Starship Asterisk*

Dawn NLC and aurora

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

First day of my mission at Project PoSSUM in High Level Alberta: I haven't been disappointed! We drove 8 hours to the remote town of High Level in the northern part of Alberta, Canada. We barely settled down, as we had our first mission briefing prior to the flight mission. As the weather was quiet alright, we confirmed the flight and headed to the airport to get the plane, crew and equipment ready. The team took off at around 11:45pm and flew for under 3 hours. It was a huge success and we saw noctilucent clouds, as well as a beautiful display of aurora borealis! And I thought it would be too bright to see them, and now we got both shows!

What an incredible start to an adventure.

Sony a7rII, Canon 6D
High Level, Alberta, Canada (58.5 deg. N)
12:30-2:45am, 25.06.17

NGC 6755 and NGC 6756 - open clusters in Aquila
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info, hi-res and wide field images on website

Ou4

Picture was taken with 200/800 mm and only 6 nm narrowband filters (stars with rgb filters). Total exposuretime: 31,6 hours.

M50
http://www.skymonsters.net/immagine.php?img=M50.jpg
Copyright: Nicola Montecchiari

Rho Ophiuchi and MIlky Way
Copyrights: Aaron Williams Magellanic Clouds and Milky Way nightscape
Copyrights: Derek Culver Night sky over Paris
Copyrights: Tamas Ladanyi Venus, Mars, Uranus, Neptune and Zodiacal Light over the Jeseníky Mountains, Czech Republic
Copyrights: Hýža Vašek Alone with the Universe
Copyrights: Majid Ghohroodi Region near Sadr in Cygnus
Copyrights: Iaffaldano Giuseppe Carmine
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/299881/0/ Waning Crescent Moon from Singapore
Copyrights: A Kannan M13 - Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
Copyrights: Lóránd Fényes
Full size: http://www.fenyeslorand.hu/galeria/kozm ... es_m13.jpg Venus and Mars setting over Tyrrhenian Sea
Copyrights: Paolo Colona The Milky Way and Anticrepuscular Rays
Copyrights: Jijian Fan The one hundred galaxies
Copyrights: Aleix Roig Triangle of summer over Monastery Sant Quirze de Coler
Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego IC1613 - An irregular dwarf galaxy
Credits and Copyright: Data: ESO/VST/OmegaCAM; Assembling and processing: R. Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/300068/0/? ... real=&mod= The solstice sunset over Lichnice castle
Copyrights: Petr Horálek NGC 3576
Copyrights: Pedro Goles Omega Centauri Cluster and Centaurus A Galaxy
Copyrights: Ricardo Leite Sky over Saint Barthelemy
Copyrights: Andrea Pistocchini Antares, M4 and NGC6888
Copyrights: Kirby Benson Night sky over Haleakala observatories on Maui, Hawaii
Copyrights: Craig Stocks ARP 94 - A Galactic Waltz
Copyrights: Bob Franke
Larger size: http://bf-astro.com/APOD/arp94big.jpg Halo taken on a plane over Taiwan straight
Copyrights: Han-Chang Weng

NGC4945 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Corona Australis molecular cloud by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Fighting Dragons of Ara Mosaic by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

Cat's Paw Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

M20 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

M83 by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr

An exceptionally bright Iridium flare flanks the summer Milky Way over the shores of Lake Huron. The flare is a composite of 6 frames (to capture the full length) and the background is a single 12 second exposure.

Enjoy!
Larger Size and info: http://astrob.in/full/300680/0/
Copyright: Jason Guenzel

M16 and the Eagle Nebula.
Image here: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... HA-web.jpg
Copyright: Swift and Falco

Image credits:
Processing by Paul C Swift
Photography by Carmelo Falco and Paul C Swift

Enjoy!

Hello,

here is another HST palette image from Namibia. The famous Carina Nebula.

