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NGC 7711
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Galaxies/ ... GC7711.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

The great Orion Nebula
http://carlosgr-astrophoto.blogspot.com.es/
Copyright: Carlos Grillo Ramos More resolution: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RLqLq_4644s/T ... nalpeq.jpg

28th April 2012
Dunnottar Castle in the moonlight, north-east Scotland
Canon 5DmkII, 24mm lens
15 mins, f3.5, ISO100

M51 (NGC 5194) The Whirlpool Galaxy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/7129236069/
Copyright: Terry Hancock

The Horsehead Nebula
http://www.starkeeper.it/B33_RC10.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi

Crater Copernicus, picture taken 01-May-2012

PFP1 (Pierce, Frew & Parker) in Monoceros

http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

Full Moon setting behind the Alps and the Sacra of San Michele
http://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above an image I took in the morning of December 11, 2011 and showing the full Moon setting behind the Alps and the Sacra of San Michele. The construction of the abbey dates back to 10th century and this religious complex, sitting on the 1,000 meters high Mount Pirchiriano, few kilometers from Turin, is one of the most important monuments of Piedmont region and Italy.

Best regards

Stefano

Sailboat Cluster (NGC 225) and vdB4
http://www.skyimager.net/astro/nebulae/ ... 01110.html
Copyright: David Churchill

M109 and a strange blue beam.
Officina Stellare RC360AS f/6 & ST10XE
This blue beam top left is not a satellite track. It is on all 108 single exposures on 2 different days.
Also a movement of the image area shows this beam on the same sky position.
Ideas about are welcome!
Greetings, Manfred http://www.astrophoto.at/galaxies/M109/ ... 120427.htm

http://www.astrophoto.at

Tarantula Nebula
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/index2.htm
Copyright: Processing: Lorenzo Comolli. Images by: Lorenzo Comolli, Luigi Fontana, Giosuè Ghioldi, Emmanuele Sordini.

Details: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/d113.htm

2 panel Mosaic of the Great Orion Nebula and the Horsehead and Flame
[attachment=0]clillo.jpg[/attachment]
http://theastrogeeks.com/picture/orionm ... d=13467233
More rez here
http://theastrogeeks.com/picture/orionm ... d=13467233
Charles Lillo
http://www.theastrogeeks.com

RCW 75
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... &k=ZwrwvsW
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi

The Cat&Venus Diamond
(With "Alnath" above Venus, a Giant Star and the Second Brightest Star in the Constellation Taurus.)
05.01.2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... hotostream
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier

M51 Widefield
Copyright:Patrick Hochleitner+Dieter Beer http://www.photonhunter.at/M51.html
http://www.starhopper.at/m51.htm

The Giant HII Clouds of NGC 2403
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com./NGC ... -Full.html
Copyright: Robert Gendler

Setting of Venus
(c) Milan Miloradović
yagodinac@gmail.com

ManfredSchwarz wrote: This blue beam top left is not a satellite track. It is on all 108 single exposures on 2 different days.
Also a movement of the image area shows this beam on the same sky position.
Ideas about are welcome!

Hi Manfred,
Think about a geostationary satellite in you FOV. When your mount moves the satellite produce the same track on your images …
Regards,
Velimir

Ced 110 and Ced 111
http://www.pbase.com/gbachmayer/image/143026894
Copyright: Gerhard Bachmayer

Hello, I capture this image the day before yesterday, hope you like it


Stellar Wanderings at fishing village of Bukari, Corfu Greece

[attachment=0]Bi2L.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.astrovox.gr/forum/album_picm ... c_id=14736

here in HiRe: http://www.astrovox.gr/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=14736

Antares, M4 and Rho Ophiuchi
Copyright: Gianni Fardelli

Saturn (May 2nd) and Two of its major moons, Tethys (Cntr-Bot) and Enceladus (Right-Rings). A small spot or storm at the N. EZ center of the globe.

The Southern Pleiades
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi
[attachment=0]lorenzi.jpg[/attachment]
http://www.glitteringlights.com/Images/ ... RGB-X3.jpg

The Dark Doodad - widefield
Copyright: Yuriy Toropin

Another shot from dark sky of Tivoli farm in Namibia.

The Dark Doodad molecular cloud, presented in details in this APOD,
could be seen here in wide field gliding over Musca constellation, surrounded by other objects,
including Ced 110 and Ced 111 in Chameleon, dark cloud seen at the bottom part of the shot.
Direct link to higher resolution image, details are on Flickr page.