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IC 417
http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/ ... 00911.html
Copyright: David Churchill

Virgo Galaxy Cluster
http://www.starpointing.com/ccd/virgodeep.html
Copyright: Fabian Neyer

NGC 6820
http://www.astro-koop.de/?attachment_id=905
Copyright: Stefan Heutz, Wolfgang Ries and Michael Breite Fun fact: this nebula isn't actually NGC 6820 but for some reason it is referred to by this name. It's actual name is Sh2-86 and the designation of NGC 6820 refers to a small reflection nebula in the surrounding region.

Northern Cygnus
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/Cygnusmosaic.html
Copyright: Rob Gendler Although this image has been featured on APOD previously, I think it would make a great rerun on a Sunday! I regard this to be one of the greatest astroimages of the 21st century!

IC 1396 North
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1173.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), H. Schweiker & S. Pakzad (NOAO/AURA/NSF)

NGC 300
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1037/
Copyright: ESO

Seagull Nebula (IC 2177)
http://www.astrostudio.at/1_Deep%20Sky% ... 4bf509c46e
Copyright: Gerald Rhemann

CICLOPS Art Room: Titan

© 2013: Ron Miller (Black Cat Studios)

M13
http://www.feraphotography.com/AM14/M13.html
Copyright: Bob Fera

Just a lovely composition and serene scene of aurora borealis as seen from Norway.


Above and Beyond, by Tor-Ivar Næss
http://www.flickr.com/photos/torivarn/9644315039/

NGC 5529
http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/NGC%2 ... es%5D.html
Copyright: Antonio Sánchez

NGC 253
http://www.astro-pics.com/253tvm.htm
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper

PGC 10922
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1334a/
Copyright: ESA/Hubble & NASA
Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt This galaxy is also known as ESO 3-13.

NGC 6015
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.i ... GC6015.htm
Copyright: Martin Pugh

Summers Night Sky Story In Petrilo
Copyrights: Konstantinos Basilakakos
Suggested by Dimitris Papadopoulos

Sh2-284
http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery_LB ... 01.37.html
Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

Eta Carinae Nebula (NGC 3372)
http://herschel.cf.ac.uk/results/carina-nebula
Copyright: ESA/Herschel/SPIRE/PACS/Thomas Preisbisch Thomas Preibisch has done a lot of work on the Eta Carinae Nebula, his website: http://www.usm.uni-muenchen.de/people/preibisch/

NGC 253
http://rickstevenson.smugmug.com/Astro- ... hy/2013-09
Copyright: Rick Stevenson

Milky Way
http://www.astrophoto.com/CentralBulge.htm
Copyright: Tony Hallas

The entire disk of the Earth lit during the equinox on September 22, 2013.
Credit: Roscosmos / NTSOMZ / SRC “Planeta” / zelenyikot.livejournal.com

Animated gif (3.4 MB)

Source: Universe Today | Nancy Atkinson | 2013 Sep 24
Electro-L’s Fully Lit View of Planet Earth at the Autumnal Equinox

https://vk.com/electrol

Abell 39
http://bf-astro.com/abell39/abell39.htm
Copyright: Bob Franke This deep image shows the rarely seen galactic cirrus nebulosity in this region of the sky.

Sky diver and rocket launch
Copyrights: U.S. Air Force/Vandenberg Base
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronom ... aunch.html

LBN 438
http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1167.html
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)