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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:47 pm
by j.s.ebersole
NGC3372 Eta Carina Core
http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/
Copyright: John Ebersole
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The core of the Eta Carina nebula features a veritable kaleidoscope of forms and colors, especially when imaged in narrowband HST palette.

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:51 pm
by astrometbcn
The Heart Nebula, IC 1805

https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums

Copyright: José Jiménez

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IC1805 by Astromet

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:10 pm
by marctoso
Tower
http://www.ancientskys.com
Copyright: Marc Toso
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One thousand year old Anasazi Tower found in southeast Utah under the Milky Way

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 2:17 am
by Zhuoxiao Wang
Death Valley National Park, an international dark-sky park certified by International Dark Sky Association.
The only light region comes from 200km away Las Vegas.
Also the thin clouds make Mars and Saturn scattered to be much larger and brighter.

--
Zhuoxiao Wang
PhD candidate in Astrophysics, Tsinghua Univ. ,China
E-mail: zhuoxiaowang[at]gmail.com

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 2:24 am
by Zhuoxiao Wang
Shot in Death Valley dark-sky park.
At this hottest, lowest, driest place, we can also feel darkest night sky to show milky way with much detail.
A girl standing in the sand dune, blends in the sky.

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 3:12 am
by astrodan
M51 shining through IFN

60 hours of exposures through a Ceravolo 300 f/4.9 on FLI PL16803
L:50 x 600s
R:48 x 1200s
G:20 x 1200s
B:20 x 1200s
Ha:49 x 1800s

Acquisition credit: John Kasianowicz, Daniele Malleo, Leonardo Orazi, Rob Pfile, Rick Stevenson and Jerry Yesavage.
Processing credit & copyright: Daniele Malleo
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http://www.theskyabove.net

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:09 am
by astrojunk
A star trails image, I just can't do enough of them, but this time using a telephoto lens at 150mm.

I'd been sat on the beach looking at the island a kilometre out and decided it may be nice to frame it up and see if I could capture the stars emerging from atmospheric extinction. When I went back on the beach later that evening, there was a fair bit of cloud about and I thought that I would get nothing of merit. I grabbed 40 mins of data anyway (There are a lot worse things to do that to lay on a beach watching the stars after all).

What came out was this shot. I don't know why, but it's my favourite to date - just something about the clouds and the merged wave tops being in harmony, and where did that lilac sky come from?! Other than stacking, and some gentle adjustments, it's how it came off the camera.

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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 12:55 pm
by Natze
Mercury transit in H alpha from the University Observatory in Munich, Germany. The image was taken with a 900mm refractor and a Canon 700D.

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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 1:31 pm
by astrometbcn
The Rosette Nebula NGC2238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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The Rosette Nebula NGC2238

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 3:19 pm
by astrometbcn
The Rosette Nebula NGC2238 crop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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The Rosette Nebula NGC2238 crop

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 3:38 pm
by astrometbcn
The Rosette Nebula NGC2238 crop
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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The Rosette Nebula NGC2238

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:10 pm
by Guest
Łukasz Sujka - "Mercury Solar Transit - first contact"

Today photo of the astronomical event of the year. On the picture, first moments of the transit registered in h-alpha band.

Image

link to full resolution:
http://www.astrobin.com/full/248185/None/

Equipment:

Refractor TS 102/1100 + barlow Edmund Optics 2,5x + PG Chameleon 3 camera

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:18 pm
by Łukasz Sujka
Łukasz Sujka - " Mercury Solar Transit close to AR12542"

Image

full resolution: http://www.astrobin.com/full/248339/None/

Equipment: TS 102/1100 + Lunt etalon + PG Chameleon 3 camera

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 10:28 pm
by Rothkko
mercury transit
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mérida, spain. 2016-05-09, 19:21, 19:22 and 19:44
mérida, spain. 2016-05-09, 19:21, 19:22 and 19:44

Mercury's Transit

Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 11:54 pm
by Efrain Morales
Mercury's Transit Observed in Puerto Rico. on May 9th, 17:02ut. now approaching the western limb of its travel.

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 2:33 am
by Thierry Legault
Transit of Mercury and the ISS, taken from Philadelphia:
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The video shows the double transit, plus another double transit with an unexpected guest:
Click to play embedded YouTube video.
10 minutes after the transit of the ISS, I was under a thick layer of high clouds! I had to change the camera parameters even at the last seconds, because of the clouds that changed the brightness very quickly.

