Starship Asterisk*

[size=125]IC59 - IC63[/size]

[img2]http://www.spaceimages.de/files/1/6/9/ic59-HaRGB-small.jpg[/img2]
[url=http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/de/ic-59-ic-63-0]Data/FullRes[/url]

Recording / preprocessing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Jens Zippel
Image processing: by Jens Zippel & Frank Iwaszkiewicz

Best Regards [url=http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de]Deep-Sky-Astroteam[/url] / [url=http://www.spaceimages.de]Jens Zippel[/url]

[b][size=127]California Nebula (NGC1499)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Brian Hitney[/b]
Larger size: [url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/76413982@N02/22601142622/in/dateposted-public/[/url]
[attachment=9]22601142622_4bf821857c_b.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Cave Nebula (SH2-155)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Brian Hitney[/b]
Larger size: [url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/76413982@N02/22451658856/in/dateposted-public/[/url]
[attachment=8]22451658856_b27ee16a1d_z.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]America's Dust[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Lóránd Fényes[/b]
[attachment=7]lorand_fenyes_dust5_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Tibetan Skyscape[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jeff Dai[/b]
[attachment=6]Tibetan Skyscape_2000_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Mt.Jampayang at break of dawn[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jeff Dai[/b]
[attachment=5]Mt.Jampayang at the break of dawn-1800_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Sh2-119[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: NIcola Montecchiari[/b]
[attachment=4]Sh2-119_cn.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Orion Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Evangelos Souglakos[/b]
[attachment=3]orion_nebula_m42.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way glory[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Amir shahcheraghian[/b]
[attachment=2]IMG_5191_22_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Martin Rusterholz[/b]
[attachment=1]g65-cx-apod.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Crater Theophillis[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Richard Bosman[/b]
[attachment=0]Crater Theophillus 30-10-2015 R Bosman_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M31 above Manchester, England[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ali Ghazizadeh[/b]
[attachment=10]M31_600s_120s_registered_DBE_Combined_V3_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]C/2014 S2 Panstarrs on Sep 13th[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
Larger size: [url]http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c2014_s2_2015_09_13dp.jpg[/url]
[attachment=9]c2014_s2_2015_09_13dp_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Lunar crescent above Tsauchab valley, Namibia[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Javier Solano[/b]
[attachment=8]PA145717.JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon and rainbow clouds[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Andrea Pistocchini[/b]
[attachment=7]Pistocchini Moon Corona.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon and Aldebaran[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Gadi Eidelheit[/b]
[attachment=6]2015-10-29-Moon-Ald-2123utc.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Occultation[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat[/b]
[attachment=5]Desktop8_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon above Queretaro, Mexico[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Arkady Borys[/b]
[attachment=4]DSC_1651_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal[/b]
[attachment=3]IC405 Jesus Vargas - Maritxu Poyal_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NASA/JPL: Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views[/size][/b]
[b]Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-337[/url]
[attachment=2]N00250071-1041.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]A Different vision of Pleiades[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Rigoberto Cortes Bou[/b]
Full size: [url]https://rgfotografia.smugmug.com/NighSky/i-QdhCnd6/0/O/pleyadesoriginal.jpg[/url]
[attachment=1]unnamed.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]3 flares over Galicia (Spain)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Dani Caxete[/b]
[attachment=0]unnamed (1).jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M31 above Manchester, England[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ali Ghazizadeh[/b]
[attachment=10]M31_600s_120s_registered_DBE_Combined_V3_jpg.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]C/2014 S2 Panstarrs on Sep 13th[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
Larger size: [url]http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c2014_s2_2015_09_13dp.jpg[/url]
[attachment=9]c2014_s2_2015_09_13dp_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Lunar crescent above Tsauchab valley, Namibia[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Javier Solano[/b]
[attachment=8]PA145717.JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon and rainbow clouds[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Andrea Pistocchini[/b]
[attachment=7]Pistocchini Moon Corona.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon and Aldebaran[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Gadi Eidelheit[/b]
[attachment=6]2015-10-29-Moon-Ald-2123utc.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=150]A Different vision of Pleiades[/size][/b]
[b][size=127]Occultation[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat[/b]
[attachment=5]Desktop8_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Moon above Queretaro, Mexico[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Arkady Borys[/b]
[attachment=4]DSC_1651_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal[/b]
[attachment=3]IC405 Jesus Vargas - Maritxu Poyal_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NASA/JPL: Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views[/size][/b]
[b]Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-337[/url]
[attachment=2]N00250071-1041.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]A Different vision of Pleiades[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Rigoberto Cortes Bou[/b]
Full size: [url]https://rgfotografia.smugmug.com/NighSky/i-QdhCnd6/0/O/pleyadesoriginal.jpg[/url]
[attachment=1]unnamed.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]3 flares over Galicia (Spain)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Dani Caxete[/b]
[attachment=0]unnamed (1).jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The moon rising [/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Javier Martinez Moran[/b]
[attachment=10]27102015-_JAV6275-Editar.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Lunar Halo[/size][/b]
[b][size=127]Copyrights: Antti Turtiainen[/size][/b]
[attachment=9]DSC_0013 (2).jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Around the Pelican Nebula[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Copyright: Roberto Colombari - DSW[/b]
Full size: [url]http://www.astrobin.com/full/222777/0/?real=&mod=[/url]
[attachment=8]8e6475660946fa4548fb13cbeb5e3ad2.1824x0_q100_watermark_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 5139[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Fred Calvert[/b]
[attachment=7]NGC5139_RGB_Calvert_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 3372 [/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Fred Calvert[/b]
[attachment=6]ngc3372_SIIHaOIII_Calvert_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]At Boardwalk's End[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Kevin Jordan[/b]
[attachment=5]BoardwalkMilkyWay_W.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Explosive Helix (NGC7293)[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jason Jennings[/b]
Full size: [url]http://cosmicphotos.com/gallery/displayimage.php?fld_image_id=293&fld_album_id=11&fld_resol=3[/url]
[attachment=4]displayimage_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Lagoon Nebula over Ganden monastery[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jeff Dai[/b]
[attachment=3]Lagoon Nebula over Ganden monastery_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Dream Island[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer[/b]
[attachment=2]Isla de Los Pajaros_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127] Meteor with vapor trail[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Brian Hancock[/b]
[attachment=1]meteor and vapor trail near small magellanic cloud.gif[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC 4725[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Bruce Bartle[/b]
[attachment=0]NGC 4725_APODsubmission.jpg[/attachment]

