Starship Asterisk*

Atacama Desert Milky Way
URL of website: www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich The northern part of the Atacama Desert in Chile is home to beautiful night skies and unique lagoons. Pictured here is the Milky Way over Ojos Del Salar, which means "eyes of the desert" in Spanish. I thought the Milky Way reflecting in the water was pretty awesome while shooting the scene!

Chilean Milky Way with Zodiacal Light, Airlgow, and Magellanic Clouds
URL of website: www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich I captured this view of the Milky Way paired with Zodiacal Light and airglow from Chile. The Zodiacal Light is caused by the setting Sun illuminating dust particles in space. What I love most about stargazing here in Chile is that the skies are very dark. If you look closely the Large Magellanic and Small Magellanic Clouds are visible above the observatory. Such a beautiful view of nature always makes me feel so connected to the Earth and Universe

Flaming Star nebula C31/Ced42/LBN795/IC405/Sh2-229/VdB34 (c-shorgb)

Total integration: 1303 minutes/21.7 hours (*42 x 300s for Ha + 24 x 300s for O3 + 42 x 300s for S2 + **109 x 420s for OSC).

Cameras: *QHY163M (16mp mono) and **QHY247C (24mp OSC) CMOS cooled to -20 and -15 degrees C.
Telescopes: *Takahashi FC100DF Steinheil fluorite doublet and **Stellarvue SV70T triplet apochromat refractors @ f/4.9 and @ f/4.8.
Reducers: *Takahashi FC-35 (0.66x) and SFFR70-APO (0.8x).
Mount: Paramount MyT.
Filters: 1.25" Astrodon 5nm Ha, 3nm O3, 3nm S2 and **2" Baader UV-IR-Cut
Software: TheSkyX Pro, Sharpcap, PixInsight.



Inline image uploaded to the forum. Full sized image is here:
http://ram.org/images/space/scope/1.4+7 ... 09x420.jpg

Additional details on the capture as well as a detailed description of the processing is available at: https://www.astrobin.com/hrbn9j/

Settembre 2019
Località: San Romualdo - Ravenna
Meade LX200 12" con Starizona riduttore/correttore di coma F/7.1
CCD QSI 540wsi raffreddato -20 - Autoguida con ETX105 e ASI120M
RGB Baader CCD e Bader Narrowband 8.5nm
OIII-RGB: OIII 50x6min, R 50x3min, G 51x3min, B 50x3min
Acquisizione: MaximDL5 - Calibrata con Dark, Bias e Flat.
Elaborazione: MaximDL5, Astroart6, StarTools4, AstraImage5, Paint Shop Pro2020, plugin Topaz e StarSpikePro3.

Cristina Cellini

Don't miss the next Mercury Transit
Here in Halpha and White light the last transit of Mercury of May 5th 2016

https://flic.kr/p/2hBiqWA
Copyright: Luigi Fiorentino

Fire and Ice (Butterfly and Crescent Nebulae in False Color)
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon This is a 2 image mosaic taken through H-alpha, SII and OIII filters with a total imaging time of 21 hours. A more detailed image can be found here
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Cyg ... Narrow.htm

The Scorpio while transiting the zenith in the first part of the night in the company of Jupiter.
Tivoli Astrofarm Namibia - 29th AUG 2019

https://www.astrobin.com/nwxrf3/?nc=user

SH2-170 A poor Little rosette very little photographed


Copyright: Juan Ignacio Jimenez Cuesta
https://flic.kr/p/2hBnmti

Regards
Juan

Something moving near Crab Nebula? This is from 10/29/19 from 1:23 AM to 5:35 Am PST from Julian, CA. I first saw it in the RGB combine. The two L frames are my first B and last G from last night.

It's known asteroid "Indiana".

https://www.astrobin.com/2ubu0c/

NGC 1097

Full res here
Copyright: Lee Borsboom

Venus,Mercury,Moon conjunction

This stacked picture shows the process of Mercury, Venus, and the Moon falling in the west on October 29th in Xiamen, China. On this day, the they are very close together.

Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zhouyannan/48982995083

Copyright: Zhouyannan
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/489 ... af01_o.jpg

NGC 6334 (also known as the Cat's Paw Nebula, Bear Claw Nebula, or Gum 64)

NGC 6334 is a large star-forming region, covering an area in the night sky slightly larger than the full moon. It is one of the most active star nurseries producing massive stars in the Milky Way.
     

Located toward the constellation Scorpio, about 5,500 light years away and an estimated 50 light years in length.
    

The big bright cloud has earned the nickname cat paw because it looks like a gigantic cat footprint because of the three bubbles in the image that resemble the pads of its paws.
      

On the central cushion, a blue-colored bubble resulting from strong OIII emissions is thought to be caused by a Wolf-Rayet star, in the final stages of evolution that is losing mass due to its wind action. ; Another explanation relates to the fact that it may be a remnant of a recent supernova.


