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Southern Cross from Spain
Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
[attachment=7]crux1.jpg[/attachment]

March 19th Supermoon over Alcalat Castle
Copyright: Paco Bellido
[attachment=6]fondo.jpg[/attachment]

ISS/Endeavour Transit of the Sun
http://www.sternfreunde-breisgau.de
Copyright: Andreas Masche, Jens Lüdemann, Achim Schaller and Ulrich Schüly [attachment=4]iss_endevour.jpg[/attachment] NGC 5566 and Companions in Virgo
http://www.astroconti.com
Copyright: Stefano Conti
[attachment=3]NGC-5566-LLRGB-rid.jpg[/attachment]

One Starry Night in Germany
Copyright: Michael M. Schmid
[attachment=2]1 Starry Night 30 May 2011 Southern Germany.jpg[/attachment]

ISS & Endeavour (undocked) Pass Mizar and Alcor
Copyright: Daniel Herron
[attachment=1]ISS and Endeavour flyover 5-30-2011-watermarked.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 7000 & IC 5070
http://darkforceastro.de/pix1/NGC7000-B ... -Fulll.jpg
Copyright: Immo Gerber
[attachment=0]immo.jpg[/attachment]

Geometer's Playground
http://www.AstroArn.com
Copyright: Robert Arn
[attachment=2]Geometers Playground red.jpg[/attachment]

Saturn's NED on 5/30
http://saturn.cstoneind.com
Copyright: Christopher Go
[attachment=1]saturn20110530.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way and Compass Rose
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danicaxete/
Copyright: Dani Caxete
[attachment=0]compas rose.jpg[/attachment]

Saturn with its (NED) storms trailing path has created a trough of darker materials (gas) and the moon Dione could be seen also.

M21 and M20.
M21 it is observable down to the left on the image.
If it does click on the image it will obtain it to better resolution.
Also in: http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/2

NGC 6207: Seyfert's Sextet Compact Galaxy Group
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=4]SeyfertsSextetChumackHRweb.jpg[/attachment]

End of the Show
http://www.luisargerich.com/may2011
Copyright: Luis Argerich [attachment=2]may_31.jpg[/attachment]

A Star's Colourful Final Splash
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1010a/
Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA NGC 7129: Reflection Nebula toward Cepheus
Credit and copyright: Acquisition by Jim Misti and processed by Louie Atalasidis
[attachment=1]NGC-7129-Misti.jpg[/attachment]

Three Lasers at Work
Credit: Andrew Cooper, W. M. Keck Observatory
[attachment=0]Lasers3MK20110526.jpg[/attachment]

There are many great images here. My favorite is Robert Arn's Geometer's Playground. Fantastic. It could be the setting of a fantasy film: amazingly real, but surrealistic. Very beautiful, too.

Ann

NGC 4725: Barred Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Copyright: Pablo Rodríguez-Gil and Pablo Bonet
[attachment=0]74_Jun11_NGC4725.jpg[/attachment]

Coddington's Nebula / IC 2574
http://helixgate.net
Copyright: Michael Siniscalchi Image Info- http://helixgate.net/ic2574.html

June 1 Supercell over Massachusetts
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rickywilso ... 85/?ref=nf
Copyright: Ricky Wilson STS-134 Landing
http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-13 ... uette.html
Copyright: Ben Cooper/LaunchPhotography.com & SpaceflightNow.com [attachment=6]Cooper.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 7000: North America Nebula
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7634791/Astro/N ... 6x4290.jpg
Copyright: Tony Perez
[attachment=5]ngc7000.jpg[/attachment]

Abell 2151: Hercules Galaxy Cluster
Copyright: Lóránd Fényes
[attachment=4]000_webre.jpg[/attachment]

Conjunction of Saturn and Porrima (Gamma Virginis)
http://www.kopfgeist.com/
Copyright: Jens Hackmann
[attachment=3]saturnporrima.jpg[/attachment]

Lapland Solar Eclipse with Green Limb
http://www.eclipseland.com/page,finnlan ... 10060.html
Copyright: Stephan Heinsius [attachment=1]c0069-024 eclipse trees 723x1800.jpg[/attachment] May's Planetary/Lunar Conjunction
http://www.AstroArn.com
Copyright: Robert Arn
[attachment=0]making a splash name.jpg[/attachment]

I don't often comment on the images I post; I sometimes fear it's a little unfair of me to do so. I have to say, though, that it is a privilege to see and post these. Just look at this thread! It's full of magnificent images! And Robert Arn, of the images I've posted of yours, this last one is hands-down my favorite. It's stunning.

Please everyone, click to view the largest images. I sometimes have to reduce the size (or resolution or even quality, darn it!) of images to post them here, so even with clicking, you may not get the full impact of the original, but at least see them as large as I can post them! The small display size is a necessary compromise; bigger is definitely better for viewing.

