Starship Asterisk*

NGC6729, Reflection Nebular Corona Australis FullResolution



Telescope / lens (recording): TMB APO 80/480
Recording camera: Central-DS-Canon 60Da
Mount: AP1200
Software: Theli, PixInsight, PS CS5

Date: May 25, 2014 Trivoli (NAM)
Resolution: 2400x1616
Frames: 14x900" ISO500 -12C
Total time: 3.5 hours
Darks: ~ 17
Flats: ~ 10
Bias: ~ 10

RA Centre: 285,644 degrees
DEC center: -37.123 degrees
Orientation: -77.340 degrees
Field radius: 1.250 Gr

Recording / preprocessing: by Gorden Konieczek
Image processing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Nico Geisler
Copyright: Deep-Sky-Astroteam


Best Regards Deep-Sky-Astroteam

ASHED MOON & SPICA



The last night the 3 days moon was near Spica, with its night side illuminated by the earthshine 1 hour after the sunset.

Equipment:
- Canon 40D, ISO 400, exposure 1.6"
- Refractor telescope 105mm, f/5

the people in the first term, spica next to the moon. mars (down) and saturn left

danwatt wrote:Cassiopeia to Andromeda
danwattphoto.com
Copyright: Dan Watt

Click to view full size image

Looking at this, at first I was confused and then I realised it's upside down! The large cluster near the top is NGC 752 while the Double Cluster is obvious.

The Crescent nebula in Hubble color mapping.

Larger view:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/157191121

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

NGC5139, Omega Centauri FullResolution




Telescope / lens (recording): Starfire 127/1040
Recording camera: Central-DS-Canon 60Da
Mount: AP1200
Software: Theli, PixInsight, PS CS5

Date: May 30, 2014 Trivoli (NAM)
Resolution: 2400x1628
Frames: 1x300“ - 2x60“ - 18x360“ ISO500 -12C
Total time: 1,9 hours
Darks: ~ 12
Flats: ~ 11
Bias: ~ 10

Recording / preprocessing: by Gorden Konieczek
Image processing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Nico Geisler
Copyright: Deep-Sky-Astroteam


Best Regards Deep-Sky-Astroteam

Close encounter c/20014 E2 with NGC896
http://www.skyandphoto.com
Copyright: Rafael Rodríguez Morales HIGH RESOLUTION:

http://www.skyandphoto.com/Photography/ ... ZHd3jtS/X3

Close encounter between the GC 47 Tuc and C/2013 A1 on 30 Aug 2014.
Larger version http://www.astrobin.com/full/117084/0/

Cheers
Stuart

Hi, have done another Witches Broom in the HST palette. Lots of signal in all Bands
11 hour total exposure of 900 sec subs.
Williams Optics FLT 98 APO
SXV 694 mono cooled CCD
https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaun_rey ... /lightbox/

www.shaunreynoldsastro.com

VDB 141 The Ghost in Cepheus

Carlo Rocchi, Italy

Timelapse here
http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... _fnVFQbx/A
Pick size as Full HD for best view...tail extends to bottom of frame.

In addition single color image of comet over the Cave Nebula..here
http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X2

Copyright Lynn Hilborn

The Propeller Nebula - Simeis 57
http://astro.i-net.hu/
Copyright: Gábor Tóth



Full resolution image with detailed description is available on my website: http://astro.i-net.hu/node/94

What lit up the universe?
Credit: Andrew Pontzen/Fabio Governato
An article: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles ... e-universe The Moon, Jupiter and Venus rising from Wutong Mountain
Copyrights: Cheng Xin Solar Halo
Copyrights: Francisco Diego Moonset
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat Sirius and the Seagul
Copyrights: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Larger size: http://deepskycolors.com/astro/2014/02/ ... 2048px.jpg Cygnus
Copyrights: Steve Cannistra
Larger version (mouseover): http://www.starrywonders.com/cygnusbroadbandsmall.html NGC 7000 (North American Nebula) and IC 5070 (Pelican Nebula)
Copyrights: Steve Cannistra Big filament of the sun in H-alpha August 30, 2014
Copyrights: Olivier Hardy M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy
Credits Ana Gulic, Maurizio Cabibbo, Francesco di Biase

SH2-171
Copyrights: Francesco di Biase Eta Carinae
Credits: R. Colombari / F. Antonucci
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/116957/0/?real=&mod= Sagittarius Mosaic
Copyrights: Terry Hancock K2-7 Planetary Nebula
Copyrights: Don Goldman The Lagoon Nebula - a different look
Copyrights: Remus CJ Goodbye Scorpio
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Big Dipper
Copyrights: Larry Landolfi

IC 1805 and Comet Jacques
Copyrights: Steve Cannistra Comet C2014 E2 Jacques
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques
Copyrights: Rolando Ligustri Comet meets Nebula
Copyrights: P-M Hedén Inside the molecular cloud of Scutum
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi The Crescent Nebula (NGC 6888)
Copyrights: Don Waid Copernicus
Copyrights: Erika Mocci and Michele Bortolotti

Barnard's E

Larger images (as revisions): http://www.astrobin.com/117648/C/
Medium: http://www.astrobin.com/full/117648/C/

http://www.astrobin.com/users/sydney/

spica and moon http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 84#p231284

Moon with earthshine and Saturn with moons .
And now with labels.
Taken from Tiedra, Valladolid (Spain).