Starship Asterisk*

Comet ISON
Copyright: Clifford Spohn and Terry Hancock
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... /lightbox/

Key Hole Nebula
http://www.astrofotografia.com.pl
Copyright: Piotr Sadowski, Marcin Gedek Larger size
http://www.astrofotografia.com.pl/photo ... eyhole.htm

Here is the first image of my summer 2013 astrophotography projects: M16 The Eagle Nebula

The full resolution image can be found here: http://www.hellerobservatory.com/wp-con ... _final.jpg

ISS above moonlit autumn trees

In big size: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7355/1026 ... 947f_o.jpg
Pics taken on 13rd. October at Veszrprem, Hungary, image created with Startrails software
Photo credit: Monika Landy-Gyebnar

October 11, 2013 ISS lunar transit - this is a composite of 18 frames. Canon 5D Mk3, Astro-Physics Starfire 180 EDT at f5.75, AP1200 mount.
Copyright 2013 Jeff Crawford & William Phelps.
These were taken at dusk, so the contrast was naturally a bit low; here's another version adjusted to look more like night time...

M81 - 10 hours luminance, 3 hours red, 2 hours green, 3.5 hours blue, 2 hours hydrogen alpha.

IC5067 NGC7000
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper
http://www.astro-pics.com/5067npm.jpg http://www.astro-pics.com/5067npm.htm

Orion Molecular Cloud
http://rankinstudio.com/Orion_Molecular_Cloud
Copyright: David Rankin
http://rankinstudio.com/sites/default/f ... on2500.jpg Shot the night of 10.7.13 from my back yard in Southern Utah
Canon 6D (Unmodified)
Atlas EQ-G
Canon 200mm F2.8 @ F4
20 Lights at 300 seconds ISO 1600
9 Lights at 30 seconds ISO 1600
1 Light at 30 seconds ISO 100
12 Flats
12 Bias
No darks
Acquisition and Dither in BYE
Stacking in Iris
Post Processing in PS

Witch Head Nebula
http://rankinstudio.com/The_Witch_Head_Nebula
Copyright: David Rankin
http://rankinstudio.com/sites/default/f ... /witch.jpg 6D unmodified
Atlas EQ-G
12 lights at 300 sec
200mm F2.8 @ F4
12 flats
12 bias
Acquisition and Dithering with BYE
Stacking in DSS
Post Processing in PS6

This is a 2 panel mosaic of M 45.
Image was taken with SW ED80 mounted on HEQ5 pro mount and ST8300m .
exposure:
L = 4x15 min.
RGB = 4x5 min. (bin2x2)
Copyright: Zoran Novak

http://www.advega.hr/wp-content/gallery/deep/m45.jpg

Went up to Loveland Pass, CO (11,990' MSL) Tuesday night to try and catch the edge of the aurora borealis, which was predicted to potentially creep down into our latitudes, which doesn't happen too often. Got some pretty decent shots that night, though the aurora was only faintly visible to the naked eye as a reddish haze in the sky. Long exposures rendered it more visible, though. The first image is a 7-image stitch looking west through north, and you can barely see the red haze of the edge of the aurora on the right horizon.




Lastly, a composite from a time-lapse I compiled of 159 images spanning 90 minutes. You can see three hikers descending the ridge line (they were on a tribute hike for a fellow fallen soldier):



I also threw together a short 9-image time-lapse that shows the red veils of the aurora moving a bit, which you can see here:

http://jeffwarnerphoto.com/2013/10/09/1 ... d-pass-co/

If you want the backstory on the hikers (interesting story!), check out this post:

http://jeffwarnerphoto.com/2013/10/09/1 ... d-pass-co/

Cheers!

Lemmon comet M52 and the Bubble...
12/25-Jul-2013
Takahashi FSQ85@f5.3
Canon Eos 60D CentralDS
Avalon M-Uno singlearm mount
1 hour RGB Monte Labbro (GR)
5 hours Ha(12nm) Fara Sabina (RI)
Alessandro Milani
http://fotodistelle.it/wp-content/uploa ... _RHaGB.jpg

GAMMA CYGNI
Copy Right Jason Matter

A Close Look at the Toby Jug Nebula
Image credits: ESO - VLT
More about: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1343/ Soft shells and strange star clusters
Image credits: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
More about: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1318/ Dust Bowl Perseus
Copyrights: David Pearson Crescent Moon and Venus over the Luberon
Copyrights: Philip Perkins NGC2237 the Rosette Nebula & NGC2264 the Cone Nebula
Copyrights: Mohammad Nowroozi Iss 2013.10.08
Copyrights: Alessandro Bianconi

A Strange Lonely Planet Found Without a Star
Image credit: MPIA/V. Ch. Quetz (Artist's conception)
More about: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-re ... elyPlanet/ Juno Spacecraft Flyby
Copyrights: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Martino Nicolini
More about: http://remanzacco.blogspot.it/2013/10/j ... flyby.html Geo Satelites
Copyrights: Dani Caxete Copyrights: Jon Mikel Kareaga Evening Bunch from Nemrut Dagi
Copyrights: Tunc Tezel C/2012 S1 ISON from UK 10-Oct-2013
Copyrights: Ian Sharp Collaboration image - C/2012 S1 ISON from UK 10-Oct-2013
Copyrights: Pete Lawrence; Image credits: Pete Lawrence, Ian Sharp Yet another C/2012 S1 ISON from the UK 10-Oct-2013
Copyrights: Pete Lawrence

Southern Spiral
Copyrights: Ian Sharp Milky Way and airglow
Copyrights: Gianni Tessicini Collage ISS from Dolianova (CA) Sardinia - Italy
Copyrights: Alessandro Bianconi Comet ISON - October 11th
Copyrights: Damian Peach California Nebula (NGC1499)
Copyrights: Phil Baker

McNaught Comet - 2007
Copyrights: Doug Zubenel NGC6164 Emission nebula in Ara
Copyrights: Angus Lau
Larger version: http://www.jadescope.com/photos/i-jQfMJ ... MJ3K-O.jpg IC2631 region, Chameleon cloud complex
Copyrights: Angus Lau

Venus approaching Antares with a touch of Ha ..

Comet Ison, Mars and Regulus
http://www.nuitsacrees.fr
Copyright: Stephane Vetter 2013-10-15 4:30 UTC Mulhouse France
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JUPITER

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak©

Milky Way

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak©

Pleiades M45

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak©

My First Deep Space Object photo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

10 subs 30 sec iso 3200 F/2: 10 Darks 30 sec iso 3200 no filter/no guiding, C-11 /Canon EOS 5D MKII un-modified
stacked in Deepskystacker.

these are my first DSO's

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak©

black and white

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@N06/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak©

This is my first submission . Was taken off of my iPhone so sorry if the quality is not up to scratch.

Paul.

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3725/ihcj.jpg A widefield picture of dust in central part of Cepheus. From the left: VdB 150 and VdB 149 to the right VdB 152 with red crescent on blue nebulosity DeHT 5 ( planetary nebula)
Taken with Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200 and STL 11000.