Starship Asterisk*

hi to all
a big prominence today on sun
self made 150 mm coronograph with 5 A H-alpha filter.
image : Philippe TOSI
regards

Archival Hubble Images Reveal Neptune's “Lost” Inner Moon
Images credit: Mark Schowalter/SETI Institute
More about: http://www.seti.org/seti-institute/pres ... inner-moon Venus, airglow, the Milky Way and syngenetic karsts in Western Australia
Copyrights: Andrew Lockwood Triangulum Galaxy (M33)
Copyrights: Adam Block Fly me to the Milky Way
Copyrights: Petra de Ruyter NGC6914 nebula
Copyrights: César Blanco González

Panel mosaic image of Const. Cygnus
Copyrights: Leonard Ellul-Mercer Moon-Venus-Mercury-Saturn conjunction
Copyrights: Alex Cherney A grand southern spiral
Copyrights: Damian Peach and Ian Sharp Dumbbell Nebula (M33)
Copyright: Robert Gendler, Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Michael Joner and David Laney (BYU), Bill Snyder ISON Approaches.... (first look)
Copyrights: Adam Block

mercury and moon at sunset Rothkko in facebook
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Draconids and Milky Way por esvertit, en Flickr

Pic taken on 5th October from "Serra del Montsec" (Lleida, Spain) during the Draconids meteor shower. The trail of a meteor is crossing nearby the Milky Way field.

Montsec is a Starlight Destination and Reserve, and it has one of the most clean skies of South Europe.

Photo taken with Nikon D7100 + Tokina 11-16mm, f/2.8, 30 sec., 3200 ISO.

Regards

Venus, Antares and the old buddy - The Fish-Hook
Photo taken on the 5th of October 2013 ..

Subject: IC1805 Heart of the Heart Nebula (Ha=18 hrs.....OIII=20hrs) bicolor process.
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC1805_apod
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

Comet ISON C/2012 S1 On October 9th, 08:48-09:30ut. Conditions were slightly below average conditions, High altitude clouds (ice crytals) due to rainy conditions currently. A total of 42 minutes total time lapse taken. (equipment info on image). Animation At: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/C2012 ... n-Anim.gif

NGC55

copyright: Paul Haese

Click herefor larger image.

An interesting galaxy which presents as irregular in shape.

Fusion LRGB with Hubble Palette

Copyright: Paolo Pinciaroli
http://www.paolopinciaroli.com
http://the-boot-blog.blogspot.it/

mercury and moon at sunset "Los físicos hablan del mundo como si estuviese
compuesto de partículas y campos de fuerza.
Sin embargo, no parece quedar claro qué
representan dichos conceptos. En su lugar,
el universo podría consistir en colecciones
de propiedades, como la forma y el color."
Meinard Kuhlmann. Revista Investigación y Ciencia (Edición española de Scientifc American). Octubre 2013.

Fusion LRGB - Hubble Palette
Copyright: Paolo Pinciaroli
http://www.paolopinciaroli.com
http://the-boot-blog.blogspot.it/

Sharpless 2-115 & Sharpless 2-116
Copyright: Jeff Husted
SH 2-115 is the large central object and SH 2-116 is the small circular object upper right of center. Click Here for Larger Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cygnusloop/10162309424/
Location: Grandview Campground, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, California.
Equipment: Televue NP127is at f4.1; Atik 383L+; Atlas EQ-G.
Exposure: 10x 20 min 3nm Ha.
Processing: Images Plus; AIP4WIN; Registar; PS Elements.

Sun halo with parhelic circle
http://www.photon-hunter.de/
Copyright: Levin Dieterle
Location: Cilaos / Réunion
Date: 11th october 2013
Time: 09:54 (Local Time)

Wow, pretty good photo of the parahelic circle. I was going to ask what the antisolar diffuse arcs are called but when I looked up the word antisolar to ensure I was using the correct word to ask my question with I found the answer. The diffuse arcs are very clear!

Rolando Ligustri wrote: another Comet, very interesting, the C/2013 R1 Lovejoy, who in the coming weeks could rival the ISON

link for high res, http://www.astrobin.com/59676

Vdb149 - Vdb 150
Carlo Rocchi - Italy

Color Image Comet ISON C/2012 S1 On October 11th, 08:47-59ut. Top image RGB at 3 x 4 minute exp. ea. Bot. with Lum , RGB at 3 x 4 minute ea. (equipment info on image)

lunar X. 100 and 300%

Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
TecnoSky Apo 130 F/6.9 on ASA DDM60PRO
CCD QSI 520ws cooled -9
Unguide images
Baader H-alpha 7nm, Baader OIII 8,5nm and RGB Baader CCD filters.
HA-OIII-RGB:
HA (Tot. 4H), OIII (tot. 2H53'), R 27x5', G 22x5', B 20x5'
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Dark, Bias and Flat subtract
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart4, Startools, PhotoshopCS2 and Paint Shop Pro X4

Best regards,
Cristina Cellini
http://www.cfm2004.altervista.org

M45, Merope IC 349, LRGB re-processed picture
http://www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5322/1021 ... a823_h.jpg Copyright: Michael Sidonio
See a larger version here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 9/original

The Great Orion Nebula (M42) view from the Plaine des Sables (Reunion Island).
http://www.lucperrot.fr
https://www.facebook.com/lucperrotphoto
Copyright: Luc Perrot

Lunar Occultation of Beta Capricorn

I shot this last night during International Observe the Moon Night at Frosty Drew Observatory in Charlestown, Rhode Island, USA

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Copyright: Scott MacNeill / Frosty Drew Observatory

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We managed to catch ISS just before it transited the Moon on Friday (11 October 2013).
Image Copyright 2013 by Jeff Crawford & William Phelps (with a lot of help!).