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A few new images:

The Eyes galaxies:


BBWo56 or FG23 in Puppis:


Cometary Globule CG4 in Puppis:


Larger versions:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/namibia_2015

Thank you,

Kfir Simon

Strawberry Moon with Lunar Corona

Over La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

NGC 7000 Narrowband AKA the North America Nebula by chris.baron, on Flickr

Copyright: P.Pinciaroli - R.De Benedictis
H-res:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/186530/0/
DSRL 24 x 7 minutes to 640 iso -
FS60 CB
Monte Catria Italy

Data: Riccardo De Benedictis
processing: Paolo Pinciaroli
e-mail: paolo.pinciaroli@tiscali.it

This weekend we went with our students to the CERN facilities in Geneva, Switzerland. There I saw this sculpture which is an overview of modern science and its history. This sculpture shows clearly where we stand now and how this knowledge came to be...

It is described by CERN as:

"Baptised “Wandering the Immeasurable”, it takes the form of a ribbon of steel, endlessly coiling and uncoiling to represent infinite possibilities and spanning almost 4,000 years as it retraces part of the history of scientific and technical knowledge worldwide. “On one side of the ribbon, 396 important discoveries are inscribed in their language of origin, accompanied by the names of their discoverers,” explains Bernard Pellequer, who is in charge of the Globe’s programme of events and the realisation of this project. “The story begins with sexagesimal calculations in Mesopotamia, and ends (for the time being) with the discovery of the Higgs boson at CERN. Of course, the exploration continues, which is why the end of the ribbon remains suspended, as if awaiting future events...” Visitors can therefore retrace the history of science step by step and will find some familiar names here and there. On the other side of the ribbon, Hermick wanted to showcase the language of science. From Pythagoras’ much-loved theorem to the cryptic Standard Model Lagrangian equation, the mathematical alphabet becomes more complex the more the ribbon unwinds."

The full size image is much more detailed and larger than the thumbnail shown here.


Monument CERN - Wandering the immeasurable by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

And here is a version 4 billion years in the future

Future of CERN... by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

From the Earth to the Vega (30th Anniversary of Carl Sagan's book "Contact")
More and the image in higher resolution: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=1594
Copyright: Petr Horálek

Over 25 light years. This is the distance between the Earth (little planet down left) and the bright star Vega (the bright star in the upper right corner), brightest one of the Lyra constellation. One of the brightest stars in the sky. And this year it’s been exactly 30 years from the moment when Carl Sagan's famous science fiction novel „Contact“ had been released as a book and put on the list of the bestsellers as well. Just 12 years later reputable director Robert Zemeckis filmed Sagan’s story from his original screenplay (which he finished even sooner than the book, in 1979) with Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway, who travels to the Vega star and much more far from our home after she listens to the signal from aliens with hidden message about how to travel the Universe. Fascinating Sagan’s story shows us even today how genial popularizer of the astronomy and story teller he was. His thoughts were also focused on the mankind, religion, differences in understanding of higher principles, love importance, modesty or human importance in the same moment. The „Contact“ novel (and the movie) introduces us so amazing and exciting reality about the cosmological laws and also brings to us one of the most inspirational quotes of the last century: „The universe is a pretty big place. If it’s just us, seems like an awful waste of space.“

Melody of Light

I am sharing a poem too...

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"The shining currents of light from far away.....
Her color, an aroma , fresh air that hits the face is the memory of her touch and makes it all happen, there is nothing else you can do but love her, I wan't nothing more than her breeze and nothing but her smile and her light to remain steeped as perfume on my body, her lips are my fantasy "

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General Belgrano, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

avdhoeven wrote:
And here is a version 4 billion years in the future

The CERN facility and the sculpture look fantastic after 4 billion years (which I think is after our collision with the Andromeda Galaxy). Though sorry to see that the steel ribbon hasn't grown in length.

It's a bird!
It's a plane!
No, it's a flaring satellite!

Three kids climbed a hill near their home village to watch a flare of the Iridium 29 satellite. Below the flaring satellite, the planets Jupiter and Venus (the brighter one of the two) grace the twilight sky. At far right, the twin-stars Castor and Pollux are visible, while Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation Leo, can be seen left of the satellite trail, forming an almost straight line with Venus and Jupiter.