Equipments :

Apo Triplet 150mm
Qhy 16200mm
83 x 500 ”- SHO (approximately 12 hours of captures taken)
Sao Carlos - SP - Brazil
During the month of june - 2019


Processing and Capture:
Software: PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop, APT, PHD, Polemaster, Sharcap


Best details (click on high resolution):
https://www.astrobin.com/full/ih9iqk/D/

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com

NGC 7640. KG Observatory. Julian, CA.

https://www.astrobin.com/86pb93/

Sh2-119; NGC7000; IC5067; IC5070 by Nico Carver, on Flickr

Returning to a few hours of data from 2017 and adding 10 new hours in 2019 to make this 2-panel mosaic of nebulae in Cygnus. Presented in SHO mapped colors.

Cheers, Nico (NebulaPhotos.com)

Hello,

Here are two of my latest results

NGC884 & NGC869 - the Double Cluster

Hi-res here
http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/201 ... c869-1.jpg
Details here
http://delsaert.com/2019/10/27/ngc-884- ... e-cluster/




NGC1788 & LDN1616

Hi-res here
http://delsaert.files.wordpress.com/201 ... lrgbv2.jpg
Details here
http://delsaert.com/2019/10/27/ngc-1788 ... -in-orion/



Thanks for watching

Bart
http://delsaert.com/

Moon and Jupiter conjunction
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu
Copyright: Tamas Abraham Higher resolution:
http://www.vadakcsillaga.hu/naprend/201 ... braham.jpg
Thanks for watching.

Tamas

NGC-7635_FB by David Duarte, sur Flickr

M42 Nebula, a Hyperstar color image
https://astrob.in/p5lcoy/D/
Copyright: Niels Haagh / Niels V. Christensen

Horsehead Nebula, a Hyperstar color image
https://astrob.in/0j1qbb/B/
Copyright: Niels Haagh / Niels V. Christensen

SimonLi wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 12:24 pm "Eye of the Universe"

The Milky Way and the road line formed a big eye shape, it seems to be observing everything in the world peacefully.

We climbed to the top of the rocks as if we were at the centre of the universe. The torch may not be able to light up the entire universe, but we know it can light up our lives.


21st Sep 2019, Canal Rocks, Western Australia
2x10 image panorama. Sony A7R mod/20mm F1.4/soft filter#2

Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3yxlo5n9fF ... fttowxw8dl

SimonLi, this was your first post here, and I think your picture is delightful! I love the little orange "torch sphere" versus the majesty of the Universe beyond!

Ann

Iaffaldano Giuseppe Carmine wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:33 pm Ngc 6822 Galaxy by gc.iaffaldano, su Flickr

Ngc 6822 Galaxy named Barnard's Galaxy taken from Chile's sky with T2 system of Chilescope;
Lrgb + Halfa and a bit of OIII : 80'-60'-60'-80'-4h-1h
L in bin 1 - RGBHOIII in bin2

Fine resolution and marvellous colors - your picture is a work of beauty!

Ann

Freddyuniverse wrote: ↑Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:00 pm IC1396 Elephant Trunk
Takahashi Epsilon 180 + Moravian G4-16000
5h. 41min
All the info on my website

https://www.freddyuniverse.com/galeria- ... -elefante/
www.freddyuniverse.com

Copyright: © Freddyuniverse, Alfredo Sayalero

IC1396 Elephant Trunk by Freddy S., en Flickr

What can I say? I just can't resist these fantastic colors!

Ann

mdieterich wrote: ↑Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:53 pm Atacama Desert Milky Way
URL of website: www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich

Click to view full size image

The northern part of the Atacama Desert in Chile is home to beautiful night skies and unique lagoons. Pictured here is the Milky Way over Ojos Del Salar, which means "eyes of the desert" in Spanish. I thought the Milky Way reflecting in the water was pretty awesome while shooting the scene!

Serene and beautiful, Matt Dieterich.

Ann

leemr wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2019 8:39 pm NGC 1097

Full res here
Copyright: Lee Borsboom


NGC 1097 image

That's a very fine portrait of NGC 1097, Lee Borsboom. The bar of NGC 1097 looks almost surreal. Just look at the parallel dust lanes in the yellowish bulge, meeting the central bar at right angles.

Ann

zhouyannan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2019 2:25 am Venus,Mercury,Moon conjunction

This stacked picture shows the process of Mercury, Venus, and the Moon falling in the west on October 29th in Xiamen, China. On this day, the they are very close together.

Full size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zhouyannan/48982995083

Copyright: Zhouyannan

Click to view full size image

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/489 ... af01_o.jpg

Love that candy cotton color sky with parallel tracks of Mercury and Venus and achingly elegant sets of little lunar crescents.

Ann