Submissions: 2016 March

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strongmanmike

NGC 2442 The Meathook Galaxy in Volans

Post by strongmanmike » Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:18 pm

Resembling a sharp implement that a butcher might use, NGC 2442 is a modest sized galaxy in the otherwise somewhat obscure southern constellation of Volans, the Flying Fish.

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1585/2525 ... 61dd_b.jpg
Sidonio.jpg
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

The full frame can be seen here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 8/original
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NGC 2327

Post by alcarreño » Sun Mar 06, 2016 5:22 pm


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Solargraphy

Post by matyi997 » Sun Mar 06, 2016 10:15 pm

Here is my 10 days solargaphy photo.
In the foreground is the hungarian Palace of Arts.

Copyright: Mátyás Szűcs

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by Guest » Mon Mar 07, 2016 8:01 am

Tent and star trails on 35mm black and white film, by Jason Ahrns

ImageDay 0: Lee's Ferry by Jason Ahrns, on Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by amyth91 » Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:22 am

Tarawera Dreams
Credits: Amit Ashok Kamble

It's such a great feeling when you lay down and gaze at the stars, looking up on the infinite universe and trying to find your place in this universe.

It was one of the most beautiful nights of the year and lake tarawera just added to the beauty of the night sky. The milkyway rising over the lake is a must do if you are around this place. The faint yellow glow over mount tarawera is the moon rising.
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A shot at the Jewel Box

Post by IanP » Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:14 pm

A shot at the Jewel Box ....
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Jupiter - March 3rd,4th,5th - Map, Anim.

Post by Efrain Morales » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:28 pm

Jupiter on March 3,4, and 5th - WinJupos projection layout for simulated animation. See animation At: New link full anim. - https://www.flickr.com/photos/54342905@N05/25302735160/ , public/http://www.astrobin.com/full/241119/0/
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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by wjaeschke » Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:01 am

Orion and the Running Man
Http://exosky.net/
Copyright: Wayne Jaeschke Full resolution image here:

http://exosky.net/exosky/wp-content/upl ... RGB_V2.jpg

Greg Parker

The Beehive Cluster in Perspective

Post by Greg Parker » Tue Mar 08, 2016 11:06 am

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2016

A 2-frame mosaic of the M44 region using Canon 200mm lenses and M26C OSC CCDs.

http://www.newforestobservatory.com/wor ... _Forum.jpg
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Messier 106

Post by alcarreño » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:00 pm

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile

ImageMessier 106 f8 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

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Milkyway as seen by artificial intelligence software "DeepDream" from Google

Post by Christoph Puetz » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:54 pm

Milkyway as seen by artificial intelligence software "DeepDream" from Google
http://www.ccdsky.eu
Copyright: Christoph Puetz Explanation:
In the past I took this picture from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands) of the milky way. This is an image showing the center of our milky way to the direction of Scorpius and Sagittarius,
composed by 400 frames of 3minutes exposure time and a DSLR with a 24mm lens.

I read these articles of Google's AI Project:
http://googleresearch.blogspot.de/2015/ ... eural.html
http://googleresearch.blogspot.de/2015/ ... izing.html

and I put my image into the DeepDream Software, which I compiled for my Windows platform (it is open source).
It produced this strange result. DeepDream assumes that it can "see" those dog-style features in the sky. :wink:

For me it was an interesting example of astrophotografic skills and sophisticated computer science.
Thanks for looking and kind regards,
Christoph

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by AstroScience » Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:25 pm

NGC 2903 - Forgotten jewel of northern skies.

Copyright: Sergio Kaminsky
http://www.myastroscience.com/#!ngc-2903-galaxy/tkccm

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by Marco Rank » Wed Mar 09, 2016 8:42 pm

Bright Jupiter on March 9th 2016 2:10 am
Seen from Jena (Germany).
15mm, 20sec, f/4, Iso 12.800

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Copyright: Marco Rank, http://www.marcorank.de

Image 900px (Full image ->11.5 MP):
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Glastonbury Tor star trails - England

Post by ChrisKotsiopoulos » Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:25 pm

Glastonbury Tor is a hill at Glastonbury in the English county of Somerset, topped by the St Michael's Tower.
Thanks for watching!

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C/2013 US10 Catalina and NGC1560

Post by cfm2004 » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:11 am

Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
February 10th, 2016
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Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Calibrated with bias, dark and flat.
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart4, Startools1.4, Paint Shop Pro X7 and Topaz plug-in Detalis.

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by Goudig » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:07 pm

Pink aurora in Lappland
The aurora was so intense that it revealed a pinkish color on its bottom part. This color was easily visible with naked eye.
http://www.bastienfoucher.com
Copyright: Bastien Foucher A larger version is here : http://www.bastienfoucher.com/Astrophot ... petite.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by RCompassi » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:37 am

Joint effort on Eta Carinae

Image taken by Rafael Compassi (me) and skilfully processed by Leandro Fornaziero.

ImageEta Carinae 2 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by RCompassi » Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:49 am

Omega Centauri

Imageomega_17x60 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by Josh Smith » Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:14 am

ImageM82HaLRGB by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by afesan » Sat Mar 12, 2016 11:46 am

BFS 32 (Perseus)
A small reflection nebula inside a dark nebula surrounded by dust.Named GN 03.47.9 and also BFS 32 (Blitz,Fich,Stark catalogue) Was somehow mistaken for a planetary nebula.(PK 149-1.1)

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More resolution and details: http://afesan.es/Deepspace/slides/BSF32 ... us%29.html

Greg Parker

The Carbon stars of Kemble's Cascade

Post by Greg Parker » Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:02 pm

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by j.s.ebersole » Sat Mar 12, 2016 1:37 pm

Wolf-Rayet Nebula NGC 3199
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/
Copyright: John Ebersole
p1798418675-6[1].jpg
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/img/s5/v11 ... 8675-6.jpg
North and east of the Eta Carina nebula is a stellar wind-blown Wolf-Rayet nebula. NGC 3199 takes the classic shape of an OIII-rich crescent that is colored in striking cyan by the HST narrowband palette.
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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by masahiro miyasaka » Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:27 am

White Rose Orion (Snow White dream of Orion)

Time-lapse photography
The world's first in this method
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT163aXkqAo
ImageWhite Rose Orion (Snow White dream of Orion) by MASAHIRO MIYASAKA, on Flickr

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by Jose Luis Sánchez » Sun Mar 13, 2016 7:25 am

Sun
March 12, 2016
My flickr
Copyright: Jose Luis Sánchez Cifuentes

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Re: Submissions: 2016 March

Post by starsurfer » Sun Mar 13, 2016 2:24 pm

j.s.ebersole wrote: Wolf-Rayet Nebula NGC 3199
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/
Copyright: John Ebersole
p1798418675-6[1].jpg
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/img/s5/v11 ... 8675-6.jpg
North and east of the Eta Carina nebula is a stellar wind-blown Wolf-Rayet nebula. NGC 3199 takes the classic shape of an OIII-rich crescent that is colored in striking cyan by the HST narrowband palette.
I'm not normally a fan of mapped colour narrowband images but this is simply exquisite! You really get an impression of a huge bowshock sweeping across the interstellar medium! The other thing I really like about your image is that it highlights the copious OIII emission. Most other images concentrate more on the Ha element of this wonderful nebula!

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