lies embedded in the nebulosity and causes the gases of the nebula to shine due to radiation from these hot, young stars.It's also one of the youngest clusters known, with an age of just 1 million years



Full resolution: http://www.celestialpixels.com/Nebulae/ ... efield.jpg

Copyright: Evangelos Souglakos

The Medusa and the Cluster
Sh2-274 & NGC 2395
Copyright: Keith Egger

Link to full resolution image: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/590 ... pMsk-L.jpg

This is a 2 panel mosaic of an M45. Image was taken through Skywatcher ED80.
Copyright: Zoran Novak


M45-2 panel mosaic by zocky40, on Flickr

Cocoon nebula widefield. Image was taken through Skywatcher ED80.
Copyright: Zoran Novak


Cocoon nebula by zocky40, on Flickr

Star trails over the Bela castle in Croatia. Canon EOS 50D; EF-S 10-22mm lens
Copyright: Zoran Novak


Bela by zocky40, on Flickr

Western Veil
Copyrights: Reinhold Wittich Nine minutes of the Earth's rotation
Copyrights: Mike Taylor Colour of Dusk & Belt of Venus
Copyrights: Ajay Talwar M57, The Ring Nebula
Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler
Additional credits:NASA, ESA, and C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University)
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M57-HST-LBT.html North Celestial Pole ... revealed
Copyrights: Anthony Ayiomamitis Transit of Venus
Copyrights: Sam Cornwell

Subject: M27 Dumbbell Nebula ( LRGB + Ha + OIII )
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/M27_bicolor+color-2
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
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Comet Siding Spring with ring galaxy NGC 1291
Copyrights: Damian Peach Stairway to the Milky Way
Copyrights: Gregory Lambert NGC 6744
Copyrights: Don Goldman
Full size: http://astrodonimaging.com/gallery/view ... ?imgID=275 3 Years Since JUNO Launched to Jupiter (August 5, 2011)
Credit: Mike Killian / ARES Institute NGC7023 - Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi Celestial body - Spiral Galaxy
Copyrights: Sonny Andrean Mamu

Milky Way Shadow Reflected in Salt Lake
Copyrights: Haiying Chen Milky Way and Karst sculputure
Copyrights: J.J. Losada Omega Centauri
Copyrights: Albert Barr Athena Temple and Perigee Full Moon
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Extreme Volcanism: Image Captures one of the Brightest Volcanoes Ever Seen in the Solar System
Image credit: Katherine de Kleer/UC Berkeley/Gemini Observatory/AURA
An article: http://www.gemini.edu/node/12233 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=33722

A Montage (top-present) of Mars from August 2013 through August 2014. showing its size difference as it got closest and now gaining distance from this apparition. But will continue to image it as much as possible. This is just a third of acquired images in this cycle.

Fuego, Acatenango & Agua, Volcanoes in Guatemala, Central América, the pacific fire chain.

This beautiful astrophoto was pretty dificult because of the air speed, the air was blowing around 80 km/h, I was near another active volcanoe, the Pacaya, on my right, not in this picture, I was able to see the lava and it was so intense when you get too close to this marvel creation of nature.

In the sky what I want to highlight is Perseus on the top right of the picture. I was looking west, Cassiopeia on the bottom right, Andromeda and Pisces in the middle of the picture and above this two, Aries and Triangulum.

From Guatemala, Central America.


Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
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2014/08/04 Moon & Saturn (130% Zoom)
Time: 19:33 (HKT) 11:33 (UT)
Location:Hong Kong Sai Kung
Telescope: Skywatcher 80ED/600mm f/7
Camera:Canon 60D 1/250s ISO 400

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IC1396 - Elephant's Trunk nebula

On July 25 2014, Benamahoma (Cádiz), Spain




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http://sky-astrophotography.com/index.p ... re&id=1035

Regards and good heavens.

Jesus M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal

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M33 the Triangulum Galaxy.
Place: Cherry Springs State Park, PA.
Time & Date: 3:20 am 7/25/14.
Camera: A Gary Honis modified Canon EOS T3i.
Six 600 sec exposures.
ISO-800.
Scope: Astro Tech AT111 w/0.8 reducer/flattener.
Mount: Astro Physics AP900GEM.
Guide: WO 80mm scope, Star Light Express Lodestar guide camera & PHD guide SW.
Image: Stacked in DeepSky Stacker and Adjusted in Photoshop CS6.
http://www.rddnj.com
http://rddnj.com/JimmysM33cs7292014.html
Copyright: Jimmy Mack

M16, NGC6611. The "Eagle Nebula" and Open Star Cluster Tr32.
Place: Cherry Springs State Park, PA.
Time and Date: 1:25 am 7/25/14.
Camera: A Gary Honis modified Canon EOS T3i
Scope: Astro Tech AT111 w/0.8 reducer/flattener
Mount: Astro Physics AP900GEM
Four 600 sec. exposures.
ISO: 800.
Guide: WO 80mm scope, Star Light Express Lodestar guide camera & PHD guide SW.
Image: Stacked in DeepSky Stacker and Adjusted in Photoshop CS6.
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http://rddnj.com/JimmysM16cs7302014.html
Copyright: Jimmy Mack

The Crescent Nebula, NGC 6888, Caldwell 27, Sharpless 105.
Place: Cherry Springs SP starting.
Time & Date: 2:11 am 7/25/14.
Camera: A Gary Honis modified Canon EOS T3i.
Scope: Astro Tech AT111 w/0.8 reducer/flattener.
Mount: Astro Physics AP900GEM
Guide: WO 80mm scope, Star Light Express Lodestar guide camera & PHD guide SW.
Five 600 sec. exposures.
ISO: 800.
Image: Stacked in DeepSky Stacker and Adjusted in Photoshop CS6.
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http://rddnj.com/JimmysM16cs7302014.html
Copyright: Jimmy Mack

Saturn Occultation 4 August 2014

Last one to be seen in South Australia until 2041.

Copyright: Paul Haese
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A Bear's Claw (NGC6559)
Copyright: Paul Haese

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