Starship Asterisk*

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2015 7:39 pm**

Soul Nebula

Soul Nebula - Narrow Band by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Posted: **Thu Dec 10, 2015 8:36 pm**

Alpha Carinae (Canopus)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7776810@N07/22964923944/
Copyright: Alan C Tough

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Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:55 am**

Geminid meteor shower on the SouthAmerica
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Copyright: Damián Avila

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/79069100@ ... /lightbox/

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 8:45 am**

Big Island Hawaii, December 4th 2015. Facing South towards Mauna Kea at about 12:30 AM.
Two Images Stacked - ISO 6400, f2.8, 1/100 & 13 sec

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:42 am**

Aquisition details and gear at Astrobin
http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/2 ... kowski.jpg

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:49 am**

Copyright Prof. Greg Parker 2015
A 2-frame mosaic of the Aldebaran region.
You can just see the beginnings of Hind's Variable nebula coming through top-right.

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Greg Parker

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 1:50 pm**

National Park "Las Cañadas del Teide", Tenerife, Spain.

At left the Teide, at right the Queen´s shoe.

This is a spectacular location to observe universe, however we still can see light pollution of Santa Cruz de Tenerife at the left of Teide.

I belong to a group of 3 night photographers called “Enfoque Nocturno” (Night Focus), if you want to see more of our work you can find at http://www.enfoquenocturno.es

Sorry for my poor English

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 7:39 pm**

Technical data and high resolution at Astrobin.
http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/c ... kowski.jpg
Enjoy!

Posted: **Fri Dec 11, 2015 9:00 pm**

Image was updated.

Soul Nebula - Narrow Band by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2015 11:58 am**

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/b ... ermark.jpg

Due to similar structure to M 20 this nebula is called Northern Trifid.

Technical data and higher resolution available at Astrobin.

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/4 ... kowski.jpg

Posted: **Sat Dec 12, 2015 7:09 pm**

M45 - LE PLEIADI
Luminanza: Boren Simon F 2.8 3 ore di esposizione ( somma di pose da 600 sec a - 20°) con Atik 383L in binning 1x1 e filtro Astronomik Clsccd
Colori: 1 ora e mezzo per ogni canale ( somma di pose da 600 sec a - 25°) Ripresi l'anno scorso con rifrattore Skywatcher 80Ed con riduttore dedicato da 0.85X. Moravian G2-4000 in binning 1x1 e filtri astronomik RGB.
Samuele Gasparini
http://www.astrobook.it
Full resolution: http://www.astrobook.it/images/m45_boren_80ed_pub.png

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Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:45 am**

Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on December 5 2015
https://flic.kr/p/BVy1H2
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

Comet C/2013 US10 (Catalina) on December 5 2015 - Enhanced by Marion Haligowski, on Flickr

Comet C/2013 US 10 (Catalina) is seen rising just before the start of astronomical twilight on December 5, 2015 in Lancaster, PA. The image was made of a stack of 19 fifteen second exposures. (Canon EOS 70D, Canon 200 mm f/2.8L lens @ f/3.2, ISO 640). Stacking was done in Nebulosity. Tracking was done with an iOptron Sky Tracker.

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:44 am**

Gems and dust - a Cassiopean landscape
Copyright: Davide Manca

Full res image here: http://astrob.in/full/231792/0/

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:10 pm**

bicolor rosette v3 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

copyright: Josh Smith

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:52 pm**

Here's a crop around Florya:

Carlo Rocchi, Italy

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 4:56 pm**

A crop around the probable nova discovered on 1 Dec 2015
My image was taken on 5 Dec.

Carlo Rocchi, Italy

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:13 pm**

M45
Copyrights: Albert Barr

Venus Occulted by the Moon
Copyrights: Matthew Skinner

Cloudy planets (and the Moon)
Copyrights: David Cortner

Moon-Venus Conjunction
Copyrights: James Smallwood

Venus Occultation
Copyrights: Ron Royer

Sun with aircraft silhouette and Sunspots
Copyrights: Mike Cuffe

IC 434 and NGC 2024
Copyrights: César Blanco González
Full size: http://www.cieloprofundo.com/cesar/foto ... R_2500.jpg

Catalina meets The Moon and Venus 08-Dec-2015
Copyrights: Ian Sharp

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Ian Sharp

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 9:52 pm**

Milky Way and setting Moon
Copyrights: Nigel A Ball

Cocoon Nebula
Copyrights: Pasquale Costantino

IC 434
Copyrights: Jesús M. Vargas and Maritxu Poyal
Larger size: http://www.sky-astrophotography.com/ind ... re&id=1082

The Geminids meteor shower
Copyrights: Jiajie Zhang

Clouds of Blue - M45
Copyrights: Chris Cook

Venus Occulation
Copyrights: Bob Harris

NGC 6888 Crescent
Copyrights: Pasquale Costantino

NGC 521
Adam Block

Catalina, Venus, and Geminid
Copyrights: Derek J Demeter

Moonless Geminid night is coming
Copyrights: Petr Horálek

2014 Geminids
Copyrights: Yu Haitong

Crescent Moon and Venus
Copyrights: Joanna Bialek

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 10:31 pm**

Sauron's Eye (NGC1097)

Such a fascinating galaxy, complete with optical jets, star burst ring and supermassive black hole.

Copyright: Paul Haese

Click here for larger resolution image.

Posted: **Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:59 pm**

IC 405 & IC 410 - Two panel mosaic. by Brendan Kinch, on Flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:48 pm**

M52, NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula, SH2-157 The Lobster Claw Nebula, SH2-161, & NGC 7358t

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full size : http://www.cielboreal.com/galerie/photo60f.jpg
total frame 88Hr done with TEC140 on Paramount MX

http://www.cielboreal.com
Copyright: J.C CANONNE, P. BERNHARD, D. CHAPLAIN & L. BOURGON

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:06 pm**

Horsehead Nebula v5 by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

Copyright: Josh Smith

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:03 pm**

8:00:28 PM
Copyright: György Soponyai

Sunday evening I travelled to the peak of Kab Mountain near Veszprém in Hungary in order to observe the setting crescent Moon, the Geminids and do some "recreational" nightscape photographing under clear skies as Budapest (where I'm living) has been obscured by fog for weeks. I took many all-sky photos of the scene dominate by the two broadcasting towers of the Mountain. I realized if a Little Planet effect is applied to the picture the position of the towers and trees resemble to a clock that shows 8:00:28.

Photo details:
2015.12.13. Kab Mountain, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Sigma EF 8/4.
4 x 60sec, F4, ISO3200

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:29 pm**

Iridescence Wave Cloud created by atmospheric internal waves
(gravity waves) and small ice crystals. Dec 14, 2015 in Patras, Greece.
http://www.alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Gravity Waves by Alexandros Maragos, on Flickr

Wave Cloud by Alexandros Maragos on flickr

Posted: **Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:33 pm**

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For bigger resolution >> https://goo.gl/atynAS

Title: Geminids Meteor Shower
Photo by: Thanakrit Santikunaporn (NARIT)
Thailand

Starship Asterisk*

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Around NGC 225

Aldebaran

National Park "Cañadas del Teide"

M 81, Integrated Flux Nebula and Holmberg IX

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NGC 1578 Northern Trifid

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M33 and asteroid 2302 Florya

Probable Nova in M33 ASASSN-15th

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