Starship Asterisk*

Ann wrote: ↑Wed Aug 10, 2022 5:39 am
Welcome! You did a very good job bringing out these red emission and blue reflection nebulas in Scorpius!

Ann

Thanks Ann! Glad you like it! The balance between the two is really the main chanllenge in processing of this target, as both are very faint.

Milkyway above lavender fields by Martin Giraud

https://www.instagram.com/tinmar_g/
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Hello here is a panorama of the milkyway above lavander fields of Valensole in France.

It has been shot in the beginning of July when lavender flowers are still present. The spot is Bortle class 4.

The sky is a panorama of 9 tiles where each is a stack of 5 pics with following settings : ISO-3200, F2.5, 30 sec.

Equipment : Canon 6D, Sigma ART 50mm, Skywatcher Star Adventurer
Location: Puimoisson, France.
Date : 3rd July 2022

This picture has been taken on august, the 6th, 2022.
Location : Lands of Cojoux, France
This location is 5000 years old, the only difference is light pollution !
We are in front of a megalitic alignment called « Demoiselles de Cojoux ».

This is a vertical panorama of 14 pictures.
Nikon D610 + Lens Irix 15 mm f/2.4
20 sec @ ISO 1600 – f/2.4


milkyway over megaliths by fx-cuvelier on flickr

Copyright: Raul Villaverde, Domingo Pestana & Nicolas Romo
Delfin by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Perseids (August 2020)
Copyright: www.instagram.com/robin_onderka

Location: Staré Hamry, Czech Republic

Over the weekend I redid this 2 year old photo from the Perseids meteor shower of August 2020. I shot several long nights around Aug 13 from Staré Hamry (Czech Republic) with 2 cameras to capture as many meteors as possible. I managed to photograph and process 28 of them, which I then incorporated into this mosaic.

I also photographed the trees and overal foreground from multiple angles and the same place as the sky and meteors. This particular foreground photo was taken after moonrise (I suspect it was sometime after midnight). The sky is 1on1 correct to the foreground and is combination of 5 photos merged into panorama.

Processed in PTGuI and Photoshop, developing RAW via Lightroom.
Canon 6D Mark II + Samyang 14 mm f/2.8 for meteors.
Canon 6D astromod + Samyang 24 mm f/1.4 for sky and landscape.

If You want to see the photo in a different resolution or need anything else, feel free to send me an e-mail: robinonderka@gmail.com

Perseids (August 2020) by Robin Onderka, on Flickr

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile, Domingo Pestana & Nicolas Romo
PELICANO Y NORTEAMERICA 2022B by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

SNR G082.2+05.3

Super Nova Remnant (SNR) G82.2+5.3 (also referred to as W63), seems to be exclusively in the OIII emission line and requires a very long exposure time to make a visible image. (There is little or no sign of the SNR in a 10 minute exposure). The structure consists of thin sharply defined filaments that form a vaguely oval shell. It is believed to be located at a distance of 10,500 light years and based on observations, an age of between 14,000 to 21,000 years has been estimated.
Click on above to enlarge

Full info and higher resolution @ https://www.kinchastro.com/snr-g0822053.html

Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula in Cygnus SHO Version

More info about the photo here https://astrob.in/icwns4/0/

Sh2-101 The Tulip Nebula in Cygnus SHO Version by Efthymios Karteris, on Flickr

Thanks Ann! I think you are referring to a planetary nebula (PK085+04.1)

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 11:50 am

deckardbr wrote: ↑Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:36 am Here is an image for APOD consideration: https://www.astrobin.com/ym1hh7/
Title: A cygnus spectacle
Image Credit: Andrea Bergamini and Sameer Bharadwaj
Short description: This is a beautiful patch of sky just off Deneb in the cygnus constellation. It has an abstract painting quality to it, with a variety of emission and planetary nebulas.

Tech details:
William Optics GT71 with 0.8x reducer
~8 hours in SHO with a ZWO ASI2600MM pro camera
Dates: Shot over 2 nights on August 3-4, 2022

I love your image and took the liberty of uploading it to Starship Asterisk*, so that others can see it.


A Cygnus spectacle Andrea Bergamini.png


Do visit this page to see the full size image and get a technical card and a description of the image.

I have a question. What is the little round whitish cyan object near top center right?

