Starship Asterisk*

Center of the Heart
http://www.astrowimp.com
Copyright: Tim christensen LRGB image 28 hours of exposure
for more info on this image click here http://www.astrowimp.com/heart-nebula.html

Lulin Observatory Taiwan , SLT telescope opening ..
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A much improved version:


IC 1848 Soul Nebula - reprocessed by Andre van der Hoeven, on Flickr

Sharpless 124
About 5 hrs of collecting photons
Canon 40D Central ds on Televue 102 f/7
Carlo Rocchi, Italy

It took me so long to process my images of Supermoon eclipse. Right now I would like to share the final image of the Moon immersed in the shadow of the Earth. I hope you'll like it. You can find the better resolution imaga at http://www.obserwatorium.lubomir.weglow ... lIX15.html Please notice the observatory webpage is written in Polish language.

Any questions you can ask using the e-mail obserwatorium (at) weglowka.pl

From Project Apollo Archive on Flickr.
Mosaic made of 12 panels of the Apollo 8 Magazine 13/E (pictures numbered from 2215-2226 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/projectap ... 9453355752) December 22-27 1968
Composed and Post-processed with Photoshop.
The area has been identified as near the craters Colombo Magelhaens and Goglenius near the west edge of Mare Fecunditatis (10.0°S 45.0°E)
Full res:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alfadubhe/21555172613

Luigi Fiorentino
Bari-Italy

Lulin Observatory Taiwan .. cloudy and LOT not open yet .


Lulin Observatory Taiwan and Barnard's Loop
http://familystar.org.tw/forum/index.ph ... 7463;image

Sharpless 2-112
http://www.buckeyestargazer.net
Copyright: Joel Short

Comet 67P Churyumov–Gerasimenko on October 15th, 09:29ut.

NGC5139
Credits and copyrights: Data: ESO/NASA/ESA; Processing: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/217995/0/?real=&mod= Solar arcs
Copyrights: Rebecca Bodily Aurora Borealis
Copyrights: Tommy Richardsen Doppler radar Solar eclipse
Copyrights: Michael Barnes Bright Northern Lights over the city of Östersund
Copyrights: Göran Strand C/2013 US10 (Catalina) with NGC 5822 (Sep 9th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Full size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 9_09dp.jpg

This is an image of IC1795, the Fishhead Nebula



I took this image mostly in the month of October. I took 241 20 minute exposures to combine the result into the hubble palette. The total integration time was a little over 80 hours.

I was lucky enough that this image was very popular on reddit.com, reaching the front page and receiving nearly 1 million unique visitors.

The astrobin page for my image is here: http://www.astrobin.com/219328/

I've hosted a number of variations of this image in different resolutions on my site here: http://astrophotography.ninja/ic1795/

In regards to copyright I am fine with anyone using this image as they wish. I don't seek any compensation or credit (though it would be nice).

An arachnid prepares for a Vegan feast
Credit: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory Venus - 2015/10/08
Copyrights: Stefano Quaresima Milky Way over Alpes
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon The Andromeda Galaxy and The West Spiral Arm
Copyrights: Terry Hancock
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanc ... ed-public/ Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanc ... ed-public/ Milky Way
Copyrights: Othmar Ortner NGC281, The Pacman Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Mountains and Aurora
Copyrights: Tommy Richardsen

The Hyades
http://www.astropilar.com.ar/campo-amplio/Hyades_1.html
Copyright: Ezequiel Bellocchio

Vdb 152 Nebula
Ripresa effettuata su 3 notti
Skywatcher 80Ed con rid. 0,85
Moravian G2-4000 a -25°
6 ore L + 2,5 ore per ogni RGB
S. Gasparini http://www.astrobook.it
Full resolution picture in: http://www.astrobook.it/images/vdb152_d ... va_pub.png

proton arc
https://www.flickr.com/photos/136825225@N04/
Copyright: John Zhou https://www.flickr.com/photos/136825225@N04/22225938652

As one of the auroral particles, a proton has bigger mass than an electron, and therefore protons are less drifted by the magnetic field of the earth. As a result, proton arcs are usually observed at lower latitudes, hundreds of kilometers south of the aurora area. Aurora storms are predictable by observing solar flares on the sun, which happens from time to time> Proton arcs are much less commonly seen and hard to predict.

On August 16th 2015 around 1am PDT, a strong proton beam hit the earth right after an aurora storm, forming a bright strip across the sky - it was the proton arc. It appeared in the southern part of sky. We were observing from Vancouver BC, a city in sub-auroral region.

Photo by John Zhou, at Boundary Bay Regional Park, BC, Canada. The image is an assembly of 14 photos.

Late summer Milky Way



October 14th, 2015
Sony a7s @ ISO 12800
303 X 5 seconds
Sonnar 35mm lens at f/4


A larger version is available here :

http://www.astrophotodigitale.com/Voie_ ... 151014.htm


Frederic

The Fall Mums and the Water Constellations
https://flic.kr/p/yS412V
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

The Fall Mums and the Water Constellations by Marion Haligowski, on Flickr

The "water constellations" of Pisces Austrinus, Aquarius and Cetus are seen rising in the east in this exposure made of 72 twenty-five second exposures. The photos were taken with a Canon T2i and a Canon 8-15L f/4 lens at f/4.5. (13 mm @ ISO 400) Stacking was done in StarStaX.

Curiosity Selfie, Sol 613 by gabriel.pensky, no Flickr

Messier 33
Copyrights: Péter Feltóti NGC 253
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Larger size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/ngc2 ... 9_15dp.jpg Solar storm G7, Finland
Copyrights: Thomas Kast Aurora Australis
Copyrights: LI Hang Aurora and starry sky over EISCAT
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke Flying into the Milky Way
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke

Deneb
Copyrights: Eric Pieninck Favaritx Lighthouse
Copyrights: Rigoberto Cortes Bou NGC 896
Copyrights: César Blanco González NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González

Stars and Dust in Cygnus
Copyrights: Oliver Czernetz Aurora Australis on 09/10/2015
Copyrights: LI Hang ISS transit Sun from La Palma, Canary Island, Spain
Copyrights: Juan Antonio Gonzalez Hernandez Crepuscular rays over Potala Palace
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Aurora above Norway
Copyrights: Ole C. Salomonsen Proton Arc
Copyrights: John Zhou A Cosmic Sackful of Black Coal
Credit: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1539/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35229#p249112

Heart Nebula by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Colour: Martin Dandrea

Sharpless 173 in Cassiopea
Carlo Rocchi, Italy [/superhide]

Heart of the Heart Nebula - Merlotte 15 by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr