Starship Asterisk*

Sh2-136 Ghost Nebula in Cepheus, from Nerpio
Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: https://www.facebook.com/AIP.Astrophotography/

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Barnard 150, from Nerpio
Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
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Milky Way rises over Nerpio
Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
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Weiburger's Planetary Nebular wide field
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Copyright: Paul C. Swift

Weiburger's Planetary Nebular wide field by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

2016 Perseid over Inner Mongolia
https://www.flickr.com/photos/96711584@ ... ed-public/
Copyright: Sun Si （checkmates）

Rich Star Field between Sagittarius and Serpens Cauda, Namibia, Sept. 04 2016
http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... ept-16.htm

Exposure data:
Carl Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 135 mm f/2.0 ZE @ f/2.8 with Canon EOS 6Da. Exposure time: 25 x 5 minutes @ 1600 Asa.
Copyright: Manuel Jung, http://www.sternklar.ch

Milky Way from Cabrera Island, Spain
Copyrights: Maria Jose Ruiz Wide field Ring
Copyrights: Fényes Lóránd Night sky from Dhu al-Qidah
Copyrights: Mahyar Moradi Chafi Anticrepuscular rays from Chiangmai, Thailand
Copyrights: Hao Yao The Gorgeous Moonbow
Copyrights: Hongwei Shen Chasing Celestial Photons
Copyrights: Poon Zhung Wei Jupiter GRS & Ganymede from Pic du Midi on June 10th
Copyrights: Damian Peach Milky Way Over Cies Islands Lighthouse
Copyrights: Pablo Martinez Alemparte Narrowband images of Crescent Nebula NGC6888
Copyrights: Oleg Bouevitch A Fire Rainbow Over Jiangsu
Copyrights: Allan Yan HH555 and 6 others
Copyrights: Sara Wager Saturn’s appearance behind the Andes mountain range
Copyrights: Roberto Antezana Andromeda M31
Copyrights: Quico Hernández Moon,Mercury and Regulus
Copyrights: Luo Cheng Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Ronald Brecher Milky Way over Waipapa Point Lighthouse in South Island of New Zealand
Copyrights: A. Five Milky Way over Glenorchy (The Lord of the Town), New Zealand
Copyrights: A. Five M64 - The Black Eye Galaxy
Copyrights: Luciano Gomes NGC 6726/27 and NGC 6723 region
Copyrights: Ivan Bok

Clouded partial Lunar Eclipse
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

Picture captured from Cuneo, Italy, with a Canon Eos 6D and Sigma 150-600 mm @ 600 mm, 1/40s, f/7.1, 3200 ISO.

Best Regards,
Paolo Demaria

Partial lunar eclipse at Lake Balaton
Copyright: Monika Landy-Gyebnar



Sailboats were crossing the lake as it was a windy evening I only had to wait (and hope for) the right moment to capture the eclipsed Moon and a boat.
Moon already rose from the haze at the horizon some minutes before the greatest phase of the eclipse so it was beautiful red with the "missing" part sharing the bluish haze of the sky. Later as it climbed higher the shadow became more distinct - but of course it was already decreasing in its size. Although the eclipse was short from Hungary it was a great experience! Many people who walked at the lakeside came to me to check the image of the Moon on the display of my camera and many of them already knew about the eclipse. It was also great to see some fellow photographers who also captured these rare moments of celestial beauty.
Location: Alsóörs, Lake Balaton, Hungary

Full image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48975225@N08/35596876634

Spectacular Gigantic Jet
Copyrights: Steve Cullen Grus Quartet - A Quartet in 'The Crane'
Copyrights: Martin Pugh NGC 7000
Copyrights: Ivan Izquierdo Milky Way from Úpice, Czech Republic
Copyrights: Pavel Váňa M8
Copyrights: Stefano Conti Moonset over Paris
Copyrights: Josselin Desmars Near-Earth asteroid 2014 JO25, the Whirlpool and the Pinwheel Galaxy
Copyrights: Manolis Petrakis
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/die_launi ... 137129296/ Milky Way
Copyrights: Matus Motlo M16 Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Artūras Medvedevas Moon, Regulus, Mercury
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel IC2118
Copyrights: Quico Hernández Wisconsin cloud duality
Copyrights: Tom Sylke Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Fabiano B. Diniz Veil Nebula Complex
Credits and Copyrights: J.C. Casado/M. Serra-Ricart/D. Padrón, FECYT, IAC. Collinder 399 - Coat Hanger
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
Copyrights: Joe Renzetti The Siamese Twins or Butterfly Galaxies, NGC 4567 and NGC 4568
Credits and Copyrights: Data Liverpool Telescope; Processing: Göran Erik Nilsson and Wim Van Berlo
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/149839008 ... 412640266/ The Moon
Copyrights: Mohsen Nasiry The Planetary Portrait
Copyrights: Fabio and Gabriela Carvalho

