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Submissions: 2013 October

Post by Turnit Tops » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:45 am

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http://www.starkeeper.it/img/CassioCefeo_High.jpg
Leonardo Orazi
wide field image of area between Cassiopeia and Cepheus.
CassioCefeo_High.jpg
http://www.starkeeper.it/CassioCefeo.htm
An annotated version at this link (ready for mouse over):
http://www.starkeeper.it/CassioCefeo_Annotated.htm
This a 43 sub of 5 min taken with a Full Frame Modified DSLR.

Don Waid
NGC 7635 image for APOD. It is a narrowband image with RGB stars overlaid.
Small with description:
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc7635 ... 04-NB.html
Full resolution: (1092 Pixels)
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc7635 ... 92-NB.html
Image acquired: Aug. 31 Sept. 1,3 % 4, 2013
Location: Denton, TX


http://lascaux.asu.cas.cz/m/apod-c/trace.jpg
trace.jpg
http://lascaux.asu.cas.cz/m/apod-c/venus.jpg
venus.jpg
Martin Jelínek
images I obtained last two nights while observing at the Nordic Optical Telescope at Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain.
One is a satelite trace nicely caught across the Milky Way, I was doing a time lapse and it was a serendipitious catch (27/ix/2013 20:48UT).
The other is the Milky Way and Venus at the beginning of the night (red trace can still be seen on the horizon), with Venus's light bouncing from the surface of the Atlantic Ocean (this was 28/ix/2013, 19:20UT).
I use to do images for pure pleasure of having a nice picture, and did not really think of publishing them anywhere, but since I have seen reactions of people to which I have shown them, I gained confidence to try and submit. Still I have a feeling you might have loads of similar stuff.

Robert Gendler
This is a multi-panel mosaic of the core of M31 I assembled
from R and B-band data downloaded from the HLA.
Images of the Core
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31-Core-HST.html
Close up of the Double Nucleus
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31- ... cleus.html
Write up on the Double Nucleus of M31 and its possible origin
http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31Coretext.html
Pacman_LRGB.jpeg
Albert Barr
Here's a 10 hour LRGB of the Pacman imaged in Mayhill NM over the past two nights.
2012 DA14 spleiades.jpg
David Finlay
@clearskiestv
https://twitter.com/ClearSkiesTV

attached is my image of asteroid 2012 DA14 taken during closest approach on Feb 16th. It is seen passing by IC2602, the Southern Pleiades. It was taken from a small country town called Jamberoo, south of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
I haven't seen many photos of DA14, at least none where you can distinguish it from other points of light in the sky, but on this occasion a 90 second exposure shows its apparent motion against the stars. I had thought every person with a telescope would have been up that night taking images of the asteroid, however this image appears to be quite unique.
It is for this reason that I would like to submit the photo to APOD.
It was frightening to watch how quickly this object was moving; knowing the whole time the motion and brightness were due to its size, speed and closeness to our precious planet. While I like chasing unique astronomical events, I'd prefer never to have to see another asteroid this close again!
If you use this image could you please give me credit as the photographer and a link to my twitter account. Thanks!

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Re: Submissions: 2013 September

Post by MvD » Tue Oct 01, 2013 8:54 pm

From the Wall to the Pelican in Hubble palette

Shot in the Netherlands with a C11 Hyperstar.
Combine_Crop-L.jpg
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Re: Submissions: 2013 September

Post by Rothkko » Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:20 pm

clouds in the east at sunset
Mérida, Spain. 2013-09-18
Mérida, Spain. 2013-09-18
the harvest moon
Mérida, Spain. 2013-09-19
Mérida, Spain. 2013-09-19
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Re: Submissions: 2013 September

Post by dakotalapse » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:49 am

Aurora in central South Dakota on 10-1-13 http://www.facebook.com/dakotalapse

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Re: Submissions: 2013 September

Post by Rothkko » Wed Oct 02, 2013 10:25 pm

el beso. iridiscence
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Mérida, Spain. 2012-10-24
Mérida, Spain. 2012-10-24

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Re: Submissions: 2013 September

Post by vanamonde81 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:00 am

Hi,
On Thursday early morning I observed and photographed the rising waning crescent Moon from Budapest, Hungary. Standing at the bank of river Danube the towers of Hungarian Parliament acted as spectacular foreground of the scene. When the picture was taken the age of the Moon was 44 hours and 51 minutes before New Moon phase.