Photographers all, thank you so much for sharing your gorgeous work! I am in awe of your patience, talent, and excellent eye, and am so very glad I get to see what you capture! Thank you!

And there are more to come...!!!!!!!

Planets at João Pessoa
http://www.panoramio.com/user/marcelozurita
Copyright: Marcelo Zurita

M8 and M20: The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Copyright: Philippe Moussette
[attachment=3]lagtri_30mai11.jpg[/attachment]

Jesus and Orion
Copyright: Matias Aguirre
[attachment=2]DSC_2356.jpg[/attachment]

Forest Fire and Milky Way
http://www.visualuniverse.org/fire.shtml
Copyright: Phil Jones SH2-73: Reflection Nebula in Hercules
http://www.massimotosco.it/LNB%20105%20-%20SH2-73.html
Copyright: Massimo Tosco Eclipse Trace over Russia
Copyright: Oleg Ugolnikov The night of June 2 was darker than others since the partial solar eclipse had weakened the light of Sun and twilight glow. These two pictures were made in the same place (Borok village near Yaroslavl, 250 km northwards from Moscow, Russia) with the same camera and exposure at the same time in the midnights of June 1 and 2. The right one is remarkably darker, making the W-like Cassiopeia stars in the center easy to see. The Last One: STS-135 Rollout
http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-135_rollout.html
Copyright: Ben Cooper/LaunchPhotography.com & SpaceflightNow.com
[attachment=0]lastone.jpg[/attachment]

Morning Conjunction of a Cruise Ship, Fishing Boats, a Fisherman, Morning Birds and Sol
http://www.rddnj.com/RussellsJune42011Conjunction.html
Copyright: Russell E. King
[attachment=4]Russellsjun4conjunction.jpg[/attachment]

Two Arcs
Copyright: Garry McCarthy
[attachment=3]_D305338-apod.jpg[/attachment]

Saturn, June 4
http://saturn.cstoneind.com
Copyright: Christopher Go
[attachment=2]saturn20110604.jpg[/attachment]

22° Halo
Copyright: Roxanne Houman
[attachment=1]photo.php.jpg[/attachment]

2MASS Redshift Survey
http://wise2.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jar ... .small.png
Copyright: Tom Jarrett (IPAC/SSC) and the 2MRS team (John Huchra et al.)
[attachment=0]2MASS.jpg[/attachment]

owlice wrote:The Last One: STS-135 Rollout
http://www.launchphotography.com/STS-135_rollout.html
Copyright: Ben Cooper

See more images of this event on Universe Today
Last Ever Shuttle Journeys out to the Launch Pad

owlice wrote:2MASS Redshift Survey
http://wise2.ipac.caltech.edu/staff/jar ... .small.png
Copyright: Tom Jarrett (IPAC/SSC) and the 2MRS team (John Huchra et al.)

CfA: Most Complete 3-D Map of Local Universe
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=23760&p=149149

Sharpless 115
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

VdB 102 and IC4592
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon

Hi,

here is a new image of the Serpens Caput globular cluster M5.

Messier 5 - Globular Cluster in Serpens Caput
Copyright: Mario Weigand
Web: http://www.skytrip.de

Crop 50% Crop 100%

Full field 100%


cheers
Mario

Happy Christmas !
http://outters.fr/
Info : http://outters.fr/ngc2264-tec140-proline-HaRGB.html
Copyright: Nicolas outters

owlice wrote:And Robert Arn, of the images I've posted of yours, this last one is hands-down my favorite. It's stunning.

Why thank you! Your comments are very much appreciated.

Robert Arn
http://www.AstroArn.com

RobertArn wrote:

owlice wrote:And Robert Arn, of the images I've posted of yours, this last one is hands-down my favorite. It's stunning.

Why thank you! Your comments are very much appreciated.

Robert Arn
http://www.AstroArn.com

Ooops! I meant to say that of the images I've commented on of yours, this last one is my hands-down favorite.

I really love the mixture of hyper-realism and fantasy in your image. All the individual details are correct, but they are put together in a way that can only happen in a Geometer's playground! Like someone pointed out, it's like a mixture of Van Gogh and Escher - and then there is an awful lot of hard astronomy work that went into the making of the image too, I'm sure.

Ann

The Sun of today, June 6, 2011
Copyright: César Cantú

RobertArn wrote:

owlice wrote:And Robert Arn, of the images I've posted of yours, this last one is hands-down my favorite. It's stunning.

Why thank you! Your comments are very much appreciated.

Robert Arn
http://www.AstroArn.com

You're welcome, and thank you for sharing it (and others, too, of course). I find something very appealing about the stillness of the image, so still even the splash and ripples are calmed by it. And that thinnest sliver of moon is too thin and shallow to catch the planets (they'd roll right out, or break through!), though it seems to want to.

Gosh, it's so calming, I'm sleepy...!