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Moon-Venus Conjunction over the Western Alps:


Full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/4470/

Paolo Demaria,
Ass.Astrofili Bisalta, Cuneo, Italy

Earth's shadow and Belt of Venus from Turkish National Observatory in Antalya, 2600m above from sea level.

Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

IC 5146: The Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus
http://www.billionsandbillions.com/cocoon.html
Copyright: Warren Keller
[attachment=5]cocoon_keller.jpg[/attachment]

Caldwell 49: Rosette Nebula
http://upload.pbase.com/wysinwyg/image/141162352/large
Copyright: Mark Wielgosz
[attachment=4]Caldwell 49.jpg[/attachment]

IC-5067 in the Pelican Nebula
http://obscarlsagan.blogspot.com/
Copyright: José Manuel Sánchez
[attachment=3]pelicano_final3.jpg[/attachment]

Jupiter over the Alps
http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Pütz
[attachment=2]k-f-img_1527.jpg[/attachment]

Milky Way over Mobius Arch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrewmeye ... /lightbox/
Copyright: Andrew Meyers
[attachment=1]mwarch.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 6888: Crescent Nebula in Cygnus
http://www.astrosurf.com/jousset
Copyright: Marc Jousset
[attachment=0]ngc6888_rha_111014.jpg[/attachment]

Sharpless 2-54, NGC 6625, NGC 6604, LDN 408
Copyright: Data: DSS 2, 12 tiles 60x60 arcminutes each; Registar, Image Plus 4.50A and PS CS4; processing, Gilles Chapdelaine Sharpless 2-54 is rarely pictured by amateurs probably because of the presence of M 16 right down below which outshines the more obscur Sharpless nebula.
To complete this 12 tiles mosaïc and merging RGB colors I used Registar and the rest of processing had been done with Image Plus and PS. The open cluster NGC 6625
could be located easily with the bright blue star at the left of the picture but other star belonging to this cluster are difficult to determine. LDN 408 is a dark nebula
right at the left border of the image. NGC 6604 is located down below the brightest part of Sharpless 2-54. Should I mention that the original in .tiff made 371 Mo.

Cheers
Gilles

M81 M82 Mosaic
http://www.manuelj.com
Copyright: Manuel Jimenez Full resolution image: http://www.manuelj.com/Astronomy/Galaxy ... Mosaic.jpg

Christmas Tree cluster, Cone nebula, the star 15Mon & IC 446, IC 2169, NGC 2245, NGC 2247, NGC 2259, NGC 2264

full size at:
http://www.astrosky.it/imagebig.php?big=339
This is my rendition of the field centered AR: 99.026217072 and DEC: 10.0666703594 degrees
The Image is composed of a three panels mosaic, with data acquired remotely from our tuscany obs. by me & gimmi ratto

Thanks for viewing!
Davide Bardini
www.astrosky.it

The Seagull nebula (IC2177)

Copyright: Paul Haese

Full size image here

The Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com
Copyright: Eric Africa

The Cone and Foxfur Nebulae
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com
Copyright: Eric Africa

Effelsberg 100m Radio Telescope
Copyright: Alex Tudorica
[attachment=0]Effelsberg_100m_small.jpg[/attachment]

Moon & Venus over the Masjid-e-Jahan-Numa
http://goo.gl/BAuSw
Copyright: Ajay Talwar

Just south of the Tarantula
Copy right: Rich Bowden Full size link:
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/ccdim ... ewth16.htm

Milky Way over the Matterhorn
http://www.nuitsacrees.fr
Copyright: Stephane Vetter A panorama of 36 pictures taken at 0h15 UT the 17 january 2012, just under the Gornergrat. After the shoot, a fantastic ski descent of 1500 m slope to Zermatt.
An annotated version here, 22 constellations, 15 Messier objects and 7 summits of 4000 m and more :
http://www.nuitsacrees.fr/DP/AP3/ArcheC ... ot2000.jpg

The same night, the Gornergrat Observatory at 3100 m : Matterhorn and Orion Stephane

Let's Pretend
http://www.fnupp.se
Copyright: Micke Woxberg

Jupiter-Venus-Moon on Jan 28, 2012
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Muleshoe, Texas



Venus is just above the horizon, with the brilliant Moon at center and Jupiter at top, forming a string of pearls.

The Sun and Moon usually get "squashed" when they approach the horizon, but I've never seen the either orb flatten as much as it did last Saturday night:



The wide angle at bottom is taken with a 55mm lens when the Moon is a degree or so off the horizon. The upper photos are ate 300mm with the Moon touching and then below the horizon. The crescent is badly distorted and flattened!

For more info on refraction, read this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_refraction

Fluorescent Moon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... hotostream
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier Good Heavens
VegaStar.

Jupiter Conjunct Moon over snow
http://www.astrofotografiadesdesoria.com
Copyright: Jaime Diez & Iván García

Jupiter and Moon over Perth, Western Australia
http://i.imgur.com/pZuub.jpg

M78
http://www.prokyon.startime.at/M78.htm

Lunar X
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack This is a famous "optical feature" on the Moon, which appears like the letter "X" when the terminator is at an optimal position. The illusion of the "X" is created by sunlight falling on the rims/ridges between the craters La Caille, Blanchinus, and Purbach. The "X" is observable for about 4 hours just prior to the Lunar First Quarter. NGC 2024: Flame Nebula in Orion
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/stefan.meingast/Flame.jpg
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/stefan.mei ... otated.jpg
Copyright: Stefan Meingast
[attachment=4]flame.jpg[/attachment]

Open Clusters in Puppis
http://www.starkeeper.it/OpenClusterPuppis.htm
http://www.starkeeper.it/OpenClusterPuppis_Full.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi
[attachment=3]clusters_orazi.jpg[/attachment]

Venus, Jupiter and Moon in the Nautical Twilight
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/Venu ... jo-net.jpg
http://www.astrosurf.com/astroarte/Venu ... el-net.jpg
Copyright: Miguel Claro
[attachment=2]Venus-Jupiter-and-Moon-Feijo-net.jpg[/attachment]

Abell 1314: Cluster in Ursa Major
http://starrysite.com/index.php?site=galleryitem,341
Copyright: Michał Żołnowski
[attachment=1]Abell 1314 mini.jpg[/attachment]

Keyhole Nebula (center) and Core of Eta Carina Nebula (around)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino
[attachment=0]keyhole final compress.jpg[/attachment]

Baade Reflections
Copyright: Yuri Beletsky
[attachment=4]reflect.jpg[/attachment]

NGC2237-9/2244 Rosette Nebula
Copyright: Brian Davis
[attachment=3]NGC2237-Medium.jpg[/attachment]

Orion Above a Luminous Fog
http://www.horolezec.cz/uschovna/APOD/Orion.jpg
Copyright: Ladislav Kamarád
[attachment=2]orion.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 2264: The Cone Nebula in Narrowband
http://www.azstarman.net
Copyright: Bernard Miller
[attachment=1]NGC2264_NB_PS4_SHARP_FULL.jpg[/attachment]

The Belt of Venus
http://www.luisargerich.com
Copyright: Luis Argerich
[attachment=0]belt_of_venus_january_28_2012.jpg[/attachment]

M45
Copyright: Werner Probst
http://www.prokyon.startime.at/Pleiades.htm

Thank you all for submitting!

M63
Copyright Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/63plm.htm