Starship Asterisk*

You can find the image in higher resolution on my website:
http://www.mazzottiefigli.com/cfm2004/a ... m16wf.html

Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
Pentax75 on ASA DDM60PRO
CCD QSI 583ws cooled -18
Unguided images
Astrodon Narrowband H-alpha 3nm and RGB Astrodon E-series Gen2 filters
HA-OIII-RGB
HA 23x10min, OIII 28x10min, R 18x5min, G 21x5min, B 15x5min
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Dark, Bias and Flat subtract
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart4, PhotoshopCS2 e Paint Shop Pro X4

Best regards,
Cristina Cellini

Subject: IC410 The Tadpoles (imaged in Ha and OIII)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC410_apod.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

The Rosette nebula and structures in the Hydrogen in it.

Widefield:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/153419379

ZOOM no 1:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/153419466

ZOOM no 2:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/153419458

Thanks,

Kfir Simon

http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/10922734475/


Venus Belt
Sergio Montúfar

Circumpolar


http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/10942167534/


By. Sergio Montúfar

starry night

by. Sergio Montúfar


http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/10923015343/#

Circumpolar

By. Sergio Montúfar


http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/10942079316/

Name: Eternity - Trabocco Turchino
Location: San Vito (CH) - Abruzzo - Italy

Camera : Nikon D5100
Lens : Tokina 11-16 mm f2.8
Focal Length : 11 mm
Shutter Speed : 30 sec
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO/Film : 100 (land) and 1600 (sky)
Category : Nightscape
Taken : November 2013

Technique: Multiple Exposure (360 shot for sky + 1 shot for land)

Copyright: Gaspare Silverii
Personal Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theater

Thanks for looking
Gaspare Silverii

Name: Milky Way on Red Blade
Location: Fiastra (MC) - Marche - Italy

Camera : Nikon D5100
Lens : Samyang 14mm f2.8
Focal Length : 14mm
Shutter Speed : 16min (rock) + 20sec (sky)
Aperture : f/2.8
ISO/Film : 200 (rock) and 3200 (sky)
Category : Nightscape
Taken : August 2013

Technique: Multiple Exposure (1 shot for sky + 1 shot for rock)

Copyright: Gaspare Silverii
In the National Park of the Sibillini Mountains, nature gave us a unique spectacle.
To admire something like that we should move in '"Arches National Park" in Utah (United States) or Kings Canyon in the "Watarrka National Park" in Australia but ... fortunately ... also in Italy and more precisaente in the Marche, we can see something like that.
Our "Red Blades" are of sandstone while the American and Australian rock, where these scenarios are formed by the erosion caused by weathering of rocks through the run of many thousands and thousands of years.

It may be noted that Vega is the brightest star in the third about the crossing in the lower left near one of the "pinnacles". Towards the center, and high above the upper third note is the second brightest star is Deneb in the constellation Cygnus and above it the North America Nebula or NGC7000, going back to Deneb to the left following the arc galactic Sadr is that it is the second brightest star in the Swan after Deneb and in this case the third brightest star in the scene.

Personal Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/gasparesilveriifotografia
Thanks for looking
Gaspare Silverii

Launch of the Minotaur 1
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Copyright: Marion Haligowski


Launch of the Minotaur 1 by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

The launch of the Minotaur 1 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility was photographed from Lancaster, PA on November 19, 2013. I used a Canon T2i and a Canon 50 mm f/1.4 lens at f/5.6. I should have used a wider lens; I didn't realize the launch would take up 1/4 of the sky from 154 miles away! I should have paid closer attention in trigonometry!

Flight of the Minotaur


Flight of the Minotaur by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

Final separation of the Minotaur 1 is seen high in the sky of Lancaster, PA on the evening of November 19, 2013. Two exposures were stacked in StarStaX using a Canon T2i (ISO 400 / 25 seconds) and a 50 mm f/1.4 lens at f/5.6. I was surprised how high the separation was from 154 miles away from the Wallops Island launch site.

