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HFG 1
http://www.imagingdeepsky.com/Nebulae/HFG1/HFG1.htm
Copyright: Ken Crawford

NGC 1360
http://www.ernst-von-voigt.de/gallery/d ... c1360.html
Copyright: Ernst von Voigt

Starry Hubble Night
http://www.astro.uvic.ca/~alexhp/new/home
Copyright: Alex Harrison Parker
http://www.astro.uvic.ca/~alexhp/new/fi ... ST.001.jpg
[attachment=0]Alex Harrison Parker Starry Hubble Night.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 6188
http://www.astroshed.com/sg/6188.html
Copyright: Eddie Trimarchi

Dumbbell nebula, M27
http://stefano-campani.net46.net/index.php?p=6_4
Copyright: Stefano Campani, G.A.d.A.R. group


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"The Moon and Mars"
On the evening of September 19, 2012, the Moon and Mars was around 2 Degrees apart.
Mars was extreemly red to the naked eye.
I used my Canon XSi, Canon 75-300 MM, Camera was set on Manual,
f5.6, 1/10 of a second Exposure, White Balance set on Custom, ISO 100,
8:13 PM, Neptune, N.J. Member of the Willingboro Astronomical Society.
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell E. King
http://www.rddnj.com/RussellsMoonMars91 ... arge2A.jpg

NGC 1187
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1231/
Copyright: ESO http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29218

"The Moon and Mars".
On the evening of September 19, 2012, the Moon and Mars was around 2 Degrees apart.
Mars was extreemly red to the naked eye.
I used my Canon XSi, Canon 75-300 MM, Camera was set on Manual,
f5.6, 1/10 of a second Exposure, White Balance set on Custom, ISO 100,
8:13 PM, Neptune, N.J. Member of the Willingboro Astronomical Society.
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell E. King.

Psychedelic Space Image Credit: NASA
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegal ... _2251.html

Snow Rollers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Schne ... iegler.JPG
Creative Commons license
[attachment=0]800px-Schneeringe1_Foto_Kathrin_Spiegler.JPG[/attachment]

Icelandair flight FI613 flying over Greenland on its way to New York taken by pilots Óskar Sveinsson and Sigþór Gunnarsson from 1,000 feet above on flight FI635.
Source

IC 4593
http://www.capella-observatory.com/Imag ... IC4593.htm
Copyright: Volker Wendel, Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel

Vincent van Gogh. Starry Night, september 1888. Sketch in letter. Rijkmuseum Vincent Van Gogh, Amsterdam. http://fernandoaviles.com/extraordinari ... -van-gogh/

Cocoon and North America Nebula widefield
http://www.bucksnortobservatory.com/dee ... coon.shtml
Copyright: John Davis

PK164+31.1 (Jones-Emberson 1) Planetary Nebula with Calar Alto 1.23 m Telescope
http://pixinsight.com/gallery/PK164+31.1-CAHA/en.html
Credits: Vicent Peris (OAUV/DSA/PTeam), Jack Harvey (DSA/SSRO/PTeam).

HFG 1
http://www.astrodonimaging.com/gallery/ ... ?imgID=245
Copyright: Don Goldman

starsurfer wrote:NGC 1187
http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1231/
Copyright: ESO

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http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=29218

This picture of a Galaxy is amazing! it looks like it is the milky way its so vibrant and clear!

vdB152 widefield
http://www.skyimager.com/imagedata/VDB152_08-12-08.html
Copyright: Frank S. Barnes III

Abell 2390
http://www.astrophoton.com/abell2390.htm
Copyright: Bernhard Hubl

Air traffic above Australia, Late Afternoon-Western Seaboard, Evening-Eastern Seaboard.

The ISS "Stacks" from Christoph Malin

Sequences & images courtesy "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth", Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, Crew Earth Observations Videos, Don Pettit

Source:
Bad Astronomy: My God, it’s full of star trails
Universe Today: Space Station Reaches Warp Speed?

vdB15
http://www.karelteuwen.be/photo_page.ph ... 6&album=15
Copyright: Karel Teuwen

Ooooohhh!!!!!

<swoons>

Ann