Starship Asterisk*

Sky of Patagonia


Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/
Copyright: Yury Zvezdny

Pelican Nebula in narrowband

Copyright: Juan Ignacio Jimenez

Cone nebula in narrowband

Copyright: Juan Ignacio Jimenez

SH2-115
Copyright: Frank Iwaszkiewicz https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/en/Ne ... 5-abell-71

Sh2-142 The Wizard Nebula http://www.waid-observatory.com/images/ ... B-1200.jpg
http://www.waid-observatory.com/images/ ... B-1600.jpg
Copyright: Donald Waid

Imaging information and description may be viewed at the link below:

http://www.waid-observatory.com/sh2-142 ... 16-NB.html
(Click on the displayed images to progress to higher resolutions.)

Best regards,
Donald Waid
http://www.waid-observatory.com

San Juan Basin Badlands, NM
Copyright: Brad Goldpaint
http://goldpaintphotography.com/

Parting Cosmos
http://www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4453/3775 ... e0e1_h.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/46847275@N04/37755829956/

Soul Nebula

Copyright: Efrem Frigeni

NGC 7293 - Helix Nebula - HaLRGB by Patrick Gilliland, on Flickr

NGC7822
Copyright: Efrem Frigeni

IC 5067 In the Pelican Nebula IC5070 + HH555 by Patrick Gilliland, on Flickr

NGC 7023 - A focus on the Iris by Patrick Gilliland, on Flickr

Monkey head nebula in narrowband


Copyright: Juan Ignacio Jimenez

Sh2-82
http://www.distant-lights.at/sh2-82-2017_08_12.htm
Copyright: Thomas Henne

NGC 2170 - molecular cloud in Monoceros
Copyright: Michael Deger Image details and higher resolutions: http://www.galaxyphoto.de/ngc2170_I.htm

Object identification: http://www.galaxyphoto.de/ngc2170_id.htm



Best regards
Michael Deger

NGC 253
3,5h exposure time
taken with a 4" refractor

please view in full quality:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/317180/B/?nc=user

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile
M45_2017v2 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

Large Prom on 10/20/2017

http://www.deepskyobjects.com/Sun/Sun_171020.asp
Copyright: Behyar Bakhshandeh, Carlsbad, CA
http://www.deepskyobjects.com/

Southern nightscape
Copyright: Steve JohnstonNoojee, Victoria, Australia, 14 October 2017. Canon 5DMkII, 14mm @ f/2.8, ISO-3200, 20s.

Comet Holmes, 2007-8
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3004106 17P/Holmes is normally a faint periodic comet. It was discovered by Edwin Holmes on 6th November 1892, because of a sudden increase in its magnitude, when it had brightened to an approximate magnitude of 4 or 5 before fading from visibility over a period of several weeks.

10 years ago, on 24th October 2007 to be exact, comet 17P/Holmes exploded into visibility once again after more than a century of dormancy. It became over half a million times brighter in a matter of hours, surprising astronomers and stargazers around the world. The outburst transformed it from an obscure and faint comet quietly orbiting the Sun with a period of about 7 years to a naked-eye object rivaling the brighter stars in the constellation Perseus.

In the weeks following the outburst, the comet faded as it swelled to become the biggest Solar system object, more than 5 times the size of the Sun. In the same interval, the resultant of movements of the Earth and comet in their respective orbits caused this huge retrograde loop in the rich starfields of Perseus. So, here is the picture of the incredible swelling-looping comet 17P/Holmes with its 2007-8 performance. And, below is the video:

Tunç Tezel, that's a fascinating series of images of the remarkable comet Holmes! Thank you!

Ann

Malibu Bio-luminescence / Milky Way Sea Cave
Copyrights: Jack Fusco Lightning in Tenerife island
Copyrights: Roberto Porto Milky Way reflection in Beaver pond
Copyrights: Jatin Thakkar Amateur Acquired Gravitational Lens
Copyrights: Josh Smith, Eric Coles and Craig Smith Moon, Mars, Mercury and Venus
Copyrights: Nima Asadzadeh Lunar Occulation with Venus on September 18 morning in Singapore
Copyrights: A Kannan Iris Nebula
Copyrights: Pasquale Costantino Occultation of Venus by Moon
Copyrights: Telok Kemang Observatory The Moon Joins Planetary Parade
Copyrights: John Chumack Pickerings Triangle
Copyrights: Sara Wager Inner Planets Conjunction at Dawn
Copyrights: Jean-Francois Graffand ISS Transit
Copyrights: Andrew Arai M31 Great Andromeda Galaxy
Copyrights: Manel Martín Folch Pleiades
Copyrights: Marc Molina Prades Milky Way
Copyrights: Eric Houck A solar halo near the Augustus's triumphal arc, Italy
Copyrights: Guido Cossard Comet Asassn with Pleiades
Copyrights: Greg Hogan VdB149&150 Shark Nebula
Copyrights: Laszlo Bagi The tree of Life
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez Planet Line Up 9/18/2017
Copyrights: Greg Hogan A Galactic Collision in Corvus - The Antennae Galaxies
Copyrights: Ivan Eder The templar castle and the Milky Way
Copyrights: Alejandro Sanz

Messier 33 Galaxy close-up
Copyright Eric Ganz

Messier 33 Galaxy close-up - Best - Explore #67 by Eric Ganz, on Flickr

Moon on September 18th, 2017
Copyrights: Robert Pickard Milky Way over Lake Alpine
Copyrights: Eric Houck Milky Way over Twin lakes, California
Copyrights: Eric Houck Milky Way, green and red sprites reflected in Tibet Namtso Lake
Copyrights: Alvin Wu(Wu Zhong) Lunar Occultation Reappearance of Star SAO 98574
Copyrights: John Chumack Sextuplet conjunction - 19 September 2017
Copyrights: Majid Ghohroodi Morning planets
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi IC 1396 Elephant Trunk Nebula complex
Copyrights: Jose Jimenez Priego Milky Way from Spain- Tossa de Mar
Copyrights: Zoltán Tóth

Tulip Nebula
Copyrights: Ronald Brecher Moon-Venus in close conjunction Sept 18, 2017
Copyrights: Wei-Loon Chin Spirit and Orion
Copyrights: Luocheng Full Moon through forest fire ash
Copyrights: Bailey Burkett Conjunction of C/2017 O1 ASASSN1 and C/2015 ER61 PanSTARRS
Copyrights: Adriano Valvasori A wonderful M31
Copyrights: Vlad Dumitrescu Twilight action in the morning
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Milky Way and Very Large Array
Copyrights: John Vermette Jurassic Night - A Journey to the past
Copyrights: Joseph Hernandez IC1396
Copyrights: Oleg Bouevitch Saturn image (September 17th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach M8
Copyrights: Diego Colonnello Comet C/2017 O1 ASASSN (Sep.18,2017)
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Mercury, Mars, Moon, star Regulus & Venus conjunction
Copyrights: Manuela Rossol Close-up on NGC6744
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Chilescope; Processing: R. Colombari Horsehead and Flame Nebula
Credits and Copyrights: Image data: Deep Sky West Remote Observatory; Processing & Copyright: Daniel Nicolae Sunset
Copyrights: Jhon Harold Elephant Trunk
Copyrights: Dave Stanley Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Dave Stanley The Great Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Vesselin Petkov Fireball above Holland
Copyrights: Marco Verstraaten Not an Eclipse
Copyrights: Wang Letian September Equinox Sunset
Copyrights: Wang Letian NGC 281
Copyrights: Eric Coles Milky Way from Eastern Sierras, near Bridgeport California
Copyrights: Eric Houck