Crescent Moonrise over Budapest
Copyright: György Soponyai

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/vanamonde81/10064534823/

Photo details: 2013.10.03. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 70-200/4 @126mm, 2.5sec, F4.5, ISO 800

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by pablo22 » Thu Oct 03, 2013 1:51 pm

ISON (C/2012 S1) 2013-10-03 03:13UT meets NGC29xx galaxies
http://blog.astrofotky.cz/pavelpech
Copyright: Pavel Pech
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whole big FOV:
http://www.astro.cz/galerie/d/62312-1/I ... -final.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by justinngphoto » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:40 pm

Milkyway at Dusk
http://www.justinngphoto.com
Copyright: Justin Ng At one glance, one may think that this image is photoshopped or its a composite because it's simply impossible to see milky way galaxy at dusk. But what you're really seeing here is a single exposure shot of a rare phenomenon, known as Zodiacal Light (a.k.a. False Dusk), that I have captured during my recent trip to Mount Bromo in the Southern Hemisphere. Zodiacal light is best seen during Spring and Autumn and I chose to visit Mt Bromo a few days after Autumnal Equinox as I hope to capture the Zodiacal light along with the 3 planets, 3 volcanoes and a milky way galaxy. If I had visited Mount Bromo during Vernal Equinox, I will not be able to capture this rare phenomenon with the cones of the 3 volcanoes because the Zodiacal light would have appear before dawn, in the East.

This image was captured when the sun was around 15 degrees below horizon and the sky was reaching its astronomical darkness condition. That's why we were able to see the milkyway galaxy and the Zodiacal light also created a false dusk impression. During normal day, you will not be able to see the sunset colors at this time because the sky would have been completely dark! Zodiacal light appears as a faint light in this image coming from Mount Batok pointing towards the Milky Way Galaxy but it's actually pointing towards the pathway traveled by the Sun and Moon as they journey across our sky.

Zodiacal light is actually sunlight reflecting off dust grains that circle the sun in the inner solar system. These grains are thought to be left over from the process that created our Earth and the other planets of our solar system 4.5 billion years ago.

I also did a 6 hours timelapse for this amazing phenomenon.

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Inexhaustible Lemmon

Post by PepeChambo » Thu Oct 03, 2013 2:42 pm

Title:
Inexhaustible Lemmon

Object/Date:
C/2012 F6 Lemmon @ 2013-08-10

Tech data:
GSO 8" f/4 Refractor + Canon EOS 350D camera (4×180 sec. at ISO 1600)

Description:
The comet C/2012 F6 Lemmon imaged on August 10, 2013. In spite of have moved away of Sun until 2,4 A.U. and shine with 10,5 magnitude, the comet still shows a magnificent appearance, More over, the closeness of Earth to its orbit plane do possible to see in this image a anti-tail about 0.5º long.

Post link:
http://cometografia.es/2013/08/incombustible-lemmon/

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M16/M17 in wide field

Post by rcolombari » Thu Oct 03, 2013 4:07 pm

Bigger image here: http://www.astrobin.com/57822/

Data on the above astrobin link.

Best,
Roberto

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Antares and Corona Australis

Post by IanP » Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:36 pm

Antares is slowly going away, so here is one of the last shots this season of the wide-field between Antares and Corona Australis (just fitting into the frame).
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2013-10-03 4856_MW_crop4 (1 of 1)_SS-70-60-40_resH12x200px.jpg

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Cmet ISON C/2012 S1-Oct.3rd

Post by Efrain Morales » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:22 am

Comet ISON C/2012 S1 on October 3rd under above average conditions. Getting more impressive as time progresses. 7 x 4min. exp. (28min total)Equipment info on image.
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NGC6905 Blue Flash Nebula

Post by cfm2004 » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:01 pm

A little planetary nebula in Delphinus.

August 28th/31th
Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
LX200 12"GPS with Starizona reducer/coma corrector F/7.5
CCD QSI 540wsi cooled -20
RGB Astrodon Gen-II True-Balance I-series filters
Autoguide with Magzero MZ5-M and PHDguiding on ETX105
Ha-OIII-RGB
H-alpha Astrodon 5nm 5h45', OIII Astrodon 5nm 5h10', R 40x3', G 56x3', 79x3'
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Dark, Bias and Flat subtract
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart4, StarTools1.3, PhotoshopCS2 and Paint Shop ProX4

Best regards,
Cristina Cellini
http://www.mazzottiefigli.com/cfm2004/a ... c6905.html
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ngc6905_20130828.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by Sandgirl » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:44 pm

Tuscan sky at a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Copyrights: Yuri Beletsky
toscana_cp.jpg
NGC 134 and 131 in Sculptor
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
NGC134_NGC131_small.JPG
Comet & galaxy meet - Sep 29th
Copyrights: Damian Peach
c2012_v2_2013_09_29dp_small.JPG
SpaceX Falcon rocket launch - 9/29/2013
Copyrights: Dave Kodama
More about: http://www.astrocamera.net/2013/0929/index.htm
FalconLaunchComposite_small.JPG
NASA Space Telescopes Find Patchy Clouds on Exotic World
Image credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MIT
More about: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-296
pia17445-640.jpg
Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) - October 01, 2013
Copyrights: Ernesto Guido, Nick Howes & Martino Nicolini
ISON_LT_01_October_2013_2.JPG

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Post by Sandgirl » Fri Oct 04, 2013 7:06 pm

