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Here is a series of moonimages I made in the last week where you can see the differences in time when the shadows change their shapes and the moon is differently lighted.

The moon, one week time lapse
http://www.astro-photo.nl
Copyright: André van der Hoeven The (much larger!) full resolution image you can find here: http://www.astro-photo.nl/raw/changing_ ... pt2011.jpg

Sun of September 9
Copyright: César Cantú
Also: http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/6

Faint Nebula Sharpless SH2-53
Copyright: Jon Talbot larger image available here: http://www.starscapeimaging.com/page59/index.html

M81 and M82 with IFN
http://www.astrogades.es/index.php?nodo ... ure&id=721
Copyright: Jesús Vargas (Astrogades) & Maritxu Poyal (Maritxu)
[attachment=3]m81-m82-IFN.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way over Meifod Bridge
Copyright: Peter Shah
[attachment=2]Meifod%20Bridge1.jpg[/attachment]

Andromeda Galaxy
http://www.astrosky.it/public/midsize/L ... -crop2.jpg
Copyright: Davide Bardini vdb142 in IC1396
Copyright: Paulo Lobao
[attachment=1]vdB142 - Hubble palette_33h.jpg[/attachment]

Solar Prominence
http://www.fobos.es
Copyright: Jesús Carmona de Argila
[attachment=0]sol14-16-0811.gif[/attachment]

Wide Field IC405/IC410
Copyright: Robert Farrimond

Jesús Carmona de Argila, that's the most dramatic image I've seen of the Sun - it sure looks as if the Sun was on fire!

Robert Farrimond, just a few hours ago I wrote in another forum here that IQ Aurigae is one of my absolutely favorite stars, and here you have photographed it! It's a star that is classified as an A-type star even though it is as hot and blue and almost as bright as a B4-type star. Appropriately, you have managed to bring out its exquisite "blueness", as it is indeed the bluest-looking star in your image! The asterism, of which IQ Aurigae is an important member, is called "The Leaping Minnow", by the way. That's a charming name, I think.

You have also managed to bring out the beauty of nebulae IC 405 and IC 410!

Ann

On this side of the Jovian disk (Sept.19th) shows the little brother of the GRS the Oval Ba going into the dark side at the limb. Some festons, barges and ovals could be seen at the belts and some very bright disturbances also at the NTB. The moon Io is transiting across the disk with its shadow (Left) on the surface also.

Ann wrote: Robert Farrimond, just a few hours ago I wrote in another forum here that IQ Aurigae is one of my absolutely favorite stars, and here you have photographed it! It's a star that is classified as an A-type star even though it is as hot and blue and almost as bright as a B4-type star. Appropriately, you have managed to bring out its exquisite "blueness", as it is indeed the bluest-looking star in your image! The asterism, of which IQ Aurigae is an important member, is called "The Leaping Minnow", by the way. That's a charming name, I think.

You have also managed to bring out the beauty of nebulae IC 405 and IC 410!

Ann

Thank You Ann

Eye of the universe
http://www.lucperrot.fr/
Luc Perrot
[attachment=0]luc_eye.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.lucperrot.fr/sa/eye_univers.jpg

A video of UARS (the satellite that is going to reenter the atmosphere tomorrow) taken from the ground last Thrusday with 14" telescope on automatic tracking system: http://legault.perso.sfr.fr/uars_110915.html

Some shots from the video:


regards

Last week I made images of M27 with my ED110. I decided to combine these images with Ha and OIII data taken with my C11 earlier this year. So in the end I made a widefield (well a bit) with the details of the C11 in the core.

Exposures:

C11 f/6.3:

H-alpha 5x30 minutes with 4,5nm custom scientific filter
OIII 7x30 minutes 13nm astronomik

ED110:
R: 9x5 min Baader R
G: 3x5 min Baader G
B: 3x5 min Baader B

All images are made from my heavily light-polluted backyard under the lights of Rotterdam...

