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Summer Triangle

Deneb (left), Vega (top) and Altair (right) rise over flower meadow. Flowers in a frame is Papáver rhoéas.

Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. June 8, 2016

Copyright: Ihor Khomych
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Marte and The Milkyway
https://www.facebook.com/lanocheysuencanto/
Copyright: Damián Avila https://www.flickr.com/photos/79069100@ ... /lightbox/

New Observational Distance Record Promises Important Tool for Studying Galaxies
Image credits: Fernandez et al., Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Koekemoer et al., Massey et al., NASA
An article: https://public.nrao.edu/news/pressrelea ... nce-record http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36011

Rainbow cloud
Copyrights: Jan Nickman Milky Way Center
Copyrights: Rodrigo Andolfato Portrait of our Galaxy - The Milky Way
Copyrights: Patrick Winkler Eta Carinae Nebula
Copyrights: Patrick Winkler Comet 2013 X1 approaching Helix
Copyrights: Jose F. Hdez Supernova M66
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt Milky Way by summer solstice night
Copyrights: Petr Horálek Cumulonimbus incus and anticrepuscular rays over Singapore
Copyrights: A Kannan NASA's Hubble Finds Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
Image credits: NASA, ESA, A. Feild (STScI), and A. Riess (STScI/JHU)
An article: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 6/17/text/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36006

The night sky above Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park
Copyrights: Evan Haas Milky Way, Saturn and Mars
Copyrights: Evan Haas Eastern City Gates of Belgrade - solargraphy
Copyrights: Marko Savić Night sky over Big Badlands Overlook in Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Copyrights: Tim Hanko M81 and M82,Galaxies in Ursa Major
Copyrights: Data: Multiple sources; Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler and Roberto Colombari; Acknowledgement: R. Jay GaBany
More info: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M81- ... ubaru.html M8 - Lagoon Nebula
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/251193/0/?real=&mod=
Copyrights: R. Colombari / E. Recurt Waxing Crescent and Jupiter
Copyrights: Madison Owens Noctilucent Clouds
Copyrights: Matt Robinson Newly Discovered SN in M66
Copyrights: Martin Pugh Peculiar Partners
Copyrights: Adam Block Moon/Mercury occultation from South Africa
Copyrights: Cory Schmitz M101
Copyrights: Bob Fera NGC 4725
Copyrights: Bob Fera Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest - Mars, Saturn, & the Milky Way
Copyrights: Brad Goldpaint A puddle full of stars
Copyrights: César Cantú Quiroga

Copyrights: Emil Pera


full size image

View from the plane window
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar C2013 X1 PANSTARRS Helix
Copyrights: Jose F. Hdez Comet C/2013 X1 Panstarrs and the Helix nebula
Copyrights: Justin Tilbrook Milky Way
Copyrights: James W Young Comet C/2013 X1 Panstarrs near Helix Nebula NGC 7293
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti Solar Halo
Copyrights: Alexa Rose Comet C/2013 X1 & Helix
Copyrights: Sebastian Voltmer Mars, Saturn, Pluto and the Milky Way over Peloponnese
Copyrights: Alexandros Maragos IC 1396 Elephant's Trunk Nebula
Copyrights: Chris Kotsaftis Milky Way reflection
Copyrights: Hamidreza Ahmadi Nice pair of Centaurus
Copyrights: Lóránd Fényes The Great Wall in Cygnus
Copyrights: Destin Heilman Crescent Moon
Copyrights: Leonardo Caldas Mercury Transit with Jet and Contrails
Copyrights: Quinn Passey Pelican regional
Copyrights: Robert Fields The heart of the Scorpion
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile The Milky Way at Cape Cod overlooking Nantucket Sound
Copyrights: John Chumack c/2013 x1 comet and the Helix Nebula
Copyrights: Andrealuna Pizzetti ‘Wasteful’ galaxies launch heavy elements into surrounding halos and deep space, CU-Boulder study finds
Credit: Adrien Thob, LJMU
An article: http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2 ... p-space-cu http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36021

Airglow
Copyrights: James W Young Star trails
Anthony J. Kroes Different views of Milky Way from Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico
Copyrights: César Cantú Quiroga Two Days Before the Sun Goes Spotless
Copyrights: Charles Shahar

M16 Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: Salvatore Spinoso Mars (6 June 2016)
Copyrights: Alexei Pace Elephant's Trunk nebula from an urban polluted sky
Copyrights: Filippo Curti and Sandro Spadaro Messier 16 - Eagle Nebula
Copyrights: R. Colombari / E. Recurt
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/251593/0/?real=&mod= Black Hole Fed by Cold Intergalactic Deluge
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry/SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1618/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36029

