Submissions: 2013 September

geckzilla · Post by **geckzilla** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:00 pm

Another happy discovery in the HLA. A pretty popular bipolar nebula, but I've never seen it in such detail. As usual, please click through the below image for more info and bigger sizes.

M2-9 "Minkowski's Butterfly"
Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, processed by Judy Schmidt

M2-9 "Minkowski's Butterfly" by geckzilla, on Flickr

Beyond · Post by **Beyond** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:09 pm

WOW! Datsa nice!!

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:39 pm

Comet Ison
Copyrights: Mike Holloway

Moon and Venus conjunction
Copyrights: Nazmus Nasir

Moon (2012)
Copyrights: Nazmus Nasir

M74 with recent Supernova
Image credits: GRANTETAC and IAC

Moon, Venus and Spica
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 6:44 pm

Moon and Venus conjunction in Rio
Copyrights: Josselin Desmars

Omega Sunrise
Copyrights: Damien Devigne

M8 in Nitrogen/Sulfur and Tri-Colour NB
Copyrights: Martin Pugh

Mars visits M44 The Beehive Cluster in the Morning sky
Copyrights: John Chumack

International expedition to the Venus Occultation
Copyrights: Luis Argerich, Agustin Llorens, Guido Medici, Gabriel Remotti

francescodib · Post by **francescodib** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:14 pm

M11 Open cluster in starry field
Copyright: Francesco di Biase

M11 Open Cluster in a starry field di Francescodb, su Flickr

Turnit Tops · Post by **Turnit Tops** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:22 am

Ondrej Kozacik
my own picture of NGC896/IC1795/IC1805 in HST palette i want submit to APOD. Here is a link to picture with more technical info about photo:
http://astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=o ... 655539.jpg

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Hartmut Bornemann
the Pelican Nebula:
Sep. 06/07/08, 2013
Takahashi TOA-150 refractor with x0.7 reducer
FLI ML8300 camera with an Astronomik filter set
Total exposure 07:15 hrs
Processing with PixInsight.

Jeff Johnson
I have pulled data from three sources (NRAO, HLA, Hubble Heritage Team-wikipedia) and processed over the past 2 weeks. I offer this for consideration for APOD. THANK YOU!
Link here is to 16-bit .png (16MB): http://jeffjastro.com/FINAL_NGC4214_twoViews_16bit.png
Overview:
NGC4214 (deep ... and deeper)
CREDITS: Image data (left): NRAO. Image data (right): HLA (RGB) and Hubble Heritage Team (Lum). All image data assembled/processed/annotated by Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com).
DETAILS:
Image (on right) created using raw FITS files from Hubble Legacy Archive, which used several color filters with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2).
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 data:
hst_05446_1w_wfpc2_f606w_wf_drz.fits
hst_06569_01_wfpc2_f555w_wf_drz.fits
hst_06569_01_wfpc2_f702w_wf_drz.fits
hst_06569_01_wfpc2_f814w_wf_drz.fits
(above for BLUE and synthesized GREEN channels in processing)
IRarcsin_hst_06569_01_wfpc2_f656n_wf_drz.fits (for RED channel data)
Luminance data using Hubble Heritage Team's original data from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NGC_4214.jpg) - optical and near-infrared image, taken using the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) - then extracted, processed, and co-registered with above WFPC2 color data (processed/assembled by Jeff Johnson).
Wider shot (on left) using NRAO raw FITS files (https://science.nrao.edu/science/survey ... n4214.html):
n4214b.fits (BLUE channel)
n4214v.fits (GREEN channel)
n4214ha.fits + n4214u.fits (RED channel using composition of Ha+u)
All data assembled, co-registered, and processed by Jeff Johnson.
Final composite image assembled and annotated by Jeff Johnson.

Rob Hribar
I took this picture near Rolla, MO on September 9th, 2013 at sunset… Nifty cloud shadows…

Walter Gröning
a picture of the beautifiul nebuale complex Eta Carinae, which i took at the IAS-Observatory in Namibia. (http://www.ias-observatory.org)

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PR Image eso1339d: Hubble view of galaxy NGC 4710 with X-shaped bulge (NASA & ESA)
Two groups of astronomers have used data from ESO telescopes to make the best three-dimensional map yet of the central parts of the Milky Way. They have found that the inner regions take on a peanut-like, or X-shaped, appearance from some angles. This odd shape was mapped by using public data from ESO’s VISTA survey telescope along with measurements of the motions of hundreds of very faint stars in the central bulge.
Full story: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1339/

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ESA/Hubble Photo Release heic1317 - New Hubble image of galaxy cluster Abell 1689
This new image from Hubble is one of the best ever views of the massive galaxy cluster Abell 1689, and shows the phenomenon of gravitational lensing with unprecedented clarity. This cluster acts like a cosmic lens, magnifying the light from objects lying behind it and making it possible for astronomers to explore incredibly distant regions of space. As well as being packed with galaxies, Abell 1689 has been found to host a huge population of globular clusters.
Full story: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1317/

Zolinka · Post by **Zolinka** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:32 pm

Milky Way from wall to wall.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zpavel/
Copyright: Zoltán Pável

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Turnit Tops · Post by **Turnit Tops** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:52 pm

Picture of NGC7008: The Fetus Nebula, from county of Aras de los Olmos - Valencia - Spain.
Camera:
- SBIG ST-2000XMC
Telescope:
- Planewave CDK 17" f6.8
CopyRight:
- Gonzalo Fornas http://astrogon.blogspot.com.es
- Alfonso Carreño http://www.zonalunar.com

fpelliccia · Post by **fpelliccia** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 5:55 pm

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THE ORION SWORD AND SURROUNDING DUSTS

This Image is an HaLRGB composition.I gave maximum importance to the Halpha Channel to show all dusts around M42 nebula.Even The FOV is designed to contain the most intresting parts of this object.I've made an HDR composition to show all the parts correctly exposed.

Takahashi FSQ 106 ED + SBIG STL 110000M.

Ha=3x600s,2x120,1x60,3x30,3x15.
L=3x300s,2x120,1x60,3x30,3x15.
RGB=3x300 bin 2x,2x120,1x60,3x30,3x15.

Federico.

Sandgirl · Post by **Sandgirl** » Fri Sep 13, 2013 6:41 pm

Fantastic coronal mass ejection on the Sun (Sept11th)
Copyrights: JP Brahic

rcolombari · Post by **rcolombari** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:02 am

Double cluster in Perseus with TOA 150mm and SBIG 11000.

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Real pixels: http://www.astrobin.com/full/56241/?mod=none

Regards,
Roberto

Astromontufar · Post by **Astromontufar** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 3:15 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6e-ZoVKYgs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6e-ZoVKYgs

By. Sergio Montúfar

kost973 · Post by **kost973** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:23 am

Delle Caustiche, M 24
Konstantin Poezjaev

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http://www.kost973.com/images/_2013/M24.html

cfm2004 · Post by **cfm2004** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:18 am

Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
LX200 12" GPS with Starizona F/7.5 coma corrector and focal reducer
CCD QSI 540wsi cooled -20
RGB Astrodon serie I filters
Autoguided with Magzero MZ5-M and PHDguiding on ETX105
Ha-OIII-RGB
H-alpha Astrodon 5nm 49x5', OIII Astrodon 5nm 64x5', RGB 28x3' for each filter
Acquired with MaximDL5 - Dark, Bias and Flat subtract
Processed with MaximDL5, Astroart4, StarTools1.3, PhotoshopCS2, Paint Shop ProX4 and StarSpike Pro2

Best regards,
Cristina Cellini
http://www.cfm2004.altervista.org

kaymann · Post by **kaymann** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:31 pm

False Dawn taken September 14, 2013 04:53 AM from the Sonora Desert of Marana, Arizona, USA overlooking the Santa Catalina Mountains.
The f 3.5, 30 sec, 28 mm photo was processed for white balance and noise reduction

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kaymann · Post by **kaymann** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 12:59 pm

Lunar Iridescent Clouds. Taken September 13, 2013 21:29 (9:29 PM) taken from the Sonora Desert of Marana, Arizona.
The three stars to the left of the Moon are; Albaldah, Omicron Sagittarii , and Xi2 Sagittarii.

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JimmyWalker · Post by **JimmyWalker** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:27 pm

NGC 7331
RCOS 16''
Apogee Aspen CG16M
LRGB (22X20min,7X20,7X20,7X20)

NGC 6559 in Sagittarius
RCOS 16" ion milled
Apogee F16
AP1600
NMSkies Remote June/July 2013
LRGB (4.3, 1.5,1, 1.5hrs)

http://jwalk.smugmug.com/Photography/As ... 9v2-X2.jpg
[attachment=0]6559v2-X2.jpg[/attachment]

The Cocoon Nebula
Shot from NMSkies Remote Aug 6,7 2013

RCOS 16" Ion Milled
Apogee U16
AP1600
LRGB (2,2,1.5,1.5hrs)

VDB 141 The Ghost Nebula
RCOS 16
Apogee Aspen CG16
AP 1600GTO
LRGB (L 20X1200,RGB 6X1200each)
NMSkies Remote
Aug/Sept 2013

The Cygnus Wall
2 frames Mosaic
16" RCOS
Apogee F16
NMSkies Remote
June/July 2013
HaLRGB (4,3,1.5,1.5,1.5) each frame

http://jwalk.smugmug.com/

JimmyWalker · Post by **JimmyWalker** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:32 pm

M 45
ASA N10
FLI Microline 11002OSC
NMSkies Remote
Nov 2012

http://jwalk.smugmug.com/Photography/As ... %29-X2.jpg
[attachment=0]M45 (3)-X2.jpg[/attachment]

http://jwalk.smugmug.com/

JimmyWalker · Post by **JimmyWalker** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 1:35 pm

IC 405 The Flaming Star Nebula
NMSkies Remote
Dec 5-8, 2012
ASA N10 Newtonian F3.59
99X300 -35C

http://jwalk.smugmug.com/Photography/As ... tar-X3.jpg
[attachment=0]FlamingStar-X3.jpg[/attachment]

http://jwalk.smugmug.com

IanP · Post by **IanP** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:19 pm

Fish Hook, Teapot, and the magnificent Centre of the Milky Way

jcbo · Post by **jcbo** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 4:38 pm

Melotte15
Copyrights: Jacek Bobowik
http://www.astrofotki.pl
[attachment=0]MELOTTE15HR_SMALL.jpg[/attachment]
Large View: http://astrofotki.pl/MELOTTE15HR.jpg

nvc123 · Post by **nvc123** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:30 pm

M76, a 360min LHaOIIIRGB picture
http://www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

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The raw material was taken during August/September 2013.
Equipment used and exposure times:
LX200ACF 16" on wedge. Atik 460ex mono camera. Baader LHaOIIIRGB filters.
L~100min. R,G,B in total~60min. Ha/OIII~100min each NB filter.

Janne Monni Kari · Post by **Janne Monni Kari** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:02 pm

Janne Kari, Finland. Taken in local national star club (Ursa) DeepSky meeting in Artjärvi observatory. Taken with Canon EOS 60D, Samyang 8f3.6@5.6, EQ3 mount, 20 x 2 min exposures, ISO1600. All processing with PixInSight, no flats were used for this image.

Janne Monni Kari · Post by **Janne Monni Kari** » Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:17 pm

And original, sorry: http://monni.org/astrokuvat/linnunrata/ ... isu_fb.jpg

Rothkko · Post by **Rothkko** » Sun Sep 15, 2013 9:18 am

moon at sunset

: Mérida, Spain. 2013-09-13

Starship Asterisk*

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M57 Ring Nebula e SN2013ev in IC1296

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Fish Hook, Teapot, and the magnificent Centre of the Milky W

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