Submissions: 2015 October

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

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Alien interstellar beacon near NGC7789

Post by Greg Parker » Fri Oct 30, 2015 9:44 am

WY Cassiopeiae - a highly variable, variable star.
Click on "Click to view full size image"
Then click on the downward pointing arrow at the bottom right hand corner
Then click on "View all sizes"
https://flic.kr/p/6L3jqP
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R Coronae Borealis at two dates shown

Post by Greg Parker » Fri Oct 30, 2015 10:00 am

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2015
The inverse nova R Coronae Borealis imaged at the dates shown.
This star had been sitting near its minimum (left image) for many years, extremely unusual.
I imaged the region recently with the Canon EF 200mm DSLR lens and was amazed to see that after years near minimum it had brightened up considerably.

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by leisurelyscientist » Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:13 am

Here is an image of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) taken over two nights earlier this month (October 11 and 12, 2015). Total exposure time was 36 minutes using 20 second subs at ISO 6400. A Canon 6D was attached at prime focus of a Meade LX90 12″ telescope, an Antares f/6.3 focal reducer was placed between the camera and telescope. Looking forward to adding more time to this image.

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R Coronae Borealis animation

Post by Greg Parker » Fri Oct 30, 2015 1:21 pm

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2015

This is an animation of the inverse novae R Coronae Borealis.
I first imaged this with the Sky 90 array and was highly disappointed that it was still around mag 15 in August 2013.
It had been around the minimum for years and I was expecting it to be quite a bit brighter.
I then imaged this region with a 200mm lens in May 2015, not giving R Coronae Borealis a second thought.
I was amazed when I took a closer look that RCrB had brightened up considerably after so many years in the doldrums.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/12801949@ ... 3/sizes/o/

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Re: Alien interstellar beacon near NGC7789

Post by Ann » Fri Oct 30, 2015 3:02 pm

Greg Parker wrote:WY Cassiopeiae - a highly variable, variable star.
Click on "Click to view full size image"
Then click on the downward pointing arrow at the bottom right hand corner
Then click on "View all sizes"

https://flic.kr/p/6L3jqP
I was impressed with the animation of a most fascinating star, but I had to google to actually find the animation. So I'm posting a link where you can see the animation and read a little about the star, too.

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Greg Parker » Fri Oct 30, 2015 5:16 pm

Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :(

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Asteroid 2015 TB145

Post by Efrain Morales » Fri Oct 30, 2015 6:42 pm

Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 30th, 06:02ut. (Will link animation if possible later ) On October 31, 2015, at just after 1 p.m. EDT it will be at its closest.
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by geckzilla » Fri Oct 30, 2015 8:52 pm

Greg Parker wrote:Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :(
Both Asterisk itself and Flickr are not very friendly to animated GIFs. Asterisk because usually animated GIFs are too large in filesize and we want to take into consideration people in all sorts of low-bandwidth situations and Flickr is just Flickr. You might try imgur next time. You wouldn't want to post the image directly on the forum but a link to an imgur page would work nicely.
Just call me "geck" because "zilla" is like a last name.

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Ann » Sat Oct 31, 2015 5:26 am

Greg Parker wrote:Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :(
Glad to be of some service. I saw from the link that your image was processed by Noel Carboni. Do say hi to Noel from me - he used to grace the pages of Starship Asterisk* as Mr Spock! :D

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Greg Parker » Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:40 pm

Ann wrote:
Greg Parker wrote:Thank you very much Ann - as you can probably tell - I was having a lot of trouble trying to get the animation running on Asterisk :(
Glad to be of some service. I saw from the link that your image was processed by Noel Carboni. Do say hi to Noel from me - he used to grace the pages of Starship Asterisk* as Mr Spock! :D

Ann
I'll certainly say hi to Noel for you - he is working flat out on his astroimage processing software right now :ssmile:

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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by ildiora » Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:13 pm

Mars - Venus -Jupiter conjunction over the plemmirio lighthouse
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

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Venus Jupiter Mars Conjunction - Dawn at Plemmirio Lighthouse 2
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2015 TB 145 flyby - animation

Post by Kapkowski » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:54 pm

Taken 31.10.2015 18:20 CET from Warsaw.

Link to animation : http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/7649/201 ... c94353.gif

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Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 31st

Post by Efrain Morales » Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:58 pm

Asteroid 2015 TB145 on October 31st, 06:46ut. Moon glow interference but clear skies. Today is at is closest to Earth at a rapid speed across the sky. ( Later on will post animation if possible )
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

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Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by philto » Sun Nov 01, 2015 2:50 pm

Solar activity 30th of Oct and 1St of Nov
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Sandgirl » Sun Nov 01, 2015 5:50 pm

The moon rising
Copyrights: Javier Martinez Moran
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Lunar Halo
Copyrights: Antti Turtiainen
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Around the Pelican Nebula
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NGC 5139
Copyrights: Fred Calvert
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NGC 3372
Copyrights: Fred Calvert
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At Boardwalk's End
Copyrights: Kevin Jordan
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Explosive Helix (NGC7293)
Copyrights: Jason Jennings
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Lagoon Nebula over Ganden monastery
Copyrights: Jeff Dai
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The Dream Island
Copyrights: Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
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Meteor with vapor trail
Copyrights: Brian Hancock
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NGC 4725
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Sandgirl » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:37 pm

M31 above Manchester, England
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C/2014 S2 Panstarrs on Sep 13th
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Lunar crescent above Tsauchab valley, Namibia
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Moon and rainbow clouds
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Moon and Aldebaran
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A Different vision of Pleiades
Occultation
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Moon above Queretaro, Mexico
Copyrights: Arkady Borys
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IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal
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NASA/JPL: Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-337
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A Different vision of Pleiades
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3 flares over Galicia (Spain)
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Sandgirl » Sun Nov 01, 2015 6:37 pm

M31 above Manchester, England
Copyrights: Ali Ghazizadeh
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C/2014 S2 Panstarrs on Sep 13th
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Lunar crescent above Tsauchab valley, Namibia
Copyrights: Javier Solano
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Moon and rainbow clouds
Copyrights: Andrea Pistocchini
Pistocchini Moon Corona.jpg
Moon and Aldebaran
Copyrights: Gadi Eidelheit
2015-10-29-Moon-Ald-2123utc.jpg
Occultation
Copyrights: Mohamed Laaifat
Desktop8_small.jpg
Moon above Queretaro, Mexico
Copyrights: Arkady Borys
DSC_1651_small.jpg
IC405 - The Flaming Star Nebula
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal
IC405 Jesus Vargas - Maritxu Poyal_small.jpg
NASA/JPL: Saturn's Geyser Moon Shines in Close Flyby Views
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-337
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A Different vision of Pleiades
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3 flares over Galicia (Spain)
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Sandgirl » Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:52 pm

California Nebula (NGC1499)
Copyrights: Brian Hitney
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Cave Nebula (SH2-155)
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America's Dust
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Tibetan Skyscape
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Mt.Jampayang at break of dawn
Copyrights: Jeff Dai
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Sh2-119
Copyrights: NIcola Montecchiari
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Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Evangelos Souglakos
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Milky Way glory
Copyrights: Amir shahcheraghian
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Little Veil Nebula (G65.3+5.7)
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Crater Theophillis
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Re: Submissions: 2015 October

Post by Deep-Sky-Astroteam » Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:25 pm

IC59 - IC63
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Recording / preprocessing: by Frank Iwaszkiewicz & Jens Zippel
Image processing: by Jens Zippel & Frank Iwaszkiewicz

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