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Rosette Nebula Detail
http://www.deepskygallery.com/caldwell- ... rn-detail/
Copyright: Jim Turner
[attachment=5]rosettedetail.jpg[/attachment]

Central Square Degree of the Milky Way
http://star.herts.ac.uk/~pwl/Lucas/gps1x1small.jpg
Credit: Mike Read and the UKIDSS consortium, United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT)
[attachment=4]gps1x1small.jpg[/attachment]

Spotted Sun
Copyright: Juan Manuel Pérez Rayego
[attachment=3]_mg_2863.jpg[/attachment]

Full Moon Over the Fort of Tijara, Rajasthan
Copyright: Ajay Talwar
[attachment=2]holi full moon.jpg[/attachment]

M33: Spiral Galaxy in Triangulum
http://gemmacaelestis.ca/astropics/101102M33.html
Copyright: Tony Peterson
[attachment=1]m33.jpg[/attachment]

LDN 1622: Dark Nebula in Orion
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/7853 ... 2012mr.jpg
Copyright: Onofre Rodrigo
[attachment=0]LDN1622.jpg[/attachment]

http://stefano-campani.net46.net/index.php?p=2_11
Copyright: Stefano Campani, Davide Manca


This image is a mix of an old Reflex sequence and a newer CCD sequence.
CCD imaging has added more color contrast thanks to Ha and the image is deeper than before.
There is a big and faint external halo surrounding galaxy you can see it in my picture. It extends also beyond this picture dimension

flight

A spot as big as the Earth!
Copyright: Manuel Castillo Vela '11
Chiclana de la Frontera, Cádiz, Spain
Groups of spots in the sun. From left to right: 1432-1429-1430, and below 1428. The blue circle, it would be the proportional size of the Earth and the sun. And we also appreciate the step size of the large sunspot belonging to the group 1429.
Photo details: Refractor Telescope BRESSER 700/70 Solar filter Digital Camera: Benq DC T850 RegiStax 5 - PhotoShop CS5

Newly-discovered Dense Galaxy Cluster
http://z-fourge.strw.leidenuniv.nl/z22cluster.html
Copyright: Lee Spiter
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=27661 Spotted Sun and Sky
Copyright: Juan Manuel Pérez Rayego
[attachment=4]_mg_2908.jpg[/attachment]

Moon in Colours
http://carlosdn-alfacentauri.blogspot.c ... con+barlow
Copyright: Carlos Di Nallo
[attachment=3]LUNA1409BARCOLOR.jpg[/attachment]

IC443 - IC444 - Sh2-249
http://www.astrogades.es/index.php?nodo ... ure&id=797
Copyright: Jesús Vargas (Astrogades) & Maritxu Poyal (Maritxu)
[attachment=2]ic443-final-crop-web1150.jpg[/attachment]

Horsehead Nebula
http://www.sharplesscatalog.com/sharple ... 4_MN84.jpg
Copyright: Dean Salman
[attachment=1]deanhorsehead.jpg[/attachment]

Tadpole Galaxy
Credit and copyright: Hubble Legacy Archives, data; Louie Atalasidis, processing
[attachment=0]The-Tadpole-Galaxy(Hubble-Data).jpg[/attachment]

Mars sequence of little over a month showing a full rotation of the red planet. Center image closest (opposition) approach to Earth on march 5th.

A combo of CCD mono in Ha/OIII/SII and one shot color stars from a DSLR Higher Resolution http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3
Cheers
Lynn

A Corner of the SNR in Vela
http://www.pampaskies.com
Copyright:Ignacio Diaz Bobillo high-res: http://www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/Deep ... R-Vela-PI2


M45
http://www.pampaskies.com
Copyright:Ignacio Diaz Bobillo high-res: http://www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/Deep ... bjects/M45


Gabriela Mistral Nebula and the Gem Cluster
http://www.pampaskies.com
Copyright:Ignacio Diaz Bobillo high-res: http://www.pampaskies.com/gallery3/Deep ... istral-PI2

Wolf Moon over Croatia
Copyright: Pavlimir Ugrin
[attachment=5]Moon 20120307 ED100 500D.jpg[/attachment]

Rho Ophiuchi Region
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... _Large.jpg
Copyright: Frank Sackenheim
[attachment=4]sackenheimrho.jpg[/attachment]

Sunspots 1432-1429-1430, and 1428
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcastillov
Copyright: Manuel Castillo
[attachment=3]img_9768-87 cw sol 11-03-2012 comparacion tierra.jpg[/attachment]

Saturn 03/13 NED Remnant
http://saturn.cstoneind.com
Copyright: Christopher Go
[attachment=2]saturn20120223.jpg[/attachment]

