Starship Asterisk*

This deep image of Fornax A (NGC 1316 in Fornax), reveals the full extent of the faint extended outer halo of stars around the large and complex galaxy NGC 1316 also known as Fornax A.
Faint tidal star streams and galactic shells can be seen in the halo and outer regions of the galaxy and this complex of sweeping structures points to an interactive and cannibalistic past.
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Southern Cross
http://www.astropilar.com.ar/campo-amplio/Crux_1.html
Copyright: Alejandro Tombolini & Ezequiel Bellocchio Regards,
Ezequiel.

nos vamos I, booted eagles and iridiscence nos vamos II heron and iridiscence un mes de color 6/11 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 92#p223192

ISS terminator and Moon the sword
Copyrights: Dani Caxete M13
Copyrights: Albert Barr M33
Copyrights: Bob Franke Saturn's hexagon: an amazing phenomenon
Credits: NASA/ESA
An article: http://www.ehu.es/p200-hmencont/en/cont ... avega.html Southern Hemisphere Zodiacal Light and Milky Way Core
Copyrights: Cory Schmitz

ISS
Copyrights: Mark Connolly Mars Valles Marineris
Copyrights: Pedro José Hernández Amazing Alaska Aurora
Copyrights: John Chumack Beauty from Chaos on Mars
Copyright ESA/DLR/FU Berlin
Article: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space ... from_chaos Observing Mars at opposition
Copyrights: Doug Zubenel Supernova Cleans Up Its Surroundings
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Morehead State Univ/T.Pannuti et al.; Optical: DSS; Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Radio: NRAO/VLA/Argentinian Institute of Radioastronomy/G.Dubner
An article: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chand ... 0hg9FVdVps

Copyright: Robert Fields & Terry Hancock
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Rise of the Milky Way and Venus in Singapore
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Copyright: Justin Ng My dream to capture the beautiful milky way galaxy has finally turned into a reality on the last day of February 2014 when the monsoon season is over. Milky Way images of major city like Singapore are rare due to its heavy light pollution. While Singapore is known for its heavy light pollution and many people believe it’s impossible to shoot stars and the elusive milky way in this city but all hope is not lost yet! Contrary to popular belief star trails and milky way photography are possible in Singapore if you know how and when to shoot them.

This is a single exposure shot of Milky Way Galaxy and Planet Venus rising from the horizon before dawn in Singapore, not a composite and no blending. The light pollution near the horizon was also apparent. After some post processing efforts, this is what we can get in Singapore. The color cast can be removed in post too but I thought I should just leave it so you have some idea on how it’s like shooting milkyway under a light polluted sky.

A lot of interesting objects around Alnitak. New processing.
Nice reflex on the left-upper edge is from Alnilam - middle star of Orion's Belt. Taken with Officina Stellare Veloce RH200 and SBIG STL 11000M.

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Large Magellanic Cloud, Namibia, July 2013
http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... Jul-13.htm
Copyright: Manuel Jung

The Red Planet thru the Moonlight and Fog
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Copyright: Marion Haligowski


The Red Planet thru the Fog by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

Mars was observed on a foggy morning in central Pennsylvania only two days from its closest approach to Earth on April 12, 2014. The passing fog really helped accent the reddish hue of the planet. The photograph was taken with a Canon T2i and a 8-15L lens at 15 mm.

M81, M82 and the Integrated Flux Nebula
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Copyright: Maurice Toet

Twilight morning - 04/10/2014
Copyrights: Ednilson Oliveira The Cone, Fox Fur and Christmas Tree NGC2264
Copyrights: Terry Hancock and Robert Fields
Full size: https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3698/137 ... e8c3_o.jpg Sparkling Antares - M4 region
Copyrights: Lorand Fenyes Alaskan Aurora Dog jumping across the Sky
Copyrights: John Chumack UGC 10214 - The Tadpole Galaxy
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz Opposition of MARS
Copyrights: Massimo Caimmi

Three planets, moon and Aurora Borealis panorama
Copyrights: P-M Hedén Mars, Valles Marineris near opposition
Copyrights: Pedro José Hernández

Mars on April 12th, 03:21ut. A frosty Mars on this side of the globe Equatorial belt clouds from limb to limb, At left-Olympus Mons, center-Tharsis Montes region at right-Candor Chasma, Top North polar cap-Chasma Boreale is visible also. (Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 1 min. per chnl.)

night of the hunter's moon un mes de color 7/11 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 63#p223263

Did a process of M35 with NGC 2158 Luminance only
300 sec subs

Points of Light: Moonlight, Starlight, Zodiacal Light, and Town Light from Silverthorne, Colorado . http://www.danielmcvey.com
Moonlight in the top left, Town of Frisco bottom left, Jupiter top center, Winter Constellations across the center, Town of Silverthorne bottom center, and Zodiacal Light bottom right. Also pictured are 3 Mountain Ranges: Williams Fork Range in foreground, Gore Range Center, and Ten Mile Range in lower left. - Summit County, Colorado.

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IC410 The Tadpoles





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This image is a Test og the SBIG STT8300M with Selfguiding Filterwheel. The Data suffered very much from Moisture and high lat. clouds. BiColor Technique from Ha and OIII Data:

Ha 21x1200s
OIII 19x1200s
Baader Filters
TMB 80/600 APO @ 520mm

Captured in early March 2014 at Neroth Observatory, Eifel Region/Germany

ISS over Cracow
Copyrights: Michał Żołnowski Wide field of Christmas Tree region
Copyrights: Tim Stone NGC 2613 in Pyxis
Copyrights: Steve Mazlin & Jack Harvey (SSRO/PROMPT/UNC) NGC 2841
Copyrights: Bruce Bartle M45 (Pleiades)
Copyrights: Martin Fransson

Two giants from iPhone
Time: 2014/4/12
Location: Tainan, Taiwan
Optics: Vixen VC200L+5mm (Saturn) / Takahashi MT-160+9mm (Jupiter)
Camera: iPhone 5

Copyright: Hung-Hsuan Yen
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Ann wrote:Wow-wow-wow, what an image, Mark!

I've never seen the outer arms of NGC 3718 captured in such detail! And, in the larger version of your image, look at that starforming ring of NGC 3729, too.

Wonderful!!!

Ann

Ann, Thanks! its amazing what we can get in great sky conditions, too bad there not always this good.
Mark

sunspots 2032 to 2035 and birds http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 78#p223978

Mars on April 14th, 03:08ut within hours (8hrs) from its closest approach to Earth. And frosty clouds again on this side of the globe, Equatorial belt clouds from limb to limb, Dense Oragraphic clouds at (left) Olympus Mons breaking through the clouds and the Tharsis Montes region poking through the clouds also (center) and at (right) Candor Chasma, Top North polar cap-Chasma Boreale is still visible also on this session. North is top. ( LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 1min. per channel.)

ISS Goal!

While capturing some Milky Way images and time lapsing in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada I checked my ISS forecast to see when and where it would be passing. I had everything setup and ready when I noticed the International Space Station coming into the sky. I lookout up, setup toward the Northern Cross and prayed. Slowly noticing the ISS passing right between Deneb and Sadr I yelled "GOAL!!!!!" I love the night sky and boy does it get me worked up. This is a mosaic of 2 single exposures. Thanks for viewing.

Canon EOS 7D | Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 | f/3.5 - 50mm | ISO 800 | 299 seconds |

©2014 - Wesley Liikane - Cowboy with a Camera

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Moon and Mars in red, Spica in blue.
Copyright César Cantú