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- Tue Nov 01, 2016 5:44 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 November
- Replies: 183
- Views: 75447
NGC 4755 (Jewel Box cluster)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino, Carlos Colazo, Raúl Melia, César Fornari and Carlos Rodríguez (EABA, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina).
- Mon Oct 03, 2016 3:39 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 October
- Replies: 174
- Views: 60216
Messier 6
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
- Wed Sep 28, 2016 4:59 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 September
- Replies: 198
- Views: 113357
Details on NGC253 and surrounding sky
Original wide field Wolfgang's image was taken at Tivoli southern sky guestfarm (http://www.astro-pics.com/2536m.html) and complemented with a close up of the galaxy captured from 'Bosque Alegre' observatory in Córdoba, Argentina.
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper, Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo.
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper, Aldo Mottino and Carlos Colazo.
- Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 September
- Replies: 198
- Views: 113357
The colors of Crux
Slightly out of focus capture of Crux. The most southern localized and brightest star is the blue-white Alpha Crucis or Acrux, followed by four other stars, their clockwise order coinciding with descending magnitude. They are Beta, Gamma (one of the closest to Earth red giants), Delta and Epsilon Cr...
- Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:11 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 August
- Replies: 245
- Views: 96609
M16 pillars
Main: Hubble image used as luminance and EABA image used as chrominance.
Inset: EABA image.
Credits and copyright: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (narrowband) and EABA/OAC/UNC (RGB); RGB acquisition and processing: Aldo Mottino, Carlos Colazo, Raúl Melián, Carlos Rodríguez and César Fornari.
Inset: EABA image.
Credits and copyright: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (narrowband) and EABA/OAC/UNC (RGB); RGB acquisition and processing: Aldo Mottino, Carlos Colazo, Raúl Melián, Carlos Rodríguez and César Fornari.
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:27 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 August
- Replies: 245
- Views: 96609
Details on Horsehead Nebula
Image credits and copyright: H-alpha: KPNO 4.0 M telescope (NOAO/AURA/NSF); color: 1.5 M telescope (EABA/UNC); processing: Kfir Simon, Carlos Colazo, Aldo Mottino.
- Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:00 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 June
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48865
The colors of the stars
Taken from Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 2:10 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 June
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48865
Re: Unusual bright spot captured at sunset.
Hi all, The first picture was taken from my backyard at sunset. I was surprised to see such bright spot in the dark clouds since the sun was already below the horizon (18:30 local time aprox). So I moved immediately to the second floor roof and got the second image, and soon after that a zoom image...
- Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:37 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 June
- Replies: 122
- Views: 48865
Unusual bright spot captured at sunset.
Hi all, The first picture was taken from my backyard at sunset. I was surprised to see such bright spot in the dark clouds since the sun was already below the horizon (18:30 local time aprox). So I moved immediately to the second floor roof and got the second image, and soon after that a zoom image....
- Tue May 17, 2016 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 May
- Replies: 173
- Views: 311263
The largest reflection (NGC 2023)
Credits: Infrared: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA; Optical (RGB+Ha): Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
Processing: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
Processing: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
- Sun May 01, 2016 10:34 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 May
- Replies: 173
- Views: 311263
Turbulent Orion
Image from the Spitzer Space Telescope was partially used as luminance of the RGB+Ha image captured from my observatory in Argentina (http://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=23378&mode=view). Thanks for looking! Aldo Credits and copyright: Optical (RGB+Ha): Aldo Mottino (Argentina); Infrar...
- Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 April
- Replies: 135
- Views: 55232
M42 and M42+NGC1977
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 March
- Replies: 146
- Views: 53038
30 Doradus: close-up x2
Credits and Copyright: Luminance by ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. NASA, ESA, ESO, D. Lennon (ESA/STScI) et al. and the Hubble Heritage Team. Chrominance (RGB+Ha) and processing by Ezequiel Bellocchio and Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
- Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 February
- Replies: 156
- Views: 66221
Messier 46 (and NGC 2438)
M 46 in RGB was captured from Rosario, Argentina. The planetary NGC 2438, shown with more detail in the inset, was captured from Bosque Alegre Observatory, Córdoba, and integrates RGB with Ha. Picture 1: Credits and Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Rosario), Argentina. Picture 2: Credits and Copyright: Aldo...
- Wed Jan 27, 2016 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 January
- Replies: 174
- Views: 81900
Two southern crosses (... and the 'witch head' tree!)
The first cross belongs to a small but beautiful catholic temple. The ‘San Eduardo’ chapel is placed at a top of a hill, 22 km away from San Carlos de Bariloche, Patagonia, at the south of Argentina. The chapel presents a SE-NW orientation and is very close to the Andes mountains. Main trees in the ...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 12:02 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 December
- Replies: 176
- Views: 93598
Into the core of NGC 104 (47 Tucanae)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
My special thanks to Sergio Galarza for inviting me to the star party in Bigand, Santa Fe, Argentina!
My special thanks to Sergio Galarza for inviting me to the star party in Bigand, Santa Fe, Argentina!
- Thu Oct 22, 2015 4:01 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 October
- Replies: 196
- Views: 65734
September 2015: Total solar eclipse
A super Moon means at the same time a super Earth (for ‘Selenites’). Also, the magnificent lunar eclipse of September 2015 meant at the same time a solar eclipse for ‘Selenites’. Okay, forget the ‘Selenites’, but imagine we are orbiting the moon and suddenly… there it is, the unmistakable blue plane...
- Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:39 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Super Blood Moon - 27-28 September 2015
- Replies: 57
- Views: 117757
Lunar eclipse: from gray to red
Copyrigh: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
- Tue Sep 29, 2015 3:49 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Super Blood Moon - 27-28 September 2015
- Replies: 57
- Views: 117757
Eclipse and equipment
Two photos assembly.
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
- Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:38 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Super Blood Moon - 27-28 September 2015
- Replies: 57
- Views: 117757
Re: Super Blood Moon - 27-28 September 2015
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
- Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:23 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: ScienceCasts: Total Eclipse of the Harvest Moon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 646
Three stages of total eclipse
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina)
- Tue Aug 25, 2015 8:15 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 August
- Replies: 228
- Views: 90398
NGC 253: color+infrared
The infrared image from ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA telescope was partially used as luminance of the color image captured from EABA observatory in Córdoba, Argentina.
Image Credit & Copyright: Optical (RGB): Aldo Mottino & Carlos Colazo (EABA, UNC, Argentina); Infrared: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA.
Image Credit & Copyright: Optical (RGB): Aldo Mottino & Carlos Colazo (EABA, UNC, Argentina); Infrared: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA.
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 6:28 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 July
- Replies: 224
- Views: 80885
Belt of Venus from Ischigualasto (San Juan, Argentina)
Single and panoramic images captured at dusk from the Triassic Park Ischigualasto, San Juan, Argentina.
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Argentina).
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:08 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 June
- Replies: 215
- Views: 95816
Jupiter-Venus conjunction (June 30, 2015)
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Rosario, Argentina)
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 June
- Replies: 215
- Views: 95816
Venus-Jupiter conjunction
Copyright: Aldo Mottino (Rosario, Argentina)