Starship Asterisk*

[size=120][b]NGC 6231 region[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/widefield/NGC-6231/info.htm[/url]
Copyright: José Joaquín Pérez
[img2]http://www.astro-austral.cl/imagenes/widefield/NGC-6231/med.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]HFG 1[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.noao.edu/image_gallery/html/im1110.html[/url]
Copyright: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF)
[attachment=0]hfg1.jpg[/attachment]

[float=left][c][attachment=0]ESP_028368_1500.jpg[/attachment]
[url=http://www.uahirise.org/ESP_028368_1500][size=120][b][i]Getting Luki (ESP_028368_1500)[/i][/b][/size][/url]
[b][i]Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona[/i][/b]

[b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29629 [/i][/b][/c][/float]

[float=left][c][img3="[size=120][b][i]Sh 2-292 (Credit: ESO)[/i][/b][/size]"]http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso1237a.jpg[/img3]
[url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1237/][size=120][b][i]The Rich Colours of a Cosmic Seagull[/i][/b][/size][/url]
European Southern Observatory | 2012 Sep 26

[b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29628 [/i][/b][/c][/float]

[size=120][b]Jellyfish Nebula (IC 443)[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/IC443-LRGB-201201.html[/url]
Copyright: David Churchill
[img2]http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/IC443-LRGB_201201-mid.jpg[/img2]

Moon in 3D
[img3="Korolev Lobate Scarp"]http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lroc_korolev_lobate_scarp-563x580.jpg[/img3]
[img3="Alpes Sinuous Rille"]http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lroc_alpes_sinuous_rille-580x557.jpg[/img3]
[img3="Orientale Sculpture 4"]http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/lroc_orientale_sculpture-538x580.jpg[/img3]
Image Credits: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University

[url]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/3d-moon.html[/url]
[url]http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=386&Itemid=41[/url]
[url]http://www.universetoday.com/97554/a-new-automatic-3-d-moon/[/url]

Hubble latest Deep image
http://hubblesite.org/news/2012/37
[quote]Like photographers assembling a portfolio of best shots, astronomers have assembled a new, improved portrait of mankind's deepest-ever view of the universe.

Called the eXtreme Deep Field, or XDF, the photo was assembled by combining 10 years of NASA Hubble Space Telescope photographs taken of a patch of sky at the center of the original Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The XDF is a small fraction of the angular diameter of the full Moon.

[/quote]
[url=http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2012-37-a-xlarge_web.jpg][img]http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/images/hs-2012-37-a-web.jpg[/img][/url]

Available in WOWSER
[url=http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2012/2012/37/image/a/format/zoom/]ZOOMIFY[/url]

Hubble eXtreme Deep Field, XDF

Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Illingworth, D. Magee, and P. Oesch (UCSC), R. Bouwens (Leiden University), and the HUDF09 Team

[b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=29624 [/i][/b]

[url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/09/25/endeavours-last-flight-seen-from-space/][size=110][b][i]Endeavour’s last flight… seen FROM SPACE![/i][/b][/size][/url]
Discover Blogs | Bad Astronomy | 2012 Sep 25

[img3="[size=120][b][i]Image credit: Google Earth[/i][/b][/size]"]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2012/09/googleearth_shuttle747.jpg[/img3]

http://www.gearthblog.com/blog/archives/2012/09/space_shuttle_endeavor_atop_a_747.html

[size=120][b]NGC 6239[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/NGC6239/NGC6239.htm[/url]
Copyright: Ken Crawford
[attachment=0]NGC6239.jpg[/attachment]

[size=120][b]ETHOS 1[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.pbase.com/jshuder/image/146152166/large[/url]
Copyright: Jim Shuder
[attachment=0]Ethos1.jpg[/attachment]
ETHOS 1 is a unique recently discovered planetary nebula with a binary central star and bipolar jets, more information can be found here:[url]http://arxiv.org/abs/1012.3331[/url]

Laurent Laveder's photo in better resolution: http://www.laurentlaveder.com/

The Best Newcomer in better resolution

[url]http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/special-prizes/[/url]

[url]http://www.pleiades.hu/galeria/kozmosz2/kepek_normal/25.jpg[/url]

[b]Fly Me to the Moon[/b]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarcarpentier/8016177963/in/photostream/
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier
[img2]http://imageshack.us/a/img210/5711/firstquartermoonvegasta.jpg[/img2]

[float=right][c][size=85][i][attachment=0]n891.jpg[/attachment][/i][/size][/c][/float][url=http://www.lowell.edu/news/2012/09/lowells-nsf-funded-large-monolithic-imager-sees-first-light-on-the-discovery-channel-telescope/][size=120][b][i]Large Monolithic Imager Sees First Light[/i][/b][/size][/url]
[quote]The [url=http://www.lowell.edu/techSpecs/LMI/LMI.html]Large Monolithic Imager (LMI)[/url], a camera built at [url=http://www.lowell.edu/]Lowell Observatory[/url] and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), recently took a set of first-light images on Lowell’s 4.3-m [url=http://www.lowell.edu/dct.php]Discovery Channel Telescope (DCT)[/url]. At the heart of the LMI is the largest charge-coupled device (CCD) that can be built using current fabrication techniques and the first of its kind to be made by e2v. The 36-megapixel CCD’s active surface is 3.7 inches on a side. The LMI’s ability to provide much more accurate measurements of the faint light around galaxies separates it from cameras that use a mosaic of CCDs to produce images.

