Starship Asterisk*

I think that the APOD caption should include a sentence like: This image is an artistic composition of images taken from the same location but at different sky positions, times and focal lengths respect to the final composition. This is not representing the real sky. The actual sentence informing ab...

Dear Donato, great to have you here. Please can you reply to questions posed by others? They whould greatly help to understand how the image was made, than anyone can judge if it is ok or not. 1. Focal lenght of the two images (and eventual crop factor). Can you share 2 originals uncropped? 2. Locat...

This image is clearly striking both for Astronomy and for Image-processing. Clearly Comet+Mars+Matterhorn is a great idea and for sure the author has invested lot of time imaging and processing. I personally very appreciate the idea. However the composition is badly done, imho. So badly that it shou...

These streaks are NOT starlink satellites but "normal" geosynchronous satellites. Proof is the length of streaks that is about 0.75 degrees, corresponding to a streak of sidereal motion of declared 3 min exposures. Website of author is reporting the same image and it is described correctly...

G82.2+5.3 Cygnus Shell http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d207p.jpg Copyright 2019 Lorenzo Comolli - http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm Description and starless mouseover: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d207.htm Hires: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d207h.jpg Starless color: http://www.a...

Total solar eclipse 2019 - HDR composite - wide field composizione_250mm_87scatti_el7_unicoliv_RES1920.jpg Copyright: images Emmanuele Sordini, processing Lorenzo Comolli Emmanuele Sordini http://www.bloomingstars.com/ emmanuele@sordini.com Lorenzo Comolli http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.ht...

Total solar eclipse 2019 - HDR composite in rectangular projection composizione_83scatti_el9_POLARE_RES1920.jpg Copyright: images Emmanuele Sordini, processing Lorenzo Comolli Emmanuele Sordini http://www.bloomingstars.com/ emmanuele@sordini.com Lorenzo Comolli http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/inde...

Total solar eclipse 2019 - C2 and C3 sequence contatti_20x_el1_RES1920.jpg Copyright: images Emmanuele Sordini, processing Lorenzo Comolli Emmanuele Sordini http://www.bloomingstars.com/ emmanuele@sordini.com Lorenzo Comolli http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm comolli@libero.it Images taken...

Total solar eclipse 2019 - HDR composite eclipse sordini comolli_el9_RES1920.jpg Copyright: images Emmanuele Sordini, processing Lorenzo Comolli Emmanuele Sordini http://www.bloomingstars.com/ emmanuele@sordini.com Lorenzo Comolli http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm comolli@libero.it Images...

Cotton fioc partial eclipse Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm

Totality http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/ecl19/IMG_0648_0400.jpg TEC140, Canon 60D, 4s exp, 1600 ISO, crop, Tradate-Italy http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/ecl19/IMG_0646_0400.jpg TEC140, Canon 60D, 15s exp, 1600 ISO, Tradate-Italy http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/ecl19/IMG_5011 meteora el1_0400.jp...

Veil East http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d205p.jpg Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli Website: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm Overview and tech details: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d205.htm Hires color http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d205h.jpg Hires H-alpha http://www.astrosurf.com/com...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvXMfqzYgw Total Eclipse Timelapse, from narrow to wide FoV Copyright: Emmanuele Sordini and Lorenzo Comolli http://www.bloomingstars.com/ http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/ecl17a.htm Recommended: 1080p, full screen, audio on. We imaged the eclipse using a variety of...

Corona in HDR http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/ecl17-10p.jpg Copyright: Emmanuele Sordini and Lorenzo Comolli Email: emmanuele@sordini.com and comolli@libero.it Websites: http://www.bloomingstars.com and http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm More eclipse images and tech data of this image: ht...

Fireball over Saint Barthelemy Star Party A very bright fireball (m=-6) over the annual Star Party of Saint Barthelemy, the biggest event in Italy, with dozens of telescopes, caravans, tents. A big wow by all amateurs cut the silence of the night. The fireball ended just above the dome of the Saint...

Sh2-101 (Tulip) and neighborhoods in Cygnus http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d194p.jpg Ha-LRGB: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d194m.jpg Ha only: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d194mb.jpg Authors and Copyright: images Lorenzo Comolli, processing Lorenzo Comolli and Edoardo Radice Website: http:...

Waiting for the total eclipse from Faroe Islands While waiting for the solar eclipse, we've observed a great auroral display. Unfortunately clouds, always present on these islands, partially covered the show. We really hope to have good luck on March 20! Author: Lorenzo Comolli http://i.imgur.com/F...

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy (24 Jan) (new processing) Images and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli Dark and bright waves are clearly visible while moving inside the comet tail. Single images TEC140+SBIG 11k, L filter, 5 min exp. 24 Jan 2015 from 17.47 to 21.39 UT (~4 h) Small GIF only for preview: http://www....

Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy. Images and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli Dark and bright waves are clearly visible while moving inside the comet tail. Single images TEC140+SBIG 11k, L filter, 5 min exp. 24 Jan 2015 from 18.26 to 20.54 UT (2.5 h) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGgdiHgOQ58 GIF version: http:/...

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) in conjunction with M79.
Author and copyright: Lorenzo Comolli ( http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm )
Details: TEC 140 (f.l. 1011 mm), SBIG STL-11000, LRGB, total exp 55 min, 28 Dec 2014, h 21.16 UT

NGC 1333 and neighborhoods Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli (images and processing) and Edoardo Radice (processing) Links to authors: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm and http://www.astrobin.com/users/astroedo/ http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d184p.jpg Tech data: http://www.astrosurf.com/como...

LBN 558 and LDN 1250-1246 in Cepheus Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli and Edoardo Radice ( http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm and http://www.radice.biz/ ) A new processing by Edoardo Radice of my data submitted here some weeks ago. http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d181pd.jpg Details: http://www....

Sh2-129 in Cepheus
Author and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli ( http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm )


Details and H-alpha mouse over: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d183.htm

LBN 558 and LDN 1250-1246 in Cepheus
Author and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli - http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/

Details and description: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d181.htm

Integrated Flux Nebula in UMa, near SAO 6792
Author and Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli (http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm)


More details: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d166.htm