Solar activity 30th of Oct and 1St of Nov
images © Philippe TOSI
regards

[img2]http://www.hdr-sky.com/data/tosi/APOD/coro30cotcoul.jpg[/img2]

[img2]http://www.hdr-sky.com/data/tosi/APOD/1novapod.jpg[/img2]

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
Alcarreño
https://www.flickr.com/photos/113243238@N08/albums/72157653149002556

[url=https://flic.kr/p/AvKdik][img]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5785/22652739685_6305dab705.jpg[/img][/url]

Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 31st, 06:46ut. Moon glow interference but clear skies. Today is at is closest to Earth at a rapid speed across the sky. ( Later on will post animation if possible )

Taken 31.10.2015 18:20 CET from Warsaw.

Link to animation : http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/7649/2015/b2491cba-5056-40b3-bc8f-11188fc94353.gif

[size=120][b]Venus Jupiter Mars Conjunction - Dawn at Plemmirio Lighthouse 2[/b][/size]
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile
[img2]http://www.dariogiannobile.com/img/s8/v74/p1600848357-4.jpg[/img2]

[size=120][b]Mars - Venus -Jupiter conjunction over the plemmirio lighthouse[/b][/size]
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile
[img2]http://www.dariogiannobile.com/img/s5/v123/p1603090149-5.jpg[/img2]

[quote="Ann"][quote="Greg Parker"]Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :([/quote]

Glad to be of some service. I saw from the link that your image was processed by Noel Carboni. Do say hi to Noel from me - he used to grace the pages of Starship Asterisk* as Mr Spock! :D

Ann[/quote]

I'll certainly say hi to Noel for you - he is working flat out on his astroimage processing software right now :ssmile:

[quote="Greg Parker"]Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :([/quote]

Glad to be of some service. I saw from the link that your image was processed by Noel Carboni. Do say hi to Noel from me - he used to grace the pages of Starship Asterisk* as Mr Spock! :D

Ann

[quote="Greg Parker"]Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :([/quote]
Both Asterisk itself and Flickr are not very friendly to animated GIFs. Asterisk because usually animated GIFs are too large in filesize and we want to take into consideration people in all sorts of low-bandwidth situations and Flickr is just Flickr. You might try imgur next time. You wouldn't want to post the image directly on the forum but a link to an imgur page would work nicely.

Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 30th, 06:02ut. (Will link animation if possible later ) On October 31, 2015, at just after 1 p.m. EDT it will be at its closest.

Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :(

[quote="Greg Parker"]WY Cassiopeiae - a highly variable, variable star.
Click on "Click to view full size image"
Then click on the downward pointing arrow at the bottom right hand corner
Then click on "View all sizes"

https://flic.kr/p/6L3jqP[/quote]

I was impressed with the animation of a most fascinating star, but I had to google to actually find the animation. So I'm posting [url=http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2009/02/amazing-variable-star-in-constellation-cassiopeiae.html]a link[/url] where you can see the animation and read a little about the star, too.

Ann

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2015

This is an animation of the inverse novae R Coronae Borealis.
I first imaged this with the Sky 90 array and was highly disappointed that it was still around mag 15 in August 2013.
It had been around the minimum for years and I was expecting it to be quite a bit brighter.
I then imaged this region with a 200mm lens in May 2015, not giving R Coronae Borealis a second thought.
I was amazed when I took a closer look that RCrB had brightened up considerably after so many years in the doldrums.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@N02/21982534963/sizes/o/

Here is an image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) taken over two nights earlier this month (October 11 and 12, 2015). Total exposure time was 36 minutes using 20 second subs at ISO 6400. A Canon 6D was attached at prime focus of a Meade LX90 12″ telescope, an Antares f/6.3 focal reducer was placed between the camera and telescope. Looking forward to adding more time to this image.

[img2]http://i1.wp.com/www.leisurelyscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FINALngc6946_31min_1-20.jpg[/img2]

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2015
The inverse nova R Coronae Borealis imaged at the dates shown.
This star had been sitting near its minimum (left image) for many years, extremely unusual.
I imaged the region recently with the Canon EF 200mm DSLR lens and was amazed to see that after years near minimum it had brightened up considerably.

[img2]http://www.newforestobservatory.com/wordpress/wp-content/gallery/quasarsandother/RCrB_comparison_NFO.jpg[/img2]

WY Cassiopeiae - a highly variable, variable star.
Click on "Click to view full size image"
Then click on the downward pointing arrow at the bottom right hand corner
Then click on "View all sizes"

[img2]https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3450/3780161879_0446d7a320.jpg[/img2]

https://flic.kr/p/6L3jqP

[url=https://flic.kr/p/zdD3nt][img]https://farm1.staticflickr.com/611/21802798413_33da07366e.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/zdD3nt]NGC 281 - Pacman Nebula[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/kinch-astro/]Brendan Kinch[/url], on Flickr

[b][size=127]Reflection and dark nebulae in Cepheus[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Artem Mironov[/b]
Full size: [url]https://www.flickr.com/photos/artemfomin/15468038577/in/dateposted-public/[/url]
[attachment=9]15468038577_d41473c685_o_jpg_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Black Hole Has Major Flare[/size][/b]
[b]Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-331[/url]
[attachment=8]pia20051-16.jpg[/attachment] [b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35298 [/i][/b]