June/Juyi 2016 Kiripotib Astrofarm Namibia
Takahashi FSQ 106-ED
Moravian G3-16200 Baader Filters
11400 s Ha
10800 s S[II]
6600 s O[III]

Pocessing with Theli, PixInsight and Photoshop

I think its worth to look at the higher resolution:-)
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... _Large.jpg

North America and Pelican Nebulae in Mapped Color
Copyright: Nico Carver


North America and Pelican Nebulae in Mapped Color (Narrowband Filters) by Nico Carver, on Flickr

These are two of the brightest DSOs in Cygnus. A great constellation to find interesting objects. It is up most of the summer for those of us in the Northern hemisphere.

Shot through a Canon 200mm L Lens with my ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool. Astrodon Filters: HA, OIII, and SII.

All Processing in PixInsight.

Color combination:
Red: 50% Ha 50% SII
Green: 50% Ha 50% OIII
Blue: 100% Oiii

Shot from Elkton, Maryland and Trap Pond State Park in Delaware.

Average SQM reading: 20.5

Pre-solstice Noctilucent Clouds Surprise
Copyrights: Petr Horálek The Planet Venus & Crescent Moon
Copyrights: John Chumack M20-M21 Composite
Copyrights: Martin Pugh
Larger size: M20-M21 Composite Comet Johnson C/2015 V2
Copyrights: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich Cygnus to Scorpio and beyond
Copyrights: Jose Jimenez Priego Nights above the sea of clouds
Copyrights: Sergi Luque NGC 5907
Copyrights: David Jacob Jupiter from Bankhead National Forest, Alabama
Copyrights: Robbie Caldwell The Propeller Nebula
Copyrights: Preston Starr & Donald Waid
Full size: http://www.waid-observatory.com/images/ ... B-2000.jpg Comet Johnson and the flare the night of June 20th
Copyrights: Fabrizio Guerrini Ancient Remnants : RCW 114
Copyrights: Andrew Campbell IC 1396 The Elephant's Trunk Nebula - wide field
Copyrights: Ezequiel Etcheverry Milky Way
Copyrights: Mike Lockwood Conjunction of Venus and Moon above Budapest with some NLC
Copyrights: György Soponyai Moon, Venus and Noctilucent clouds
Copyrights: Adrien Klamerius Venus and waning crescent Moon passes Sulfur fumes of Mount Welirang
Copyrights: Martin Marthadinata Solar Halo
Copyrights: Jyoti Kannauje NLC
Copyrights: David Kacs Moondogs from east coast of Taiwan
Copyrights: Yung-Liang Peng Iridium flare
Copyrights: Uwe Jonczik Venus Close-up at dawn
Copyrights: John Chumack Crescent Nebula diving along the edge of Gamma Cygni Nebula
Copyrights: Zac Kruger North American and Pelican Nebulae
Copyrights: Ronald Brecher Jupiter - 21 June 2017
Copyrights: Alexei Pace

Galaxies and airglow
Copyright: Steve Johnston The Milky Way and LMC and SMC from Wilcherry homestead ruins, northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. The glow near the horizon is airglow. The homestead operated from the early 1900's to the mid 1950's as a sheep station. Image details: Canon 5DMkII, 14mm Samyang lens at f/2.8, ISO 6400, 20s.

Southern startrails
Copyright: Steve JohnstonLocation: Wilcherry homestead ruins, northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker 2017

Struve's Lost Nebula, Hind's Variable Nebula, Burnham's Nebula, NGC 1555.
They are all the same object and it is in the centre of this image.
65 x 20-minute subs on the Sky 90 array at the New Forest Observatory.

