Starship Asterisk*

Milky Way, Elba Island, Mediterranean Sea
http://saudon.anisn.it/
Copyright: Sauro Donati
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NGC 281: PacMan Nebula by hand
http://www.lesia.obspm.fr/perso/nicolas-biver/
Copyright: Nicolas Biver
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Meteor and Eight Messier Objects
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidmicha ... otostream/
Copyright: David Michael Carter
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IC 1795: Bright nebula in Cassiopeia
http://www.ccdcam-astrophotography.net/ ... eia-c.html
Copyright: Gérard Finet
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Fogbow
Copyright: Arvid Feldhusen
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IC 1805: Nebula in Cassiopeia
http://www.astroconti.com
Copyright: Stefano Conti
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Summer Milky Way Panorama
http://s175657640.websitehome.co.uk/CCD ... PMWpan.jpg
Copyright: Nik Szymanek
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Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope
http://www.twanight.org/cherney/
http://tinyurl.com/9s22eew
Copyright: Alex Cherney
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NGC 7000: North America Nebula
http://www.astrosurf.com/c2a/english/index.htm
Copyright: Philippe Deverchère
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22°sun halo
https://plus.google.com/u/0/111769694274798988285/posts
Copyright: Shahrin Ahmad
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NGC 6822: Barnard's Galaxy
http://bf-astro.com/ngc6822/ngc6822.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke IC10: Starburst Galaxy in Cassiopeia
http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/?page_id=3177
Copyright: Bill Snyder
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Milky way and zodiacal light from Chile
Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/)
Milky way and zodiacal light from La Silla, Chile. The bright stars almost in the middle of the image is planet Mars and its stellar opposite Antares (from greek Anti-Ares). On the left is Southern cross and right in the left top corner is Small Magellanic cloud. Great structure of central Milky way if from La Silla visible by naked eyes. Zodiacal light is now well visible just after sunset because of the moonlit, but at a week will be visible in the morning too... Used Canon 450D, stack of 20x30s expositions. Higher dimension: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/gallery/ ... 1800px.jpg

20121006_05:26 HKT 20121005 21:26 UT
The Jupiter / Moon conjunction
http://www.astrohome.net/attachments/ex ... 90c021.jpg
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Jupiter on October 6th, 07:35ut, Less then two months from Opposition. Many festons throughout the zones and a very bright (orange) Oval at the NTRZ region. The Moon Ganmede is seen and approaching the Jovian disc.

Since Galileo observed sunspots using a telescope, the sun can not be considered a "perfect" heavenly body in the platonic sense of the term. Galileo was the first person to imagine that the same physical laws govern phenomena here on Earth and in the rest of the cosmos.

However, is it possible to see sunspots as part of a landscape ? Yes (but don't try it with a telescope, as it is VERY dangerous). Sometimes, just after sunrise, the atmosphere attenuates the sunlight and they can be photographed without special equipment and probably even be seen if they are large, as in this image captured the 29/9/2011.

The same photograph, magnified: Grrr... again problems with image hosting. PLEASE copy the image link and paste it on your browser to see the images at their actual size.

frikosal wrote:Grrr... again problems with image hosting. PLEASE copy the image link and paste it on your browser to see the images at their actual size.

Use the img2 tag rather than img when posting your images, please, if you want people to see the images at their actual size. Clicking on the images will then enlarge them. Thanks.

The Sombrero galaxy imaged from Tivoli farm in Namibia.

Full resolution can be seen here:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/146526513/original

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

Rising Venus
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/
Copyright: Tamas Abraham Rising Venus over many bales of straw on the field near Zsambek, Hungary. The land is illuminated by the waning gibbous Moon floating high on the sky.

Three galaxies and zodiacal light
Copyright: Petr Horálek, Kamil Hornoch (Astronomical Institute AS Czech republic - http://www.asu.cas.cz/en)
Milky way, Magellanic clouds and zodiacal light from La Silla, Chile. There is also visible planet Mars and its stellar opposite Antares (from greek Anti-Ares) inside zodiacal light. The bright trail isnt meteor, but Iridium flash. In the Milky way is possible to see brilliant structure of dark nebulae and interstellar dust. Used Canon 450D, stack of 33x30s expositions. Higher dimension: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/gallery/ ... 1800px.jpg

Veil Details

CopyRight: RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ MORALES
September 2012, SPAIN

http://skyandphoto.smugmug.com/Other/My ... &lb=1&s=X3

red sunset

Thierry Legault wrote:A night at Wallaman Falls, Queensland, Australia. A bright meteor crosses the Milky Way, while the light of the gibbous Moon causes a moonbow with the waterfall.

Click to view full size image

√ Nice composition and capture. Well done, Thierry

Yesterday I succeeded in imaging 168P Hergenrother...

Here is the image... (full size here)

2012.Oct.16. AM 3.
Yellowknife.

Kwon O Chul (http://www.twanigh.org/kwon)

Field of Streams

Stellar streams are found throughout the outer region of the Milky
Way. They are presumed to originate from disrupting dwarf galaxies or
globular clusters. We have discovered a new stellar stream in the
Milky Way using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey 3 all-sky imaging, which
we call the Triangulum Stream. Kinematic studies of this and similar
streams will provide tight constraints on the strength, shape and
lumpiness of the Galactic gravitation potential.

More information: http://www.astro.yale.edu/abonaca/research/halo.html

Copyright: A. Bonaca, M. Geha, H. Giguere

Bright and dark clouds of IC 1848 in Cassiopea

Authors: M.Angelini-F.Antonucci-F.Tagliani ADARA Astrobrallo
http://www.astrobrallo.com
Technical data: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... -1848-LRGB
Full Res: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1349758476

Thierry Legault wrote:A night at Wallaman Falls, Queensland, Australia. A bright meteor crosses the Milky Way, while the light of the gibbous Moon causes a moonbow with the waterfall.

Click to view full size image

Great capture! Nicely done.
Looking at your exif data must have been very still for those leaves in LH top corner to still be crisp after 60 seconds.
This was June 9th? Almost winter down under, was the moonbow that bright to the naked eye or does the long exposure bring out more details?

Last Modified Date/Time = 2012:06:23 09:27:10
Original Date/Time = 2012:06:09 20:17:23
Digitization Date/Time = 2012:06:09 20:17:23
Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 60/1 second ===> 60 second
Lens F-Number / F-Stop = 4/1 ===> ƒ/4
ISO Speed Ratings = 1600
Shutter Speed Value (APEX) = -2147483648/1
Shutter Speed (Exposure Time) = 1/0 second
Aperture Value (APEX) = 262144/65536
Aperture = ƒ/4
Exposure Bias (EV) = 0/1 ===> 0
Flash = Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode
Focal Length = 14/1 mm ===> 14 mm

Aurora Australis and The Milky Way from Australia, 9th of October

NGC7822 in Hubble Palette
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... hotostream
Copyright: Terry Hancock

M17 The Omega Nebula in Hubble Palette
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... hotostream
copyright: Terry Hancock

Copyright: Aldo Mottino
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Link: http://www.astropeumayen.com.ar/foro/do ... &mode=view