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Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-10

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 3:53 pm
by avdhoeven
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I postprocessed the moon image of before and took the nicest part of it out of it to compare it with high-quality NASA LRO imagery. This gives a great comparison of nowadays amateur possibilities compared to space probes in orbit around the moon....

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Full resolution here

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 2-

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 6:51 pm
by Stefan_S
Hello,
here my NGC 2024 and IC 434 in bicolor.
4 houres Ha, 12 hours OIII.

Image

larger: http://www.astronomieclub-volkach.de/De ... icolor.jpg

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 8:05 pm
by dianemckinney
Sun Halo in Barbados HIGH NOON
http://dianemckinney.com
Copyright: Diane McKinney Photogrpahy
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I am confused. I was trying to figure out what this is... The fisherman on the island said he had never seen anything like this before. I did some googling and a sundog or sun halo seemed to be the only thing close accept both seemed that it had to occur in winter and implied cold conditions. Technically it is winter here but obviously because we are in Barbados it certainly doesn't feel like winter and was at least 80 degrees or so. It also happened in the middle of the day not in the morning or evening which one of the other sites suggested. I have more images on my blog in addition to this one. Just curious as to what it might be... Thanks! Diane McKinney

Sun Halo in Barbados HIGH NOON Dark
http://dianemckinney.com
Copyright: Diane McKinney Photogrpahy
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Color contrast in Vela

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:03 am
by gvanhau
Color contrast in Vela
Copyright: Geert Vanhauwaert
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_gvan ... /lightbox/

this are clusters IC2395 NCG2660 and part of the Vela SNR
Regards

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:47 am
by owlice
Milky Way over the Matterhorn
Zoomify! http://www.nuitsacrees.fr/DP/AC1.html
Copyright: Stephane Vetter
[attachment=5]image001.jpg[/attachment]

Rosetta Nebula
http://www.astromodelismo.es/index.htm
Copyright: Máximo Ruiz
[attachment=4]image003.jpg[/attachment]

The Surroundings of Alnitak
Copyright: Roberto Capacci
[attachment=3]nebulosa testa di cavallo nuova elaborazione.jpg[/attachment]

Witch Head Nebula
Copyright: Louie Atalasidis
[attachment=2]witch-head.jpg[/attachment]

Thor's Helmet
Copyright: Benjamin Rodriguez
[attachment=1]thor's-helmet-final-full-re.jpg[/attachment]

Belt of Venus over the Atlantic
http://gkastro.tk/
Copyright: George Kristiansen
[attachment=0]beltvenusupdate2.png[/attachment]

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:50 am
by Photonhunter
22°Lunar Halo in the Alps
http://www.photonhunter.at/LunarHalo.html
Copyright: Patrick + Selina Hochleitner
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In the Background ist the highest mountain in Austria, the Großglockner 3798m.
http://www.photonhunter.at

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 9:52 am
by Emil Ivanov
Two rosettes
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/ ... h2-170.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov
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This is a comparison between two circular shaped H II regions: NGC 2237 (Rosette Nebula, left) and Sh2-170 (right),
which, despite their different sizes and brightnesses show remarkable simillarity.
Hi-res image can be found here
Individual images of NGC 2237 and Sh2-170
Thanks for looking, Emil

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:09 am
by owlice
22° Lunar Halo over Scotland
Copyright: Alan C Tough
[attachment=0]Moon-Halo_20120201_actough.jpg[/attachment]

A World of City Lights and Starry Nights
http://www.msun.se
Copyright: Mikael Sundberg
[attachment=5]citylights_stars.jpg[/attachment]

LBN 1022 in Monoceros
http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/lbn1022.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
[attachment=4]lbn1022_Block.jpg[/attachment]

IC443: Jellyfish Nebula
http://youtu.be/xYAHLfG-CaE
Copyright: Doug Hubbell
[attachment=3]ic443-color-v1.jpg[/attachment]

Orion Complex
http://www.massimotosco.it/Orione_Complex.html
Copyright: Massimo Tosco
[attachment=2]orione_900.jpg[/attachment]

22° Moon Halo over Veszprem Castle
http://www.astrophoto.hu
Copyright: Tamás Ladányi
[attachment=1]veszprem_halo_120202_ladanyi.jpg[/attachment]