IC 4628 and NGC 6231 in Scorpius
Copyrights: Ivan Bok NGC 6188 and 6164 in Ara
Copyrights: Ivan Bok Mars and Saturn at their best
Copyrights: Amirreza Kamkar Meteor points towards Zodiacal Light
Copyrights: Ian Griffin Milky Way
Copyrights: Matt Triplow Scorpius,Mars and a Meteor
Copyrights: Mark Stewart North America and Pelican
Copyrights: Jose F. Hdez IC4592 Horsehead Blue
Copyrights: Jose F. Hdez The Planets Mars & Saturn Visit Antares, M4 & Rho Oph Region
Copyrights: John Chumack Old church solar halo
Copyrights: Göran Strand Swan nebula
Copyrights: Maria Kun Night sky over Tenerife
Copyrights: Laura Kranich Ancient shipshed of Oiniadai (3000 years old)
Copyrights: Aggelos Makris Eta Carinae and WR22
Copyrights: Josep M. Drudis 22° halo over Auckland NZ
Copyrights: Amit Kokje Analemma 2012-13
Copyrights: Pál Váradi Nagy Sunflowers
Copyrights: Andrew Campbell
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/251583/0/ M8 with closeup view of Bok Globules
Copyrights: Eric Ng El Teide Startails and Meteor
Copyrights: Tomasz Skiba Mars animation
Copyrights: Paco Bellido
http://i.giphy.com/l41YoVJFjfXAny8nK.gif Sh2-132
Copyrights: Francesco Pelizzo Rising rainbow as the Sun set
Copyrights: Aysun Ülger Newlight Moon
Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler Milky Way and planets
Copyrights: Ehsan Rostamizadeh M8 and M20 region
Copyrights: Victor Bertol

M94 - The Cat's Eye Galaxy
Copyright: Sergio Kaminsky
Over 15 hours of total exposure.
http://www.myastroscience.com/#!m94-galaxy/npid3

Brothers
The Messier 8 and Messier 20 from Hungary

copyright: Rafael Schmall

Large version: http://www.asztrofoto.hu/galeria/img/1465665453.jpg

Like this... Only we have ten time chances of the year. At june 10, after moonset, I tried to shoot the Milky way central with a normal telelens. The total exposure time of the image is 2 hour. But the results is good. The image dont need so hard postprocess. That was the lucky night, with great sky conditions.

Everybody like this "brothers", the famous Lagoon nebula and the classic blue and misterious Trifid nebula. I hope that this image will be on Apod.


Equipment: SW EQ5 GT + EOS1100D FS + 200/2.8 EF
EXIF: 45x150 second exp, f3.2, ISO1600
Observation site: Hungary, Somogy - Zselic Observatory
Time: UT 00:30~

Rafael Schmall
http://www.ejszakaitajkep.hu
http://www.zselicicsillagpark.hu

moon and jupiter

Moon and Galaxy in newzealand.


copyright:alvinwu
email:liangchenyi@vip.qq.com

Moon and galaxy







copyright:alvinwu
email:liangchenyi@vip.qq.com

"The FWHM is strong in you, my young padawan"
My son and me in Los Mirones, Calzada de Calatrava, Spain, in the night of the 4th-Jun-2016. In the background the Milky Way with Mars and Saturn making a remarkable and beautiful triangle with Antares.
Copyright Fernando and Illán Mejido.

The Light category winner of photo composites is "Milky Way Like a Dolphin" by Alvin Wu from China. The rising arc of the Milky Way is captured on MaunaKea observatory, Hawaii in April 2015 and shows the Gemini North telescope in the foreground. According to judge Jim Richardson "Night sky photographers have become ever more sophisticated in the ways they bring us visions of the night — and this is a perfect example. Nine images of the sky (to get the perfect image of the Milky Way) with eight images of the observatory (to record the telescope dome and the city lights below). The combined composite image brought to life something we humans can see only faintly with our bare eyes."


copyright:alvinwu
email:liangchenyi@vip.qq.com

AlvinWu wrote:The Light category winner of photo composites is "Milky Way Like a Dolphin" by Alvin Wu from China. The rising arc of the Milky Way is captured on MaunaKea observatory, Hawaii in April 2015 and shows the Gemini North telescope in the foreground. According to judge Jim Richardson "Night sky photographers have become ever more sophisticated in the ways they bring us visions of the night — and this is a perfect example. Nine images of the sky (to get the perfect image of the Milky Way) with eight images of the observatory (to record the telescope dome and the city lights below). The combined composite image brought to life something we humans can see only faintly with our bare eyes."


copyright:alvinwu
email:liangchenyi@vip.qq.com

Congratulations!

AlvinWu wrote:
The Light category winner of photo composites is "Milky Way Like a Dolphin" by Alvin Wu from China. ...

Congratulations!

