Starship Asterisk*

M67 in Cancer 8 March 2014
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sun and bush, and III http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 62#p221862

Rosette Nebula Widefield
I took this narrowband image (SII/Ha/OIII mapped to RGB) with an SBIG STF-8300M and an old Takumar SMC 135mm f/3.5 lens stopped down to f/5.6. It is 9hrs total exposure (3hrs per channel). This was a test of my commitment since it was imaged over about 4 weeks, mostly in sub zero temperatures.
Joel Short

Here is my widefield image of IC 1396, Sharpless 2-129 (the Flying Bat Nebula) and the enigmatic object, OU4 (The Squid Nebula):



Full Resolution Image and more image information available at http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... =159&p=533. Thanks for Looking!

Scott Rosen
http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com/

Saturn on March 10th, 07:46ut. At above average conditions. Now within two months from opposition. (LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE Mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x Barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 1 min per chnl.)

Pleiades to California
Copyrights: Stéphan Gaumont-Guay
http://www.astrobin.com/users/AstroGG/



High-res: http://www.astrobin.com/82427/

Early spring nights Mountains Lucretili (Rome, Italy):
Elice & Cynosure on the old barn with trees in bloom

Nikon d600 and Samyang 14mm f2,8 @f3,5 - 1 shot of 25 sec. at 1600 iso with the first quarter moon to illuminate the landscape




Early spring nights di stefano_palmieri, su Flickr

The Moon in the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic

The waxing moon from March 7th 2014 over the Castle of Neuschwanstein, Bavaria. The moon was positioned in
the open Cluster of the Hyades and Close to the Pleiades. This is called the "Golden Gate of the Ecliptic" in german
language. The artificial illumination of the Castle is much too bright. And a lot of light and energy is wasted since
much light is passing by the Castle into the night sky without any illumination effect.



http://www.allthesky.de/nightscapes/big ... 1695-b.jpg
Nikon D3 at ISO 640 and 24mm at f/3.2, 4 exposures stitched, each 6 s, March 7th, 2014, 18:32 UT
Till Credner, AlltheSky.com

Here are some widefield pictures made with a C11 hyperstar in the Netherlands.

M51 Klik for High-res

M13 Klik for High-res

NGC 2359 Thor's Helmet Klik for High-res

Copyright: Michael van Doorn - www.dutchastrocolors.com

Daylight Venus Occultation
Copyrights: Cui Yongjiang and Shi Zexing Southern Gems
Copyrights: George Fleenor Partial Lunar eclipse on April 24th, 2013
Copyrights: Christian Weis Region M81
Copyrights: José Francisco Hernández Cabrera Moon and Jupiter
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat Southern Seagull in LMC
Copyrights: Jason Jennings Meteor in Brazil
Copyrights: Gustavo Sigal The First Quarter Moon
Copyrights: Miguel Claro

Catalogued by the mistake as Sh2-73 it suppose to be a part of Integrated Flux Nebula. Also known as a LBN 105-106.
Taken with Takahashi FSQ 106N and STL 11000M. Total exposure of 15 hours.

tres lunas

A very difficult image to process!

IC 423 & 426
Copyright: Kevin Black

Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning
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Copyright: Carlos Orue
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7344/1305 ... dda2_h.jpg

VLT Spots Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1409/ Astronomers find faint strings of galaxies inside empty space
Credits: ICRAR
An article: http://www.icrar.org/news/news_items/me ... ooking-for Milky Way and Venus
Copyrights: Brad Goldpaint IC434
Copyrights: Olivier GARDE M104
Copyrights: Olivier GARDE M104 - Sombrero Galaxy
Copyrights: Giovanni Paglioli NGC 5367 in Centaurus
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez Orion, Horsehead Nebulae and Orion's Belt Panorama
Copyrights: Terry Hancock

M1 - Crab Nebula
Copyrights: David Doctor The glory of Venus
Credits: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Article: https://www.mps.mpg.de/3265533/PM_2014_ ... y_of_Venus
Also: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space ... enus_glory HST Galaxies Antennae NGC4038
Image Credits: Hubble Legacy Archive
Processing: Davide Coverta Winter Bunch and red airglow
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel IC 410 the Tadpoles
Copyrights: Steven Coates

Mars 13 march
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Copyright: Edwin Pottillius

Simeis 147 NSHO - 94hrs FSQ106
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Copyright: Didier CHAPLAIN & Laurent BOURGON full size : http://www.felopaul.com/galerie/photo42f.jpg

Airplane passes in front of the Sun in h-alpha on March 13, 2014

Vela SNR
Copyright: Evzen Brunner Taken from Tenerife near Izana observatory, Ha and OIII filter, about 3 hours each.
Higher res. image: http://s6.postimg.org/s1l1laxjl/Vela_SNR_1600px.jpg

IC 423 & 426
Copyright: Kevin Black

Hi
This is a very short overall exposure time of M42 mapped to the HST palette, it is a total of 1 hour per filter in 5 minute sub frames taken through Ha, OIII and SII filters with a prototype Televue NP127is/FLI-PL16803 imaging system from my back garden in Hereford UK
Copyright:Gordon Haynes
The full size image can be seen at the following link

http://m9.i.pbase.com/o9/29/869929/1/15 ... HSTmax.jpg

Gordon Haynes
http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk

Hi
This is a HST palette image of IC443 - Jellyfish Nebula and surrounding nebula, also PNe Howell-Crisp 1 can be seen in the same field. This was taken over several nights with a total of over 12 hours exposure time in 10 minute sub frames with a Televue NP127is/FLI prototype imaging system that I have been testing. It was taken from my back garden in Hereford UK

Copyright:Gordon Haynes The full size image can be seen at the following link

http://m8.i.pbase.com/o9/29/869929/1/15 ... Tfinal.jpg

Gordon Haynes
http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk

Mars on March 13th, 05:39ut. Under above average conditions. Animation at: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/Mars- ... r-Anim.gif. At the polar cap Chasma Boreale is visible (top), Acidalia planitia (mid-tp), Capri Chasma (bot) and Terra Meridani (right). North is top. ( LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE Mount, Flea3 ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set.)