Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:37 am**

Star Forming Region S106
Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive
Copyright: Processed by Brandon Pimenta

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http://www.astrobin.com/235562/

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 9:03 am**

Milky Way from Pic du Midi Observatory

Copyright: David Néel
http://nsa38.casimages.com/img/2016/01/ ... 973425.jpg

On bottom left, white dome is the solar telescope CLIMSO. On bottom right we can barely see 1m telescope dome used by the NASA to map Moon during Apollo missions.
At the center of the view, there is the summer triangle.
On top we can see an airglow and light pollution of Tarbes lowland (fr).
I used a sony alpha 900 on tripod (no stars traking) 20s/3200iso 18mm/f3.5

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 2:55 pm**

Dear deep-sky image friends,

today I'd like to show my latest image of Heart & Soul - IC1805 + IC1848.
You also can find the famous double cluster h/chi Persei
in the lower left, as well as some planetaries, for example Sharpless 200 in the upper right.

Here you can find a higher resolution image:
http://www.stern-fan.de/Seiten/galerie_ ... 200mm.html

Regards
Rolf

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 3:12 pm**

http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... -small.jpg

The sands of time and space. by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 5:25 pm**

California nebula(NGC 1499)
The beautiful California nebula taken from my observatory at Evrytania Greece.

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Posted: **Wed Jan 06, 2016 8:59 pm**

Jupiter, GRS, The moons Ganymede (top), Io (bot) on January 5th, 08:44ut.

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2016 2:47 am**

NGC 1672

Full resolution image here shows many faint galaxies, some visible through the disk of NGC 1672.

Data for this image was collected by the following 1m telescopes operated by the Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope (LCOGT) Network: 1m-04, 1m-05 and 1m-09 located at Cerro Tololo, Chile. The Principal Investigator for this data set was BJ Fulton. I used data from the public archive of the observatory.

Individual images acquired with the following filters were stacked to generate the final image.
Red: SDSS I' (centered at 7545 and with a width of 1290 Angstroms): 66x 5 mins
Green: Bessell V (centered at 5448 and with a width of 840 Angstroms): 89 x 5 mins
Blue: Bessell B (centered at 4361 and with a width of 890 Angstroms): 67 x 5 mins

Ajay Narayanan

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:11 am**

IC2087
Copyright: Davide Manca

Link to full image:http://astrob.in/full/235651/0/

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:17 am**

IC405/410 first light with Astrel 8300 standalone CCD camera

: IC405/410 first light with Astrel 8300 standalone CCD camera

Full res and details on Astrobin:
http://www.astrobin.com/235599/

New kid on the block!
This lightweight camera has a Linux computer on board for controlling everything,
I was able to frame, focus and program the sequence via my mobile/WiFi and
collct the data later with the laptop from indoors. It also controls your guidecam
and allows for dithering the frames.

a happy 2016 and cs to all
Tommy

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2016 12:06 pm**

Hi.

Curious effect that occurs in a long exposure photography due to the rotation of the earth.
This effect occurs only if we are oriented to the east or west. Called celestial Ecuador.
The total time of this photograph is 50 minutes

Posted: **Thu Jan 07, 2016 5:56 pm**

Comet Catalina, Venus and Zodiacal Light from Observatorio Roque de los Muchachos
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

Heart Nebula - IC1805
Copyrights: Ivan Izquierdo

Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Haim Huli
Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101543943 ... ateposted/

New Year's comet Catalina
Copyrights: Joe Bruce

Two seasons of Lake Bozcaarmut
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel

C/2013 US10 Catalina (Dec 17th)
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Full size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 2_17dp.jpg

Moon and Jupiter
Copyrights: Richard Jaworski

Lagoon and Trifid Nebula
Copyrights: Ivan Izquierdo

Starry village in Iran, Kashan
Copyrights: Majid Ghohroodi

Milky Way and Perseids
Copyrights: Neil Butcher

Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/235048/0/?real=&mod=

Milky Way over Tourega
Copyrights: José Nuno Rosado

Orion rising over the Himalayas
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

Milky Way
Copyrights: David Forteza Azcona

Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Leonardo Delgado Ariza

Milky Way in Casanare
Copyrights: Leonardo Delgado Ariza

Eta Carinae Nebula
Copyrights: Jaspal Chadha and Luiz Duczmal

Laser Guide Star
Copyrights: Felipe Pedreros

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:46 am**

M1, the Crab Nebula, improved processing versions
http://www.astrobin.com/users/nvcchr1/
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen
The Lum part,

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The Lum/color version,

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Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:06 am**

Winter sky in Kalahari desert
Copyright: Petr Horalek
This intimate view I was witnessed from Kalahari desert last year, as I was capturing the winter sky from Botswana. The image was capturen in windy night from 12 to 13 September 2015, which was followed by unique partial solar eclipse the very next morning. The sky was full of the brightest stars – Sirius, Achernar and Canopus. Faint part of the rising Milky Way showed up above the dusty horizon with numerous emission nebulae like Gum nebula (Vela), the Barnard’s loop (Orion), Rosetta nebula (Monoceros) or the California nebula (Perseus), unfortunately no visible to human eyes but yes to sensitive camera. Just behind tree where the right part of the Milky Way continues over the horizon, there you can notice reddish Carina nebula too. And – of course – two majestic Magellanic clouds, just over the car. There was no other sound then the whispering wind and all the farm Dqae Qare was deeply sleeping, including my friends in the car tent. This intimate view belonged only to me and I felt the need to share with you. So here it is… More and the image in higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=1844