Ann

IC 5070 aka The Pelican Nebula in the Hubble Palette
https://www.instagram.com/colorado_astro
Copyright: Tommy Lease

Image Details:

Equipment:
ASI533MM-Pro
Astrodon 1.25" 5nm SHO filters
Orion 8" f/4 Newtonian
SW Quattro CC
EQ6R-Pro

Image Details:
Ha- 90x300s, gain 100, -10c
OIII- 45x300s, gain 100, -10c
SII- 45x300s, gain 100, -10c

Total integration: 15 hrs

Acquisition / Edits
Acquired in NINA, Processed in Pixinsight and Photoshop

M78 & a few NGCs - 80 shots at 300 seconds each shot from my backyard with a ZWO ASI2600MC camera, William Optics GT81 telescope, and Losmandy GM811G equatorial mount taken on Jan 4, 2022.

Interesting wave-like nebulosity in the relatively rarely imaged Great Lacerta Nebula.

Great Lacerta Nebula by Jarmo Ruuth, on Flickr

jarmoruuth wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 8:43 pm Interesting wave-like nebulosity in the relatively rarely imaged Great Lacerta Nebula.

Great Lacerta Nebula by Jarmo Ruuth, on Flickr

Lovely image! And I love this nebula, because it is being ionized by one of my favorite stars, relatively nearby O9-type 10 Lacertae.

This is surely one of the most beautiful picture I have seen of the Lacerta nebula!

Ann

NGC 55 by Jochen Maes
https://www.jochenmaes.com

Setup:

Planewave CDK17
SBIG STXL11002
Paramount ME

Image acquisition details:

25x1800" HA
30x1200" Luminance
15x1200" Red
15x1200" Green
15x1200" Blue

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NGC 55 by Jochen Maes

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 4:25 am
Lovely image! And I love this nebula, because it is being ionized by one of my favorite stars, relatively nearby O9-type 10 Lacertae.

This is surely one of the most beautiful picture I have seen of the Lacerta nebula!

Ann

Thanks! It is a nice looking nebula and it is also very large.

I got interested in this 10 Lacertae star and tried to locate it in the image. See the attached image.

Great Lacerta Nebula with 10 Lacertae by Jarmo Ruuth, on Flickr

Jarmo

The Milky Way in the Cygnus constellation
Several large emission nebulae are clearly visible in this wide-field shot: the North American and Pelican with the star Deneb close by; the Sadr nebular complex in the center of the image; and, in the lower-right part of the image, the Veil nebula.
Canon EOS 6D modified with Canon EF 50mm f/1.4. 15x120s f/2.8 3200 ISO tracked with SkyWatcher Staradventurer

Cygnus Widefield by Alessandro Carrozzi, su Flickr

The year that I did not prepare to follow Perseids by the Supermoon, my surprise has been to find a great Perseid close to the little Dumbbell Nebula M76
Hope u enjoy!


Place:
Montcada i Reixac (Barcelona) Bortle 8
12/08/2022

Equipment:
Skywatcher ED 72
EQ 3-2
Zwo asi 120 mm guide
Canon 600 D

Image:
1 light x 30"

Perseid Meteor Shower and the Magic Lake with the milky way arch


This year the Perseid meteor shower will be with the full moon , so during 3 nights 5, 6 , 7 August 2022 we tried to capture the maximum number of the meteors before the full moon' nights .

So we captured around 1200 photos to get this number of the meteors near the desert of elFayoum and last day we captured the Magic lake at the blue hour only 10 km apart .

Meteor-Aug-2022-lake-2 by osama Fathi, on Flickr

Settings :

Nikon Z6 (Mod)

Nikkor 14-24 mm





Subs:

Milky Way Pano: 24*2 mins iso 800, @24mm

Meteors: 10 sec, Iso 8000, f2.8 @14 mm, 20 sec at ISO1250 f2.8 @14mm

Foreground Panorama: 1/250 sec Iso 160@24mm at the Blue hour


Softwares: PS, Pixinsight, Astrotools, Starspikes

Meteor-Aug-2022-lake-2 by osama Fathi, on Flickr

Credite: Osama Fat'hi

https://www.instagram.com/osama.fathi.nswatcher85/

Egypt

Sh2-101, Tulip Nebula and Cygnus X1 shockwave in SHO

21hrs, 15min of data. ZWO ASI294MM-Pro, Stellarvue SV-105-3FT and Skywatcher Quattro 250p. Chroma 3nm filters.