Resembling a breast implant or piece of melted plastic, this beautifully coloured but rarely imaged planetary nebula K1-22 is located in southern Hydra and has a strong resemblance to its more famous northern cousin The Owl Nebula
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Larger image here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original

strongmanmike wrote:Resembling a breast implant or piece of melted plastic, this beautifully coloured but rarely imaged planetary nebula K1-22 is located in southern Hydra and has a strong resemblance to its more famous northern cousin The Owl Nebula

Click to view full size image

Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Larger image here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original

OMG it's the Southern Owl Nebula! If I remember correctly, this is only the second amateur image of this planetary nebula. I think owlice will be happy! Also to me it resembles an iridescent jewel. Also I wonder if a halo is visible with a really deep exposure?

NGC 6888 - The Crescent Nebula
http://www.astroava.org
Copyright: CAAT - Alto Turia Astronomical Center
Processing: Alfonso Carreño Observatorio Zonalunar

Iris by moonlight
Copyrights: Jeff Dai M83 and Asteroid 624 Hector
Copyrights: Bert Mettier
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmettier/18702329985/ NGC6357 Lobster Nebula
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/186600/0/?real=&mod= Hatching Stars in Cygnus-X DR 15
Copyrights: Carlos Román-Zúñiga and Sandily Rivera, Instituto de Astronomía, UNAM, México Rho Ophiuchi nebulae complex
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhhemmeri ... /lightbox/ Saturn 12/06
Copyrights: Christopher Go Perseus Constellation
Copyrights: Boris Štromar ISS Lunar Transit
Copyrights: Trevor Mahlmann
More images: http://www.tmahlmann.com/#!moon/cd7p Noctilucent Clouds on 14/06
Copyrights: Denis Walsh NGC 6820 ("pillar"), NGC 6823 (open cluster) and nebulosity
Copyrights: Jeff Johnson

A space balloon - SH 308 in Canis Major

A larger look:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/160437072

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

Peace and War nebula in Hubble color mapping

Larger view:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/160437065

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

Jupiter and Venus
Copyrights: Rupesh Sreeraman The changing face of Saturn
Copyrights: David Barnett Saturn's ever changing appearance
Copyrights: Damian Peach New study favors cold, icy early Mars
Credit: Robin D. Wordsworth
An article: http://news.agu.org/press-release/new-s ... arly-mars/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34875

Veil Nebula Complex
Copyrights: Arno Rottal

Somehow the link to my image got disconnected, but I can't edit the post anymore, so here it is again:

Future of CERN science monument 4 billion years from now...



Future of CERN... by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

Crop of my Moon shot from May 30th 2015

Canon 5d mkii - C-11

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/18843801802/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

Today’s Sunset June 15th 2015

Canon 5d mkii

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@ ... otostream/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

The Eagle Nebula (M16)
https://flic.kr/p/uDJrCu
Copyright: Chris Marklew Image details:
Target: The Eagle Nebula (M16)
Telescope: Planewave CDK 12.5" @ f/8
Camera: SBIG STT8300M (0.44" sampling @ bin 1x1)
Composition: Narrowband Ha 5nm, Sii 3nm, and Oiii 3nm. 30minute subs, bin 1x1, 18hours total.

Captured from our backyard, Canberra, Australia, June 2015. A surprising level of detail was revealed from only 12.5" of aperture.

Copyright: Raul Villaverde, Domingo Pestana, Nicolas Romo y David Forteza

Panoramica desde los altos de Ocentejo by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

NGC6888 - The Crescent Nebula

Copyright: CAAT - Centro Astronómico del Alto Turia http://www.astroava.org
Processing: Alfonso Carreño - Observatorio Zonalunar http://www.zonalunar.com

just wanted to wish everyone that works on the fantastic pictures a big happy birthday. 20 years and I think I have been with you as long!!!

fierce storm

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/18687728742/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

happy 20th birthday APOD

Sun Rise

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/18042303982/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak