Submissions: 2016 May

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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Guest » Mon May 09, 2016 10:10 pm

Łukasz Sujka - "Mercury Solar Transit - first contact"

Today photo of the astronomical event of the year. On the picture, first moments of the transit registered in h-alpha band.

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link to full resolution:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/248185/None/

Equipment:

Refractor TS 102/1100 + barlow Edmund Optics 2,5x + PG Chameleon 3 camera
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Łukasz Sujka » Mon May 09, 2016 10:18 pm

Łukasz Sujka - " Mercury Solar Transit close to AR12542"

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full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/248339/None/

Equipment: TS 102/1100 + Lunt etalon + PG Chameleon 3 camera
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Rothkko » Mon May 09, 2016 10:28 pm

mercury transit
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Mercury's Transit

Post by Efrain Morales » Mon May 09, 2016 11:54 pm

Mercury's Transit Observed in Puerto Rico. on May 9th, 17:02ut. now approaching the western limb of its travel.
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Thierry Legault » Tue May 10, 2016 2:33 am

Transit of Mercury and the ISS, taken from Philadelphia:
The video shows the double transit, plus another double transit with an unexpected guest:
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
10 minutes after the transit of the ISS, I was under a thick layer of high clouds! I had to change the camera parameters even at the last seconds, because of the clouds that changed the brightness very quickly.

According to specialists, the plane is a Pilatus PC12. Altitude was about 500m, distance to me about 1000m (there is a small airport 2km north).

:D
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by stully » Tue May 10, 2016 3:57 am

MercuryTransitSTullysml.jpg
Mercury and Our Sun
We had a brilliant view of Mercury in transit from Cornwall, Connecticut, USA
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79734303@N06/
Copyright: Scott Tully
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by nvc123 » Tue May 10, 2016 7:53 am

Mercury transit, a start sequence
http://www.astro-hp.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen Link to the full sized picture,
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/100 ... quence.png
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by astrometbcn » Tue May 10, 2016 10:40 am

Eye of the Rosette Nebula NGC2238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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Eye of the Rosette Nebula NGC2238
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by vanamonde81 » Tue May 10, 2016 3:31 pm

Size-comparison of Venus, Moon and Mercury (astro-poker)
Copyright: György Soponyai

Yesterday I observed and photographed the transit of the Mercury in front of the Sun however the clouds and the terrible seeing prevented taking my expected photo sequence in every 10 minutes. However there were clear moments in the afternoon when the Solar disk could be photographed with my Dobsonian telescope.
Four years ago I also took photos about the Venus transit and last March I was amongst the lucky ones who could see the total Solar Eclipse from the Spitzbergen -- the biggest adventure of my life..

As I was using different cameras and lens I re-scaled the three photos. With the same Solar size the visible size of the inner planets and the Moon can be compared:

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Photo details:

2012.06.06. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 1000D + SkyWatcher 254/1200 Dobson

2015.03.20. Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, Norway
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8 L

2016.05.09. Mogyoród, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + SkyWatcher 254/1200 Dobson
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by marioweigand » Tue May 10, 2016 6:10 pm

The Mercury Transit 2016
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand Medium resolution

High resolution

cheers

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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Sandgirl » Tue May 10, 2016 7:08 pm

Glory
Copyrights: Bertrand Kulik
IMG_1919bp.jpg
IMG_1922p.jpg
Bye Bye Orion
Copyrights: Oscar Blanco
Bye Bye Orion_small.jpg
Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Óscar Blanco
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Cabo Vilano Zodiacal Light_small.jpg
Nature's Surprise
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar
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Starry Paris
Copyrights: Ruud de Vries
Larger size: http://dutch-backyard-astro.nl/images/M13_Paris.jpg
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Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found Around Nearby Ultracool Dwarf Star
Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1615/
eso1615a.jpg
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35891
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35906

Circumhorizon arc over Tulsa
Copyrights: Thomas Mirowski
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Crux to Carina
Copyrights: Bob Lukasik
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/246477/None/
4ccdb6f6eec0788904166b5bfec5b4e8.620x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-10_watermark_position-6_watermark_text-Copyright Bob Lukasik.jpg
NGC 4631 Whale Galaxy
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
Whale_Galaxy_HaLRGB_small.jpg
Milky Way Over Villavieja Huila
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
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Orion setting over St. George Island
Copyrights: Dave Woolsteen
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Mars, Saturn and Antares rising above mountains
Copyrights: Emmanuel Beaudoin
Mars-Saturn-Scorpio-04-30-16-apod.jpg
NGC 55
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti
NGC 55 Galaxy for submit_jpg.jpg
Wheat Field Sunset at Granada
Copyrights: Andrés Martínez Olmedo
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Carina Highlights
Copyrights: Dieter Willasch
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Sun dog at Folly Beach, SC
Copyrights: Mark Loftin
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by markloftin » Tue May 10, 2016 7:21 pm

Just wanted to add a quick correction - the Folly Beach, SC sun dog appears below.
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by astrometbcn » Tue May 10, 2016 7:24 pm

Black lace IC1805
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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Black lace IC1805
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by astrometbcn » Tue May 10, 2016 7:31 pm

IC 1805
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Sandgirl » Tue May 10, 2016 7:41 pm

M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy
Copyrights: David Dvali
M51_HORIZONTAL2.jpg
Milky Way over "Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta" Colombia
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
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The rose for International Mother's Day
Copyrights: Petr Horálek
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Jupiter in Leo
Copyrights: Daniele Cipollina
Jupiter in Leo_small.jpg
Lenticular cloud
Copyrights: Daniele Cipollina
Lenticular cloud_small.jpg
2004 Venus Transit
Copyrights: José J. Chambó
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Sun Halo over Mount Palomar
Copyrights: Karl Kuehn
palomar01.jpg
Milky Way
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
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Mars - March 18th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach
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Mars images March 19th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach
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Mars - March 27th, 2016
Copyrights: Damian Peach
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Aurora above Deep Portage Nature Center in Minnesota
Copyrights: G Steck
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Shedding light on Milky Way
Copyrights: Antonino Brosio
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Horsehead Nebula region
Copyrights: Juan Lozano
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/247274/B/?real=&mod
Alnitak Juan Lozano.jpg
CASLEO telescope under Milky Way
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar
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IC 5070 The Pelican Nebula and The North America Nebula
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry
IC5070-The-Pelican-Nebula-and-North-America_small.jpg
Phases of the Moon
Copyrights: A Kannan
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Juan Lozano » Wed May 11, 2016 8:35 am

Markarian Chain
http://observatorioelche.blogspot.com.e ... virgo.html
Copyright: Juan Lozano de Haro
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Thierry Legault » Wed May 11, 2016 9:20 am

A crop on the double transit image, for more details on Mercury and the ISS
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Rothkko » Wed May 11, 2016 4:22 pm

mercury transit

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video http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 60#p257460
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Lapser » Wed May 11, 2016 11:17 pm

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"Transit of Airplane" during the Transit of Mercury

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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by jerry10137 » Thu May 12, 2016 3:49 am

M106
Copyrights: Jerry Gardner
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M101
Copyrights: Jerry Gardner
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http://www.keith-engineering.com/pictures/M101_LRGB.jpg
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Mars - May5,6th

Post by Efrain Morales » Thu May 12, 2016 1:49 pm

Mars on May 5th, 6th 2016. Cloud formations in the vicinity of the North Polar Cap (top).
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Rothkko » Thu May 12, 2016 3:37 pm

disappeared mercury

shadow
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crepuscular rays. last photo, for lesion..
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Josh Smith » Fri May 13, 2016 2:45 am

ImageNGC 3628 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr


Copyright: Josh Smith and Craig Smith acquisition, Josh Smith processing
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by Achim Schaller » Fri May 13, 2016 10:17 am

More than 500 single exposures (30s each) combined wit my freeware Startrails.exe (http://www.startrails.de/html/software.html)
Clear skies, Achim
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Post by shtutik » Fri May 13, 2016 11:30 am

Millions and Billions

On top of Ulagan mountain formed by salt dome(Volgograd region, Russia) it is possible to find rocks of the Jurassic period, with fossil flora and fauna. It's single exposure image. The refocusing carried out during the exposure with closed lens cap.

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/

Copyright: Yuri Zvezndy
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