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The Upper Sagittarius Region
A single 5min exposure at 70mm with a non-modified DSLR. Taken between clouds.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/268 ... Region.jpg
Copright Jacob Bers (Bersonic) http://bersonicastronomy.com/

The Eastern Veil
30x7min exposures form a non-modified DSLR and Ed80.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/268 ... ebula1.jpg
Copyright Jacob Bers (Bersonic) http://bersonicastronomy.com/

Clouds over Himalaya
Copyrights: Doug Anderson Abell 2065 Galaxy Cluster
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Close up on Horse Head and NGC2023
Credits and copyrights: Data: Remote Observatory in Tucson, Arizona; Processing: R. Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/176698/0/?real=&mod= Giant telescope takes a close look at a lava lake on Jupiter's moon Io
Credit: LBTO-USGS
An article: http://www.lbto.org/loki-fizeau-2015.html http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34729

M8-NGC6559
Copyrights: Hector Rafael Vazquez Rispoli
Larger size: http://www.astro-fotografia.com.ar/m8-ngc6559.php Coma Galaxy Cluster
Copyrights: Richard Flinn
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/175088/E/ NGC 2419 - The Intergalactic Wanderer
Copyrights: Bob Franke
Larger size: http://bf-astro.com/ngc2419/ngc2419.htm The Pillars of Creation Revealed in 3D
Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1518/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34734

Egocentric molecules
Copyrights: Adhemar Duro Milky Way from Easter Island
Copyrights: Lara Lema Pamela Codelco-Chuquicamata

The Pipe Nebula

From La Banderita, La Pampa, Argentina
Canon 60Da & 50mm EF 1.8 lens stopped at 2.8
15 shots of 10 seconds each
No Mount, no flats, no darks, no bias... just a tripod and trail processing in PS

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Large Solar Magnetic Filament on the Sun
Copyrights: John Chumack Jupiter - March 5th
Copyrights: Damian Peach M42 and surroundings - from Las Cruces
Copyrights: Jeff Johnson
More sizes: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/M42_8Feb15.htm Chameleon Cloud I Complex (IC2631)
Copyrights: Remus Chua and Ivan Bok Elephant Trunk Nebula
Copyrights: Juan Ignacio Jimenez IC443
Copyrights: Juan Ignacio Jimenez Mosaic-NGC7635
Copyrights: Juan Ignacio Jimenez
Larger size: https://www.flickr.com/photos/89350593@N07/16969686278/ Milky Way from Chile
Copyrights: Sebastian Ruiz Canosa Largest Solar prominence ever recorded from Earth
Copyrights: Stephen Ramsden NuSTAR Captures Possible 'Screams' from Zombie Stars
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4569 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34733

Milky Way with Formosan Sambar Deer
Copyright: Kuan Chen
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Time: 2012/04/01 02:06 UTC+8
Location: Jiaming Lake,Taitung,Taiwan

Leo Triplet - April 2015
Copyrights: Sébastien Gozé Starless HorseHead Nebula
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez NASA’s New Horizons Detects Surface Features, Possible Polar Cap on Pluto
Credits: NASA/JHU-APL/SwRI
An article: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa- ... p-on-pluto M97 - The Owl Nebula
Copyrights: Don Waid
Larger size: http://www.waid-observatory.com/m097-20 ... -1200.html "3D" anaglyph of Jupiter
Copyrights: Alex Dzierba, Jr. Sunspots
Copyrights: Matteo Vacca Jupiter 04/29 Oval BA
Copyrights: Christopher Go NGC 7380, The Wizard Nebula
Copyrights: Manuel Fernández Rosette Nebula
Credits and copyrights: Data: IPHAS survey; Processing: Charles Roe Elephant Trunk Nebula
Credits and copyrights: Data: IPHAS survey; Processing: Charles Roe

Eta Carinae
Copyrights: Steve Crouch
Larger versions: http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/Eta_ ... 3_RC14.htm Exploding Prominence
Copyrights: Roy McCullough Dust Gas in Corona Australis
Copyrights: Ezequiel Bellocchio Reflection Nebulae in Corona Australis taken from the Australian Outback
Copyrights: Remus CJ Jupiter 30/04 - GRS
Copyrights: Christopher Go CG4
Copyrights: Leonardo Julio
Full size: http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/139/CG4_hd.html Northern Lights on St Patrick's day
Copyrights: John Chumack

