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Comet ISON LRGB - Sep 24th
http://www.damianpeach.com/deepsky/c201 ... _24rgb.jpg
Copyright: Damian Peach
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Autumnal equinox from Electro-L
Credit: Roscosmos / NTSOMZ / SRC “Planeta” / zelenyikot.livejournal.com
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M74 with Supernova with Ha added
http://billsnyderastrophotography.com/?page_id=3888
Copyright: Bill Snyder
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Jupiter GRS & Europa Shadow Transit 09-24-2013
http://www.galacticimages.com
Copyright: John Chumack
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Sidereal Heart
http://ianboyden.com/?p=artist_books&series=30
Copyright: Ian Boyden
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M17 in HaSHO
http://www.cieloprofundo.com/cesar/foto ... O_2000.jpg
Copyright: César Blanco González
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NGC 253 -The Sculptor Galaxy

Single Exposure of ten minutes for the Luminance channel + 3x120" bin 2x2 fot the RGB.All from the Australian's perfect skies.
Planewave 20" CDK + FLI ProLine PL6303E.

Higher res at: http://s23.postimg.org/kewupeuzf/Sculpt ... y_full.png

Copyright: Federico Pelliccia

First time posting on here so hopefully this is the correct format!

Mt. Shuksan Reflection; This area near Mt. Baker Washington may be known for the world record in snowfall (almost 100 feet) but thankfully it thaws out and puts on an impressive show during the summer months as well. A big thanks to my beautiful and VERY patient girlfriend who joined me for her very first view of the Milky Way. She probably thinks I'm crazy for venturing out into the night with camera equipment in hand but now she got to experience why it's worth it. Enjoy!

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Nerdy tech details for the curious:
Canon 6D, Samyang 14mm F/2.8
6 image composite
3 tracked images for the sky (ISO 800, 2 minutes, F/4)
3 images for the ground (ISO 400, 5 minutes, F/5.6)
A touch of fading moonlight behind me and some LED's for the foreground
Processed in LR5 -> Stitched in PTGui -> Finished inCS6
(Please do not include this image in the CD for distribution)

The Cool Glow of Star Formation
Credits: ArTeMiS team/Ph. André, M. Hennemann, V. Revéret et al./ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
More about: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1341/ NASA'S Chandra Catches Our Galaxy's Giant Black Hole Rejecting Food
Credit: X-ray: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al., IR: NASA/STScI
More about: http://chandra.si.edu/press/13_releases ... 82913.html CSIRO: Astronomers Find 'Missing Link' Pulsar
Credit: ESA (Artist's impression)
More about: http://www.csiro.au/en/Portals/Media/As ... ulsar.aspx

The Man of the Sun watching the Man on the Moon
Copyrights: Francis Audet Caroline's Rose and the Double Cluster
Copyrights: Albert Barr Nova Delphini Reddishing
Copyrights: Davide Manca Through the Galactic Arch
Copyrights: Michael Shainblum

http://www.pbase.com/gbachmayer/image/1 ... 2/original

NGC 7822
http://mikesastro-photos.com/uploads/3/ ... 6_orig.jpg
Copyright: Michael D Miller Shot at New Mexico Skies September 7-26, 2013 Mapped narrow band with LRGB Stars

Helix Nebula in bi-color narrowband
Copyright: Michael D. Miller

Great Sagittarius Star Cloud and friends (M8, M20, M22, M28), Namibia, July 2013

http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... Jul-13.htm

Copyright: Manuel Jung

Barnard 148,149, and 150 Dark Nebulae
Copyright: Jeff Husted

Click Here for Larger Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnusloop/9959829486/
Location: Grandview Campground, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California.
Equipment: Televue NP127is at f4.1; Atik 383L+; Atlas EQ-G.
Processing: Images Plus; AIP4WIN; Registar; PS Elements.

