Starship Asterisk*

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: David Dvali Milky Way over "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" Colombia
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez The rose for International Mother's Day
Copyrights: Petr Horálek Jupiter in Leo
Copyrights: Daniele Cipollina Lenticular cloud
Copyrights: Daniele Cipollina 2004 Venus Transit
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Sun Halo over Mount Palomar
Copyrights: Karl Kuehn Milky Way
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez Mars - March 18th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach Mars images March 19th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach Mars - March 27th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach Aurora above Deep Portage Nature Center in Minnesota
Copyrights: G Steck Shedding light on Milky Way
Copyrights: Antonino Brosio Horsehead Nebula region
Copyrights: Juan Lozano
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/247274/B/?real=&mod CASLEO telescope under Milky Way
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar IC 5070 The Pelican Nebula and The North America Nebula
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry Phases of the Moon
Copyrights: A Kannan

Markarian Chain
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... virgo.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro

A crop on the double transit image, for more details on Mercury and the ISS

mercury transit

photography video http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 60#p257460

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/ ... 85350.jpeg

"Transit of Airplane" during the Transit of Mercury

Lapser

M106
Copyrights: Jerry Gardner

http://www.keith-engineering.com/pictures/M106_LRGB.jpg

M101
Copyrights: Jerry Gardner

http://www.keith-engineering.com/pictures/M101_LRGB.jpg

Mars on May 5th, 6th 2016. Cloud formations in the vicinity of the North Polar Cap (top).

disappeared mercury

shadow almost crepuscular rays. last photo, for lesion..

NGC 3628 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr


Copyright: Josh Smith and Craig Smith acquisition, Josh Smith processing

More than 500 single exposures (30s each) combined wit my freeware Startrails.exe (http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html)
Clear skies, Achim

Millions and Billions

On top of Ulagan mountain formed by salt dome(Volgograd region, Russia) it is possible to find rocks of the Jurassic period, with fossil flora and fauna. It's single exposure image. The refocusing carried out during the exposure with closed lens cap.

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/

Copyright: Yuri Zvezndy

Moonset over Buda Castle
Copyright: György Soponyai




Photo details:
2016.05.08. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 macro

Helix nebula NGC 7293
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez Priego

From Gegenschein to False dawn
Copyright: Petr Horálek
This is more than half-night panorama (almost 270 degrees) of the zodiacal light from the Gegenschein to morning column called "false dawn", captured over the ESO's La Silla Observatory. The zodiacal light is enhanced by several mathematical methods a it shows that it's definitely not a boring or even annoying object in the sky. It has many particular structures, which are just waiting to be revealed soon or later as the evolution of digital photography is so fast every day. Much more info, including the technical ones, you can read on my website: http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/?p=2351
The full resolution image is here:
http://www.astronom.cz/horalek/wp-conte ... 00px-1.png

Milky Way and Summer Triangle rising over giant wind generators
Copyrights: Ángel Arós Zodiac Light
Copyrights: Ángel Arós From the lowest point in North America
Copyrights: Rogelio Bernal Andreo
Larger size: https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7182/2618 ... f458_o.jpg The Great Jaguar
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar IC 443 - Jelly Fish Nebula
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz M81 Bode's Galaxy
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis IC2944
Copyrights: Dylan O'Donnell Solar Halo
Copyrights: Athena Basu ] UCI astronomers determine precise mass of a giant black hole
Image credits: A. Barth (UC Irvine), ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); NASA/ESA Hubble; Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey
An article: https://news.uci.edu/research/uci-astro ... lack-hole/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35904

NGC7000
Copyrights: Jamie Hammond M42 - Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz Jupiter and Ganymede
Copyrights: Geoff Chester Falcon 9 into the Milky Way
Copyrights: Derek Demeter SpaceX Launch Into Milky Way
Copyrights: Mike Killian Galaxy-sized peanuts? Astronomers use new imaging software to detect double ‘peanut shell’ galaxy
Image credits: Sloan Digital Sky Survey / Aladin Sky Atlas / A.Graham, B.Ciambur (Swinburne University of Technology)
An article: http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/28 ... ell-galaxy http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35908

First Global Topographic Model of Mercury from MESSENGER
Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
An article: First Global Topographic Model of Mercury among MESSENGER’s Latest Delivery to the Planetary Data System http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35909

Jupiter image (March 19th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Eta Aquarids
Copyrights: Wang Letian M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: Jose Ramon Mundo Salvador M 106
Copyrights: Jose Ramon Mundo Salvador Enceladus Jets: Surprises in Starlight
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Cornell/SSI
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-123 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35907

Milky Way over Salt Lake City, Utah
Copyrights: Nick Fish Hewett 1 in Sextans
Copyrights: Richard Richins NGC4565
Copyrights: Adrian Jones NGC5121 and Longmore 8
Copyrights: Steve Crouch
Larger size: http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/ngc5 ... IILRGB.jpg Double star 95 Hercules
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti Aurora borealis over Crater Lake, Oregon. May 7th
Copyrights: Michael Blake M13
Copyrights: Rolland Balázs IC 1805 The Heart Nebula
Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego M83 and ephemeral company
Copyrights: Rafael Rodríguez Milky Way and runners
Copyrights: Jaime E. Díaz NGC2903
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

LDN 1003
http://www.skymonsters.net
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari
LDN1003: http://www.skymonsters.net/hr_immagine. ... DN1003.jpg

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde & José Jimenez
HalfaRGB+SHO
NGC2237 RGB 2016 con MET by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

by Carlos David
AT111/Canon T3i

NGC 2237
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: Raul Villaverde & José Jiménez

NGC2237 Alcarreño&Astromet by Astromet, en Flickr

The Milky Way over the clouds of Lake Pamvotida aka Lake Ioannina,
in the central part of the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece.
http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

The Milky Way over Lake Ioannina by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

NGC 253 - Sculptor Galaxy
Copyrights: Wellerson Lopes

Paranal 4 Laser Guide Star shooting at the Carina Nebula
http://www.atacamaphoto.com/
Copyright: Gerhard Hüdepohl - atacamaphoto.com/ESO
The photo shows the new 4 Laser Guide Star Facility at ESO's VLT (Very Large Telescope) at Cerro Paranal in Chile during a test run. It is presently the most powerful laser used in astronomy.

Technical details : Officina Stellare Veloce RH200, ATIK ONE 9M, ASA DDM 60 unguided. Total integration time 28 hours. Baader Planetarium Ha, SII and OIII CCD filter set.

Moon-Jupiter Conjunction, Melbourne, Australia, May 15
Copyright: Steve Johnston Composite image, Canon 60Da, Flexar 500mm f/8 manual lens, 1/100s ISO-320 for Moon and 1/2s ISO-800 for Jupiter