22 and 46 degre Sun halos
Copyrights: Jose Agustoni
IMG_1342_o.jpg
halos_22_46_a.jpg
halos_22_46.jpg
ISS
Copyrights: Hervé Douris
130930-324241psph.jpg
Astronomers Find Distant Galaxy Powered by Primordial Cosmic Fuel
Credit: MPIA (G. STINSON / A. V. MACCIÒ)
More about: http://www.keckobservatory.org/recent/e ... osmic_fuel
PR_2013_08_1hr_800_600.jpg
Milky Way
Copyrights: Michael J. West
LaSillaTowerToTheStars_small.JPG
Cederblad 214
Copyrights: Jeffrey Jongmans
Larger version: http://jeffreyjongmans.nl/images/galler ... hst_v1.jpg
ceder214_hst_v1_small.JPG

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by astrofotografen.se » Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:59 pm

Östersund - Aurora City
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Copyright: Göran Strand

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by Marco Angelini » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:35 pm

NGC 7380 + Sh2-142 - The Wizard Nebula in Cepheus
Hybrid Combination of Narrow Band and Natural Colors Images of the complex Sh2-142 - also known as "The Wizard Nebula", sourrounding the young open cluster NGC 7380 in Cepheus.

Authors: M.Angelini-F.Antonucci-F.Tagliani ADARA ASTROBRALLO
http://www.astrobrallo.com
Full Size: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1380242024
Image details: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... NGC-7380-W

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by russelleking » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:48 pm

M31. The Andromeda Galaxy
http://rddnj.com/JimmysM31M32M110.html
Copyright: Jimmy Mack
A member of the "Willingboro Astronomical Society" http://wasociety.us/
Date: 9/24/2013.
Time: 10:14PM.
Mount: Celestron CG5GT GEM.
Guide camera: LodeStar.
Guide SW: PHD.
Guide scope: 66mm WO APO.
Camera: Gary Honis modified Canon EOS T3i.
Scope: Astro Tech AT111 f7 with Field flatener.
processed 10 images 32 mins of exposure plus darks in DeepskyStacker.
Adjusted and resized in PhotoShop.

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by russelleking » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:53 pm

NGC 281, "The Pacman Nebula".
http://rddnj.com/JimmysPacmanNebula.html
Copyright: Jimmy Mack
A member of the "Willingboro Astronomical Society" http://wasociety.us/
Date: 9/14/2013.
Time: 11:37 PM.
Camera: Gary Honis mocified Canon EOS Rebel T3i.
Mount: Astro Physics AP900 GEM
Imaging scope: Astro-Tech AT111 Triplet Apo f/7 w/field flattener
Guide scope: William Optics Zenithstar II 80mm ED doublet blue f/6.8
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Lodestar Monochrome Autoguider
Guiding software: PHD
Exposure Time: 480 Seconds.
ISO: 800.

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by Marco Angelini » Fri Oct 04, 2013 11:54 pm

NGC 7000: The Cygnus Wall - Narrow Band SII:Ha:OIII
Narrow-Band image of the southern part of NGC7000, the "North America Nebula". The brightest structure shown in the left of the picture is also called the "Cygnus Wall".

Authors: F.Antnucci-M.Angelini-F.Tagliani ADARA ASTROBRALLO
http://www.astrobrallo.com
Full Res: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1380242024
Image Details: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... C7000-Wall

NGC 7000: The Cygnus Wall - Hydrogen Alpha
B/W image of the above image taken with an Hydrogen Alpha Narrow Band Filter of 7 nanometers FWHM

Authors: F.Antnucci-M.Angelini-F.Tagliani ADARA ASTROBRALLO
http://www.astrobrallo.com
Full Res: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1379761197
Image Details: http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... 00-Wall-Ha

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Comet ISON C/2012 S1-Oct.4th

Post by Efrain Morales » Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:02 am

Comet ISON C/2012 S1 On October 4th, 09:00-09:24ut. (6x4min. Exp.). Above average conditions. (not croped), Equipment info on image.
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APOD ©Strips

Post by Maurizio » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:58 am

Hello I am an Italian photographer, and 'the first time in this forum, I would like to participate in apod, and' this is the right situation?


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Re: APOD ©Strips

Post by bystander » Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:30 pm

Maurizio wrote:Hello I am an Italian photographer, and 'the first time in this forum, I would like to participate in apod, and' this is the right situation?
Yes, this is exactly where you want to be! Nice pic! Welcome aboard and thanks for sharing!
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Dust Bowl Perseus

Post by davidpearson » Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:39 pm

Here's my imaging project from this past week at the 2013 Okie-Tex star party. This is a 6-panel mosaic of the Perseus Molecular Cloud that spans from IC348 on the left, down past NGC 1333 on the right. I thought it was appropriate to capture such a dusty field from a location that was the epicenter of the Dust Bowl era in the 1930's in the United States.
Larger at: http://davidpearson-photo.smugmug.com/A ... -v3-X3.jpg

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Re: Submissions: 2013 October

Post by spacenoob » Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:10 pm

My latest image, The Trifid Nebula.

Telescope: FSQ106EDXIII
Camera: SBIG STT-8300M
Composition: LRGB (152:45:40:40)
Captured: 25, 27, and 29 September 2013, Canberra Australia

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The Trifid Nebula (NGC6514) by SpaceN00b, on Flickr

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