Orion and the Redeemer
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Copyright: Rafael Defavari


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ISON 15th November
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Copyright: Rafael Defavari


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ORS-3 Mission Launch over Rhode Island

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Copyright: Scott MacNeill

Hi,

Andromeda mosaic with DSLR through 8" newtonian.
high resolution version available here:

http://www.ptes.hu/gallery/m31/m31_large.html

László Francsics

Sandgirl wrote:Young Stars Paint Spectacular Stellar Landscape
Image credits: ESO/Giacomo Beccari
More about: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1347/

eso1347a_small.JPG

The small ring like nebula in the centre is known as PhJa 1. It was discovered in 1991 by Randy Phelps and K.A. Janes and a previous study suggests it might be a photoevaporating globule. More here: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003PASP..115..342S

THE COMET AT THE GATES OF DAWN


At the gates of possible destruction, Comet C/2012 S1 ISON travel directly toward the sun saying farewell to the dawn sky. The image shows the comet a few hours before being hidden in the glare of the Sun, showing a tail dimmer than previous days but offering a spectacular, green and bright coma. As of today we do not know what will happen, it has crossed the critical line ... we hope he can survive the perihelion and enjoy a great show.
Images in the website of la HIta Observatory of November 15th shows many details in the tail after the first outburst.

november 20th
http://www.fundacionastrohita.org/obser ... roHita.jpg Copyright: AstroHita Foundation,IAA-CSIC. Captured with the 0.40 m telescope of La Hita Observatory, operated jointly by Astrohita Foundation, IAA-CSIC

Minotaur Rocket Launch- ORS 3 - NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. Taken at East Point Lighthouse in Heislerville, NJ
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Copyright: Jack Fusco

Looking match the tone that shows it a Ha telescopes.
Copyright: César Cantú
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.ph ... category/6

IC405 - Flaming Star Nebula and IC410 - Tadpoles Nebula
These nebulae look good in their own right but really shine when imaged together as a pair in a widefield shot. This was taken over 3 nights with a total of just over 10 hours exposure time through Ha, OIII and SII filters which were mapped to the HST palette.
The full size image can be seen at the following link
http://m7.i.pbase.com/o9/29/869929/1/15 ... HSTmax.jpg

Clear skies
Gordon Haynes
http://www.imagingtheheavens.co.uk

A simple montage of Comet ISON from Jan.-May (hidden by sun) Sept.-Nov. thru my last Observation and hopefully if it survives a recovery (continuation) within the next few weeks.

The North America Nebula is cataloged as NGC7000 and it is in the constellation Cygnus, very close to the star Deneb. Although unknown distance from our solar system, it is estimated that if Deneb is the star that ionizes the hydrogen form, must be located at 1800 light years of distance. This picture I made last year using narrow band filters, just to highlight the ionization of the interstellar cloud, and it is intended by the Epsilon 180 ED telescope and camera QSI540, spending 4 hours of exposure. Then processed with the software PixInsight.
Copyright: César Cantú
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/picture.php?/32/category/2
Most resolution:
http://www.astrophoto.com.mx/upload/201 ... 719351.jpg

Comet C2013 S1 ISON - raise behind a snow mountain in Tibet.

Copyright : Savio Fong - Galaxy Scientific Group Hong Kong
http://www.astro.hk

Location : My robotic observatory at 4350m altitude, YBJ Tibet, China.
http://www.astrocafe.hk/viewtopic.php?f ... 123#p24123
Date & Time : UT 2013-11-21 23:10, 23:12, 23:14

Single short 30s exposure each, field of view is around 2.25x3 degree each frame, this indicate the scale of tail.
I guess there is only one day or two left that I can image this comet.

hope you enjoy and thanks for looking.

Clear sky,

Savio Fong

IC1805 Mosaic
Copyright: Ken Pendlebury

NGC7020 The Tarantula nebula SHO
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astro_gvanhau/
Copyright: Geert Vanhauwaert

Curtains
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm


http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/nor13_01.jpg
More aurora images and tech data: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/nor02.htm
More info on expedition: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/norway2013.htm