Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:52 am**

Jupiter in opposition with a fast Moon

Copyright: Alessio Vaccaro
http://www.alessiovaccaro.weebly.com
I agree with the distribution of this image

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Posted: **Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:39 am**

moon, Júpiter and is moons

wow and yours by pkfloyd1, no Flickr

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 7:24 am**

Pink moon rising

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Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:36 pm**

Compilation of 13 years of Jupiter oppositions images ( 2004-2017 ). Note: 2013 is not missing it was oppositionless last time was in 2001. I wanted to go back further to 1985 but the quality are way below to the modern era of digital Ccd's videos compare to SLR cameras at the time ( Center image =1986, 1996) and a single image if your lucky. Many equipments were used at the time to the present. ( Equipments: LX200ACF 12 in., 10in, C8 OTA's, CGE mount, ASI290, Flea3, DMK21, TouCam 740,840, SAC7 Ccd's, Canon AE1, Nikon F SLR's, TeleVue 3x barlows, PowerMate 2.5x, Celestron 2x barlows.)

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:34 pm**

Lagoon Nebula Narrowband...

From my Backyard in Melbourne Australia

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:36 pm**

A reprocess of the core in M8.....

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:46 pm**

A very high detail view of the moon...

First quarter moon 03042017 by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

Posted: **Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:13 pm**

Image captured on 7th of July at Kiripotib Guestfarm Namibia
Canon EOS 6D and Sigma Art 50mm at 3.2
54x300s at ISO 200

http://www.astrophotocologne.de/astroph ... ell_50.jpg

Posted: **Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:43 pm**

Please find hereunder a low resolution spectrum of Y Canum Venaticorum, a giant red carbon star.

This spectrum was acquired on March 25, 2017 from a simple digital SLR camera (Canon 600D), a Newtonian telescope (200mm/1000mm) and a Star Analyser 100.

Wavelengths covered by the spectrum extend from 400 nm to 700 nm (my camera is not sensitive to near infrared).

Best regards,

Julien Q. (FRANCE)

More details here : http://astro.julienquirin.fr/Observatio ... 202017.htm.

Posted: **Sat Apr 15, 2017 2:33 am**

Carina Nebula (NGC 3372)

Narrowband image comprised of H-alpha, OIII and SII data acquired on April 13th and 14th from Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia.

Additional image information:
http://www.astrobin.com/291846/0/?real=&nc=user

Larger resolution image:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2942/3400 ... a312_k.jpg

Full resolution image (warning, 38.9MB PNG):
https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2942/3400 ... 8f08_o.png

Posted: **Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:50 am**

M81, M82 and Integrated Flux Nebulae
Copyright: Sergio Kaminsky

http://www.myastroscience.com/m81-m82-ifn

Posted: **Sat Apr 15, 2017 6:33 pm**

IC 410 The Tadpole Nebula
Copyright: Frank Iwaszkiewicz
http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de

https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/de/node/196

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2017 4:59 am**

http://0e33611cb8e6da737d5c-e13b5a910e1 ... 525_lg.jpg

The Gabriela Mistra Nebula and surrounds.

Date -7th and 14th April
Location --Jerrara Dam NSW
Photographer-- Joe Perulero
Telescope-- 120mm Williams optics ED refractor at F6
Camera-- SBIG STF8300m with filter wheel and LRGB Ha OIII SII filters Mount -Sky watcher NEQ6 Exposure--5hrs of 5mins exposures at -10deg C

The Gabriela Mistral Nebula (also known as NGC 3324 and IC 2599) is an emission nebula, an HII region excited by an open star cluster (OCL 819) in its centre. It is located about 7,200 light-years away at the northwest corner of the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372) in the southern constellation of Carina. In fact, IC 2599 is the southern part of NGC 3324.

A rich deposit of gas and dust in the NGC 3324 region fuelled a burst of starbirth millions of years ago and led to the creation of several extremely massive and very hot stars. The intense ultraviolet radiation from these hot young stars causes the gas cloud to glow and has carved out a cavity in the surrounding gas and dust. In fact the stars are slowly eroding the gas cloud away.

The dark patches in the image are regions where veils of dust block out the light from the background glowing gas.

Astronomers often attach nicknames to nebulae based on their shape and their earthly likenesses. The edge of the wall of gas and dust at the right bears a strong resemblance to a human face in profile, with the “bump” in the center corresponding to a nose. So, NGC 3324 is often called the Gabriela Mistral nebula, after the Nobel Prize-winning poet from Chile.

( Description Credit http://annesastronomynews.com/photo-gal ... /ngc-3324/).

This image was taken by Astrophotographer Joe Perulero from the Wollongong Astronomy Club and is taken in Narrowband wavelengths (Hydrogen Alpha, Oxygen III and Sulphur II).

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2017 6:49 am**

Full Moon over Perth on Tuesday evening: 2017-04-11

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:18 pm**

Colors of the moon
http://levindieterle.de/
Copyright: Levin Dieterle

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Full resolution:
http://levindieterle.de/wp-content/uplo ... 170409.jpg

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2017 12:28 pm**

SH2 249 contains also IC444 and the front edge of the "Jellyfish" nebula (IC443) by astrodoc171, on Flickr

Posted: **Sun Apr 16, 2017 1:47 pm**

transit of mercury by the sun

: mérida, spain. 2016-05-09, 19:21

equiv 640 mm. polarized filter

Posted: **Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:28 pm**

This image shows a composite of two images taken at different moments in the lunar cycle (first quarter and full moon) to show the complete moon during first quarter as it can be seen when earthshine is observed. This results in almost 3D like image of the moon showing a lot of details.

