Starship Asterisk*

M101 and surrounding galaxies, including NGC5474 (bottom right) and NGC522 (upper left)

A second more agressive postprocess of my previous image of Comet Catalina near galaxies M101 and M51. Now also featuring famous pair of stars Mizar and Alcor (up-left corner). Visit my gallery in flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/50559413@N03/?

Last saturday, from the OAC Observatory located in Northwestern Spain, I used a 200mm lens and a DSLR camera to shot this image, where we can see Galaxy M101, comet Catalina, star Alkaid and Galaxies M51 (from left-down corner to right-upper corner). A must see which I could not miss despite the str...

A mosaic of the nightsky region covering areas of Andromeda, Cassiopea, Perseus, Taurus, Cetus, Aries and Triangle constellations, featuring notable objects as galaxies M31 and M33, nebulae as Heart (IC1805) and Soul (IC1848), California (NGC 1499) or Pacman (NGC281). Also, some clusters as M34, dou...

Some late taurid meteors race over Pleiades open cluster as Hyades open cluster begins to rise; the scene is reflected on the still water of an small lake located at the higher peaks of Galician country https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-72SebGik5yA/VkpiczS5hrI/AAAAAAAAUSA/ZY_5nD7lIu0/w2543-h1695-no...

An hexagon is rising at sunset these days https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/58iikJibkop1N6SwIvO233uyQs5Khvh-KFyxIjqDHMDiE4GE_aaMVWnbAk5ZDZzopHg3nA5L5_i2XJ0TYqG7ABXBGl9S7QnTd8NjyWxALR9cbkLg8CU5LsKsenOTeFUzd3IYpxGIoGumHmDmRz7VzeLBiGce-YkCOaBZL_5KJ_JL-gSt0KkiI_ICC0MytCHbpujxeXF4ADF-cyXek_KfdBJQGCd1gpzf...

The Watchtower and the Milky Way facho_donon_medium.jpg [superhide] https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/oIU3-VfumCYqYsylROMtdtf9bfon7G8cDXTn3GF5AwA6YehT0id6VvdG7A3rRtxT_PAu-1p5zoR4jWUhQ_RHPV47vNTBIN8u5XNKSkJNVX3Vo2gi9nTRUDnFWio1arx0nm3OjwDkZPWsAcUrI64vv7hLPdwwQngd-N8XJSZ54o_7yFTYVS3xA2bZMmcXlOXlzzaap...

NGC281 Nebula (Pacman) Visit my gallery:
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Pinwheel Galaxy M33 Visit my gallery:
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Star trails and Meteors over the highest village in Asturias, north of Spain http://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5712/20984360741_da9d8950aa.jpg [superhide] https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9rIpHmkWlKgIGp_jPD1Lcu8sHIy3Y5sfp0GG2XR8jiue=w3175-h1920-no [/superhide] The other day, after a trek over the Canta...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IHlkXCYj8P1IAvyhRolZPJjluMwp2PEtYXQlVS2F7uDK=w800-h380-no Located in the mouths of Galician estuaries known as "Rías Baixas" there stand the European westernmost islands: Sálvora, Ons and Cíes. They are nowadays protected under the status of National Park...

Located in the mouths of Galician estuaries known as "Rías Baixas" there stand the European westernmost islands: Sálvora, Ons and Cíes. They are nowadays protected under the status of National Park. Particularly, Salvora Island is nowadays uninhabited and visitors may only come by reservat...

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-H5RUxm7ftPY/VVnndplDnZI/AAAAAAAARFI/6f71hmT2bsI/w1598-h793-no/oac_lr_ptgui_lr2.jpg "In may, the Milky Way rises on the East parallel to the horizon. After a wonderful night of stargazing at the OAC (Astronomic Observatory of Cotobade) in Spain with my friends...

venus_ons_small by angelaros1976, on Flickr
Venus set seen from an Atlantic island (Illa de Ons, Spain) in conjunction with the Pleiades cluster.
Credit: P.A. & A.A.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/50559413@N03/15890518873/ In the eve of Saint Valentine's Day, let me send you this picture, with a love story related to it: It is told that a long time ago, many years before the arrival of the spanish conquerors, there lived in the western coast of Benahoare (the na...

IC1805 and Comet Jacques Rosetta Nebula in conjunction with comet V5 Oukaimeden Copyrights: Ángel R. Arós rosetta_cometa_pixi_lr_small.jpg I have prepared a new version by enhancing the contrast, even though I lose some details on the edges. I think it is now more appealing. What do you think? http...