Starship Asterisk*

Orion nebular complex


Canon 200mm F/2.8
ASI094
60x300s
M42 and Horsehead by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Why reuse a 2015 image?

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap151216.html

The infinity stones - Antares and Rho Oph molecular clouds

Antares Cloud complex by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

The Dolphin dark nebula - Barnard 252

Barnard 252 - Dolphin Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

varadinagypal wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2019 4:44 pm These oversaturated overprocessed clickbait whatevers -- I am fairly sure this is not the direction astrophotography should head to.

I agree 100%

The Fighting Dragons of Ara:

Dragons of Ara in HOO by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Eta Carinae nebula in Hubble Palette

Eta Carinae Nebula in Hubble Palette by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Prawn Nebula in HOO

Prawn nebula in HOO by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

The Pencil Nebula: https://live.staticflickr.com/7927/47537027232_5bb0624282_z.jpg Pencil Nebula in HOO by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr Dragons of Ara in Ha and Starless: https://live.staticflickr.com/7913/46574754155_dd40d85974_z.jpg Dragons of Ara Ha Starless by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr

The Orion Sword

Reprocessing M42 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

I have pinpointed the location on one of my images: This is the frame: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4889/30735519337_8e89479cab_z.jpg Tarantula in Hubble Palette by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr If you look right at the bottom of the image, you'll find a void, with a blue and red-orange star on it. ...

NGC253 teamwork:

7h L
3h RGB
Teamed up with my friend Maicon Germiniani
WO132mm F/7
ASI1600MM-C

TS115/800
ZWO ASI 183

NGC253 double capture by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Comet 46p/Wirtanen It is showing a very big coma, almost pinpoint nucleus and a tiny tail already. It is moving so slowly that I only stacked the stars and the comet showed allrigh (ok, slight color separation, but meh) WO 132mm F/7 ASI1600MM-C L: 15x180s RGB: 15x60s bin2 https://farm5.staticflickr....

Thanks, Ann!

The R136 cluster has gone AWOL after the HDR and color calibration for some reason.

In this semi-processed version it still shows up:

R136 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Tarantula Nebula in Hubble Palette https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4889/30735519337_8e89479cab_z.jpg Tarantula in Hubble Palette by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr Using an Anglo-Australian Observatory image, I was able to pinpoint SN1987A: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4851/44958560104_af8072d2bf_z.jpg...

The Tarantula Nebula in HOO

Tarantula 132mm HOO by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Dragons of Ara in Ha and OIII

Dragons of Ara V2 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

The Fighting Dragons of Ara

Two dragons fighting over an egg on the constellation of Ara.

80mm f/7 triplet APO
ASI1600MM-C
Ha 33x300s
OIII 30x300s

Copyright: Rafael Compassi

Ara fighting dragons by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Antares and Rho Ophiuchi region The Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex is a dark nebula of gas and dust that is located 1° south of the star ρ Ophiuchi of the constellation Ophiuchus. At an estimated distance of 131 ± 3 parsecs, this cloud is one of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System. http...

Orion Nebular Complex

M42 Revision 2 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

80mm F/5 Triplet APO
QHY9m
Baader 36mm unmounted filters
L:65x300s
Ha:45x300s
G, B 12x300s

The horsehead Nebula

Horsehead Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

The Tarantula Nebula

Tarantula Rev2 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4205/35555167005_440618851d_z.jpg NGC4945 by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4240/35385726742_738b59b757_z.jpg Corona Australis molecular cloud by Rafael Compassi , no Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4212/34665817754_02f4be34eb_z.jpg Figh...

The Tarantula Nebula

SW 8" F/5
Canon T1i modded
Astronomik CLS CCD Clip filter
31x300" ISO1600

Tarantula Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Corona Australis dust lane



https://flic.kr/p/KuULh5