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IC59 & IC63 with Gamma Cassioppeiae
http://helixgate.net
Copyright: Michael Siniscalchi A link to a larger version can be found at http://helixgate.net/canon/ic63fM_Siniscalchi.jpg

Melotte 15 Star Cluster
http://www.starkeeper.it
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi Crop on Melotte15: A link to a dedicated web page with other sizes and data can be found at
http://www.starkeeper.it/Melotte15.htm

Ciao from Italy,
Leo

Mira watches Mira

The little girl named Mira watches the variable star called Mira at its maximum brightness.

Horsehead and Flame
http://darkskyimages.com/image.php?phot ... ry=Nebulas
Copyright: Scott Tucker

Hi,

here are two pictures of things we often see in autumn.

IC1848 "The Soul nebula"
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand - Riedelbach / Gemany
- SBIG STL11k
- Pentax 105/670 SDP


Moon corona
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand - Offenbach / Gemany
- Canon 5D Mk II
- Pentax 105/670 SDP




cheers

Mario

Mario, I think that is a corona rather than a glory. Glories are opposite the light source (which is usually the sun), and coronas are around the light source. See here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/gloab.htm and here: http://www.atoptics.co.uk/droplets/cormoon.htm

It's a lovely image, regardless of what it is!

Tamas, you beat me to it!

All of the images posted are really fine; thank you, all!

Of course, you are right.

Thx, Mario

The "Mira watches Mira" picture was very sweet. Personally, I much appreciate the color balance here. Note the neutral color of Mira, which is only somewhat yellowish at maximum brightness. Note, on the other hand, the very blue color of the Pleiades.

Ann

I much appreciate the color of the lunar corona. That is exactly what it looks like, I'd say. The brightest part closest to the Moon is blue-white, abd there is a dull reddish border surrounding it.

(And hey, I just hit 869 posts! That's me on the right here: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0510/do ... is_big.jpg)

Ann

Ah, you get all the good ones. I'm still feeling very fuzzy.
Rob

Hey, Rob, that's not so bad. You still look heroic to me.



That's you in the middle, I presume?

Ann

VdB 16
http://www.altamiraobs.org.es/
Copyright: Jose Francisco Hernandez
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Moon over Nice
https://sites.google.com/site/jfconsigli/
Copyright: Jean-François Consigli
[attachment=0]Moon over Nice.jpg[/attachment][/i]

Orion's Belt, with NGC2024, B33, IC434, LBN950, LBN958, NGC1990, IC423, and More!
http://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=. ... 861200.jpg
Copyright: Pavel Pech
[attachment=0]OrionBelt_Pavel.jpg[/attachment][/i]

Tamas Ladanyi wrote:Mira watches Mira

The little girl named Mira watches the variable star called Mira at its maximum brightness.

Click to view full size image

I just had to comment ... I absolutely love the Mira - Mira shot. Impossible not to love this ... especially if you have a young daughter who has at one time or another peered through the eyepiece of your scope.

Derek

IC1396: The Elephant Trunk Nebula
http://www.backyardskies.com/BackyardSkies/IC1396.html
Copyright: Emanuele Colognato


OwlNote: I see a face in this image, peering through a window in a door. Do you?

IC1805 in Hubble Palette
http://www.astrographica.com/index.php? ... temId=9883
Copyright: John Ebersole Full size image

I like the van den Bergh 16 picture, because this part of the sky is not often photographed. Van den Bergh 16 is the small blue patch at the bottom right of the image. The brighter orangish patch above it is a star forming region, or so I think. The star inside vdB 16 is an F0V star, a bit but not much hotter and brighter than the Sun.

Ann

Jupiter Above the Stones
Copyright: Ehsan Negin
[attachment=0]Jupiter above the stones.jpg[/attachment][/i]

really good picture ! but it saved with low quality

yeah.. good selection.good time.good expl.
but saved with low quality.

IC 59 (Sh2-185) and IC 63
http://www.pbase.com/boren/image/129420639
Copyright: Harel Boren

Aurora in 3D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26020895@N ... otostream/
Copyright: Florian Kainz Time for the red-cyan glasses! This was shot from the window of an airplane.

Rainbow Disk over Berkshire, England
Copyright: Mark Gillard
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