Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Sat Dec 14, 2019 6:26 pm**

Copyright:Raul Villaverde Fraile

Las Pleyades 2019 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:45 am**

Moonrise in Athens, Greece

The Waning Moon (85,5%) rise behind residential buildings in Athens, Greece on Sunday 15 December, 2019.

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Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Posted: **Wed Dec 18, 2019 8:06 pm**

Hi all!

This is NGC 132, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It is the main galaxy of a whole group. At both ends there are star currents, possibly the galaxy interacts with other galaxies. ESO 350-26 on the left above is an equally distant low surface brightness galaxy, which also appears deformed.

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The raw images were taken by Martin Pugh, with his 17" Planewave CDK in Chile - Obstech observatory. Image processing by me.
In detail:
Plawave CDK, 17" on Paramount ME, Sbig ST11002 with AOX, Astrodon LRGB GenII
L 21x20 min, RGB 14x20 min each, total 21 h.
Full resolution, annotaded image here:
http://deeplook.astronomie.at/ngc%20134.htm
Copyright: Markus Blauensteiner, Martin Pugh

Markus

Posted: **Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:14 pm**

Venus Set At Fort Bragg, California by Marsha Kirschbaum, on Flickr

This HDR image is a composite of 9 separate bracketed images which gave Venus more definition as she sets toward the horizon. Saturn is to its right and slightly below Venus.

Posted: **Fri Dec 20, 2019 5:03 pm**

Comet C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS to the left Open Star Cluster NGC1496 on December 20th, 02:37ut. ( LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE Mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Astronomik LRGB filter set.)

Posted: **Sat Dec 21, 2019 10:18 pm**

The California Nebula (NGC 1499) is an emission nebula located in the constellation Perseus. It is so named because it appears to resemble the outline of the US State of California on long exposure photographs. ( ES ED80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Ha, OIII, SII Narrow Band Filters )

Posted: **Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:56 pm**

Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
Objective: Nikon 200mm f / 2
Location: Chilean Andes, (near Ovalle)
Camera: FLI Microline 16200
Exposure time : L 5x180 sec. RGB 9x300 Ha 4x600 sec.
Copyright: Aniceto Porcel Rosales (Sociedad Astronómica Granadina - SAGaustral)

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Posted: **Sun Dec 22, 2019 4:08 pm**

aporcel wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:56 pm Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
Objective: Nikon 200mm f / 2
Location: Chilean Andes, (near Ovalle)
Camera: FLI Microline 16200
Exposure time : L 5x180 sec. RGB 9x300 Ha 4x600 sec.
Copyright: Aniceto Porcel Rosales (Sociedad Astronómica Granadina - SAGaustral)
https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/NCFNcxI ... SbbAW8.jpg

Wow, that's an amazing first post of yours!

Ann

Posted: **Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:04 pm**

NGC 2264 a.k.a. The Christmas Tree Cluster
Taken: 12-20-2019

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:45 pm**

NGC896_IC1795_CR_Saturated_Stamped by david webster, on Flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 4:47 pm**

M42_NBRGBCombination_LHE by david webster, on Flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:33 pm**

A "snow globe" with a star party under the Milky Way. A mosaic of 9 single exposures. The peak of the MW is at the zenith, and the width of the MW at the horizon is 180 degrees. Vega at top is behind the viewer's position.

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https://photos.app.goo.gl/m2YadrEzZS8uDkgo9

Posted: **Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:59 pm**

Northern Milky Way from Orion to Sagittarius
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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This is an image of the entire Northern Milky Way from Sagittarius to Orion. This area of sky is so large you can't see it all at any one time of year. Two thirds of the image was taken in the summer when Sagittarius was in the Southern sky and the remaining third with Orion was taken in the last two months as it is now in the Southern sky. I think this is the biggest mosaic I will ever take. It's made up of some 60 images taken through a 35mm lens. However, the detail in many of the Nebulae come from images I took over the last 9 years with either 70mm lens, a 530mm or 700mm focal length refractor. So this single image has been 9 years in the making, contains most of my astrophotography taken over that period, and represents well over 1000 hours of light collection. The image is best viewed in high resolution so you can scroll through from one end of he galaxy to the other. If you want to take a closer look at pretty much all the major nebulae and two of the major galaxies in our Northern Hemisphere night sky you can find a set of higher resolution images at the link below. Major objects visible include Seagull, Barnards Loop, Eridanus Super Bubble, M42, Horsehead, M78, Rosette, Cone, Jellyfish, Monkey Head, Simeis 147, Flaming Star, California, Pleiades, Heart and Soul, M31, M33, Elephants Trunk, North America, Pelican, Veil, Butterfly, Crescent, Eagle, Swan, Lagoon, Triffid but there are many more Sharpless, Messier and NGC objects you can see.

http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Nor ... ay2019.htm

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:08 am**

Orion and its Neighbors
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/
Copyright: Alistair Symon

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This is a multi image mosaic of the area of sky around Orion. It contains many well know nebulae including the Seagull, Barnards Loop, M42, Horsehead, M78, Rosette, Cone, Jellyfish, Monkeyhead, Simeis 147, Flaming Star, California, M45, Eridanus Super Bubble. This image was taken at 4 different focal lengths. 35mm and 70mm lenses were used for the star background and very widefield nebulosity. Nebula detail was taken through either a 700mm or 530mm focal length refractor. Data was collected through H-alpha, Luminance, Red, Green and Blue filters. Total data acquisition time was well in excess of 100 hours. You can view a larger version of the image here.

http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Ori ... 203000.jpg

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 12:53 am**

NGC 2237 on December 23rd, 04:55ut. The Rosette Nebula (also known as Caldwell 49) is a large spherical H II region (circular in appearance) located near one end of a giant molecular cloud in the Monoceros region of the Milky Way Galaxy.( ES ED80 APO, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CF9, Ha, OIII, SII filters.)

