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The Dumbbell Nebula – M27 in Vulpecula
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Copyright: T.A.Danks

Imaged from Nova Scotia, Canada during August of 2015. The image is a four filter combination with a total exposure time of 20 hours. Complete details as to how the image was obtained and processed are available here: http://danks.netfirms.com/m27.htm

Discovering Dust-Obscured Active Galaxies as They Grow
Image Credit: Ehime University/NAOJ/NASA/ESO
An article: http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease ... index.html http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35103

Zodiacal light before dawn
Copyrights: Jeff Dai Aurora
Copyrights: Jack Nichols C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) - August 18th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach Larger size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... 8_18dp.jpg

Distant Storm
Copyrights: Francis Audet Star trails above the Ursa rock
Copyrights: Pedro Galamarra Milky Way above Picos de Europa
Copyrights: Alejandro Sanz A cross in the sky
Copyrights: Alejandro Sanz Mare Serenitatis
Copyrights: David Barnett NGC6939-6946
Copyrights: Péter Feltóti

Lunar Eclipse, Feb 20, 2008
Copyrights: Ron Brecher Milky Way and meteor shower
Copyrights: Matipon Tangmatitham Dawn Sends Sharper Scenes from Ceres
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
More about: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4697 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=247354#p247354

Heart Nebula IC1805, a Mosaic
Copyrights: Alan C Patterson Startrails and airglow
Copyrights: Tyler Bolen IC5146, Cocoon Nebula
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich solargraph
Copyrights: Maciej Zapiór Milky Way
Copyrights: Nik Szymanek

The wings of the butterfly
Image credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
More about: http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1518/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=247376#p247376

Milky Way and Iridium flare
Copyrights: Martin Mark NGC 6522 and NGC 6528 through Baade's Window
Copyrights: Ezequiel Bellocchio Messier 33
Copyrights: Giacomo Di Felice Perseus Double Cluster
Copyrights: Neil Heacock 3 out of 4 Lunar Eclipses
Copyrights: Jean-Francois Gout Abell 1033: Chandra Data Suggest Giant Collision Triggered "Radio Phoenix"
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Hamburg/F. de Gasperin et al; Optical: SDSS; Radio: NRAO/VLA
An article: http://www.chandra.si.edu/photo/2015/a1033/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35100

Perseids 2015
Copyrights: Bill Flanagan Perseids above Great Basin National Park
Copyrights: Kelly Carroll Constellations behind the Devil's Tower
Copyrights: Paul Kinzer Smoke covered sun being eclipsed by hot air balloon
Copyrights: Kevin Mclain

Northern Lights
Copyrights: Aurora Dora Warrior of the light
Copyrights: Vass Péter Zoltán Around the Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/206214/0/?real=&mod= M16 - The Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Leonardo Orazi
Larger size: http://www.starkeeper.it/M16.htm Interstellar Seeds Could Create Oases of Life
Image credits: NASA/JPL/R. Hurt
An article: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2015-18 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35105

Centre of the Milkyway - August 19th.
Copyrights: Damian Peach
Larger size: http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/milk ... 8_19dp.jpg Pipe Nebula
Copyrights: Joaquín Ferreirós Sunrise over Mt Diablo
Copyrights: Dirk Muehlner

jupiter (top) moon and venus. photogram of http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 50#p247500 more http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 75#p244790

Hubble Finds That the Nearest Quasar Is Powered by a Double Black Hole
Credits: NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)
An article: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/hub ... black-hole http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35106

ngc104
Copyrights: Andrealuna Pizzetti Sculptor Galaxy - NGC300
Copyrights: Rodrigo Andolfato Moon and three planets conjunction - Venus, Mercury and Saturn
Copyrights: Adhemar Duro The Sun
Copyrights: Young-real Kim Airglow from Spain
Copyrights: Óscar Blanco Western Veil NGC6960
Copyrights: Terry Hancock vdB 136, Yellow Reflection Nebula
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