According to specialists, the plane is a Pilatus PC12. Altitude was about 500m, distance to me about 1000m (there is a small airport 2km north).

:D

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:57 am
by stully
MercuryTransitSTullysml.jpg
Mercury and Our Sun
We had a brilliant view of Mercury in transit from Cornwall, Connecticut, USA
https://www.flickr.com/photos/79734303@N06/
Copyright: Scott Tully

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:53 am
by nvc123
Mercury transit, a start sequence
http://www.astro-hp.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen
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Link to the full sized picture,
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/100 ... quence.png

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 10:40 am
by astrometbcn
Eye of the Rosette Nebula NGC2238
https://www.flickr.com/photos/astromet/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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Eye of the Rosette Nebula NGC2238

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 3:31 pm
by vanamonde81
Size-comparison of Venus, Moon and Mercury (astro-poker)
Copyright: György Soponyai

Yesterday I observed and photographed the transit of the Mercury in front of the Sun however the clouds and the terrible seeing prevented taking my expected photo sequence in every 10 minutes. However there were clear moments in the afternoon when the Solar disk could be photographed with my Dobsonian telescope.
Four years ago I also took photos about the Venus transit and last March I was amongst the lucky ones who could see the total Solar Eclipse from the Spitzbergen -- the biggest adventure of my life..

As I was using different cameras and lens I re-scaled the three photos. With the same Solar size the visible size of the inner planets and the Moon can be compared:

Image


Photo details:

2012.06.06. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 1000D + SkyWatcher 254/1200 Dobson

2015.03.20. Longyearbyen, Spitzbergen, Norway
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8 L

2016.05.09. Mogyoród, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + SkyWatcher 254/1200 Dobson

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 6:10 pm
by marioweigand
The Mercury Transit 2016
http://www.skytrip.de
Copyright: Mario Weigand
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cheers

Mario

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:08 pm
by Sandgirl
Glory
Copyrights: Bertrand Kulik
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IMG_1922p.jpg
Bye Bye Orion
Copyrights: Oscar Blanco
Bye Bye Orion_small.jpg
Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Óscar Blanco
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Cabo Vilano Zodiacal Light_small.jpg
Nature's Surprise
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar
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Starry Paris
Copyrights: Ruud de Vries
Larger size: http://dutch-backyard-astro.nl/images/M13_Paris.jpg
M13_Paris_small.jpg
Three Potentially Habitable Worlds Found Around Nearby Ultracool Dwarf Star
Image credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1615/
eso1615a.jpg
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35891
http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=35906

Circumhorizon arc over Tulsa
Copyrights: Thomas Mirowski
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Crux to Carina
Copyrights: Bob Lukasik
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/246477/None/
4ccdb6f6eec0788904166b5bfec5b4e8.620x0_q100_watermark_watermark_opacity-10_watermark_position-6_watermark_text-Copyright Bob Lukasik.jpg
NGC 4631 Whale Galaxy
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
Whale_Galaxy_HaLRGB_small.jpg
Milky Way Over Villavieja Huila
Copyrights: Leonardo Villa Alvarez
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Orion setting over St. George Island
Copyrights: Dave Woolsteen
st. george walkway_small.jpg
Mars, Saturn and Antares rising above mountains
Copyrights: Emmanuel Beaudoin
Mars-Saturn-Scorpio-04-30-16-apod.jpg
NGC 55
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti
NGC 55 Galaxy for submit_jpg.jpg
Wheat Field Sunset at Granada
Copyrights: Andrés Martínez Olmedo
DSC_0785_small.jpg
Carina Highlights
Copyrights: Dieter Willasch
CarinaHighLights-70m-Ha_90mRGB_1.jpg
Sun dog at Folly Beach, SC
Copyrights: Mark Loftin
IMG_20160502_142627-02_small.jpg

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:21 pm
by markloftin
Just wanted to add a quick correction - the Folly Beach, SC sun dog appears below.
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Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:24 pm
by astrometbcn
Black lace IC1805
https://www.flickr.com/photos/21144055@N04/albums
Copyright: José Jiménez
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Black lace IC1805

Re: Submissions: 2016 May

Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:31 pm
by astrometbcn