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 11:12 am**

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

NGC7023 gran campo by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Posted: **Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:12 pm**

: Meteor & LMC

Copyright: Hung-Hsuan Yen
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Posted: **Thu Dec 26, 2019 9:38 pm**

Seems that everyone is on holiday, so am i, in order to observe the December 26, 2019 annular solar eclipse! ! This is a photo of the eclipsed sun rising from the sea, in two pieces, with evident lower mirage distortions. The annular phase of the eclipse was blocked by clouds here in Al Wakrah, Qatar, but this was the most thrilling sunrise of my life. I also add two more photos.

Posted: **Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:42 am**

asymon wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:59 pm Northern Milky Way from Orion to Sagittarius
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/
Copyright: Alistair Symon
Click to view full size image
This is an image of the entire Northern Milky Way from Sagittarius to Orion. This area of sky is so large you can't see it all at any one time of year. Two thirds of the image was taken in the summer when Sagittarius was in the Southern sky and the remaining third with Orion was taken in the last two months as it is now in the Southern sky. I think this is the biggest mosaic I will ever take. It's made up of some 60 images taken through a 35mm lens. However, the detail in many of the Nebulae come from images I took over the last 9 years with either 70mm lens, a 530mm or 700mm focal length refractor. So this single image has been 9 years in the making, contains most of my astrophotography taken over that period, and represents well over 1000 hours of light collection. The image is best viewed in high resolution so you can scroll through from one end of he galaxy to the other. If you want to take a closer look at pretty much all the major nebulae and two of the major galaxies in our Northern Hemisphere night sky you can find a set of higher resolution images at the link below. Major objects visible include Seagull, Barnards Loop, Eridanus Super Bubble, M42, Horsehead, M78, Rosette, Cone, Jellyfish, Monkey Head, Simeis 147, Flaming Star, California, Pleiades, Heart and Soul, M31, M33, Elephants Trunk, North America, Pelican, Veil, Butterfly, Crescent, Eagle, Swan, Lagoon, Triffid but there are many more Sharpless, Messier and NGC objects you can see.

http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Nor ... ay2019.htm

Oh wow, Alistair, I looked at the full resolution image and was blown away! The resolution is so deep, with all those tiny little stars clearly resolved, that I can't even imagine how many pixels must go into that image! And you bring out so many nebulas it made my head spin! I asked myself, where are the Heart and Soul nebulas? Can't be that trio up there, can it, because I'm looking for two nebulas and not three, right? But it really was the Heart and Soul - the Soul was just amazingly sharp and "clear-cut" - along with their unknown and "invisible" third sibling next to the blue vdB 14 and 15 reflection nebulas in Camelopardalis!

I spent some time trying to find the major nebulas, but the Bubble nebula next to M52 just stumped me.

Anyway, your image is just amazing!

Ann

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 6:11 am**

Taken Dec 22,23,24 2019
Integration time 40hrs
Telescope: https://flic.kr/p/2gAfKn7

Full Resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/full/0o9yvf/0/?real=&mod=

Posted: **Sat Dec 28, 2019 6:54 pm**

https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/KyxRPNa ... hqkGbg.jpg

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Ha and Oiii BiColor plus RGB stars.

Data acquisition planed and acquired by me over 2 months (Nov and Dec 2019) using iTelescope's T8 in Siding Springs Australia. https://support.itelescope.net/support/ ... elescope-8
Processed by me in Pixinsight and Photoshop.
Total integration time = 72.2 hours

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 4:50 am**

M51
Nick Pavelchak
https://www.astrobin.com/290684/?nc=user

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 7:37 pm**

Supernova remnant G206.9+2.3

A very faint but impressive supernova remnant - located a little bit north of the constellation Orion.
The nebula with a size of 60x40 arcminutes is surrounded by lots of Ha nebulosity and is very rarely photographed.

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Imageaquisation Daniel Pölzl
Telescope: Lacerta 72/432
Exposuretime 14,8 h in RGB and Narrowbandfilters [OIII] + Ha

Posted: **Sun Dec 29, 2019 11:37 pm**

An image crop centered in the running man nebula. It was taken during the Astrophotography Weekend Mexico in november. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Poncitlan Jalisco, november 2019

14x300s, ISO 800, Canon t3i ir mod and sensor cooling (Dr Chaos) -15 °C
Takahashi epsilon 160mm/f3.3 on a Celestron CGEM
Astromania 60mm f4 + asi034mc + astropi3
Processing in Siril + Darktable

Running man nebula by Fernando Peña, on Flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:56 am**

NGC6188 - Fighting Dragons
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Copyright: Pavel Pech

Starship Asterisk*

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NGC1499 California Nebula

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NGC 2237

Iris field

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4-panel mosaic on Rosette Nebula

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