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Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:05 am**

Hello,
A better version of my image.
The full 6500 Px is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/c46g7dvk0i0ot ... 6.jpg?dl=0
1900 Px is here http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/12958 ... V61900.jpg

Posted: **Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:58 pm**

M77
Copyrights: Ian Sharp

NGC1097
Copyrights: Ian Sharp

Moon fog bow
Copyrights: Maxim Manzyuk

Great Carina Nebula
Copyrights: Will Vrbasso

Cassiopeia W
Copyrights: Wang Letian

Heart & Soul and friends
Copyrights: Rolf Geissinger

Orion and M42
Copyrights: Trevor T Mahlmann

Dolphin In Antarctica Night Sky
Copyrights: LI Hang

The scar in the sky
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar

C/2013 US10 Catalina (Dec 18th)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

NGC 1514 in Taurus
Copyrights: Xavier Vico

Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2016 1:01 pm**

Copyright Prof. Greg Parker 2016

The twin observatory domes at the New Forest Observatory, Brockenhurst, U.K.
One observatory houses a Hyperstar III on a C11 with an M25C OSC CCD.
The second observatory houses the MegaWASP array consisting 2 x Canon 200mm lenses
with Trius M26C OSC CCDs, 3 x Sky 90s with M26C OSC CCDs, and a Megrez 80mm guide scope
all sitting on a Paramount ME:

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Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2016 2:11 pm**

Sh2 129 & Ou4 : Flying Bat And A Squid Nebula
http://www.feelthecosmos.com
Copyright: Manos Malakopoulos

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Posted: **Sat Jan 09, 2016 5:42 pm**

Stargazing at the largest meteorite
Copyright: Petr Horálek
In the Namibian northern region Onjozondjupa, there is so much to see. But probably the most tempting is the largest found iron meteorite in the world. The Hoba West meteorite, as it’s named after a close farm, is one of the most astronomical sightseeing in Namibia and logically belongs to the national natural heritage. The stone from the inner Solar system fell on the African ground about 80 thousand years ago. However, the discovery came in 1920, when the owner of the land, Jacobus Hermanus Brits, encountered the object while ploughing one of his fields with an ox. During this task, he heard a loud metallic scratching sound and the plough came to an abrupt halt. First estimates talked about 85 tons of its weight, but due to many factors (including human intervention) cause the current weight is much lesser, about 60 tons. As the meteorite is flat (2.7×2.7×0.9 meters big) and composed of about 84% iron and 16% nickel, people love to stand on its surface. Actually, it’s great experience, because if you stay on it in the middle of the small amphitheater, you can hear sound echoes of your voice. But probably the most amazing moment is in a time of standing on this cosmic intruder on the ground, and gazing the stars up above. You can literally feel how the civilization is fragile and, by breathing the air around, you thank to the nature for giving us the atmosphere, the protective shield against many other stones from the Earth’s surrounding. More info and the image in higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=2063

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Posted: **Sun Jan 10, 2016 2:56 am**

Jellyfish Nebula (IC 433 / Sharpless 248 (Sh2-248))
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/IC433_13Oct15.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Imaged from my backyard. Thank you for looking ...

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Posted: **Sun Jan 10, 2016 3:09 am**

NGC 2403 in LRGB from my backyard in San Diego...

Imaging telescope or lens: Celestron 8" EdgeHD
Imaging camera: QSI 660 WSG
Mount: Losmandy G-11
Guiding camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar X2
Focal reducer: Celestron 0.7X
Software: PixInsight 1.8, Sequence Generator Pro, PHD Guiding 2, Maxim DL6, Adobe Photoshop CC 2014, Astronomy Tools Actions Set V1.6
Filters: Astrodon 1.25" R, Astrodon 1.25" L, Astrodon 1.25" B, Astrodon 1.25" G
Accessories: Starizona MicroTouch Autofocuser, Bahtinov Mask
Resolution: 2643x2070
Dates: Dec. 29, 2015, Dec. 31, 2015, Jan. 8, 2016
Frames:
Astrodon 1.25" B: 12x900" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" G: 12x900" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" L: 32x900" -20C bin 1x1
Astrodon 1.25" R: 12x900" -20C bin 1x1
Integration: 17.0 hours
Darks: ~10
Flats: ~40
Flat darks: ~40
Bias: ~10
Avg. Moon age: 21.96 days
Avg. Moon phase: 53.98%
RA center: 114.222 degrees
DEC center: 65.603 degrees
Pixel scale: 0.638 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 85.325 degrees
Field radius: 0.295 degrees
Locations: Home, Rancho Santa Fe, California, United States