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Sadr Area Sadr Salvo-Roberto-HRGB-bis.jpg Copyright: Salvatore Spinoso & Roberto Colombari IC 59 and 63 - Nebulae in Cassiopeia http://www.feraphotography.com/AM14/pics/IC59cBig.jpg IC59cBig.jpg Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera Link: http://www.feraphotography.com/AM14/IC59.html New data for come...

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NGC7008-El-Feto-de-Gon-11092013-MR.jpg Picture of NGC7008: The Fetus Nebula, from county of Aras de los Olmos - Valencia - Spain. Camera: - SBIG ST-2000XMC Telescope: - Planewave CDK 17" f6.8 CopyRight : - Gonzalo Fornas http://astrogon.blogspot.com.es - Alfonso Carreño http://www.zonalunar.com

ic1795_hst.jpg Ondrej Kozacik my own picture of NGC896/IC1795/IC1805 in HST palette i want submit to APOD. Here is a link to picture with more technical info about photo: http://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=ogami/1378655539.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90132063/AstroImages/IC%205067.jp...

Cocoon_HaRGB_PI.jpeg Albert Barr I added four hours of Ha to the LRGB wide field I recently did of the Cocoon from Mayhill NM TJL004_T9_Guido_09_09_2013.JPG Ernesto Guido & Nick Howes We just updated the blog with our confirmation image and info of new comet C/2013 R1 (LOVEJOY) Orion.jpg Peter ...

http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c2012_v2_2013_09_01dp.jpg [attachment=3]peach.jpg[/attachment] Copyright : Damian Peach Caption : Here is C/2012 V2 (LINEAR) from Sep 1st. This time a much better result in colour. A weak ion tail seems to be present. Currently the brightest comet in the sky at aro...

Great-Carina-Keyhole-and-Red-Hood-Nebulae-1854x1747-pixels-CLOSEUP.jpg Copyright : Harel Boren Caption : I made a close-up version cropping away the less interesting parts, and leaving those with all the little details in color and lum, in an adjusted framing (I had to sacrifice the red-hood part t...

9570874732_c2e64311aa_b.jpg Copyright : Vinodiran Arumugam Caption : This was a photo taken on a night of poor observing conditions on Mauna Kea a couple of weeks ago (21/8). The moon was high in the sky and full - or perhaps a day off a full moon - brightly illuminating the Mauna Kea landscape. Yo...

August 29, 2013: Data from a NASA airborne science mission has revealed an immense and previously unknown canyon hidden under a mile of Greenland ice.

Full story: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sc ... egacanyon/

Copyright : Grant Salmond http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8256/8666295125_04c3295ba8_z.jpg Caption : There was a half moon at this time and so the landscape in the background was lit up quite brightly. The sign in the foreground was lit by the headlights of passing road trains on the highway from Lon...

http://www.noao.edu/news/2013/img/m51_zoom_1600x1000.jpg Copyright : K. Rhode, M. Young and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF Caption : WIYN/NOAO: M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy, seen with new ODI Camera on WIYN Telescope Full story : http://www.noao.edu/news/2013/pr1309.php -------------------------------------------...

lorand_fenyes_NGC6992.jpg Copyright : Lorand Fenyes Caption : 8" newton (home made) SkyWatcher EQ-6 Canon EOS600D (Digital Rebel) 50 x 6min ISO 800, 100 x 3 min ISO 1600 Hungary, NW of Budapest 07.2013 (10 days) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Apod.jpg Copyright : Francisco Javier Pobes Serrano ( http://www.astrofotoplanetaria.com/ ) Caption : It is easy to know that the fate of this plane was not the moon, but if so ... When taking this photograph the moon was at 361 038 km (224,338.61 miles), taking into account that the maximum speed ...

http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/screen/eso1334a.jpg Copyright : ALMA / ESO Caption : New observations from the ALMA telescope in Chile have given astronomers the best view yet of how vigorous star formation can blast gas out of a galaxy and starve future generations of stars of the fuel t...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yf2psNAHaE Copyright : Daniel López Caption : I just published my last night timelapse. The video is made on La Palma (Canary Islands), one of the darkest skies and one of the best observatories. The video is done at night timelapse. From many corners of the island s...

http://vimeo.com/70826377 Copyright : Jia Hao Caption : This is a late submission, of my video work documenting the dissappointing comet Pan-STARRS in March. I took advantage of a home visit to China to follow comet Pan-STARRS at its best. This short time-lapse compilation includes footages from th...

scatteredMoonlight.jpg Copyright : Sahm Werner Caption : the polarization of the scattered light of the full moon, made with a fisheye and a polarizing filter. Time: 2013-07-22 00:29:25 Location: Near Tübingen/Germany Top of the picture: South lefts side: West --------------------------------------...

Bubble_HST2.jpg Copyright : Peter Nagy Caption : NGC7635: Bubble Nebula Hubble Palette in Cassiopeia. 0.47"/pixel. 8/24/2012, 9/7/2012, 10/6/2012. Tech info : Astrodon Ha 5nm filter: 21 x 15 minutes, 1x1, Excellent seeing condition. 8/24/2012 Astrodon Oiii 5nm filter: 31 x 15 minutes, 1x1, Not...

ic443-final-crop-web1150.jpg Copyright : Jesús M. Vargas (Astrogades) & Maritxu Poyal (Maritxu) http://www.sky-astrophotography.com Caption : IC443 - IC444 - Sh2-249 Tech details : Place: MayHill, New Mexico (USA) MPC H06 - 31 January 2012 Photographic telescope: Takahashi FSQ-106 - 530 mm f/5 ...

NGC-3521_Final.jpg Copyright : Martin Pugh Caption : Here is the first object I have been able to target with my RCOS in Australia and my CDK in the US; and I am so pleased with the result. Of course, being able to gather data from two telescopes means heaps of data has gone into this. I used the f...

Rho Ophiuci Full size.jpg Copyright : Rafael Defavari ( http://www.500px.com/rafaeldefavari ) Caption : a close-up of Rho Ophiuchi region. Lots of gas and dust - all sorts of nebulas can be seen here and a globular cluster as a bonus. One of the most colorful and photogenic regions of the sky, for ...

number 9 pano cropped v5 best.jpg Copyright : Henry Palan ( http://www.henrypalan.com/ ) Caption : White Mountains near Bishop, CA on May 11, 2013. This Radio Telescope is one of the 23 dishes that make up the CARMA array. (Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy) Primary science a...

http://vimeo.com/70505060 Caption : Timelapse sequence taken at sunrise from Cerro Tololo observatory (ctio.noao.edu/), looking north-west towards La Serena. Earth's shadow and the Belt of Venus (apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap060723.html) are setting over the swirling clouds of the coastal marine layer. Not...

Caption: Images of gas cloud being ripped apart by the black hole at the centre of the galaxy
Story link: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1332/
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