Starship Asterisk*

aldomottino wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:50 pm By Samira Maschio, Nehuen Maschio, Dante Maschio (grandchildren) and Aldo Mottino (grandfather).
Partial solar eclipse from Rosario, Argentina.

Delightful, Aldo Mottino! Say hi to your grandchildren from me!

Ann

Total Solar Eclipse of July 2, 2019
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Copyright: Alson Wong and Robert Stephens

Some Minimalist Moonset
Copyright: György Soponyai

Hey, if you are bored of the wonderful-indeed solar eclipse photos here is a minimalist moonset photo captured yesterday:





2019.07.04. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Tamron EF 150-600 @483mm
0.5 s, F 6.3, ISO 3200

This fabulous colourful bit of sky is located in one of the claws of Scorpius, not far from the more well known Rho Ophiuchus dust cloud around Antares. It combines lots of faint dusty blue reflection nebulae, spread across the field like spider web, with an extensive field of faint red H-alpha emission nebula.

Larger image here: https://pbase.com/image/169450978/original Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Tetons, The Cathedral Group
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Copyright: Marc Toso Watching the sunlight dissipate the twilight deepened into blue sky when two meteors flashed over the summit of Teewinot. We didn’t have the camera out but the subtle green flashes were recorded into memories.

I returned at 2:30am hoping our galaxy’s center would align with the three mountains of the Cathedral group. With sunlight hidden behind the earth’s curvature starlight was the sole illumination. Cloud systems continuously formed on the summit of the Grand Teton.

The sun’s brightness hits the earth at angles with directionality, loudly carving brightness and shadows into our vision. Conversely, starlight’s photons rain upon the land in an even mist, light from the entire sky. The dark 360 degree dome is the source of the mountains’ and lake’s luminosity. Some of those photons began their journey 25,000 years ago in our eyes, instantaneous for a photon.

Delicate shadows can be seen from the star clusters of the milky way’s core but the effect is subtle. Starlight is virtually contrast-less. It’s smooth and quiet, almost impressionistic. With patience and calmness our eyes can open enough to catch faint glimpses of this archaic light.

NGC6888 HOO
http://www.nightsky.kr/xe/Gallery_deepsky/5499
Copyright: Gwangwook Kim
http://www.nightsky.kr/xe/files/attach/ ... c29f05.jpg

Pipe Nebula
https://www.astromarcin.pl
Copyright: MArcin PAciorek
Best res: http://www.astromarcin.pl/images/aaa20 ... d_2500.jpg Canon6Dmod + 200mm@3.5 aprox 1.2h

IC1396
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

NGC 6384. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

Details at http://www.astrobin.com/413913/

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy:

Our neighbours in space with whom we will one day melt to an elliptical galaxy. Image recorded using my mobile setup with 6inch APO Triplet refractor and full format DSLR in the past week:

Total Solar Eclipse of July 2, 2019
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Copyright: Alson Wong and Catalin Beldea

From the Cats Paw Nebula to the Ptolemy Star Cluster by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image credit and copyright Tom Masterson.

The Tulip Nebula by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

The Tulip Nebula in Narrowband by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

Ann wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 11:35 pm

aldomottino wrote: ↑Thu Jul 04, 2019 3:50 pm By Samira Maschio, Nehuen Maschio, Dante Maschio (grandchildren) and Aldo Mottino (grandfather).
Partial solar eclipse from Rosario, Argentina.

Delightful, Aldo Mottino! Say hi to your grandchildren from me!

Ann

Thank you so much Ann!
Aldo

Locals and eclipse-seekers on the hill above Ulapes, La Rioja, Argentina July 02, 2019

Next attempt I may like to be closer to my foreground subject... This is about 2km away. Without using my best tripod/lens (portability reasons), and with this slightly "off" positioning, I almost couldn't bring out the people in this result. But at 300mm, significant cropping, and a little tweaking, it worked...

Please click for full size!

Capture details:
Nikon D800
AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
1/400s ... f/10 ... ISO 1000

Copyright: Sam Hicks EDIT: second edit (allowed?), a little more ... dramatic

Eclipsed sun before sunset, above Andean Mountains
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Copyright: Vincent Bouchama

Hello,
12x600s Ha and 8x600s OIII
With the ASA20' of Chilescope
The full is here https://www.astrobin.com/full/414449/0/ ... real=&mod=
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/guGrC1x ... hqkGbg.jpg

Here is my HDR version of the 2019 eclipse. Combination of bracketed exposures from 1/8000s to 4s. From Punta Colorada, Chile.




Regards,

Carlos Milovic

I forgot to link the hi-res version:

http://www.astrophoto.cl/images/gallery ... _wmoon.jpg

Best regards,

Carlos Milovic
cmilovic at puc dot cl

M109

Nick Pavelchak
http://www.astrobin.com/414315/?nc=user

Messier 8 - beautiful Lagoon Nebula

A big interstellar cloud in the constellation Sagittarius an birthplace of stars like the well known Orion nebula.
Imaged with my mobile setup - 6inch APO Triplet and full format DSLR very low on the horizon (13-18°) in my location:

Nothing necessarily that spectacular, but these are my first light images with my QHY247C and I'm excited about them. OSCs have come a long way! Enjoy. Inline images are what are inlined.







Capture details on each of these images can be gotten here:

https://www.astrobin.com/414567/
https://www.astrobin.com/413899/
https://www.astrobin.com/413890/

--Ram

NGC 7000 The Cygnus Wall


Equipment :
OTA : Meade 14 SCT - HyperStar f/2 & Stellarvue SV80ST2
Mount : Skywatcher EQ8
Camera : Atik 460ex & Atik 460exc
Filters : Baader Ha-Oiii Highspeed
Guiding : OAG via Lodestar X2

Software : Dss - Pix - Ps

Εκθεση :
Ha : 9h30min
Oiii : 9h30min
RGB : 4h

Location : Chalkidiki Greece

Photographer : George Chatzifrantzis

When Nature makes watercolor painting : IC5068

Copyright: Nicolas Kizilian
Website : www.astropixels.fr

Full resolution https://www.astropixels.fr/storage/orig ... ull-WM.jpg