The attached first-light image is of NGC 891, an edge-on spiral galaxy about 30 million light-years away in the Andromeda constellation. The image was obtained by Lowell’s Phil Massey, Ted Dunham, and Mike Sweaton, and then turned into a beautiful color composite by Kathryn Neugent. The exposure consisted of 10×1 min (B), 5×1 min (V), and 6×1 min (R), all unguided.

In the coming months, astronomers from Lowell and its DCT institutional partners — Boston University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Toledo — will be getting many more images like this as the Telescope’s commissioning continues. [/quote]
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=180147#p180147

The last flight of Endeavour.
[img]http://www.abc.es/Media/201209/23/efe-endeavour-escoltado-cazas--146x110.jpg[/img]
[url]http://www.abc.es/fotos-abc/20120923/ultimo-vuelo-endeavour-106914.html[/url]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esj5juUzhpU[/youtube]
Credits: Video Editing: [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/suitzoot]Bard Canning[/url]; Images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

[attachment=0]piriyaw.jpg[/attachment]

Wow, that Star Icefall from Japan ist stunning! :clap:

[float=left][url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/][size=120][b][i]2012 Astronomy Photograper of the Year[/i][/b][/size][/url]
Royal Observatory Greenwich | 2012 Sep 20

[img3="[url=http://www.flickr.com/36418300@N02/7400311000/][b][i]M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy by Martin Pugh (UK/Australia)[/i][/b][/url]
Overall and [url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/deep-space/]Deep Space[/url] Winner"]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5276/7400311000_088cb63717_b.jpg[/img3]
[img3="[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/43894176@N07/5338151979/][b][i]Star Icefall by Masahiro Miyasaka (Japan)[/i][/b][/url]
Winners: [url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/earth-and-space/]Earth and Space[/url]"]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5244/5338151979_b3bc9e10d6_b.jpg[/img3]
[img3="[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/29218195@N00/7344196912/][b][i]Transit of Venus 2012 in Hydrogen-Alpha by Chris Warren (UK)[/i][/b][/url]
Winners: [url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/our-solar-system/]Our Solar System[/url]"]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8153/7344196912_28f29161c9_b.jpg[/img3]
[img3="[i]Pleiades Cluster by Jacob von Chorus (Canada), aged 15[/i]
Winners: [url=http://www.rmg.co.uk/visit/exhibitions/astronomy-photographer-of-the-year/2012-winners/young-astrophotographers/]Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year[/url]"]http://www.rmg.co.uk/upload/img/jacobvonchoruspleiadescluster652.jpg[/img3][/float][float=right][img3="[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/75688325@N02/6808433003/][b][i]Elephant’s Trunk with Ananas, by Lóránd Fényes (Hungary)[/i][/b][/url]
Winner: Best Newcomer"]http://www.rmg.co.uk/upload/img/BNlorandfenyeselephantstrunknebulawithananas640.jpg[/img3]
[img3="[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/64908628@N07/7441189772/][b][i]Venus-Jupiter Close Conjunction by Laurent Laveder (France)[/i][/b][/url]
Winner: People and Space"]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7441189772_112666a01e_b.jpg[/img3]
[img3="[i]The Sunflower Galaxy by Thomas Read (UK), aged 12[/i]
Winner: Robotic Scope"]http://www.rmg.co.uk/tserver.php?f=RSthomasreedthesunflowergalaxy.jpg[/img3][/float]

[size=120][b]Sh2-216[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.astrosurf.com/zoll/images/SH2_216.html[/url]
Copyright: Stephane Zoll
[attachment=0]SH2-216.jpg[/attachment]

[size=150]A 30 metre high tornado of fire in Alice Springs, Australia
[/size]
[url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204468/Pictured-The-frightening-FIRE-tornado-whirled-Australian-outback-40-MINUTES.html[/url]
Copyright: Chris Tangey

[img2]http://imageshack.us/a/img805/263/article2204468150f05860.jpg[/img2]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsyvOYcWgcg[/youtube]

[size=150]Milky Way over the Talayotic monument Naveta d'es Tudons in Minorca, Balearic Islands
[/size]
Copyright: Manel Soria
[url]http://www.frikosal.net/Frikosal/Home.html[/url]

[img2]http://imageshack.us/a/img69/1658/57235732010pa3p.jpg[/img2]

[b][size=120]Sh2-71[/size][/b]
[url]http://www.gemini.edu/gallery/v/Previous-Featured-Images/20120511sh2-71.jpg.html[/url]
Copyright: Gemini Observatory
[img2]http://www.gemini.edu/images/pio/wallpaper/20120511sh2-71_1920x1080.jpg[/img2]

[b]Troll's Tongue[/b]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2204177/Trolls-Tongue-Hiker-walks-3-000-ft-rock-ledge-overhanging-Norwegian-fjords.html
Copyright: Jay Patel
[img2]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/09/16/article-0-150B3626000005DC-299_964x639.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]NGC 6744[/b][/size]
[url]http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.php?img=345&album=8[/url]
Copyright: Karel Teuwen
[attachment=0]NGC6744.jpg[/attachment]