Submissions: 2014 June

svlgrd · Post by **svlgrd** » Sat Jun 21, 2014 8:33 pm

Colorful Solar Storm

Active region 2080 (upper part of image) was one week old when this image was taken and it featured a complex magnetic field that earlier had yielded multiple flares. Just south of region 2080 is newly formed region 2085 that was growing rapidly. The image is a L-RGB composite in H-alpha light where the L-channel comes from a 6" refractor while the RGB is an image made using a special tri-band technique (http://astromikael.blogspot.dk/2012/09/ ... art-1.html) with a 70mm refractor.

Setup: 6" refractor with Daystar H-alpha filter and USB3 video camera. Piggybacking this I had a 70mm refractor with a Coronado H-alpha filter and a Skynyx 2-2M USB2 camera. Two laptops and a Tak EM200 mount completed this crazy setup. The 6" produces high resolution images at the H-alpha wavelength while the 70mm makes lower resolution images which can quickly by detuned from the H-alpha line. Such detuning enables me to make a tri-band color image which can then be used to colorize the high resolution view. Check my setup out here: http://www.leif.org/mikael/solarsetup2014.jpg

Acquisition - 6" Daystar: best 60 out of 1800 frames shot over 70 seconds. Exposure time was 5msec with 26 frames pr. second.
Acquisition - 70mm Coronado: best 60 out of ~500 frames from three sequences shot over 3 x 20 seconds with zero, medium, maximum detuning from the H-alpha line.

Full resolution version: http://www.leif.org/mikael/ar2080-full.jpg
Blue version (with RGB channels reversed): http://www.leif.org/mikael/AR2080-final ... colors.jpg

Copyright: Mikael Svalgaard, http://www.leif.org/mikael

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gregbradley · Post by **gregbradley** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:10 am

The Wolf Nebula SL17 in Scorpius.

An area of dark dust forms a shape that remarkably looks like a Wolf. A colourful area of the sky with emission nebula and sparkling stars of various hues.

Taken at a dark site. 16 hours of data total and this image is about 8 hours of from that data that was higher quality.

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Greg.

jjongmans · Post by **jjongmans** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 12:09 pm

Draco Triplet - NGC5981, NGC5982, NGC5985
More info: http://www.jeffreyjongmans.nl/photo.php?id=53
Copyright: Jeffrey Jongmans

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Adnst · Post by **Adnst** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:14 pm

Hello.
Here is ngc6888 and the soap bubble nebula

total exposure: 50 hours.
more informations: http://www.astrobin.com/103148/0/

Full: http://www.astrobin.com/full/103148/0/?real=&mod=

Romain.

Paramount · Post by **Paramount** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 7:13 pm

Hi
Here is a narrow band image of NGC7000 and IC5070 that I finished after starting it two months ago. It is 24x10 minutes Ha, 21x10 minutes OIII and 23x10 minutes SII.
Full : http://m9.i.pbase.com/o9/29/869929/1/15 ... canHST.jpg

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Gordon Haynes

Efrain Morales · Post by **Efrain Morales** » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:45 pm

Comet C/2013 UQ4 (CATALINA) on June 22nd, 07:43-58. Very bright on this session and two tails well defined (Dust&Ion). Animation at: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/C2013 ... r-Anim.gif

mexhunter · Post by **mexhunter** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 5:09 am

Since a young age I have had the desire to take a trip through the southwestern of the United States, see and feel the shocking nature reflected in the Grand Canyon, in the Arches National Park and in the terrible atmosphere of Death Valley.
Finally, now in retirement, that wish came true and behind the wheel of my car, carrying some cameras to capture multiples landscapes, to show different characteristics from the nature of our planet.
I drove just over 7,000 miles in 32 days and I visited all these extraordinary places, most of them are under management of the National Park Service. I believe that nature, humanity and society, have found support and positive, creative, respectful and viable response from the National Park Service of the United States of America.
In some scenes you can see the atmospheric luminescence and in the evening in the Nation Monument anticrepusclares rays could be.
Hopefully it will be of your interest and I appreciate that you see the images and read these lines.

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corypoole · Post by **corypoole** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 4:17 pm

Crescent Moon, Pleiades, and Venus just before Sunrise over Redding California 6/23/14

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Copyright: Cory Poole

lynnhilborn · Post by **lynnhilborn** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 8:41 pm

We share the lake and the sky....Best wishes to all !
July 1...Happy Canada Day
July 4... Happy Independence Day
http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3

gregbradley · Post by **gregbradley** » Mon Jun 23, 2014 10:02 pm

This area of dark nebula in the constellation of Scorpius strongly resembles a Wolf.
Taken at my dark site observatory with a TEC180 fluorite refractor.

