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Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by abramson » Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:07 am

Comet Lemmon and globular cluster 47 Tucanae
Copyright: Guillermo Abramson
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From dark suburban skies at the seaside resort town of Las Grutas (-40, -65) the comet was not visible to the unaided eye. Binoculars showed a hint of tail and a shade of green. It was very close to the globular cluster 47 Tuc for a couple of nights, giving a beautiful frame.
Canon T1i, Canon lens EF 100 F2, 33x5 sec @f/2, ISO 3200, tripod mounted.
Enjoy!
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Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by Seantos » Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:36 am

Aligning the Moon, Venus, Jupiter, and Pleiades.

Came across this older photo from 08/12/12. I remember driving home from Kitt Peak Observatory around 4 a.m and seeing this awesome alignment through my windshield. I pulled over and snapped a couple photos and jumped in the last exposure. This is NOT a composite. This is a single image, my right arm just moved slightly which made it look a little weird.

Sharing is appreciated!

http://www.facebook.com/seanparkerphotography
http://www.sean-parker.com

Camera Details:
Canon 5D MKII
Nikon 28mm F/2.8 via Fotodiox adapter
ISO 5000 for 25 seconds
Foreground was lit up with a headlamp
conjunctionasterisk.jpg
ISS Flyover In Tucson, Arizona.

Here is a composite image of 4 stacked images totaling of around 4 minutes of the ISS flying over Tucson, Arizona. It will also be visible tonight around 8:15PM. Look W-NW for a really fast moving light in the sky.
ISS Flyover In Tucson, Arizona. <br /><br />Here is a composite image of 4 stacked images totaling of around 4 minutes of the ISS flying over Tucson, Arizona. It will also be visible tonight around 8:15PM. Look W-NW for a really fast moving light in the sky.
ISS Flyover In Tucson, Arizona.

Here is a composite image of 4 stacked images totaling of around 4 minutes of the ISS flying over Tucson, Arizona. It will also be visible tonight around 8:15PM. Look W-NW for a really fast moving light in the sky.

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tawilson » Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:10 pm

Double Lunar Rainbow
Copyright: Dale Cruikshank
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Witch Head Nebula in Eridanus
http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... c=17&p=482
Copyright: Scott Rosen
[img2]http://www.astronomersdoitinthedark.com ... --640x.jpg[/img2]

Big Sur Nights
Copyright: Erion Cuko
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Untitled
Copyright:Christopher Moss
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Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tawilson » Thu Feb 28, 2013 5:55 pm

Supermassive Black Hole Spins Super-fast
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201307.html
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=30819
[img2]http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/image_archiv ... /lores.jpg[/img2]

Chasing the Magellanic Clouds
http://www.psychohistorian.org/
Copyright: Auke Slotegraaf
[attachment=0]20130216-emu-thumbnail.jpg[/attachment]
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Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by BudgetAstro » Thu Feb 28, 2013 2:31 pm

Starless Horsehead and Flame
HaRGB Collaboration Doug German/Dave Williams

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http://i46.tinypic.com/15dsvt3.jpg

Copyright Doug German/Dave Williams
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Re: Found Images: 2013 February

by ftherrmann » Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:21 am

The Panther
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

The Panther is actually a Bok globule in the Rosette 4500 light years distant in the constellation of Monoceros. Bok globules are dark, dense molecular clouds from which star formation can take place. These were first observed by Bart Bok in the 1940’s. Bok speculated that these clouds were ‘similar to insect’s cocoons’ and would give way to new stars and star clusters as they underwent gravitational collapse.

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tawilson » Thu Feb 28, 2013 12:07 am

Cave Nebula
Copyright: Dean Salman
[attachment=1]SH2-155BIG.jpg[/attachment]

Snow Moon
http://www.galacticimages.com/
Copyright: John Chumack
[attachment=0]99percentMoon022413ChumackHRweb.jpg[/attachment]
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Panstarrs comet

by Guest » Wed Feb 27, 2013 10:58 pm

C/2011 L4 Panstarrs
Copyright: Victor Bibé
From Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina

Córdoba-Argentina: Long way to the south.

by aldomottino » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:16 pm

Copyright: Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo (EABA-OAC-UNC).

Rosette: 'animals in the sky'

by aldomottino » Wed Feb 27, 2013 6:10 pm

Copyright: Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo (EABA-OAC-UNC).

