Starship Asterisk*

NGC300 and distant galaxy clusters



NGC300 with galaxy clusters by Christian vd Berge, on Flickr

M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/28315779826/
Copyright: Alan C Tough

Venus and Mercury

https://www.flickr.com/photos/68018999@N08/
Copyright: Jose Luis Sanchez

Venus and Mercury
July 16, 2016










[youtube]https://youtu.be/6xEhIppdu-s[/youtube]

https://youtu.be/6xEhIppdu-s

Milky Way Panoramic from the Deerlick Astronomy Village. 79 1 minute exposures stitched together. Canon T5i with 50mm.
created a version pointing out some cool astro-objects and labeling some of the more interesting ones as well.

Please click the image below and then look at each image

https://flic.kr/s/aHskExhxt8

Extremely bright silver clouds (noctilucent clouds) over Cheboksary hydroelectric station in Chuvashia
17-18/07/2016 22:40 GMT Canon 350D, ISO100, 4x8sec, stitched in Hugin


17-18/07/2016 22:23 GMT Canon 350D, ISO200, 4x8sec, stitched in Hugin, postprocessed in Krita


17-18/07/2016 22:05 GMT Canon 350D, ISO200, 4x8sec, stitched in Hugin, postprocessed in Krita

Ed Vazhorov (http://vazhorov.wordpress.com/)

Around Sagittarius M8 M20 Neighborhood by Transient Astronomers, on Flickr

Image Copyright Tom Masterson

Milky Way between Sagittarius and Scutum
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/ ... datetaken/
Copyright: José Jiménez
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https://twitter.com/JJastromet

moon, 95 % mercury above, venus, some clouds and much dust in the atmosphere

Saturn - 29 th June 2016

AS seen at 20:00 UTC

Imaged with 16" F8 Hypergraph Telescope
ZWO ASI178MC - color camera
3000 frames from a 6 min video - stacked

Full details:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/163663116

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

Milky Way Core and Rho Ophiuchi Complex Nebulosity
URL of website: https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/oU3591
Copyright: Eric Benedetti Shot with my NIkon D600 and Rokinon 85mm f1.4 lens on an iOptron Skytracker, 6 panels stitched together, each panel is a stack of 8 shots, ISO 400, f2.5, and 2 of each exposure at 4 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, and 1 minute. Each panel was stacked with Deep Sky Stacker, initial edits done with PixInsight, then all the panels were stitched with PTGui and final edits were done with Photoshop and Lightroom. Shot from a Bortle 4/5 zone at Rockport Reservoir, Utah.

Erictheastrojunkie wrote:Milky Way Core and Rho Ophiuchi Complex Nebulosity
URL of website: https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/oU3591
Copyright: Eric Benedetti

Click to view full size image

Shot with my NIkon D600 and Rokinon 85mm f1.4 lens on an iOptron Skytracker, 6 panels stitched together, each panel is a stack of 8 shots, ISO 400, f2.5, and 2 of each exposure at 4 minutes, 3 minutes, 2 minutes, and 1 minute. Each panel was stacked with Deep Sky Stacker, initial edits done with PixInsight, then all the panels were stitched with PTGui and final edits were done with Photoshop and Lightroom. Shot from a Bortle 4/5 zone at Rockport Reservoir, Utah.

This is amazing, you really get a feel for the dust in this area! Not only is there the Rho Ophiuchi area but there is also the giant Zeta Ophiuchi emission nebula above it.

NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose


NGC 7789 Caroline's Rose

Copyright: Jaspal Chadha

starsurfer wrote: This is amazing, you really get a feel for the dust in this area! Not only is there the Rho Ophiuchi area but there is also the giant Zeta Ophiuchi emission nebula above it.

Thanks, it really is my favorite part of the night sky, so colorful and full of spectacular objects to wonder at.

Erictheastrojunkie wrote:

starsurfer wrote: This is amazing, you really get a feel for the dust in this area! Not only is there the Rho Ophiuchi area but there is also the giant Zeta Ophiuchi emission nebula above it.

Thanks, it really is my favorite part of the night sky, so colorful and full of spectacular objects to wonder at.

The other great thing about this region is that is suits imagers at all imaging scales. There is something for 32 inch telescopes on a mountain in Chile and 4 inch widefield scopes in a backyard.

Messier 13: The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules

In collaboration with Jim Misti (image acquisition) and Sergio Eguivar (processing)
Image in higher resolution at:
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/M13LRGB_MISTI.htm

NGC 1499: The California Nebula

In collaboration with Jim Misti (image acquisition) and Sergio Eguivar (processing)
Image in higher resolution at:
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/NGC%20 ... _MISTI.htm

Messier 63: The Sunflower Galaxy

In collaboration with Jim Misti (image acquisition) and Sergio Eguivar (processing)
Image in higher resolution at:
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/M%2063_LRGB_MISTI.htm

The Veil Nebula Complex in Cygnus

In collaboration with Jim Misti (image acquisition) and Sergio Eguivar (processing)
Image in higher resolution at:
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/VEIL_N ... _MISTI.htm

Cheers to all !!
Sergio

Cat's paw, the neighbor and some dark nebulas between them.

Isabis, Namibia, 09-05-2016
exposition: 40×10m
Esprit 80/400 apochromat

Németh, Róbert

NGC 7318
Hubble Legacy Archive - Processing: José Jiménez Priego
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The solid colors of the Moon
Magyarnádalja, Hungary
180/2700 MC

Németh, Róbert

SH2-132
Details etc.: http://www.kinchastro.com/sh2-132.html

The bright object that lit up the sky over southern New Zealand on the 19th.
What was first thought to be a Meteor turned out to be the re-entry of a Soyuz upper stage (NORAD #41671, COSPAR 2016-045B)
Taken with my allsky cam.

https://upsidedownastronomer.files.word ... .gif?w=680

thanks for looking

Pacman Nebula
https://www.flickr.com/photos/95267225@N06/
Copyright: Jaspal Chadha

Full Buck Moon over a farmhouse
https://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above a photo taken on July 19, 2016 showing Full Moon rising over a farmhouse of Langhe, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest of Italy, some 60 km from Turin.

Best regards

Stefano De Rosa