Greg

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:22 pm

2 years since Venus transiting the Sun
Copyrights: L. Starwisper

Green flash
Copyrights: Bill Deák

Aurora in the UK
Copyrights: Brian Tomlinson

Star trails
Copyrights: Brian Tomlinson

Emu over Uluru
Copyrights: Greg Priestley

Sun Trail over Templar church walls
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

IC1311 Open Star Cluster in Cygnus
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi

NGC 2903
Copyrights: Dave Doctor

kwalker · Post by **kwalker** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:06 am

M8 and M20 Lagoon and Trifid
This Mosaic is a very limited amount of light frames (25 minutes per panel)
Its simply amazing what is hidden in our own Milky Way Galaxy.
Copyright Ken Walker
5x 5 minutes ISO 800 per panel
FLT98 DDG
CGE Mount
Canon EOS 60da DSLR
PixInsight

50% actual Pixel here http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa28 ... g~original

Andromeda 2013 · Post by **Andromeda 2013** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:09 am

The longest day of the year

https://www.flickr.com/photos/92681330@ ... otostream/

Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

genekim · Post by **genekim** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:02 am

copyright: Seok Yeong Kim
mars and saturn

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avdhoeven · Post by **avdhoeven** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 11:18 am

In the last few nights I was able to catch more data of M16. I got much better Ha data (better seeing) and also some OIII and SII data, that I had to stretch quite far). In the end I'm happy with the result (it's at only 20 degrees elevation here...).

TEC140 / QSI583ws

6x900s Ha, 4x900s OIII, 4x900s SII

M16 Hubble palette by Andre vd Hoeven, on Flickr

drlane · Post by **drlane** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 12:59 pm

Celestial Fireworks. The Milky Way appears to erupt from the top of a mountain. Below the mountain lies the ruins of the ghost town of Independence, Colorado founded and named by the discovery of the Independence lode on Independence Day, 1879. Above the town looms the mountain that appears to spew celestial fireworks, named Independence Mountain. The mountain is located at Independence Pass which located on the continental divide of the United States.

All of this in a photo taken on Independence Day. Hard to find a image with much more Independence than this one.

Thanks for taking a look.

Dave

Larger image at:

http://re-prop.com/apod/in3.jpg

gatoth · Post by **gatoth** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:28 pm

The Trifid Nebula - Messier 20
http://astro.i-net.hu/
Copyright: Gábor Tóth

Full resolution image with detailed description is available on my website: http://astro.i-net.hu/node/83

Rothkko · Post by **Rothkko** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 5:47 pm

crepuscular rays

: mérida, spain. 2012-11-18

un mes de color 10/11 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 84#p228184

Christoph Puetz · Post by **Christoph Puetz** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 7:18 pm

Milkyway Panorama from Gran Canaria
URL of website: http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz

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Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 9:58 pm

Beam me up Scotty!
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Guardian of the Galaxy
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Summer Solstice - Analemma on the southern meridian
Copyrights: Anthony Ayiomamitis

Aurora from the plane
Copyrights: Paul Williams
More pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pcw/sets/ ... 355065203/

Milky Way From Santa Barbara
Copyrights: Michael Shainblum
Larger size: http://500px.com/photo/74001755
https://www.facebook.com/shainblumphoto

The Trails of North Pole from Lisbon Planetarium
Copyrights: Miguel Claro

Mars with 1 meter telescope
Copyrights: Jean-Pierre Prost

Seantos · Post by **Seantos** » Wed Jun 25, 2014 10:00 pm

"Milkyway over Mt. Evans Meyer-Womble Observatory in Denver, Colorado"

Here is a 12-photo panoramic showing the Milky Way arching over the Meyer-Womble Observatory on Mt. Evans 37 miles west of Denver, Colorado. The observatory sits at an elevation of 14,193 ft and is owned and operated by the University of Denver. It is the 3rd highest optical/infrared observatory in the world.

astrochemist · Post by **astrochemist** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 2:57 am

M8 - Lagoon nebula from Columbia, MO.
Copyright CW Littlefield

Telescope - Celestron Nexstar 6SE
Camera - Canon T3i (unmodded)
Exposures: 48 x 15 seconds

Steve Walkey · Post by **Steve Walkey** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 5:19 am

Hi APOD! Hi Owlice! I finally have an unusual pic for you, after all your great ones that have given me so much pleasure... What do you think? Actually, I'm not sure if I uploaded that right, it seems complicated! If I have less than 10 posts, please can you override the spambot guard for me so I can put it on straight from my computer? I think I get that. Thanks!

Steve

Steve Walkey · Post by **Steve Walkey** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 6:18 am

Here she is... We saw it yesterday at sunset, there was another small one, which I've seen more often but this is more of a midair rainbow... Beautiful.

Note: I have a serious camera/ equipment deficiency at present that is being addressed, but in the meantime, my apologies for the low quality of the shot.

Steve Walkey · Post by **Steve Walkey** » Thu Jun 26, 2014 8:39 am

This may be a better shot. I took them at 18.45hrs from Petersfield, Hants, UK, with a sony DSC-T200.

Starship Asterisk*

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Night over America...as seen from Canada

The Wolf Nebula SL17

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