New exoplanet too big for its star
Credits: ANU
An article: http://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/new ... -its-stars http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34737

SH2-174 - Valentine Rose, in Cepheus
Copyrights: Reinhold Wittich Saturn, April 2015
Copyrights: Flavio Fortunato Absorbing the power of the universe
Copyrights: Rodrigo Rios
Larger version: https://www.flickr.com/photos/zsaint87/17335130085/ Jupiter images, March 4-5th
Copyrights: Damian Peach Saturn (March 5th, 2015)
Copyrights: Damian Peach 2 May 2015 Parhelic Circle in Italy
Copyrights: Marcella Giulia Pace

S Monocerotis Region

S Monocerotis is a massive variable star system that dominates the center of the image. The bright star is about 8000 times more luminous than our Sun. Coming from the upper left to the center of the image we have the cloud which was once compared with the shape of a fox by astro photographer David Malin, therefore the nickname "Foxfur Nebula". The blue glow directly surrounding S Monocerotis results from the reflection of the stellar dust of the area.

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Cheers to all !!
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With a 98% Moon and a late twilight the sky was slightly washed out but nevertheless Mercury put on quite a show this evening. An easy naked eye target, Mercury shone brilliantly below a very bright Venus and Jupiter. The foreground is illuminated by the rising moon.

Malcolm Park
www.photopark.ca

NGC 3521- a dusty galaxy
Copyright: Stefan Westphal

Data and better resolution are here: http://www.astrobin.com/177852/0/

Starglow and Cajon
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Copyright: Marc Toso

SH2-173
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com
Copyright: Enrico Africa Listening to the soundtrack of the musical "Phantom of the Opera", I've often thought about the lyrics of the song "Music of the Night" in the context of astronomy:

Picture this: it's twilight, the sun is setting, stars are shyly shining through the growing darkness. Slowly, but surely...

"Slowly, gently night unfurls it's splendour
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night"

That passage almost seems to speak to astronomers as they anticipate the thrills of seeing the wonders of the heavens slowly unveiled in the sky above them. Night slowly falls, sunlight fades aways, stars, planets and DSO's coyly reveal themselves in the growing darkness. The "Music of the Night" calls to astronomers not so much audibly but visually as the beauty of the heavens are revealed regardless of the viewing aids used: the Milky Way from a dark sky site, larger open star clusters in binoculars,
deep sky objects with larger telescopes.

In the story of the "Phantom of the Opera", the Phantom approaches the leading lady as an Angel of Music who trains her and grooms her into an opera star. Interestingly enough, there appears to be an "Angel of the Music of the Night" in the heavens acting as a muse to the astronomers on earth below.

OK, this is just another case of Pareidolia, but hey, where's the fun in saying "just another cloud in the sky?"

I present to you Sharpless 173, the 173rd entry in Stewart Sharpless' catalog of ionized glowing hydrogen gas. Its resemblance to a certain Broadway musical character has given it the nickname "Phantom of the Opera Nebula".

This object is very, very faint. Some nebulae that I've shot show great detail through my color filters. This particular object just barely shows up in my red data even with an hour's total exposure time. Most of the details visible in the main nebula were captured using a narrow-band Hydrogen-alpha filter. As with most such nebulae, Sharpless 173 is associated with star-forming regions and will disappear over time as the stars born in or around it blow its gases away.

In the meantime, let us enjoy this object as we ponder upon the Music of the Night.

eafrica wrote:SH2-173
http://www.skiesbyafrica.com
Copyright: Enrico Africa

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Listening to the soundtrack of the musical "Phantom of the Opera", I've often thought about the lyrics of the song "Music of the Night" in the context of astronomy:

Picture this: it's twilight, the sun is setting, stars are shyly shining through the growing darkness. Slowly, but surely...

"Slowly, gently night unfurls it's splendour
Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender
Turn your face away from the garish light of day
Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light
And listen to the music of the night"

That passage almost seems to speak to astronomers as they anticipate the thrills of seeing the wonders of the heavens slowly unveiled in the sky above them. Night slowly falls, sunlight fades aways, stars, planets and DSO's coyly reveal themselves in the growing darkness. The "Music of the Night" calls to astronomers not so much audibly but visually as the beauty of the heavens are revealed regardless of the viewing aids used: the Milky Way from a dark sky site, larger open star clusters in binoculars,
deep sky objects with larger telescopes.

