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Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-20

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 3:35 pm
by lynnhilborn
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Well after a few years of imaging I finally imaged the obvious :roll:
Thanks for looking
http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3

Cheers
Lynn

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 11-

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:50 pm
by Wolfgang

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 11-

Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:51 pm
by Wolfgang

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 11-

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 9:31 am
by htrottier
Hi: I submitted an earlier version of this image of NGC 7635, the Bubble Nebula, to APOD/Asterisk at the end of December. Since I drive myself bonkers reprocessing an image over and over again, trying to bring out all the textures and colours that might be hiding in the raw frames, I use submission to APOD/Asterisk to tell myself "Enough!". But I couldn't leave this one alone: there had to be more colour in the stars, and more detail in that huge expanse of nebula. And there was! So I hope it's OK if I resubmit, because this rendition is so different, it's like a new image ;)- Howard. http://www.sfu.ca/~trottier/observatory.html
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:25 am
by owlice
Aristarchus in 3D
http://astronet.se/view_image.php?id=1654&mode=large
Copyright: Peter Rosén
[attachment=0]3dplateau-2.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 1579: Diffuse Nebula in Perseus
http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/n1579
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 11:26 am
by Photonhunter
M33 in Narrowband
http://www.photonhunter.at
http://www.starhopper.at
Copyright: Patrick Hochleitner + Dieter Beer
Mouseover to compare Narrowband and RGB Image
Click to view full size image 1 or image 2
Full Version and compare Narrowband HA OIII S2 and RGBHA
http://www.photonhunter.at/M33_Narrowband.html
http://www.starhopper.at/m33_narrowband.htm

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:41 pm
by chapdelaine
NGC 7742
Copyright: Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA). Processing Gilles Chapdelaine
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:57 pm
by Wolfgang

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:42 am
by IanP
Full-Moon taken over Perth, Western Australia, on the 8th of February 2012, 10:24PM, right on time ..
CPC925 and Sony-A65 ..
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:18 am
by jesperg
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Venus transit - atmosphere ring
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The illuminated atmosphere of our sister planet Venus.
Got it in 2004, hope to see or photograph it again june 6th. 2012.
If not - I just have to wait until dec. 11th. 2117 :roll:

I don´t think the atmosphere ring was photographed in 1882, due to the photographic technique at that time, so this might be the first amateur photograph of the event (among others).

© Jesper Grønne
Denmark
http://www.astrophoto.dk
http://www.groenne.eu

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 5:50 pm
by marioweigand
Copernicus with enhanced colour
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
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Full resolution

- Offenbach / Gemany
- DMK41 + DSL
- 14-inch SCT

standard b/w version:

Copernicus
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
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Full resolution


greets

Mario

IC2169 in Monoceros

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:10 pm
by cybermystic99

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 9:33 pm
by antimorris

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2012 11:20 pm
by Marco
sad moon

http://www.sterne-und-weltraum.de/alias ... nd/1139265
Copyright: Marco Ludwig
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After I watched the sunset in October 13 I started to take photos of the full moon, rising like an orange ball on the horizon.
During the moonrise I watched some birds passing the moon and I started to take photos of them. When I watched the photos on my computer I recognized the sad face showed by the birds in front of the moon.

Since that time I need to promise everybody who watches this picture that it is not a fake – it is a real photo.
Now I decided to publish the photo without my signature on asterisk. It has been published on the German Astronomy journal “Sterne und Weltraum”.

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:27 am
by asymon
The Seagull Nebula and VDB 92
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon
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You can see higher resolution versions of this here http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Sea ... ll0212.htm

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:31 am
by asymon
The North American and Pelican Nebulae
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon
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You can see higher resolution versions of this here http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Nor ... elican.htm

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 2:20 am
by mexhunter

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:11 am
by rich bowden
IC2944 & Bok Globules
Copyright: Rich Bowden- Baytop-observatory
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To view full resolution image:
http://www.baytop-observatory.com/ccdim ... ewth16.htm

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:37 pm
by ccdbalkon
one night in my garden observatory
http://www.balkonsternwarte.de/andere_S ... arten.html

a 360° View
http://www.balkonsternwarte.de/360grad/ ... acht-2.htm
Copyright: Oliver Schneider
[attachment=1]houseplanet.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.balkonsternwarte.de/andere_S ... et-web.jpg
[attachment=0]house.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.balkonsternwarte.de/andere_S ... -2-web.jpg

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 12:49 am
by kwon o chul


Aurora. 2011.Sep.
Yellowknife, Canada.

HD version.

Regards,
Kwon.

Re: IC2169 in Monoceros

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 9:31 am
by cybermystic99
cybermystic99 wrote:IC2169 in Monoceros
Copyright Greg Parker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/6905099989/
Thank you for sorting out the image for me Bystander - I didn't know what to do :D
Greg

Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 12:21 pm
by Ann
Time for me to start posting some comments here!