Ha:85x300s, OIII:101x300s, SII:69x300s BIN 2x2

Full res image and details: https://astrob.in/bf2s0p/0/

astrosama wrote: ↑Sat Aug 13, 2022 5:17 pm Perseid Meteor Shower and the Magic Lake with the milky way arch


This year the Perseid meteor shower will be with the full moon , so during 3 nights 5, 6 , 7 August 2022 we tried to capture the maximum number of the meteors before the full moon' nights .

So we captured around 1200 photos to get this number of the meteors near the desert of elFayoum and last day we captured the Magic lake at the blue hour only 10 km apart .

Meteor-Aug-2022-lake-2 by osama Fathi, on Flickr

Settings :

Nikon Z6 (Mod)

Nikkor 14-24 mm





Subs:

Milky Way Pano: 24*2 mins iso 800, @24mm

Meteors: 10 sec, Iso 8000, f2.8 @14 mm, 20 sec at ISO1250 f2.8 @14mm

Foreground Panorama: 1/250 sec Iso 160@24mm at the Blue hour


Softwares: PS, Pixinsight, Astrotools, Starspikes

Meteor-Aug-2022-lake-2 by osama Fathi, on Flickr

Credite: Osama Fat'hi

https://www.instagram.com/osama.fathi.nswatcher85/

Egypt

Great image, Osama! I particularly love how Zeta Ophiuchi - the star at lower right surrounded by a large round reddish nebula - appears to fire off its own meteor! Well, Zeta Ophiuchi is a remarkable star in itself, so why shouldn't it fire off meteors, too?

Ann

SH2-200 The Bear Claw nebula in Cassiopeia
Celestron C14 & Hyperstar, CGX-L, ASI1600MM, Baader 2" LRGB & HA & OIII
Copyright: Joe Renzetti
http://www.joerenzetti.com/

Super Nova Remnant (SNR) G082.2+5.3 (also referred to as W63)
Click on above to enlarge

Full info & higher resolution @ https://www.kinchastro.com/snr-g0822053.html

Perseids and Milky Way over the Mediterranean.
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Copyright: Julien Looten This year, I had the idea of ​​making an image of the “Île d’or” associated with the Milky Way and the shooting stars of the “Perseids”. Mission not so obvious...

The Île d'Or is located in the Var, in the town of Saint-Raphaël, and faces the Dramont landing beach. It would have inspired Hergé to create the Black Island of the adventures of Tintin.

The Perseids are a swarm of shooting stars visible each year in August, when the Earth crosses its path. This year's peak was around August 10.
First difficulty… On this date the full moon took place. The Milky Way was therefore not visible, because of the strong luminosity emitted by the Moon.

So I made this image on August 2, when the Moon was setting early. The shooting stars were rather rare… Only one visible that evening… And luckily, it passed right above the lighthouse of the island, next to the Rho Ophuici region…

Another difficulty was to manage the heavy light pollution generated by the coastal towns (Sainte-Maxime, Saint-Raphaël and Saint-Tropez). This required reducing the "ISO" of the device and doing "stacking" consisting of stacking several (strictly identical) photos of the sky. The goal was to reduce noise and capture as much information as possible.

We can therefore distinguish the Milky Way, and its "bulb" (or "heart") inside which there are many nebulae, stars and globular clusters.

Here is the final image: panorama of 4 photos taken with the Sigma 28mm f/1.4 - Canon 6d Astrodon. 10 minutes of exposure.

I was accompanied that evening by my father. A good moment of sharing with the family!

Hope you like it, thanks in advance

full version : https://www.flickr.com/photos/julienloo ... en-public/
instagram : j.looten

RCW 98 - THE COFFEE BEAN NEBULA

RCW 98 is one of the southern 182 objects that astronomers Rogers, Campbell and Whiteoak placed in their RCW catalogue published in 1960.
In particular RCW 98 is an HII region with a ring type structure around a Wolf Rayet star. Strong radiation from nearby stars is causing star formation in each bright section of the nebula where proto-stars have been detected by radio telescopes. The nebula is 310 thousands years old and it is ionized by super giant CPD-54 6791. The ionised gas has strong electron densities which are significantly high and produces star formation.

Image taken from Buenos Aires suburbs

More information at

http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/RCW%2098%20LHARGB.htm

Best Regards
Sergio

Saturn on opposition at its closest to Earth on August 14th. Light takes 1 hours, 13 minutes and 39.6114 seconds to travel from Saturn and arrive to us. 9LX200ACF 305mm OTA, CGE Mount, ASI290mm Cmos, PowerMate 2.5x Barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set).