In the story of the "Phantom of the Opera", the Phantom approaches the leading lady as an Angel of Music who trains her and grooms her into an opera star. Interestingly enough, there appears to be an "Angel of the Music of the Night" in the heavens acting as a muse to the astronomers on earth below.

OK, this is just another case of Pareidolia, but hey, where's the fun in saying "just another cloud in the sky?"

I present to you Sharpless 173, the 173rd entry in Stewart Sharpless' catalog of ionized glowing hydrogen gas. Its resemblance to a certain Broadway musical character has given it the nickname "Phantom of the Opera Nebula".

This object is very, very faint. Some nebulae that I've shot show great detail through my color filters. This particular object just barely shows up in my red data even with an hour's total exposure time. Most of the details visible in the main nebula were captured using a narrow-band Hydrogen-alpha filter. As with most such nebulae, Sharpless 173 is associated with star-forming regions and will disappear over time as the stars born in or around it blow its gases away.

In the meantime, let us enjoy this object as we ponder upon the Music of the Night.

This is possibly the most detailed image of this underrated nebula. Cassiopeia is full of many gems and jewels for astrophotographers. It brings to mind Mars from the Planets Suite by Holst.

M94 LRGB from Castor Sirene
http://outters.fr/M94-LRGB-Rcos-U16-sirene.html
Copyright: Nicolas Outters Link for the full resolution
http://outters.fr/images%20site%20astro/M94-Lrvb-4.jpg

A beautiful full Moon is rising over the city of Thessaloniki. The image is a composite that shows the different layers of the atmosphere as seen on the color of the Moon's disk becoming more white as it glides higher to the sky. Time distance between the images was 200secs.
Eyes on the skies
Constantine Emmanouilidi
http://www.stellar-explosions.com
f/b: Infection Photography

Full Moon of May meets the old fortress of Corfu, a Unesco world heritage.

Just above one hour ago, May 4 2015 21:07UT+3, the Full Moon rise just behind the Old Fortress of Corfu, a Unesco world heritage,
Our Moon was about 392730km away, just near apogee, which was 5 days ago and almost 8000km further away. The fortress with the oldest lighthouse in Greece was just 3,8km away but the view and the feelings was magical!
Watching the colors of the moon to change because of the atmosphere, and the moon rises above the fortress It is like stepping into another era, perhaps in the middle ages...

Canon eos 700D
SW ED80
600mm
f7.5
iso800
0.8sec

Moonbow over Halema'uma'u Crater
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. May 3rd, 2015, 4:30 AM.
Canon Mark III, 14mm, f2.8, 10 sec, ISO 3200

Orion over the Atuel River, Argentina.
3x30sec for the ground / Iso 6400 / 28mm f2.8
6x10s stacked fror the sky / Iso 6400 / 28mm f2.8
Sony a7

By: Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
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(Reprocessed)
The Large Magellanic Cloud over the Atuel River, Argentina.
3x20s stacked for the sky / iso 6400 / 28mm f2.8
1x90s + 1x20s for the ground / iso 6400 / 28mm f2.8
Sony a7

By: Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
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NGC6744 A beautiful southern hemisphere galaxy with a disturbed tail and a companion galaxy.

Taken at NSW Australia.

[imghttp://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/159907851/large][/img]


Greg Bradley

NGC6744 is a beautiful galaxy in the southern hemisphere.

Imaged from my dark site in NSW Australia.
http://www.pbase.com/gregbradley/image/159907851/
Greg Bradley

Object: NGC 1300 - 26 Sept 2004
FITS data obtained from Hubble Legacy Archive (HLA).
Two panel mosaic. Image integrated with H-Alpha
HST_10342_01,02,03,04
RED/HA: ACS_WFC_F814W / ACS_WFC_F658N
GREEN: ACS_WFC_F555W
BLUE: ACS_WFC_F435W

Processing by: Steven Marx Click to view Original FULL scale image (7785x3919)

NGC5189

This small planetary nebula which is about 90 x 62 arc seconds is also known as the Spiral Planetary Nebula. The reason for the nick name is evident in the image below and more particularly in the linked image.

Copyright: Paul Haese

Click here for higher resolution image.