[b][size=127]Veil Nebula for Hallowe'en[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Stuart Heggie[/b]
Full size: [url]http://www.astrofoto.ca/stuartheggie/ccd_photos/Eastern_Veil_Bi-Colour_PW_U16M_Big.jpg[/url]
[attachment=7]Eastern_Veil_Bi-Colour_PW_U16M_Big_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]C/2014 Q1 on Sep 13th[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Damian Peach[/b]
Full size: [url]http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c2014_q1_2015_09_13dp.jpg[/url]
[attachment=6]c2014_q1_2015_09_13dp_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]LBN 603[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Robert Fields[/b]
[attachment=5]LBN 603 LRGB Resized_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Pillars in NGC7822[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Don Waid[/b]
Larger size: [url]http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc7822-2015-09-26-1200.html[/url]
[attachment=4]ngc7822-2015-09-26-NB-0715.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Hunter´s Moon[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Javier Martinez Moran[/b]
[attachment=3]27102015-_JAV6293-Editar.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Lunar Halo[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Stan Honda[/b]
[attachment=2]_SH85656j-sm.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Aurora in the subarctic[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke[/b]
[attachment=1]LightDarkness_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]SADR 21[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Andrea Malservisi[/b]
[attachment=0]sadr 21 Agosto 2015_jpg_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]VISTA Discovers New Component of Milky Way[/size][/b]
[b]Credits: ESO/Microsoft WorldWide Telescope[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1542/[/url]
[attachment=12]eso1542a.jpg[/attachment] [b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35299 [/i][/b]

[b][size=127]Melotte 15[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Dan Meek[/b]
[attachment=11]Melotte 15_50.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The "Halloween Aurora" of 2003[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Dave Parkhurst[/b]
[attachment=10]unnamed.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Milky Way and meteor[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Inma González de la Mata[/b]
[attachment=9]Meteoro_VíaLáctea.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]NGC6914[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and Copyrights: Data Acquisition Credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson, Jerome Yesavage, Leonardo Orazi; Image processing Credit : Daniele Malleo[/b]
[attachment=8]unnamed (1).jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M94[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyright: Data from the Hubble Legacy Archive, Subaru Telescope and Robert Gendler; Assembly and Processing by Robert Gendler[/b]
More sizes: [url]http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M94-HST-Gendler.html[/url]
[attachment=7]M94-Core-HST-2-SS.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]M17[/size][/b]
[b]Credits and copyrights Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler and Roberto Colombari[/b]
More sizes: [url]http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M17-HST-Subaru-ESO.html[/url]
[attachment=6]M17-HST-Subaru-ESO-SS.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Moon[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Andy Spielman[/b]
[attachment=5]Moon 10-21-15_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]October SuperMoon[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Maxwell F.X. Palau[/b]
[attachment=4]unnamed (2).jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]The Witch Head[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Jeff[/b]
Full size: [url]http://www.skycrumbles.net/Pages/IC2118_en.html[/url]
[attachment=3]IC2118_A_full_small.jpg[/attachment]

[b][size=127]Asteroid 2015 TB145[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: Ernesto Guido[/b]
[attachment=2]2015 TB145_Q62_26_Oct_2015.JPG[/attachment]

[b][size=127]‘One size fits all’ when it comes to unravelling how stars form[/size][/b]
[b]Image credit: K.G. Johnston and ESO (background image)[/b]
An article: [url]http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3782/one_size_fits_all_when_it_comes_to_unravelling_how_stars_form[/url]
[attachment=1]O_type.jpeg[/attachment] [b][i] http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35303 [/i][/b]

[b][size=127]Milky Way and Halema'uma'u Crater[/size][/b]
[b]Copyrights: David Puleo [/b]
[attachment=0]IMG_9795_small.jpg[/attachment]

[quote="Deep-Sky-Astroteam"][size=125]IC59 - IC63[/size]

[img2]https://photos-6.dropbox.com/t/2/AABJOU_ve2UgDz2tNVaBYMBovgCVeqCcS8jM8l0FHYQGUA/12/57746987/jpeg/32x32/1/_/1/2/IC59_IC63_Bicolor_Finish_groß%2022.10.06.jpg/EI6DzSwYpwMgBygH/3b3U9Vcz7-efnbDzL7l6hbB6js0owdGDW7Z2c2uBOCI?size=1024x768&size_mode=2[/img2]

[url=http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/de/ic-59-ic-63-0]Data/FullRes[/url]

Recording / preprocessing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Jens Zippel
Image processing: by Jens Zippel & Frank Iwaszkiewicz

Best Regards [url=http://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de]Deep-Sky-Astroteam[/url] / [url=http://www.spaceimages.de]Jens Zippel[/url][/quote]