Waning Crescent Moon in Earthshine with Venus
Copyrights: A Kannan Tube cloud above Asuncion - Paraguay
Copyrights: Oscar Jhon Harold Acosta Méndez Venus by moonlight
Copyrights: Sergio Galán Over the hills and far away - Milky way center from Hungary
Copyrights: Péter Kurucz Panoramic image of the Milky Way and William Herschel telescope
Copyrights: Daniel López Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) @ May.17,2017 22:44 UT
Copyrights: José J. Chambó The Crescent Nebula NGC 6888
Copyrights: Steve Richards Moonrise and the Milky Way
Copyrights: Beihua Steven Guo M22 and M8
Copyrights: Jose F Hernández Occasive Amplitude in Sicily
Copyrights: Marcella Giulia Pace 3D Comet Lovejoy
Copyrights: Dave Eagle The Boogie Man Nebula
Copyrights: Jeffrey O. Johnson
Larger size: http://jeffjastro.com/dso/LDN1622_1Feb17.htm Pelican Nebula
Copyrights: Zach Ruder The last waning Moon
Copyrights: Martin Marthadinata Sadr Area
Credits and Copyrights: Data: C. Iaffaldano; Processing: R. Colombari
Larger size: http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/thumbs/1 ... ermark.jpg Sh2-188
Copyrights: Mario Tuernich Up above the world
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh La Torresaviñan -Guadalajara- Spain
Copyrights: Domingo Pestana & Raul Villaverde Fraile Ground eclipse
Copyrights: Oriano Nicolau 11/03/2013 Solar Eclipse from the North Beach, Maryland
Copyrights: Dominick Iascone

M16 and Pillars of Creation

Full image here : http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... eation.jpg
Copyright: Swift & Falco Image credits:
Processing by Paul C Swift Photography by Carmelo Falco and Paul C Swift Enjoy!

rho Ophiuchi Complex and the Blue Horsehead
Copyright: Hermann von Eiff

Eyre sculptures at night
Copyright: Steve JohnstonEdward John Eyre Sculptures, Kimba, South Australia in silhouette against a background of stars. Eyre is credited as the first man to cross the Australian continent from Sydney to Swan River (now Perth) in 1838-41 assisted by indigenous men. Sculpted by Roland Weight and Marcus Possingham.

Sun sets behind the ocean of clouds
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh Sunset and Earth shadow over clouds from Iran
Copyrights: Amir Shahcheraghian Stars over clouds from Iran
Copyrights: Amir Shahcheraghian Ignite the Earth
Copyrights: Hower Ji NGC6791
Copyrights: Mario Lovrencie Aphelion sunrise
Copyrights: Stephen Mudge Messier 57
Copyrights: Raphaël Dubuc Milky Way passage
Copyrights: Haitong Yu Zooming into the Orion Constellation
Copyrights: Zsolt Kardos M8 and M20
Copyrights: Alessandro Segantin Big Dipper submerged in intense airglows at Badlands National Park
Copyrights: Jingpeng Liu Saturn rides on dark horse nebula (Milky Way)
Copyrights: Bijan Moravej M63, Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Space Telescope , Subaru Telescope (NAOJ), Don Goldman; Image Assembly and Processing : Robert Gendler, Roberto Colombari, Don Goldman
More sizes: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M63-HST-Subaru.html Milky Way above the clouds ocean
Copyrights: Yevhen Samuchenko Reflected rainbow at sunset
Copyrights: Göran Strand Venus & M45 Pleiades Cluster at Dawn over Observatory
Copyrights: John Chumack Nearly New Moon Crescent
Copyrights: Mohammad Nasiri M20 - Triffid Nebula
Copyrights: Anis Abdul Colors of the Night Sky
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik Milky Way from Mount "Le Chasseral" in Switzerland
Copyrights: Arnaud Besancon

Milky Way over Mittens and Merrick Butte, Monument Valley by Transient Astronomer, on Flickr

Image Credit and Copyright Tom Masterson

Copyright: Prof. Greg Parker & Noel Carboni 2017

A Sky 90 array image acquired at the New Forest Observatory:

This slight mosaic of NGC7000 and IC 5070 was created through a DSLR LLRGB routine from 620 light frames between two cameras. A full expalnation can be seen in my flickr description.

North American Nebula NGC7000 by Wes Schwarz, on Flickr

The Cygnus Wall in NGC7000 Copyright: Preston Starr and Donald Waid
Imaging details and object description may be view here.
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc7000 ... 06-28.html

Captured last night: The Milky Way over the Gulf of Corinth, Peloponnese, Greece
https://alexandrosmaragos.com
Copyright: Alexandros Maragos

Storm From Helderberg Escarpment, NY
Storm moves over Green Mountains of Vermont as seen from John Boyd Thacher State Park outside of Albany, NY.
June 30, 2017 08:33EST

Nick Pavelchak
Altamont, NY
http://www.astrobin.com/users/sydney/