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tango33 » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:41 pm

NGC 1999 and the Waterfall Nebula
Located in the Great Orion Molecular Cloud Complex just south to the famous M42 (to the Right of this image), lyes this interesting yet forgotten region of the sky.
NGC 1999 is a dust filled bright nebula with a vast hole of empty space represented by a black patch of sky, as can be seen in center of this photograph.
It is a reflection nebula, and shines from the light of the variable star V380 Orionis.(WIKI)

At the Upper Right of the image the Bright Red line is called the Waterfall Nebula (HH 222)
It is considered one of the most mysterious objects in known galaxy (NASA)

Please see explanation here:
http://io9.com/5852822/gaze-upon-the-co ... all-nebula

Larger version:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148973576

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

Image

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tango33 » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:38 pm

A closeup on Messier 42

Large version:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/148840864

Cheers,

Kfir Simon
Image

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by StevenMx » Tue Feb 26, 2013 9:02 pm

Object: M104 a.k.a NGC 4594 - The Sombrero Galaxy - 16 May ~ 14 June 2003
FITS data obtained from Hubble Legacy Archive.
A six panel mosaic offering close detail of dust lanes and nucleus.
After final cropping the full size image is 11333 x 7430 pixels.
Processing by: Steven Marx Click to view Original FULL scale image

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by Paramount » Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:04 pm

IC1795 with a bit of IC1805 attached in the HST palette, taken between December 2012 and February 2013 due to weather, 24 hours total exposure
Gordon Haynes
http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by VegaStar » Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:42 am

Full Moon Illustration
Feb 25, 2013
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier
http://vegastarcarpentier.com/full-moon-illustration/

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by RafaRo » Mon Feb 25, 2013 10:53 pm

PLEIADES WIDEFIELD
Second Version
http://WWW.SKYANDPHOTO.COM
Copyright: Rafael Rodriguez

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by tawilson » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:39 pm

Running Chicken (IC2944)
http://www.astrobin.com/33651/
Copyright: Roberto Colombari
[img2]http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/56f33bbb ... esized.jpg[/img2]

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by terry.hancock » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:52 am

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by wilsondm » Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:46 am

NGC 3324 - Gabriela Misteral
http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002
Copyright: Michael Sidonio
[attachment=17]NGC 3324 Gabriela Misteral.jpg[/attachment]

Orion
http://www.miguelclaro.com/wp/
Copyright: Miguel Claro
[attachment=16]Orion.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 281 Pacman Nebula
http://www.ried-sternwarte.de/index.html
Copyright: Vladimir Rau
[attachment=15]NGC281.jpg[/attachment]

Mount Etna Erupting and a Meteor
Copyright: Alessio Di Matteo
[attachment=14]Erruption.jpg[/attachment]

Map of Jupiter
http://www.damianpeach.com/
http://www.facebook.com/peachastro
Copyright: Damian Peach
[attachment=13]Map.jpg[/attachment]

Geminids Shower
Copyright: Juan Carlos Casado
[attachment=12]geminids.jpg[/attachment]

Aurora Borealis
http://www.astrosurf.com/lecureuil
Copyright: Patrick Lécureuil
[attachment=11]Aurora Borealis.jpg[/attachment]

M8 and M20
Copyright: César Blanco González
[attachment=10]M8 and M20.jpg[/attachment]

Aurora Borealis
Copyright: Sergio Di Mauro
[attachment=9]Aurora Borealis_2.jpg[/attachment]

The Moonset over the Ocean - Time lapse
http://www.miguelclaro.com/wp/
Copyright: Miguel Claro


IC434 Horsehead Nebula
http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/
Copyright: Bill Snyder
[attachment=8]Horsehead-CCDStack-2-add-Ha-4-Lum-PS1-Blend-Ha-to-Red-V5-for-website-new-Stars--1024x991.jpg[/attachment]

NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunea ... rwind.html
Copyright: European Space Agency (ESA)
[attachment=2]727026main_SolarWindESA-orig_full.jpg[/attachment]

The Fox Fur and Cone Nebulae
http://bf-astro.com/
Copyright: Bob Franke
[attachment=1]coneNebulaNB2.jpg[/attachment]

Moonrise
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 679&type=3
http://ptrenard.skyrock.com/
Copyright: Bertrand Kulik
[attachment=6]Moonrise.jpg[/attachment]

Sunset
http://www.flickr.com/photos/campodelcielo/
Copyright: Mohamed Laaifat
[attachment=5]Sunset.jpg[/attachment]

Sirius Rising
Copyright: Peter Muks
[attachment=7]Sirius rising.jpg[/attachment]

Stellar Motions in Outer Halo Shed New Light on Milky Way Evolution
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 3/07/full/
Copyright: NASA, ESA, A. Deason and P. Guhathakurta (University of California, Santa Cruz), and A. Field, R. van der Marel, T. Sohn, and T. Brown (STScI)
[attachment=4]Stellar Motions in Outer Halo Shed New Light on Milky Way Evolution.jpg[/attachment]