Here is the result:

M27 with outer halo
http://www.astro-photo.nl
Copyright: André van der Hoeven
[attachment=0]andre.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.astro-photo.nl/raw/m27_widefield-2.jpg

Wide Field M17
Copyright: Robert Farrimond

UARS over Puerto Rico Today Sept. 22nd 22:56ut. It was manually tracked and 2 to 2.5x faster then the ISS when it transits and Very bright! for aproaximately 20 seconds at -2 magnitude (aproax.). This is compose of 12 images at 60 fps of over 80 captured frames.

Efrain, very nice catch! I only saw UARS once and it was really very fast.
Luc: I really like your concept that's a nice view of the Milky Way.

Cat's Paw Nebula (NGC 6334) with Companion (NGC 6357), June 3, 2011
http://www.sternklar.ch
Copyright: Manuel Jung

NGC 7000, North America Nebula
Copyright: Cesar Blanco

Perseus, Pleiades, and Corn on the first day of Autumn --
Sam

Yay, Sam! That's very nice; thanks for sharing!

M16: Eagle Nebula
Copyright: Mark Johnston
[attachment=10]EagleNebulaForApod.jpg[/attachment]

Widefield Veil Nebula in Narrowband
http://www.astroccd.eu/images/dentellesrvb100pc.jpg
Copyright: Philippe Bernhard
[attachment=9]dentellesrvb50low.jpg[/attachment]

Valley of the Gods, UT at Full Moon
http://www.downfaster.com/
Copyright: Matt Relkin
[attachment=8]9-21-11-7.jpg[/attachment]

Overexposed Saturn and Six Satellites
Copyright: Alexandros Diamantis
[attachment=7]Copy of clip_image002_filtered.jpg[/attachment]

Lunar Landscape
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hmendt/617 ... otostream/
Copyright: Henry F. Mendt
[attachment=6]hm-MOON-G-C11-DSI-20110917-B2x1d-80A-blue-111frames-wavelet-150x-2-crop4-VYZ.jpg[/attachment]

IC 5146: Cocoon Nebula Widefield
http://www.deep-sky-images.de/displayim ... play_media
Copyright: Markus Noller
[attachment=5]IC-5146.jpg[/attachment]

M31: Andromeda Galaxy
http://www.cosmofoto.com
Copyright: Alfonso Albendea Ruiz
[attachment=4]m31_procesado_final_2000.jpg[/attachment]

ISS Transits the Moon
Copyright: Majid Elahi & Neda Godarzi
[attachment=0]Photo majid elahineda godarzi copy.jpg[/attachment]

Selene Visits the Seven Sisters
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=3]M45-Moon_Chumack_HRweb.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 752: Open Cluster Andromeda
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-DSO-NGC-0752.htm
Copyright: Anthony Ayiomamitis
[attachment=2]dso-ngc-0752.jpg[/attachment]

Star Trails over Iran
Copyright: Hesam Nazari
[attachment=1]Startrails-496 ta frame-bluer.jpg[/attachment]

Earth's Shadow and Venus Belt from Bakırlıtepe (2500m), in Antalya, Turkey.

Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

IC 59/63: Gamma Casseopeia Nebula
http://www.heimdahl.eu
Copyright: Dan Heimdahl
[attachment=1]gamma cas.jpg[/attachment]

SH2-155 Region with the Cave Nebula
http://northfront.com/images/astronomy/ ... resize.jpg
Copyright: Bryan Cogdell
[attachment=0]SH2-155_Cogdell.jpg[/attachment]

I remade the M27 earlier submitted with extra OIII and Ha data gathered in the last two days. I think this version is much better than the earlier version and I think it's quite a different view of M27 than what I'm used to see.....

Exposures:

C11 f/6.3:

H-alpha 5x30 minutes with 4,5nm custom scientific filter
OIII 7x30 minutes 13nm astronomik

ED110:
R: 9x5 min Baader R
G: 3x5 min Baader G
B: 3x5 min Baader B
Ha: 7x30 min with 4,5nm custom scientific filter
OIII: 4x30 min 13nm astronomik

A different view of M27
http://www.astro-photo.nl
Copyright: André van der Hoeven The full resolution can be found here: http://www.astro-photo.nl/raw/m27_versi ... spikes.jpg