Hi all
Here the partial lunar eclipse from South of France
200/500 mm Nikon F/5.6 1/30 sec
Best regards
Image © Philippe TOSI

Partial lunar eclipse above Sümeg Castle by Nikoletta Szakály, on Flickr

Lunar Eclipse over Acropolis Athens

We had a magnificent view of the partial Lunar Eclipse in Acropolis. During the highest touristic season, thousands of tourists flooded the nearby streets to watch this spectacular Moonrise as it would be eclipsed. I had to find a rooftop restaurant and get there very early in order to be able and find the "right" spot from where I calculated that I could capture the event the way it is shawn in this time image as it is a combination of the phases of the eclipse as the Moon was rising high in the sky.

I still wonder by the fact that its so easy for as to look at a lunar eclipse and understand Earths circular shape but it was so hard for ancient civilisations to grasp the idea at the time but I guess its like Galileo said: The truth is easy to understand, once it's being discovered!

Regards to all
Constantine Emmanouilidi
f/b: Infection Photography

Eclipsed moon rises through the ancient Greek temple of Poseidon at Sounion, Greece.
Today all major archaeological sites in Greece are open to the public, to enjoy the full moon. The moon rose at the beginning of a partial lunar eclipse, so the sight was even more breathtaking.
Elias Chasiotis

Looking forward to the next node...
The partial lunar eclipse of August, 7th 2017

The Hres are linked here:

https://flic.kr/p/Wh8v4n
https://flic.kr/p/XfCBXs

Luigi Fiorentino
Bari - Italy

Hello,
IC1396 SHO
ASA10, Moravian 16200, AZEQ6. Pixinsight, Photoshop.
7 hours of 600s SHO. The full is here http://www.astrobin.com/full/306162/0/?real=&mod=

Partially eclipsed Moon
https://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above three images of the partially eclipsed Moon taken after sunset on August 7, 2017 from the beach of Ginepro (gps coordinates: 42.722079, 10.434136), in the east coast of Isola d’Elba (Elba Island).
Elba is a Mediterranean island in Tuscany, located some 10 kilometres from the coastal town of Piombino and is worldwide famous as there Emperor Napoleon was exiled after his forced abdication in 1814.

The scenario was very nice especially when some of my friends started diving into the moonlight!

Best regards

Stefano

Orage on 5th of August in South of France.
image Philippe TOSI

Partial lunar eclipse rising above French Alps

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

On Monday 7th of August 2017, a partial lunar eclipse was visible at moonrise (19:50 UTC) local before the shadow shrank into the penumbral area, and eventually faded. I went up the Jura mountain in France to have a clear view of the full moon rising over the Alps. As cumulus and cumulonimbus were approaching from the west, I only had a 10 minute window to peek at the beautiful and wedged orange disc rise over the snowy peaks of the Alps.

Scorpio and Licancabur



The picture was taken from the coast of the partially frozen Green Lagoon (the territory of Bolivia, height 4340m). Its color is due to the content of a large number of chemical elements from the periodic table (including lead and arsenic). In the terrestrial landscape dominates stratovolcano Licancabur (5916m). And in the sky shines Scorpio - one of the most beautiful constellations of the sky. The main star in the constellation Scorpio, his eye, is called Antares, which means "the enemy of Mars". Between the red star supergiant Antares and a small stone ball called Mars, there is very little in common, except that in the terrestrial sky they are slightly similar in color and brightness and often turn out to be next to each other. These places are unearthly not only in the figurative sense of the word, but also completely in a direct sense. The fact is that here is recorded the highest level of ultraviolet radiation around the globe. The level is almost Martian. For a person, the level of UV radiation with index 11 is considered to be extremely dangerous. However, in the vicinity of Licancabur, the instruments fixed the index 26 (and even 43) for a long time. Most likely, this is a one-time phenomenon that occurred as a result of a combination of circumstances, but nevertheless: welcome to Mars!

a7s, 35mm, f / 1.4, 15 sec, iso 6400, panorama

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/
Copyright: Yuri Zvezdny

The Milky Way towards Sagittarius: Lagoon and Trifid Nebula, Great Sagittarius Cluster and Sh 2-37 Nebula Complex
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North America and Pelican Nebula, Sadr region
Copyright: Manolis Petrakis Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/die_launi ... 6291147571

Hi,

here are some pictures of the partial lounar eclipse.