Moon Eartshine by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

Posted: **Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:41 am**

Large & Small Magellanic Clouds, Namibia, Sept. 02 2016
http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... ept-16.htm
Exposure data:
Canon EF 40 mm 1:2.8 STM bei f/5.0 with Canon EOS 6Da. Exposure time: 27 x 5 minutes @ 800 Asa.
Copyright: Manuel Jung, http://www.sternklar.ch

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Posted: **Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:28 am**

Moonlight Sonata
Copyright: György Soponyai

Figuring out an idea to take a photo like this was easy. Years ago I saw a digital painting with the same subject: full Moon with wires of an electric pole resembling a note in a sheet music. I always wanted to "reproduce" it as a real photo.
Finding a location where a pole has four or five moreorless parallel lines in good position under the Moon was more difficult. The last months I found many "candidates" but none of them were ideal. But two weeks ago only 100 meters away from my home one of the streetlight went out and I realized I found the perfect place..

Photo details:
2017.04.09.
Mogyoród, Hungary

Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 50/1.4 + flash
3 x 1/125 sec, ISO 250, F 6.3

Posted: **Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:59 am**

A Supernova's Web

This is a mosaic that I have been working on for the last few years. Two panels which contain 82 hours of data. Taken in Ha and OIII. This supernova remnant covers a massive area of the sky. Probably seen around 12,000 years ago by humans, who probably wondered what the new star was in the sky.

Copyright: Paul Haese

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Details of image below large resolution image

Posted: **Wed Apr 19, 2017 2:58 pm**

hi to all,

NGC4725 and companions in Coma Berenice -
here I tried to couple the small pixels of ASI1600 with Lacerta Photonewtons 1000mm focal length,
a pixelscale of 0,78 can reveal a lot of detail

full field:

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/7 ... ermark.jpg

crop on NGC4725 and tiny NGC4712 to the right

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/c ... ermark.jpg

and on NGC4747 (Arp 159) and its long tidal tails

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/d ... ermark.jpg

visit for full versions, tech details and an annotated versions:
http://www.astrobin.com/292352/0/

clear skies, Tommy

Posted: **Wed Apr 19, 2017 6:41 pm**

Crescent Venus
Copyrights: João Pedro Bessa

Camping at Organ Pipe National Monument
Copyrights: John Vermette

A plane flying over the Moon
Copyrights: Philippe Volvert

Milky Way Snow globe
Copyrights: Petra de Ruyter

Rising Milky way from Czech republic in Brdy Hills
Copyrights: Oliver Beneš

Moon and Mercury from Ciguñuela
Copyrights: Francisco José Sevilla

Orion Nebula (M42) & NGC1977
Copyrights: Edoardo Dusina

Great Carina Nebula
Copyrights: Dylan O'Donnell

M51
Copyrights: Rodd Dryfoos

Jupiter (March 7th) SSTC oval merger
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Comet C/2017E4 Lovejoy
Copyrights: Gerald Rhemann

Roh Ophiuchus Mosaic
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn

Cone Nebula and surroundings
Copyrights: Jeff Johnson
Larger size: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/NGC2264_26Jan17.htm

Horsehead and Flame Nebula
Copyrights: Bruce Morrell

A Shiny Flower In Space
Copyrights: George Chatzifrantzis

Cat's Eye Nebula
Copyrights: Kristian Hansen

NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula
Copyrights: Jonathan Durand

Sunspot NOAA 12546
Copyrights: Divyadarshan Purohit

M78
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo

M51
Copyrights: Giuseppe Donatiello

41P, C/2015V2, C/2017E4 - threee comets at one night
Copyrights: Zhuo-xiao Wang

Messier 101
Copyrights: Arno Rottal

Comet 2017 E4 Lovejoy
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fhhemmeri ... /lightbox/

ISS and Moon at daylight
Copyrights: Dani Caxete

Posted: **Wed Apr 19, 2017 8:12 pm**

Moon with Earthshine
Copyrights: Kuldip Vora

Rosette Nebula from Tropics
Copyrights: Remus Chua

IC 2574
Copyrights: Jens Zippel
Larger version: http://www.spaceimages.de/en/astrophoto ... ies/ic2574

NGC 4755 - The Jewel box cluster
Copyrights: Steve Crouch
Larger size: Steve Crouch

Milky Way and spring Blossoms
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

Orion blooms
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

Milky way over the ancient village of Kaihua
Copyrights: Jeff Dai

The Carina Neighbourhood
Copyrights: Amit Ashok Kamble

Four comets in one night (morning)
Copyrights: Steven Bellavia

Milky Way panorama
Copyrights: Paul Wilson

Milky Way from Brazil
Copyrights: Saulo Gargaglioni

Orion from Brazil
Copyrights: Saulo Gargaglioni

LMC from Brazil
Copyrights: Saulo Gargaglioni

Orion on Urban Sky
Copyrights: E.C.

Cone to Rosette
Copyrights: Chuck Manges

41P / Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak comet and M97 – M108
Copyrights: Uğur İkizler

The jewel box star cluster
Credits and Copyrights: Data: ESO/OmegaCAM; Assembling and processing: R. Colombari / R. Gendler
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/290190/0/? ... real=&mod=