Starship Asterisk*

The Empire State Building playing cup-and-ball with the November Full "Beaver" Moon

Single shot 0.5s image taken Nov 3rd with 135mm lens from Hoboken (New Jersey). The Moon is dimmer than usual thanks to the layer of high clouds. http://www.astrophoto.fr/fullmoon_empir ... al1000.jpg
Larger framing including the Chrysler Building: http://www.astrophoto.fr/fullmoon_empir ... g_1500.jpg

Horsehead and Flame Nebula with the trail of Asteroid (273) Atropos (Between the Horsehead and the right edge of the picture)

Helix Nebula with 8" f/4 and Moravian G2 8300FW, Ha-LRGB
Copyright: Rochus Hess
Location: Austria (Postalm - Salzburg) For technical informations and high resolution image, please visit
http://astrofotografie-hess.heimat.eu/g ... gc7293.htm

clear skies Rochus

Barnard 35 with a Photobomb by Betelgeuse
Barnard 35 is a unique dark nebula that has a distinct red tint along with the more typical dusty brown. Despite the fact that Betelgeuse was well off the frame, he just couldn't resist the photobomb.
www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

The Tarantula Nebula

Tarantula Rev2 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

joelshort wrote:Barnard 35 with a Photobomb by Betelgeuse
Barnard 35 is a unique dark nebula that has a distinct red tint along with the more typical dusty brown. Despite the fact that Betelgeuse was well off the frame, he just couldn't resist the photobomb.
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

Click to view full size image

Love that picture, Joel!

The orange flare at lower left is certainly caused by light from red supergiant Betelgeuse. The red rim of the nebula (at center-right) is almost certainly an ionization front, which would be caused by relatively nearby hot blue giant Lambda Orionis, which is surrounded by a huge but faint emission nebula. Note that Orion is "upside down" in the picture I linked to.

Ann

Moon over Manhattan
Copyrights: Jacob Ulevich Neptune's Equatorial spot in the visual band
Copyrights: Μanos Kardasis Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN (Oct.18,2017)
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Andromeda Galaxy (M31) without Stars
Copyrights: Jeffrey Shokler Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy and two Orionid meteors from Darkvalley, Hungary
Copyrights: Zoltán Tóth Midnight Orion
Copyrights: Vlad Dumitrescu Comet C/2017 ASAS-SN
Copyrights: Vlad Dumitrescu Milky Way mosaic from Chocon, Argentina
Copyrgiths: Denis Martinez Open Star Clusters M38 & NGC1907 in Auriga
Copyrights: Chuck Manges NGC6888
Copyrights: Peter Jurista M33 - The Triangulum Galaxy
Credits and Copyrights: Acquisition, calibration, registration and stacking: Marco Schrievers; Processing: Edoardo Luca Radice; Final color calibration: Marco Schrievers

North America and Pelican Nebulae
Copyrights: R. Colombari / Wei-Hao Wang IC 1396 and surrounding region
Copyrights: Richard S. Wright Jr. Chamaeleon Cloud Complex
Copyrights: Frank Sackenheim Crescent Moon over Vigo City Horsehead
Copyrights: Rob Bower The Horsehead and The Flame Nebulae
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Tarantula Nebula from Little Desert, Vic, Australia
Copyrights: Diego Colonnello Orionid Meteors
Copyrights: John Chumack The Moon Gate
Copyrights: Tolga Yildirim Messier 31
Copyrights: Connor Matherne Greek legend over the Christian chapel
Copyrights: Petr Horálek Bubble Nebula and friends
Copyrights: Rolf Geissinger Pinwheel Galaxy
Copyrights: Steve Cannistra Deep to the universe
Copyrights: Majid Ghohroodi

Southern Cliffs and Core of M8
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/
Copyright: John Ebersole
Highlighted in this image are the so-called “Southern Cliffs” and core of M8, the Lagoon Nebula, in narrowband HST palette.

M33 and its nebulae
Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: https://www.facebook.com/AIP.Astrophotography/

Full resolution:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4562/3835 ... 761e_o.png

Barnard E Nebula By Leo Shatz @DSW
FSQ106/QSI683wsg/Paramount MyT
L:20x900s,R:14x900s,G:13x900s,B:14x900s

NGC 7023 often called the Isis Nebula
Copyright: Mark Hanson These clouds of interstellar dust and gas are in the fertile star fields of the constellation Cepheus. This deep image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries in impressive detail. Within the Iris, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the dusty clouds glow with a faint reddish appearance as some dust grains effectively convert the star's invisible ultraviolet radiation to visible red light.
Telescope: Planewave 17" f6.7 on a Planewave HD Mount. Camera: SBIG 16803
Location: Stellar Winds Observatory at DSNM, Animas, New Mexico
Exposure: 240 min Luminance, 240 of each RGB.