Texas Moon and the Belt of Venus
http://twitpic.com/7er1m4
Copyright: Pablo Bueno
[attachment=1]texasmoon.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 7635: Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia
http://www.atlasastronomia.com/astrofot ... O_2000.jpg
Copyright: César Blanco González
[attachment=0]Bubble_HaSHO_900.jpg[/attachment]

autor: jose maria perez
se consiguió con:
cámara: canon 400d
objetivo: 18-55
tomas: 150 tomas de 25 segundos
trípode: fotográfico
fecha: 26 de diciembre del 2011
lugar: BOTIJA CÁCERES ESPAÑA
saludos a todos

hola a todos
esta foto es del 10-3-2012
esto es lo que yo uso
telescopio: PST
cámara: DMK31AU03.AS
y la lente de barlow que tiene el ocular de 13 mm. del HYPERION
ó el HYPERION entero para las tomas de mas campo
son 400 frames por toma
procesado con registax 3
saludos jose

M33 (NGC 598) The Triangulum Galaxy in LRGB+HA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/6979741535/
Copyright: Terry Hancock

ESO 350-40... Cartwheel galaxy Credit and Copyrights: 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

I got hard times to process this image because of many artefacts with the originals HST images.

Cheers
Gilles

Jupiter / Venus - constellation
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl In the last days we saw it.....
Venus and Jupiter were closer
Today i had good conditions (what a luck) and made this composite image.

Here you can find the exposure data, equipment and higher resolution:
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=det ... Itemid=134

Best regards from austria
Robert Pölzl

IC 1396 - The Elephant and the Goat
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... 396-mapped
M.Angelini. Color Base: courtesy F.Antonucci

After some reprocessing my moon mosaic got to its final result. It consists of 107 images and is 18mp large. I think it's one of the largest and most detailed moon images made by a single observer using a series produced (c11) telescope. The image can be found here:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6817 ... a781_o.jpg

It has been a hit on the bad Astronomy site:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... on-mosaic/

This is a 3 night project totalling 4 hours of data.

Technical Details
Optics: FSQ-106ED
Mount: Orion Atlas EQ-6
Camera: Starlight Express SXVR-M25C
Filters: Hutech LPS ll
Dates/Times: November 22,25,27 2011
Location: Harold Campbell Park aka the Holly Lands, US27 Florida Everglades
Exposure Details: OSC = 24 x 10 minutes.
Acquisition: Maxim DL, TheSky6, EQMOD
Processing: Maxim DL/Photoshop CS4 - Carboni Tools
http://theastrogeeks.com/picture/cacoon ... d=12271339

March 10 Planet Round-up
Copyright: Fernando Mejido
[attachment=5]4 Planetas 12-03-10 .jpg[/attachment]

Solar Prominences
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=4]SolarProm031012_black_ChumackHRweb.jpg[/attachment]

Simeis 147: Supernova Remnant
http://www.zonalunar.com
Copyright: Alfonso Carreño (Observatorio Zonalunar)
[attachment=3]Simeis147-RGB-20122011-P1.jpg[/attachment]

Full Moon in Lisbon
Copyright: Nuno Tavares
[attachment=2]Lua Cheia.jpg[/attachment]

Center of the Eta Carina Nebula
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 7/original
Copyright: Michael Sidonio
[attachment=1]Sidonio.jpg[/attachment]

Green Flash
http://nik.smugmug.com/2012/2012-03/201 ... 100-X3.jpg
Copyright: Nikolai Sklobovsky
[attachment=0]greenflash.jpg[/attachment]

The Comet Garradd near NGC 4236 Galaxy:

Baker Schmidt Zen 10" F/3 + Sbig ST-1001E CCD 23:00 LT 13 Mar 2012 7.5min L; 3min RGB

By Dr Paolo Candy
Cimini Astronomical Observatory - Italy
http://www.hesnet.net/candy

Hello everyone, my name is Matias Tomasello, and I am an astrophotographer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina.I would like to share this image of NGC 3324, emission nebula located in the northwest corner of the giant southern nebula Eta Carina (NGC 3372). The Eta Carina nebula lies about 7500 light years, and takes its name from the supergiant and active star Eta Carinae, It host several star clusters and smaller nebulae , like the one we are seeing now. NGC 3324 is also known as the "Gabriela Mistral Nebula" because of its striking resemblance to the profile of the Chilean poet, Nobel Prize winner in 1945, born and raised in the region of Elqui, a place that is also home to the Cerro Tololo, Cerro Pachon and Cerro Morado professional astronomical observatories . Here you can see an animated file I put together to see the likeness between gabreila mistral profile and NGC 3324.
Thank you all for your attention,
Matias.



High resolution here: http://www.starhunter.com.ar/astrofotos ... 00-046.jpg





Animated file here: http://www.starhunter.com.ar/astrofotos ... e-gif1.gif

NCG 2403
Copyright: Paolo Demaria & Roberto Barcellona

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/5126 ... nalenn.jpg

More informations at:
http://astrobin.com/6590/?r=939

Messier 100 HST Data
http://www.SgAstrophotography.com
Copyright: Salvatore Grasso

Walking under the starlights
http://carlosdn-alfacentauri.blogspot.c ... ellas.html
Copyright: Carlos Di Nallo
[attachment=0]caminata2w.jpg[/attachment]

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