Starship Asterisk*

Half warm, Half cool
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steedjoy/ ... otostream/
Copyright: Yu Jun

Eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala
Copyrights: Diego Rizzo Sundog
Copyrights: Bill Edner Exoplanet - artwork
Copyrights: Jean-Jacques Oppringils All sky eclipse and stars
Copyrights: Tunç Tezel Rosette - 6 pane mosaic
Copyrights: Paulo Lobão Subaru Telescope Observes Rapid Changes in a Comet's Plasma Tail
Credits: NAOJ
An article: http://subarutelescope.org/Pressrelease ... index.html Jupiter astrophotography 2015
Copyrights: Flávio Fortunato Milkyway
Copyrights: Navaneeth Unnikirshnan Europa transiting Jupiter
Copyrights: Stefano Quaresima

Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Copyrights: Robert Gillette
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/161272/0/ IC 2944 (aka the Running Chicken) in Centaurus
Copyrights: Robert Gillette
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/159106/0/ M33-Triangulum Galaxy
Copyrights: Christian Garcia Comet Lovejoy
Credits: Dark Energy Survey Collaboration http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=240415#p240415

Messier 78
Copyrights: Ryan Hannahoe and Salvatore Grasso
Larger size: http://ryanhannahoe.nmskies.com/?p=790 NGC 3579
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez NGC 457 - The Owl Cluster
Copyrights: Bob Franke Monkey Head Nebula + Sh 2-247
Copyrights: Lóránd Fényes NGC 2626
Copyrights: José Joaquín Pérez

Peace
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steedjoy/16548249899/
Copyright: Yu Jun

Above the Atmosphere, Light Pollution & The Milky Way
At the top of Vocan Santa Maria (3772) meters above the sea level.

By: Sergio Montúfar
https://www.facebook.com/MilkyWayAddicted

TENKYUKAN of ORION and Canopus
Observatory of unique shape in Japan's southernmost
Kagoshima Prefecture Kihoku Tenkyukan
It is similar to the Star Trek spaceship.
I pray for souls of Leonard Nimoy
TENKYUKAN of ORION and Canopus by masahiro miyasaka, on Flickr

Fantastic loop of 6th March.
image Philippe TOSI

IC 2944 in Centaurus is a rich complex area of wispy nebulosity with a conspicuous group of small dark obscuring dust globules known as "Thackeray" or "Bok" Globules floating in front of the bright background gases
Larger image here: http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/ ... 2/original
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Here is a starless version of the Orion Nebula and Running Man highlighting the dust structure throughout the region.

Copyright: Josh Smith

M42 Mostly Starless regular frame by Onejoshsmith, on Flickr

The Moonlit Pines
https://flic.kr/p/rvJgP8
Copyright: Marion Haligowski

The Moonlit Pines by Radical Retinoscopy, on Flickr

The rising moon is seen casting its light on a foot of freshly fallen snow in Lancaster, PA. This photo was made of 53 thirteen second exposures. (Canon T2i, Canon 8-15mm f/4L fisheye lens @9 mm, f/4.5, ISO 400) Stacking was done using StarStaX.

Another Universe in the water
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steedjoy/16120680924/
Copyright: Yu Jun

Eta Carinae, A titan among stars
https://flic.kr/p/qyu58d
http://www.astrobin.com/161995/B/
Copyright: Chris Marklew

Northen LIghts - Kefliavik-Iceland

An aurora is a natural light display in the sky (from the Latin word aurora, "sunrise" or the Roman goddess of dawn), predominantly seen in the high latitude (Arctic and Antarctic) regions. Auroras are caused by charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, entering the atmosphere from above causing ionisation and excitation of atmospheric constituents, and consequent optical emissions. Incident protons can also produce emissions as hydrogen atoms after gaining an electron from the atmosphere.

Copyright: Lluís Romero
Best regards and clear skies.
http://www.astrosirius.org/
Lluís Romero.

Horsehead and Flame Nebulae
http://www.johnsastrophotos.com/
Copyright: John Vermette
http://www.johnsastrophotos.com/uploads ... -hargb.jpg

Image captured with 152mm Astro-Physics F8 telescope and Daystar Quantum PE .5 angstrom H-alpha filter and flea2 video ccd camera.

Moon Trail at Ortygia -Syracuse - Unesco World Heritage
www.dariogiannobile.com
Copyright: Dario Giannobile Syracuse - Unesco World Heritage Site
A Moon trail during the blue hour enriches the sky of Ancient Syracuse that includes the nucleus of the city’s foundation as Ortygia by Greeks from Corinth in the 8th century BC. The site of the city, which Cicero described as ‘the greatest Greek city and the most beautiful of all’, retains vestiges such as the Temple of Athena (5th century BC, later transformed to serve as a cathedral), a Greek theatre, a Roman amphitheatre, a fort and more.

After more than two hours of wind, cold and some rain, the clouds coverd the sky. I missed the last shots of the sequence but i decided to use some the shots i did before not to ruin all the efferts.

Dario

Loop on 6th March
204mm Istar Optical refractor pst modified 1A.
image Ph TOSI

Moonbow and Mauna Kea. A few nights ago I was fortunate to capture the end of a moonbow as the sky cleared over Kamuela. This photo was taken around 3:00 AM, March 3rd.
Canon 5D MarkIII 24mm, f4.0, 7sec
Mike Sessions

Cassiopeia

The Queen.


Sergio Montúfar
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/m_acubens/
http://yourshot.nationalgeographic.com/profile/517775/
https://500px.com/acubens
http://www.astrobin.com/users/m_acubens/

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) & open clusters
Easy target near the delta Cas among open clusters. It was a frosty night and I had approx. an hour taking photos about the comet after twilight and before moonrise.
An annotated image is attached as well notating the clusters.

Thanks for viewing,
Tamas Abraham

AR 2297 breaks out with M4.5 class flare. Images taken with 228mm F9 Istar refractor and Daystar Quantum PE .5 angstrom filter and Flea2 video ccd camera. 4,100mm EFL

California Nebula, Pleiades and lots of Stardust, Berne, Dec. 22-23 2014
http://www.sternklar.ch/images-webpages ... Dez-14.htm
Copyright: Manuel Jung, http://www.sternklar.ch

Incredible Northern Lights under the Iceland forest

Copyright: Lluís Romero & Javier Checa

The spectacle of Aurora Borealis requires dark and partly clear skies, but the night that we took this photo the moon was full, so the light moon illuminated the Sky better than I could imagine.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130040123@N07/
Best regards
Lluís Romero & Javier Checa
http://www.astrosirius.org/
http://www.jchecaphoto.com/

Venus in false color
http://maphilli14.webs.com/
Copyright: Michael A. Phillips

Solar Eclipse: Eclipse on Europa Due to Ganymede, 2015-03-09 ~23:39 UT
http://csillagtura.ro/jovial-eclipse-2015-03-09-10/
Copyright: VÁRADI NAGY Pál