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The Chameleon IC2631

Copyright: Paul Haese

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Northern Lights from Norway
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/norway2012.htm
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli

Many more images and tech data: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/nor01.htm

hola a todos
os dejo una foto que hice ayer
los datos de esta foto son:
cámara:canon 400d
objetivo:18-55
tomas:150
apiladas con startrails
fecha:7 de abril de 2012
tiempo:25 segundos
asa:1600
y esto es todo
saludos jose
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http://i41.tinypic.com/fp7doh.jpg

M 78, NGC 2064, NGC 2067, NGC 2071, LDN 1267
http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M78_RGB.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov full size available here

Congratulations Emil ... a really fantastic image !!!

All the best,
Leo

Leonardo wrote:Congratulations Emil ... a really fantastic image !!!

All the best,
Leo

Thanks for the kind comment, Leo!
My very best, Emil

Sharpless 73
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon You can view a higher resolution image here http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH73/SH73_0412.htm

Sharpless Objects 268 thru 272 and Open Cluster NGC 2194
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com
Copyright: Alistair Symon A higher resolution image can be seen here http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/SH268/SH268.htm

Saturn and the Seeliger Effect
http://www.astropix.com
Copyright 2011 Jerry Lodriguss


Saturn's rings brighten at opposition compared to one month prior, from the Seeliger effect, also known as the opposition surge, or opposition effect.

Click on the image to see a higher resolution version with more information.

IC410 - Tadpole Nebula
Copyright: Kim il soon

http://php.chol.com/~arame/bbs/zboard.p ... asc&no=142

Saturn & Moons Dione (Top-Left) and Tethys (Bot.-Right) as the ring planet is approaching opposition. Lower color sets (RGB,L) Combined for this color image, North at Bottom.

Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F30, CGE mount, PGR Flea3 ccd, Astronomik LRGB filter set.

M13 The "Great" Globular Cluster in Hercules (CCD+DSLR Combo)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanco ... hotostream
http://www.downunderobservatory.com
Copyright: Terry Hancock

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NGC 7217 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

Cheers
Gilles

vdB14-5 and Sh2-202
http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/dee ... 4_15.shtml
Copyright: John Davis

Sunday Sun
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh

The Sun was very active on Sunday.

For large resolution and details see...http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Lynn

Ear Nebula (IPHASX J205013.7+465518)
http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=249
Copyright: Don Goldman Also I would like to dedicate this post to the bright shining star that is Laurence Sabin for her amazing hard work and passion for studying planetary nebulae!

Men working in the shadow of the observatory

http://astrophotography.fr/
JL Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace
Thanks to guys like Guillaume Blanchard, an observatory at the state of the art like Paranal can produce good science every days. Guillaume is an optical ingineer, he is in charge with colleagues of vital points for such an observaotry, like the coating of the mirors. On this picture, he his close to VISTA, a 4 meter survey telescope especialised in IR.
This impressive telescope with a primary miror at f/1, have just ended two of its goals :
http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/news/milky-way-i ... s-27-03-12
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1213/

In the Background you can see the VLT : http://www.eso.org/public/images/dauv_hude_aerial3/

Guillaume Blanchard : http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100730.html
Ciel et Espace : http://www.cieletespace.fr/

Road to the sky
http://astrophotography.fr/
JL Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace
This is the VLT observatory as seen from Vista's plateform. I like this point of view, it's like an invitation to go to the top. The road with very faint lights powered by batteries and solar panels leads to the top of the Paranal mountain where 4 of the biggest telescopes of the world are exploring the secrets of the univers.

Ciel et Espace : http://www.cieletespace.fr/

Venus and Jupiter over Paranal
http://astrophotography.fr/
JL Dauvergne / Ciel et Espace
To have a different point of view of what we usualy see of Paranal observaoty, I've been outside, on the road. With the end of the sun set, Jupiter, Venus and the Pleiades it was quite a good choice. VLT is on the center, Vista on the right.

The heart of M94 seen by hubble
Full resolution

processing: André van der Hoeven

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).

Saturn and its biggest moon Titan, as captured on 17-04-2012 ..
After making this image a touch brighter, there are 3 other moons visible ..

the first photo of the moon

http://www.abc.es/20120416/medios-redes ... 61234.html
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A few comments here.

Paul Haese, I like all the fascinating details seen in the thick gas cloud where there is various stages of star formation going on. I think our galaxy feels youthful when I see pictures like yours!

Lorenzo Comolli, that's an impressive auroral display! I like the green-illuminated red house in the foreground and the mountains in the background. Norway is a photogenic country!

Emil Ivanov, that's a very fine picture of the intrerplay between bright blue reflection nebulosity, faint red emission nebulosity and thick dark "tubes" of concentrated gas and dust, from which new stars can be born.

Alistair Symon, I like both your images. One is predominantly blue, one predominantly red, but both pay tribute to the indvidual characteristics of gas clouds in the Milky Way.

Jerry Lodriguss, right now your image won't open for me, but I've seen it before and admired it. So that is why the rings of Saturn look so very bright sometimes, and much fainter at other times?

Efrain Morales, it's interesting to see all the exposures that you combained into one finished color picture.

chapdelaine, that's a nicely detailed Hubble image of galaxy NGC 7217.

John Davis, I love that image! This is exactly the kind of image that makes me very, very happy. The details are so fascinating and the colors are wonderful!

Behyar Bakhshandeh, your Sun images are all very fine.

Lynn Hilborn, I like your ethereal space angel!

Don Goldman, starsurfer brought me a link to your images. I liked thenm very much! And this planetary nebula is both interesting in ints structure and delightful in its colors.

JL Dauvergne, your image really had me staring. Imagine being able to see both Orion and the Large Magellanic Cloud in the sky at the same time, and not even too far away from each other! That's a reminder for us northerners of how wonderful the sky can look from other latitudes. I like your other picture, too.

avdhoeven, you know that I love your processed version of the center of M94. This is a truly fascinating galaxy with an amazing range of populations, from old yellow stars in the nucleus to an almost unique sort of "green" intermediate stars in the inner bulge, to a remarkable large and brilliant blue ring interspersed with reddish-pink emission nebulae. Thank you so much for bringing us this picture!

Rothko, that's a truly interesting image of the Moon! Unfortunately I don't read Spanich, so I can't read more about it.

Thanks to everyone who contributed images here!

Ann