Starship Asterisk*

http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/5 ... 0Woods.jpg "Trifid" means "divided into three lobes". This 5200 light-years distant nebula's three lobes include the emission nebula (in red), the reflection nebula (in blue) and the dark nebula (the dark lines of gas between and within the red).

The object is an unusual combination of an open cluster of stars; an emission nebula (the lower, red portion), a reflection nebula (the upper, blue portion) and a dark nebula (the apparent 'gaps' within the emission nebula that cause the trifurcated appearance.

Find the Trifid in Sagittarius near the intersection of the ecliptic (path of the sun through the sky) and the galactic equator -- it is visible using an OIII filter in scopes as small as 3 inches.

This is a new image based on data from five different systems, comprising over 32 hours of integration from dark skies in New Mexico and Australia.

Jeff Woods
Reading, PA

* Permission granted to NASA and/or APOD editors to use this image with suitable accreditation.

THE TREE OF LIFE by Stavros Hios, on Flickr

Two Gems in Scutum

IC 1295 & NGC 6712 are not related, but through our Earth perspective present a lovely pair enhanced by a dense star field background
Taken from Argentine Pampas 110 km north of Buenos Aires, three new Moons ago...

More info and higher resolution image at
http://www.baskies.com.ar/PHOTOS/IC%201 ... B%20hr.htm

Cheers to all
Sergio

ISS
Telescope : CGEM DX1100
Camera : DMK51AU02.AS
Location : CRAAG Algiers, Algeria
Copyright : Fayçal Demri / CRAAG

Saturn, Satellites and Stars
2014-05-13 01:00 UT
CGEM DX1100, DMK51, DFK51
Copyrights: Fayçal Demri / CRAAG

NGC 2174: Emission Nebula in Orion by Oleg Bryzgalov, on Flickr

Lovejoy, Geminids and persistent train at Teide Observatory
Copyrights: Stephane Vetter
Larger size: http://nuitsacrees.fr/DP/AP26/GL2000.jpg Stellar feedback as the origin of an extended molecular outflow in a starburst galaxy
Credit: J. Geach & R. Crain
An article: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v5 ... 14012.html http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34194

The Winter Stars from West Donegal
Copyrights: Brendan Alexander Whirlpool Wannabe
Copyrights: Adam Block
Larger size: http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Galaxies/NGC218

What if...
Copyrights: Göran Strand Ganymede 2014/11/23 02:53 UT
Copyrights: Stefano Quaresima M33
Credits and copyrights: Assembling/Processing: R. Colombari and F. Antonucci; Data: Subaru NAOJ / F. Antonucci (RGB)
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/139263/0/?real=&mod Dawn Snaps Its Best-Yet Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4395 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=236133#p236133

CRECENT
http://www.cieloyfoto.es
http://www.skyandphoto.com
Copyright: Rafael RodriguezMorales DETAILS: http://www.skyandphoto.com/Photography/ ... dDw9WW9/X3

Moon and tower
Copyright: Jose Luis Sánchez
https://www.flickr.com/photos/68018999@N08/
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7575/153 ... d297_o.jpg

M45 - Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
Full-size/details: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/M45_4Oct14.htm
Copyright: Jeff Johnson (http://jeffjastro.com)
... Thank you for looking ...

Oh, I'm so glad to see that new galaxy image by Adam Block! :jumping up and down:

What is so wonderful about Adam is that he keeps photographing the neglected galaxies, those that no one has ever heard of. In fact, I think Adam himself got the designation of one of the galaxies wrong - they should be UGC 480 and PGC 2627.

In any case, I had never heard of these two galaxies, and I love the appearance of them. Adam is, of course, an absolute master at bringing out the splendid RGB appearances of galaxies.

Thanks for opening up more splendid sky for me, Adam!

Ann

NGC604 in M33 Triangulum galaxy
http://www.starkeeper.it/NGC604.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi
Crop of NGC604:

full moon and plane. 150% http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 69#p236169

Panorama of the Milky Way over The Mountain Institute telescope observatory in West Virginia. Shot with a Nikon D800 and Nikon 14-24mm F/2.8.

Thanks for looking!

Matthew Dieterich
http://matthewdieterich.zenfolio.com/

Moon and Watchtower
Copyright: Jose Luis Sánchez
https://www.flickr.com/photos/68018999@N08/
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7576/153 ... a671_o.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7519/159 ... 524b_o.jpg Watchtower of Torrelodones
Watchtower of Torrelodones or tower of Lodones is located in the town of Torrelodones in Madrid ( Spain ) . It was erected at some unspecified time in the Umayyad period of Al- Andalus, between the ninth and eleventh centuries .
Atalaya_de_Torrelodones

The Moon in The Sphere
http://www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile The Moon and the Christmas Sphere: a Christmas present for those who like the astronomy and nature. The moon dawn during the blue hour at Plemmirio shot through a crystal sphere.

Dario

Its Behind You!
A visit to Gorleston cliffs in Norfolk UK on Saturday 6th December 2014 4.20 PM GMT.
Watched spectacular Full Moon rising . A fisherman in the foreground seemingly unaware of the spectacle unfolding!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaun_rey/15348566303/

sunspots ar2222 and ar2227 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 02#p236202

The Nature of Time


Image one, was done using a Nikon, I builded a Panorama, one image for the ground and one image for the sky with star trails.

Image two, The cow, this was using a Canon in a diferrent day, with moon light just days before the last full moon of the year.




Then I blended the images and get this amazing and one of my favorites universe earth convination scene.


General Belgrano, Argentina
By: Sergio Emilio Montúfar Codoñer
https://www.facebook.com/MilkyWayAddicted
https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/
https://500px.com/acubens

Dusty Nebulae in Taurus (B7,B10, Ced30) by Oleg Bryzgalov, on Flickr

M31 - The Great Andromeda Galaxy - HII Area Enhanced
http://www.starkeeper.it/M31HA.htm
Copyright: Leonardo Orazi

Copyright: Terry Hancock, Kim Quick
https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhanc ... /lightbox/
This is a collaboration of The Pleiades with data from Kim Quick of Florida and myself.
Kim collected 5 hours of LRGB using a Takahashi FSQ106/ST11000 remotely from New Mexico Skies with my 4 hours of LRGB data using the QHY11S/Takahashi E180 and my earlier data using a QHY9M/TMB92S
Total integration time 13 + hours

Sharpless2-185 / IC 69+63
http://www.astrofotos.at
Copyright: Robert Pölzl
High up in Cassiopeia there are some interesting astronomical Objects - one of them is the Nebula Sharpless 185 (they are named at IC 59 + IC 63)
Its not easy to capture this field because the 2,15mag brigth star "Gamma Cassiopeia" is a star what makes a challange for the optical system.

In the Image you can see the RGB Data in combinantion with 7nm h-AlphaBest regards from austria
Robert Pölzl

Molecularcloud [CB88]238 in Lacerta
http://www.photonhunter.at
Copyright: Patrick Hochleitner This molecularcoud located in the constellation lacerta. It bears the unattractive catalog name [CB88] 238. It is therefore the object no. 238 in the catalog of Clemens & Barvainis.
More Data and full resolution:http://www.photonhunter.at/MC_Lacerta.html
Thanks for viewing!