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 10:16 am
by owlice
dianemckinney wrote:Sun Halo in Barbados HIGH NOON
http://dianemckinney.com
Copyright: Diane McKinney Photogrpahy I am confused. I was trying to figure out what this is... The fisherman on the island said he had never seen anything like this before. I did some googling and a sundog or sun halo seemed to be the only thing close accept both seemed that it had to occur in winter and implied cold conditions. Technically it is winter here but obviously because we are in Barbados it certainly doesn't feel like winter and was at least 80 degrees or so. It also happened in the middle of the day not in the morning or evening which one of the other sites suggested. I have more images on my blog in addition to this one. Just curious as to what it might be... Thanks! Diane McKinney
Halos can appear at any time of the year; they are not just cold-weather phenomenons. See here for information.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:15 pm
by manfred_konrad
The Witch's Broom Nebula, NGC 6960
http://www.astrofotografie-laupheim.de/
Copyright: Manfred Konrad
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Larger Image

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 8:22 pm
by Marco Ludwig
Observatory and Venus
Copyright: Marco Ludwig
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The Neumünster Observatory with a 19 inch Telescope.
http://www.astrotreff.de/objektdetail.asp?file_id=63039

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:34 am
by nuclearcat
capadocia.jpg
Capadocia under the Rain of Stars

This star trail image is a stack of 462 images which are taken during the draconoid outburst in October 2011. Photos are taken in a cloudy night from Capadocia region of Turkiye which is famous for its fariy chimneys (hoodoos).

Copyright: M. Raşid Tuğral

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 4:33 am
by lvanvlee
M1 - The Crab Nebula
http://www.lvvastro.com
Copyright: Larry Van Vleet
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:44 am
by Petr Horalek
Corona around Melting snow Moon (8th February, 2012)

Image

Used Canon 550D, lenses Tamron 18-200 mm, 200 ISO.
Observed from Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ondrejov

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:47 am
by Petr Horalek

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:56 am
by owlice
Orion Rules the Winter
Copyright: George Gajdos
[attachment=2]orion_rules_the_winter__gajdos_apod.jpg[/attachment]

Orion's Belt and Sword Mosaic
http://mtanous.mine.nu/iweb/astropix/Or ... Sword.html
Copyright: Jose Mtanous
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NGC 253: The Silver Dollar Galaxy in Sculptor
http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... =113&p=397
Copyright: Scott Rosen
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Cone Nebula in Orion
http://www.starrysite.com/index.php?sit ... ryitem,342
Copyright: Michał Żołnowski
[attachment=1]choina final mini.jpg[/attachment]

Aurora Lights up the Emerald Isle
http://www.flickr.com/photos/donegalski ... otostream/
Copyright: Brendan Alexander
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NGC 1097: Barred Spiral Galaxy in Fornax
http://anguslau.smugmug.com/Nature/Astr ... 52-8-8.jpg
Copyright: Angus Lau
[attachment=0]20120103_NGC1097_52-8-8-8x10m_LRGB_3.jpg[/attachment]

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:12 am
by VegaStar
Series of six shots "Moonset" 300mm 02.08.2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... hotostream
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier
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Good Sky! :-)

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 10:16 am
by cybermystic99
The Running Man nebula sitting on the top of M42. All datasets combined amounting to over 80 hours of data in total.
Copyright Greg Parker
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:59 pm
by Guest

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 10:09 am
by Petr Horalek
Petr Horalek wrote: Larger version: http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pic ... 682828.jpg
Version with lower contrast of the Moon for more authentic impression http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pic ... 773610.jpg

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:15 pm
by StefanoDeRosa
Full Snow Moon rising
http://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
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Please find attached an image showing the Full Snow Moon rising alongside the Basilica of Superga, located on a hill in the surroundings of Turin (Italy)

Best regards

Stefano

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:38 pm
by nicola montecchiari
G65.2+5.7 Supernova Remnant
http://www.skymonsters.net
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari
[attachment=0]image.jpg[/attachment]
http://skymonsters.net/galleria/images/G65.2_5.7_2.jpg

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-10

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:51 pm
by owlice
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-10

Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:44 pm
by Ann
As usual, there were so many nice images here! :D

There are some really splendid Orion images here. Stefan_S, your NGC 2024 and IC 434 in Ha and OIII bicolor is fascinating. Look at that nebular detail!

Roberto Capacci, your Surroundings of Alnitak image is extremely beautiful to me. The colors! The details! The general loveliness! Aaaahhh! (Tell me, though, are all those little white dots artifacts, or are they in fact itty bitty little stars?)

Massimo Tosco, that's a great Orion complex! I love how you bring out all that dust, and the color difference between the Orion Nebula and the Horsehead region nebulosity. I'm happy to see the Orion's Belt here, too!

And speaking of the dusty structures in the Orion complex, and the color difference between the Orion Nebula and and the Horsehead region, and Orion's Belt to top it all off - Jose Mtanous, that's a magnificent image! The largest version of your image, found on your own homepage, is a stunner. Alnilam, the middle star of Orion's Belt, looks like a fireworks thingie sprinkling smaller stars in all directions out of itself!! :shock: :D

And Greg Parker, your Running Man nebula is nicely captured, too - I think I can see him run!