For more 2016 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners, http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=258555#p258555

bystander wrote:

AlvinWu wrote:
The Light category winner of photo composites is "Milky Way Like a Dolphin" by Alvin Wu from China. ...

Congratulations!

For more 2016 International Earth & Sky Photo Contest Winners, http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=258555#p258555

Thanks,Jerry!

AlvinWu wrote: Thanks,Jerry!

Not Jerry, but you're welcome.

bystander wrote:

AlvinWu wrote: Thanks,Jerry!

Not Jerry, but you're welcome.

i'am so sorry!

IC4628 is a large and tenuous wispy complex of nebulosity nestled in the bend of the Scorpions tail.
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Located near the plane of the Milky Way in the constellation of Sagittarius. M17 is a beautiful star forming region.

Messier 17 in Sagittarius by Terry Robison, on Flickr

Copyright: Terry Robison

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
RHO MOSAICO DE 12 by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

NASA Mars Orbiters Reveal Seasonal Dust Storm Pattern
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-146 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36035

M8 Lagoon nebula
Copyrights: Justin Daniel Mars - 8 June 2016
Copyrights: Alexei Pace EarthShine (6-8-2016)
Copyrights: Greg Hogan Teslescopes
Credits: Sergio Montúfar /Planetario Ciudad de la Plata; Acknowledgement: Observatorio Astronómico Félix Aguilar Transit of Mercury 2016
Copyrights: Vincenzo Mirabella Leo Triplet, the tidal tail of NGC3628 and Comet 67P
Copyrights: Roberto Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/251880/0/?real=&mod= Cygnus zone, near Sadr star
Copyrights: Juan I. Jimenez Fortezza di Sarzanello
Copyrights: Michele Muccini Messier 51
Credits and Copyrights: Marco Cianci, Roberto Coleschi, Giuseppe Donatiello, Alessandro Falesiedi, Marco Favuzzi, Rolando Ligustri, Andrea Pistocchini, Bert Scheuneman (Belgium), Tim Stone (USA) Milky Way and Mars
Copyrights: Hamidreza Ahmadi Dark sky at Boa Vista, Cape Verde
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik A part of Emission nebula "IC1318"
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej IC1318 Gamma Cygni Nebula and NGC6888 Crescent Nebula, Cygnus 6-Panel Mosaic in Hydrogen-Alpha
Copyrights: Kayron Mercieca Crepuscular and anticrepuscular rays
Copyrights: Adolfo Garcia Marin Summertime halo in Kiruna, Sweden
Copyrights: Mia Stålnacke ISS transit on June 8th 2016
Copyrights: Torsten Mellenthin

Exploding Eta Aquariid meteor
Copyrights: John H. Moore Milky Way over Sedona
Copyrights: Roberto Vaccari Roads, galaxy and planets
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar Milky Way
Copyrights: Payam Safaei Milky Way
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej Clouds
Copyrights: Lori Johnson Two solar prominences
Copyrights: John McDonald Largest, Widest Orbit "Tatooine" Bolsters Planet Formation Theories
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-re ... cumbinary/
Image credits: Lynette Cook http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36042

Gamma Cygni Nebula
Copyrights: Dan Meek NGC5033
Copyrights: Ian Gorenstein Full Double Rainbow, Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Hwy 395
Copyrights: Eric E. Johnson M81, M82 and the Integrated Flux Nebula Mosaic
Copyrights: Scott Rosen M8 & M20 mosaic
Copyrights: Francisco Herrera Milky Way
Copyrights: Atul Nimbalkar Smaller Stars Pack Big X-ray Punch For Would-be Planets
Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/RIT/J.Kastner et al; Illustration: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss
An article: http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2016/twhya/ http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36046

Picture of AR12533 while the ISS transiting the sun -on April 21st 2016
Copyrights: Torsten Mellenthin Milky Way and waning crescent Moon
Copyrights: Haitong Yu Sagittarius Teapot & Spoon
Copyrights: John Chumack Gluttonous Star May Hold Clues to Planet Formation
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
An article: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2016-151 http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=36048

Living under Orion
Copyrights: Göran Strand Comet PanSTARRS approaches Earth
Copyrights: José J. Chambó Summer Milky Way
Copyrights: Michael Schmidt Globular clusters ngc 6144 and M4 and the nearby star Antares
Copyrights: Andrealuna Pizzetti

Gamma Cygni IC1318 area HSO narrow band image of a popular area.
copyright Dave Erickson hbastro.com 2016

Shot

a7s, 24mm, 30 sec, iso 5000,
Single shot with refocusing during exposure, not collage.


Would you like a сup of Space tea with fragrant green airglow?

a7s, 14-24, 30 sec, iso 3200, focus stacking.

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/
Copyright: Yuri Zvezndy