Noctilucent cloud (NLC)
Copyright: Henrik Bondo
[attachment=0]NLC_19feb13_1719UT.jpg[/attachment]

M82
http://www.feraphotography.com/
Copyright: Bob Fera
[attachment=3]M82b.jpg[/attachment]
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Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by Jeff Dai » Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:48 pm

Stars above Ten Thousand Buddha
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Northern stars of the big dipper and Constellation Leo shines above the Wanfo Summit at the World Heritage site of Mount Emei in China. Mount Emei is a place of historical significance as one of the four holy lands of Chinese Buddhism. And for the meaning of Wanfo, is the house of the mountain’s patron deity, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, and ten southand of buddhas are around it.
As well as the other 30 ones at Mount Emei, this temple is in local traditional style, making full use of the terrain. The advanced architectural and building techniques are the quintessence of Chinese temple architecture.

A starry night of Golden Summit
Image
In a dark starry night of the world heritage site of Mount Emei in China ,The Spring constellation of Corona Borealis,Virgo and corvus rises above the golden summit of Mount Emei. Mount Emei is a place of historical significance as one of the four holy lands of Chinese Buddhism. The golden summit is the second highest peak of the mountain (3077 above sea level) and this is the location of the first Buddhist temple built in China in the 1st century CE when Buddhism was introduced via the Silk Road . The Bodhisattva Samantabhadra is said to have visited the mountain astride a six-tusked elephant, and is considered the mountain’s patron deity. The giant golden 48m (157ft) statue in the picture is called The Ten Directions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, was completed during 2006.

A glimpse of the cosmos
Image
Earth/ Solar system-gegenschein / Milky Way / open star cluster


Image with higher resolution at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffdai/
Email: jeffdai1988@gmail.com

Rotating 2012 DA14

by PeterR » Sun Feb 24, 2013 9:55 am

Some days ago, NASA released a paper presenting the preliminary results from Goldstone radar antennas with the first 18 images showing 2012 DA14 tumbling around its axis in 7 hours
http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/pdf/pres/s ... eo-05E.pdf . Even though the images are just some pixels wide, they represent an incredible resolution, way beyond the capabilities of any optical telescope, including Hubble.
The second advantage of the radar images is that the scale is constant while the distance of the Asteroid increases from 120,000 to 314,000 km.

I cut out, processed and upsized the tiny images to see what an animation could possibly reveal.
As the gap between the frames was a full 20° on average, the animation was not smooth enough so I used a morphing technique to calculate 8 new frames in between each of the basic 18.
I was astonished to see how clearly it showed the rotation of the elongated asteroid but also that it could possibly be peanut-shaped like comet Hartley or the asteroid Toutatis.
Of course, the tiny size of the originals are demanding some cautions when it comes to the interpretation and possible conclusions of what is shown.

On the 19th of february Nasa released more images and their own movie so I got a go-ahead to upload my animation http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-063

/*Peter R
Link to higher definition animation:
http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pic ... 403066.gif

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by ftherrmann » Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:37 am

NGC2903
http://fth.bounceme.net/
Copyright: Fred Herrmann All rights reserved.

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by Mila » Sun Feb 24, 2013 5:05 am

Microscopic images of a chondrules in chondrite meteorite

Copyright: Mila Zinkova


Here you can find a higher resolution:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8376/8502 ... 9e18_h.jpg
Chondrites are meteorites that fall in Chelyabinsk, Russia.


Here you can find a higher resolution:
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8500 ... 1db9_h.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2013 February

by Robert-Austria » Sat Feb 23, 2013 8:52 pm

Sharpless 2-101 Tulipnebula in Hubblepalette
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl
Sharpless 2-101 is a very beautiful nebula in the constellation Cygnus but rarely photographed.

In the mittle right area is the Star HD 113535 "Cagnus X1" with a black hole - and above at the right upper corner appears a blue bow - perhapps somebody can tell me if the black hole can be the reason for this blue bow. :?:

Here you can find a higher resolution:
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=ima ... Itemid=134

Best regards from austria
Robert Pölzl

Faint tidal streams around NGC5899

by Pieter Vandevelde » Sat Feb 23, 2013 7:59 pm

This deep image of NGC5899 in Bootes show some extremely faint tidal streams.
The top left hand corner shows an inversed part of the luminance layer to enchance the contrast.
The galaxy is at about 10 o'clock from the bright star in the frame.
I was able to capture these rarely seen faint bands during an imaging trip to the South of France last week.

Click here for higher res version: http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandeve ... gc5899.jpg

thanks for looking,

Pieter

http://www.astronomie.be/pieter.vandevelde/

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