Starship Asterisk*

Boreal Panorama of the summer sky and Milky Way shining over and also reflected from the calm waters of Bozcaarmut reservoir; which itself is surrounded by boreal forests of Mount Ahi at 1100 meters of elevation. This occasionally visited lakeside with dark skies and also good spots for fishing, ca...

I concur Revloren, after seeing the beautiful grouping in two evenings, I was expecting to see a picture for keepers; something to set as a wallpaper.

A good composition, but the processing and blending of foreground and sky looks like a bit overcooked.

Sky In The Lunar Shadow
Copyright: Tunç Tezel
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3005010

Digital Model of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, February 2015 version
Image sources:
ESA/Rosetta/MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/SSO/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA
ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM
Image processing: Mattias Malmer

Great picture; it would not hurt to see metric units in the text.

Lindos Sunrise
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3002625
Copyright: Tamás Ladányi (TWAN)

I suggest this sunrise picture as the (northern) summer solstice is on 21st June 2014.

Tunç Tezel

Thanks Geckzilla! The H-alpha picture and the colour picture are matching pairs with the stars aligned. In a possible alternating or mouse-over pop-up setting, it is really interesting to see the nebulae jump into view. The foreground will also be seen moving in the minutes passing between shooting ...

Southern Lights
http://spaceweather.com/gallery/indiv_u ... d_id=87301
Copyright: Minoru Yoneto

Actually, if the meteor trains are farther than 90 degrees away from the radiant, they will be closer to the anti-radiant and they will look like converging. Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org Perseid meteor shower 2013 from China http://www.flickr.com/photos/steedjoy/9509466625/ http://farm8.static...

It is just a matter of time, then. Charon itself is bigger than Ceres. Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org 3 more years and it could also be 20, if Charon is round enough. If Charon is round enough, the Pluto Charon system should be considered a binary dwarf, since the barycenter is well outside the ...

3 more years and it could also be 20, if Charon is round enough. Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org [attachment=0]20130619_solar-system-major-moons-by-location-withtext[1].jpg[/attachment][/b] The Solar System's Major Moons Planetary Society | Emily Lakdawalla | 2013 Jul 10 The Solar System contains...

Thanks Fausto!

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I had photographed one mud volcano in Gobustan, Azerbaijan a year ago, on 25th February 2012. I wonder how the night sky would look from the Martian counterpart. Land of Rock and Mud Copyright: Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3003809.jpg http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?I...

Thank you all! Owlice, I was nearly not making the spot on time because of commitments to my day job. This was just a few meters to the north of where I photographed the sunrise analemma earlier this year. Geckzilla, Wally and I had a road trip around US Southwest in May 2012. Back then, owners of 7...

Moonrise from Baku, with the Moon's left side slightly shaded.
Copyright: Tunç Tezel

Why do the suns in the Solstice bands appear pinker than the ones in the Equinox band? Actually the Sun images in Equinox band are bluer than normal, as the sky on that day was hazy and there were passing high clouds from time to time. Interesting format. Bursa is 40deg N. It would be interesting t...

Retro Mars http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/pictures/120720-best-space-pictures-205-mars-sun-science-auroras/#/best-space-pictures-205-mars-loop_56982_600x450.jpg Copyright: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/569/cache/best-s...

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/files/2012/04/tezel_venus.jpg Venus, from one side of the Sun to another Credit: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel Base Link: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/04/21/venus-from-one-side-of-the-sun-to-another/ TWAN Link: http://twanight.o...

Centauric Clouds: Omega Centauri and Centaurus A http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003620 Copyright: Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3003620.jpg In a single-exposure telephoto image, Omega Centauri (NGC5139), a globular cluster of several million stars and the largest...

From conjunction to conjunction Copyright: Cenk E. Tezel & Tunç Tezel http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos/3003606.jpg 7 months of Venus Tour in the evening sky of Bursa, Turkey between March and September 2010. More in this TWAN page: http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003606 Tun...

Venus, Moon-Pleiades pair and Jupiter
Copyright: Cenk E. Tezel Photo taken from my rooftop in Bursa, Turkey. I am not there for the last few months, but "The Rooftop" is in good hands.

Tunç Tezel

"It is alive!" was what I immediately thought after seeing the avalanche shot, a good catch indeed. Also, Marwth Vallis picture has a nice and familiar look. Thanks, Bystander, for continuing to post these beautiful images.

I am always thankful to Bystander, who keeps posting the latest beauties from Saturn system.
But I still cannot vote for Saturn picture. Bugs?

Is the Saturn APOD a rerun? Because it cannot be chosen in the polls. My other vote would go to either IC1795 or NGC4565.