Wolfgang Promper, I like all three of your images. In your M13 portrait, you capture the stellar richness, overall neutral color, bright red Asymptotic Giant Branch stars and somewhat fainter blue horizontal branch stars beautifully. Of course, I like your very fine picture of magnificent spiral galaxy M101 even better! And I was very glad to see your fine image of galaxy NGC 4945, too, which doesn't get as much attention as it deserves.

htrottier, I like your tireless efforts at bringing out more structure in the Bubble Nebula and its vicinity and more color in the stars!

Peter Rosén, you sound like a Swede to me. I don't have red/green glasses, but your Moon image looks very fine to me.

Mario Weigand, your Moon images look very good indeed. I like the contrast between the smooth terrain above the large crater - it looks as if liquid lava had flooded the region there - and the "wrinkled" terrain around the crater.

Adam Block, that's a lovely portrait of NGC 1579. You bring out different kinds of "texture" in the nebulosity, and the colors are just lovely.

Patrick Hochleitner and Dieter Beer, how very interesting! Your "double exposure" of M33 brings out many fascinating details in this galaxy. Note how the red emission nebulae correspond to regions of OIII emission, which is why so many of the emission nebulae look blue in the narrowband image.

chapdelaine, that's a very fine processed version of the Hubble picture of galaxy NGC 7742. I was never too happy with the original colors of the Hubble Heritage image. Your picture looks much better!

Ian Polczynski, that's a fine and dramatic Moon - and it's upside down, too! Oh, wait, it was photographed over Australia...

Jesper Grønne, welcome back here! Since you are a fellow Scandinavian, I'm always particularly happy to see you here. I think I remember that Venus transit - was it the one that took place on June 8? (That's my birthday, you see. :wink: ) I really like how you managed to capture that white "atmosphere ring" around Venus. Venus itself looks black against the brilliant disk of the Sun, but the atmosphere of Venus reflects the light of the Sun!

Marco Ludwig, that's an irresistible Moon. The red sunset color is nice, and the position of the birds and their wings in front of the disk of the Moon is just priceless!

And speaking about birds - Alistair Symon, your Seagull Nebula really takes flight and sparkles with color! Your North America Nebula is nice, too.

César Cantú, you are such a pleasant mainstay here at Starship Asterisk, and you are such a champion at making the Sun look good! This is a very nice portrait of the Sun over that fantastic old sundial, Stonehenge!

Rich Bowden, I really like IC 2944, also known as the Lambda Centauri nebula. Several of the blue stars here are O-type stars. Fascinating! And the nebulosity itself glows in different colors and sports photogenic Bok globules. Thank you for your fine image!

Oliver Schneider, it is quite moving to see you transform your observatory into your very own little planet in a large universe.

A "theme" here is photogenic NGC 2264 region, the Cone Nebula region. Greg parker, you started it off with your !C 2169 image. IC 2169 is a blue reflection nebula to the west (right) of the Cone Nebula region. It's nice to see this neglected reflection nebula get its own portrait!

atamanti, you have made a nice portrait of the Cone Nebula region itself. I like how you bring out the blue reflection nebula near hot O-type star S Mon (also known as 15 Mon or S Monocerotis), and I like how you bring out the color contrast with orange M-type bright giant, HD 47886 at far right in your image.

And Greg Parker, once again, I really like your Cone Nebula region and IC 2169 portrait. You show us the relative brightness of things and how far apart they are. I also like that you bring out the faint old cluster Trumpler 5, a faint smudge below center and slightly to the left.

Reiinhold, thanks for bringing us your first herald of spring!

Vegastar Carpentier, thank you for bringing us your portrait of Venus and Jupiter over Paris! I like the deep blue overall color of your picture, but I think I like the "mythological" aspect of it even more. The two planets, with names of ancient gods, hang over a scene where my eyes are drawn to an almost human-looking Eiffel Tower. The famous Paris landmark looks a bit like a cross between a man and a giraffe, but personally I'm reminded of something that is mentioned very early in the Bible, that there were giants who lived on the Earth before the Flood, giant men of the past who were so powerful. Brightly lit and "spitting light", the Eiffel Tower could almost be one of those ancient giants. Thank you so much for this evocative picture, Vegastar!

And Tamas Abraham, that's a wonderfully striking and dramatic image, again highlighting Venus and Jupiter. That tall crucifix standing on that tall "boulder" on a mountain overlooking a distant city is almost "pointing" at the two majestic planets. How beautiful!

Ann

Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 February 17-

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 4:59 pm
by mexhunter
Ann, thank you very much for your great generosity.
I take this opportunity to send you a cordial greetings.
César