Deep Dream View of NGC7000
Copyrights: Terry Hancock Special Sunset in Portovenere, Italy
Copyrights: Paolo Lazzarotti Milky Way
Copyrights: Valentin Gajdaj M27 - The Dumbbell Nebula
Copyrights: Francesco di Biase Sundogs over Camelot Castle
Copyrights: Daniele Cipollina Mercury and Venus
Copyrights: Franz Kerschbaum Anticrepuscular rays
Copyrights: Joanna Bialek

NGC281 Nebula (Pacman) Visit my gallery:
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SHARK NEBULA

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High Definition: http://www.skyandphoto.com/Photography/ ... snQ7C74/X3

Copyright: Rafael Rodríguez Morales

Lonely Trunk

The Milky Way + Small Magellanic Cloud

IC1805-S2HaO3 (Antonucci-Pinciaroli)
Stellarvue 80mm
Focal 480 mm
CCD SBIG ST10XME

Face to face with this summer's last full moon!

The rocks on the left are seem to create a face looking at the face of the full Moon as if Autumn is looking face to face with Summer. Excellent weather conditions during this imaging session and a magnificent full moon is rising over the Megalithic monument of Horigio - Northern Greece.

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker
2 X Canon 200mm lenses and 2 x M26C OSC CCDs in parallel. Total subs 12 at 10-minutes per sub.
A couple of days before a full Moon.

Venus and sunspot AR2403. The image is a mosaic of two different shots acquired with almost the same equipment. The AR2403 complex was near the solar limb in the image acquired on August 28, while Venus was two weeks after inferior conjunction.
More details about the two images here:
https://maximusphotography.wordpress.co ... t-28-2015/
and here:
https://maximusphotography.wordpress.co ... t-30-2015/

Thanks for looking!
Max

Its latest phpto of Ha region in Cassiopea - G 132.7+1.3. The dark elipsoid is clearly visible on every of 24 frames.
I cant find any notation of this. Can anybody help?

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Full Moon of August

Moon 15,89 days old
distance 358083km
Azimuth 95°42'
Altitude 1°29'
Corfu 30 August 2015, 20:52(UT+3)

Canon eos 6D
EF 100-400 is usm l
400mm
f/5.6
iso800
1,6sec

LBN552
Site: http://skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=LBN552.jpg
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/6684872/
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/6684068/
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/photos/6684106/

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Moon and Diffraction Ring Location: NTNU, Taiwan

Copyright: Hung-Hsuan Yen
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I would like to submit these images from the full moon rising in Prague, Czech Republic on August 29th. These were all taken at approximately 17:50UTC from the Prague Castle grounds which are approximately 4 kilometres away from the tower in the photograph. The babies featured on the Zizkov TV tower are the work of Czech artist, David Cerny, some of which also seem to be intently watching the moonrise. These planned shots were taken with a Canon 5D2 and an MTO-1000 M42 1000mm lens.
Site: http://www.facebook.com/15sunrises http://davecorp.cz
Copyright: David Tschorn

Marble Moon



Hi-Res:
http://astrob.in/full/207540/0/

Oversaturation + colors inversion processes.
Canon EOS7D MarkII + TS65q 420mm

Hello,
A recent picture of Sh2-155, Cave Nebula. 5 nights and about 30 hours of bin 2 1200s SHO.
Atik 383 Rcgso8 Azeq6, Maxpilot, MaximDl, Pixinsight, Photoshop. The set-up is mobile on wheels.
The full bin 2 is here : http://img11.hostingpics.net/pics/65772 ... 600V14.jpg
The picture is vertical so you can turn it left or right...

August 2015 Super Moon Above Maniace Castle 2
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Copyright: Dario Giannobile August 2015 Super Moon Above Maniace Castle Siracusa Unesco Wolrd Heritage Site. This shot was taken at the Anapo mouth in order to align the rising Moon with the castle.
two shots one for the background (2 sec, iso 200) and one for the moon (0.6 sec, iso 400)

Dario