Full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/iris-nebula

Thank you,
Mark

IC 417 The Spider Neblula
Copyright: Mark Hanson Here is an image of IC417, often called the Spider Nebula, also known as Sharpless 234. It’s located in the constellation Auriga.
At about 10,000 light-years distant, it represents a young, open star cluster formed in interstellar clouds and still embedded in glowing hydrogen gas.

See a full resolution image here: https://www.hansonastronomy.com/sh2234

Telescope: Planewave 17" f6.7 on a Planewave HD Mount Camera: SBIG 16803
Location: Stellar Winds Observatory at DSNM, Animas, New Mexico
Exposure: 270 min Luminance, 270 of each RGB, HA 360

Thank you,

Mark

Touching Our Home Galaxy

Story: This photograph represents very well the urge that professional and amateur astronomers feel...to be in touch with the night skies. This image translates our psicological will. Astrophotography uses this prerogative and creates an incredible proximity bias! It's a psychological tact. We are reaching out to the universe by means of an image.

This image was taken in Chile, near the city of Antofagasta in May this year. This is a 33 foot high sculpture made by the chilenean artist Mario Irarrázabal.

Copyright: Carlos ´Kiko´ Fairbairn

Gallery: https://www.facebook.com/kikofairbairn

Better than TV
Copyrights: Petr Horálek Vdb 141 Phanton Nebula in Cepheus Constellation
Copyrights: Carlos Uriarte Deep Pleiades and comet Panstarrs
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado SH2-101 "Tulip Nebula"
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux NGC 1333 in the Perseus Molecular Cloud
Copyrights: Bryan Cogdell M78 and a piece of Bernard's Loop
Copyrights: Steven Bellavia Comet C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) on Oct 23rd
Copyrights: Damian Peach Night sky above Mt. Hood
Copyrights: Chris Cook The Soul, The heart and The Fish
Copyrights: Alfredo Sayalero IC 1848 - Soul Nebula
Copyrights: Eva Zanchi Milky Way and zodiacal light at Pic du Midi observatory
Copyrights: Jean-Francois Graffand The Cometary Globule DCld 343.0+2.8 - "The dark tower"
Copyrights: Chamaeleon Team - Franz Hofmann and Wolfgang Paech Comet 24P/Schaumasse with galaxies (Oct 26th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach M42 Orion Nebula with an uncooled Canon
Copyrights: Mike Mardis M42
Copyrights: Aris Posonidis Yukon Fall Aurora
Copyrights: Phil Hart Triangulum Galaxy
Copyrights: Bódi Attila Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Bódi Attila IC 342
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt Milky Way from Sierra Nevada mountains of California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Moon on 28/10
Copyright: A Kannan Heart Nebula
Copyrights: Jörg and Anna Moosmann Ced 214 NGC 7822
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo Sh2-124
Copyrights: Gordon Wright The flying Bat and Squid
Copyrights: Jonathan Talbot Orion
Copyrights: Vladimir Sulim Moon on 28/10
Copyrights: Gianluca Masi NGC 7822 in Cepheus
Copyrights: Jose Ramon Mundo Salvador

The horsehead Nebula

Horsehead Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Stone Maps
http://www.ancientskys.com
Copyright: Marc Toso Spirals and a map pecked into stone one thousand years ago by the Ancestral Puebloan Native Americans, reflecting the perspective of the spinning Earth through the swirl of stars across the night sky.

SH2-114 Flying Dragon nebula & SH2-113

Web site: http://rickstevenson.space

Copyright: Rick Stevenson (data acquisition: Scott Johnson, Augusto Hernandez, John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Jose Mtanous and Rick Stevenson; processing: Rick Stevenson)

Celestial Eye in Cassiopeia

website, http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... ia-web.jpg

Copyright: Paul C. Swift

This two panel mosaic was photographed under northern skies, at my home in Valencia.
Viewing in full screen is recommended.
Integration 8 nights
Chroma Filter NB filters
AG14 Newtonian astrograph.
camera: Starlight Xpress Trius SX-814
Chroma Filter NB

Celestial Eye in Cassiopeia by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

NGC 7000 - A fresh Look at a classic target by Patrick Gilliland, on Flickr

Moonbow under the Aurora Borealis

Copyright: Giuseppe Petricca
https://www.astrobin.com/full/321671/0/



Surely, a show that will remain in my memory, a week ago, on November 7th. Between fast moving clouds, rain showers which lasted no more than two or three minutes, this fantastic moonbow appeared, when the almost Full Moon managed to break the clouds.