Finally, George Gajdos, your Orion Rules the Winter is a great image. I love how the sparkles of the icicles compete with the sparkling stars of Orion! (And look at all the nebulosity you have captured for us, too!)

Another "theme" here, although one with only two images, is the Rosette Nebula. Máximo Ruiz, that's a truly lovely Rosette.

And Emil Ivanov, your "Two Rosettes" is wonderful! The lovely little Sh2-170 is a delightful Rosette lookalike, indeed. It is an extremely graceful nebula. However, your image of the "real" Rosette brings out an important detail: a group of sufficiently hot massive stars will clear a significant cavity around themselves. The Rosette Nebula is actually one of the most impressive-looking nebulae in the sky, due to its impressive shape with that cluster in a cavity surrounded by an elegantly round "rosy" emission nebula. (Admittedly the Rosette is not bright enough to compete with nebulae like the Orion Nebula or the Lagoon Nebula.) We can see that Sh2-170, in spite of its loveliness, is no real match for the Rosette. Only one or two hot and massive stars can be seen at the center of it, and the stars have not yet hollowed out an impressive cavity.

Now that I'm looking at images of the Rosette Nebula, I might comment on an image of of "neighbour" of the Rosette, the Cone Nebula and the Christmas Tree cluster. That's a lovely picture of ethereal colors and shapes, Michał Żołnowski.

A very popular theme here is halos, mostly around the Moon. But that's a great Sun halo, Diane McKinney.

Alan C Tough, you have captured a fine "beige but softly iridescent" Moon halo, with Orion on the left and bright Jupiter at four o'clock.

Tamás Ladányi, you have captured a very blue Moon halo, again with a bright Jupiter at four o'clock. That's a great castle!

Petr Horalek, your Moon image is fantastic! The Moon itself is sharply detailed, and the Lady in the Moon is extremely obvious. And the corona around the Moon is marvellous! Talk about a feast of colors!

I think that, after all, Patrick + Selina Hochleitner's 22°Lunar Halo in the Alps is my favorite. I love the brilliantly clear starscape behind the lunar halo. The star colors are fantastic, given how the lunar halo must have washed out the sky. You can clearly see that most stars here are blue, but that Betelgeuse is yellow and Capella is white, and you can clearly see that Pollux and Castor are different colors. And you can spot a faint reddish tint in the lunar halo which contrasts with the Moon-illuminated dark blue night sky. The mountains impart dramatic structure to the picture, too. What an image!

And now I'll stop trying to create "themes" and just comment on images. Stephane Vetter, I may have seen your Milky Way over the Matterhorn image before, but it is still an absolute stunner.

Geert Vanhauwaert, I don't have to tell you that I love your Color contrast in Vela image, do I? You sure know how to tickle the astroimage color nerd in me!

George Kristiansen, I really like your Belt of Venus over the Atlantic. My favorite part of your image is the complete magic of that colorful Union Jack bit of an airplane wing. You picture reminds me of the wonder of the fact that humanity can fly, even if it takes us airplanes to do it.

Adam Block, your LBN 1022 in Monoceros contains some fantastic nebular ghost-like dust shapes, haunting a delightful and colorful starscape.

M. Raşid Tuğral, I really like your picture, and even more when I read the caption: Capadocia under the Rain of Stars. Those little fairy chimneys (hoodoos) look amazing, like they were taken out of a fairy tale or a fantasy land. I'm reminded of the popular myth of Saint George and the Dragon, too. I distinctly remember that at least one version of this myth claimed that the famous knight was from Capadocia!

Scott Rosen, I like your Silver Dollar Galaxy in Sculptor.

Angus Lau, I just love your NGC 1097 image! This is a great galaxy, and it doesn't get photographed so often. Your image brings out absolutely fantastic detail. Look at that great oval yellow bar-bulge with those very distinctive dust lanes running through it. Note how there appears to be star formation at the outer ends of both long dust lanes. Note the extremely bright white ring surrounding the nucleus, the remnant of an incredible burst of circumnuclear star formation. Note the bluish ring surrounding the large yellow bar-bulge, and note the two long bluish arms. Note how one arm is interacting with a small white oblong dwarf galaxy. So indeed, Angus Lau, this is a fantastic image!

There are many other fine images here, but I don't have time to comment on the others. Thanks to everyone who submitted images here! :D

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 6-10

Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:47 pm
by tjugo
Ann,

Thanks for commenting on my image. Indeed, Orion is very bright and full or goo\
dies, it will always be my favorite part of the sky!

Cheers,

Jose Mtanous