Partial eclipse short after moonrise


EOS 750D mit 150 mm

1600 x 599 Pixel (288 kB)

4170 x 1560 Pixel (1837 kB)


Partial eclipse short after moonrise


EOS 5D Mk II an Pentax 75 SDHF

2022 x 2943 Pixel (1805 kB)


Composition of the event


EOS 750D mit 150 mm

1600 x 867 Pixel (383 kB)

3022 x 1638 Pixel (1323 kB)


Penumbral phase


EOS 5D Mk II an Pentax 75 SDHF

1724 x 2479 Pixel (1117 kB)



cheers

Mario

ISS crosses the Milky Way
Copyrights: Jeremy Hanson Conjunction and occultation
Copyrights: Martin Marthadinata The Great River and Celestial Animals
Copyrights: Andrés Magai Seibt The volcano is still active
Copyrights: Luc Perrot Milky Way
Copyrights: Joan Roig[/b Swan constellation and Summer Triangle
Copyrights: Claudiu Daniel Tiny moonset over Brasília Brazil
Copyrights: Leonardo Caldas Moon and Christ the Redeemer in Brazil
Copyrights: Leonardo Caldas Airplanes and Moon fly bys
Copyrights: Leonardo Caldas Crescent Moon
Copyrights: A. Five Flowers on Earth and above the Milkway Galaxy
Copyrights: Cheng Luo Barnard 150 (Seahorse Nebula)
Copyrights: Alex Negkas The Pleiades - M45 from Serramanna, Sardinia, Italy
Copyrights: Samuele Pinna Crescent Moon
Copyrights: Jhon Harold

Acropolis the Human Eye and ancient perfection.
This image was made with my zoom setup but this time I wanted to achieve something that i always missed in my images with high dynamic range difference.
I had to do a lot of testing and development to fully grasp the way we perceive light with our eyes and the difference with my specific DSLR camera. I believe that the image shows a very close representation of the real view at the place. Still the specific camera is working on its limits, maybe in the future with a better body I can revisit the place and have more fun!
Finally, meticulous calculations were made so I can be at the spot and capture the Moon as it would rise in the corner of Parthenon. I wouldn't do anything less for this magnificent monument that was built under the highest possible standards.
Two days earlier, as I was wondering at the new Acropolis Museum, I was inspired by the level of perfectionism used by ancient artists and the painstaking work they had to go through so we can admire their work. I thought I need to do something so I can give my respect to them and people can enjoy the view like being there.

Milky Way from Carrabelle, Florida
Copyrights: Michael Simmons M16
Copyrights: Luciano Gomes
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/141715256 ... datetaken/ New comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Soyuz MS-05 downrange Launch
Copyrights: Richard Gatley MS-05
Copyrights: A. Five NGC 6946, NGC 6939
Copyrights: Efstathios Mexias Milky Way and meteors
Copyrights: Judith Loniak Celestial “V” over the East China Sea
Copyrights: Yanguang Zhang Goonhilly Earth Station
Copyrights: Ian Jones The zodiacal band over Baobab
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar Sea Turtle and the Milky Way
Copyrights: Derek J Demeter The Cave Nebula
Copyrights: Rafael Rodríguez Solar eclipse on February 26, 2017
Copyrights: Mariano Cirigliano Venus rising
Copyrights: Chee Guan Chan Sh2-136 (Ghost Nebula in Cefeo)
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Full size: https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4291/3626 ... bec8_o.png TLEs & MilkyWay
Copyrights: Jiang Wentao Milky Way from Santiago de Tuna
Copyrights: Guillermo Spiers Madge vdb 126
Copyrights: Andrea Demarchi Milky Way from Zaragoza, Spain
Copyrights: David Gracia Felipe 4 telescopes and Milky Way
Copyrights: Miquel Duart Vdb 152 in Cepheus
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall Mu Cephei, The Garnet Star
Copyrights: Jose Jimenez Priego Flying around thunderstorms
Copyrights: Steve Makris

Sandgirl wrote:Celestial “V” over the East China Sea
Copyrights: Yanguang Zhang
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Oh, I like that, very nice. The red in the sky seems to sprout out of the horizon like the gas in M82, but that’s not it obviously. Could it be airglow?