On the right, a magnificent aurora borealis, fighting with a portion of starry sky in which we can easily recognize the stellar 'summer triangle', almost at its setting.

I could continue on and on to describe this view, but I think that the picture will do it way better. An unforgettable emotion!

Manfrotto MK055XPRO3-3W - Canon EOS 700D - Samyang 14mm f2.8 - Lightroom CC - Photoshop CC
Stornoway - Outer Hebrides - Scotland

NGC1499
Copyrights: Stefano Cancelli IC1805
Copyrights: Jean-Christophe Philippe The green ray and the lovers
Copyrights: Dani Caxete NGC1499 California Nebula
Credits and Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile & José Jiménez Priego Milky Way from Ebbett’s Pass California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Fogbow over Omaha Beach
Copyrights: Joseph Horton IC1318 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula
Copyrights: Bernard Miller Spectacular Lenticularis Display near Lago di Lugano
Copyrights: Christoph Malin NGC7000
Copyrights: Richard Christy Milky Way Arch in a unmanned zone in Tibet plateau
Copyrights: Deng Licai The Sun
Copyrights: Rafael Segura Rius Sunspot AR12674 on 03/09
Copyrights: Leo Aerts Sirius, The Brightest Star in the Night Sky
Copyrights: John Chumack NGC 672/ IC 1727
Copyrights: Ian Gorenstein Sunset over the Quivertree forest of Namibia
Copyrights: Petr Horálek California Nebula
Copyrights: Francesco Antonucci Turbulent Rosette
Copyrights: Daniel Crosse Standing waves over Ireland 23rd Sept 2013
Copyrights: Simon Curthoys Orion
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry Barnard 174 and 169
Copyrights: Jan Inge Berentsen Anvik

Milky Way arch over Chiricahua National
Copyrights: Fred Wasmer Roll cloud with pink crepuscular rays
Copyrights: Kevin Wolfe Orion above radiotelescope
Copyrights: Haitong Yu NGC300
Copyrights: Steven Mohr NGC253
Copyrights: Steven Mohr NGC 300
Copyrights: Terry J. Robison Star Trails 10-21-17 outside of Warrenton Va
Copyrights: John Chumack October 31 Sunset from Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Copyrights: Domingo Pestana LBN 437 nebula from Lacerta
Copyrights: Rafael Schmall Comet 2P/Encke on April 28th
Copyrights: Damian Peach NGC 1055, Spiral Galaxy in Cetus
Credits and Copyrights: Composite Image: ESO, Subaru Telescope and Amateur Data; Image Processing and Assembly Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari M74
Copyrights: Bernard Miller Milky Way from Highland Lakes California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Crescent and Soap Bubble
Copyrights: José Mtanous Propellor Nebula in Cygnus
Copyrights: Steve Milne Hunter's Moon in Singapore on 3 November 2017
Copyrights: A Kannan Trail of stars, trees and water tank
Copyrights: arsis Silveira Aries winds
Copyrights: Antonio Fernandez Northern Lights from Chandalar Shelf, Alaska
Copyrights: Fred Wasmer Colourful olives and stars
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Tarantula Nebula embedded into the Large Magellanic Cloud
Copyrights: Frank Sackenheim Sh2-187
Copyrights: Bart Delsaert M45
Copyrights: Bart Delsaert NGC7023
Copyrights: Manuel Martín Folch Hunter´s Moon
Copyrights: Adolfo Miranda

NGC 2174 - Monkey Head Nebula

Final NGC 2174 by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Full info @ http://www.kinchastro.com/ngc-2174-monk ... ebula.html

July/October 2017
Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
LX200 12" GPS - Starizona reducer/coma corrector F/7.1
CCD QSI 540ws cooled -19
Autoguide with ASI 120MM on ETX105
Baader RGB and H-alpha 7nm Filters
HA-RGB: HA 50x6min, R 40x3min, G 40x3min, B 40x3min
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Calibrated with Bias, Dark and Flat
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart6, StarTools1.4, Topaz and Nik plugin, Paint Shop Pro X9 and StarSpike Pro3

Cristina Cellini

M78, Deep Sky West
Astro-Physics RH305
SBIG 16803