IC1805 and IC1848 mosaic in Ha and OIII
Sara Wager
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IC1805 and IC1848 mosaic - Heart and Soul # Explored by swag72, on Flickr

This is a 6 pane mosaic consisting of 70.5 hours of integration time. Only Ha and OIII data was used to create a pseudo hubble palette.
Equipment: HEQ5, Tak FSQ85 0.73x, Atik 460EXM with 3nm Ha and 3nm OIII filters

Road milky way arch


Milky way arch in a curvy road, near Siliqua, Sardinia. Stitched panorama of 14 shots. This pano was taken on the old railway bridge.
copyright Ivan Pedretti

Milky way from Macereto Sanctuary (Italy)

Copyright: Michele Guzzini and Michele Montanari


Link tu full resolution 36Mpix image (11mb)

Comet ISON under optimum conditions but still above the forest canopyon September 27th, 08:27-09:25ut (28min total Exp.) Stacked with astrometrica. Image not croped, Equipment info on image.

The Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus in a natural-color narrowband palette. Ha = 10min x 20; OIII = 15min x 12; SII = 20min x 10; blended Ha+25%S2=R, OIII=G, OIII+20%Ha=B, 25%SII=Y.
SkyWatcher 190 Maksutov-Newtonian with Atik 383L+ mono CCD and Astrodon 3nm filters.

Subject: NGC6992 in Ha(22hrs.) + OIII(22hrs.)
Copyrights: James Collins Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/NGC6992_apod2.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com

Moon 24/9-2013



First time posting in here. Moon captured with a DSLR+Skywatcher 190 on a NEQ6. 10 images 1/250 ISO 100 stacked, deconvoluted and sharped. Converted to monochrome.


Full version; http://www.flickr.com/photos/102905894@ ... /lightbox/

Copyright; Erik Bergman

I've been working on this one since June. The Arizona monsoon season interrupted my efforts and it's only recently that I've been able to get back to it and finish. Because of it's resemblance to the Kool Aid man from the TV commercials of childhood...I've nicknamed this nebula "The Kool Aid Man nebula". Comments and criticisms appreciated. It's sure good to be imaging again. Enjoy!!

Mike

Object: LDN 673
Dates: June and September 2013
Location: Benson, Arizona
Telescope: Explore Scientific ED152CF (6" f/8 carbon fiber triplet)
Mount: Astro-Physics AP900GTO CP3
Camera: SBIG ST-8300m w/Astrodon filters
Exposure: LRGB - 26 hours total

Larger Image can be seen here: http://www.astrobin.com/full/57885/?mod=none

Bubble in the Dust Ha = 10min x 40; OIII = 15min x 22; SII = 20min x 16; Natural-color Narrowband blended Ha+25%S2=R, OIII=G, OIII+20%Ha=B, 25%SII=Y.
SkyWatcher 190 Maksutov-Newtonian with Atik 383L+ mono CCD and Astrodon 3nm filters.

NGC 7023 The Iris Nebula

LRGB (6.5,2.5,2,2.5hrs)
16" RCOS
Apogee Aspen CG 16M



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M42 - protoplanetary disk
Bigger version
Credit: Hubble Legacy Archive, processing by Sabin Fota using PixInsight

Venus, zodiacal light and the galactic centre
Copyrights: Jurgen Schmoll Scientists Find a Martian Igneous Rock that is surprisingly Earth-like
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
More at: http://www.caltech.edu/content/scientis ... ngly-earth M42 & M43 The Great Orion Nebula Complex
Copyrights: John Chumack NGC6914
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari and Federico Pelliccia
Bigger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/57972/?mod=none Lunar Trio: Arzachel, Alphonsus and Ptolemaeus
Copyrights: Maximilian Teodorescu The wisps of the Veil ( Ic 1340, Ngc 6695, Ngc 6992, Ngc 6979, Ngc 6974 , Pickering´s triangle, * 52 cyg, Ngc 6960
Copyrights: Daniela Baier
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/57858/B/?real Milky Way over Little Church
Copyrights: Daniel Llamas

M45, Merope IC 349
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Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

M27 in Ha, NII, OIII and SII
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Copyright: Jesper Sørensen