Starship Asterisk*

IC 443
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IC 2177
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M1 expansion over 9 years http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright 1st image: Niki Petrov, Galin Borisov, Emil Ivanov Copyright 2nd image: Niki Petrov, Yanko Nikolov, Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M1_Expanding_2002-2010_m.gif Two days after I posted my previous post "M1 Expandi...

M1 expanding http://www.emilivanov.com Credit HST image: NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) Copyright 2nd image: Niki Petrov, Yanko Nikolov, Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M1_Expanding_2_RCC_m.jpg Thi...

NGC 2174 (The Monkey Head Nebula) http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC2174_SHO_V_b.jpg I took this image over two nights on Feb. 8 and 9th 2011. The total exposure time was 13 hours trough Ha, SII and O III narrowband filters. The colors are ma...

IC 410 http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/IC410_SHO_H_m.jpg I took this narrowband image of IC 410 in Auriga on Feb. 6 and 7th from my home in the very light polluted city center. Total exposure times is 10 hours. The colors are mapped to corresp...

Red Sprite (?) over a distant thunderstorm http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2006_08_05_storm_b.jpg This image was taken on Aug. 5th 2006 at 11:05 pm (Local Time) from Rozhen National Observatory during a heavy thunderstorm approximately 50 mile...

NGC 2237 (Rosette Nebula) in 7 colors http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC2237_SHO_RGB_Tone_Mapping_m.jpg This is a six channel combination of narrowband and RGB exposures. The base of the image are the S II, Ha and O III exposures respectively...

Ann wrote:Emil Ivanov, I'm fascinated by your sparklingly colorful Heart and Soul Nebulae! I visited your homepage and found some very nice images there.

Ann

You are so kind Ann, thank you very much!

Emil

IC 1805 and IC 1848 (Heart and Soul Nebulae) http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/IC1805_IC1848_HaRGB_m.jpg Image details: http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/IC1805_IC1848_HRGB.htm Higher resolution: http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/IC180...

NGC 2237 (The Rosette Nebula) in HST Palette http://www.emilivanov.com/ Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC2237_SHO_m.jpg Higher resolution (1800 x 1336 pixels): http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC2237_SHO_b.jpg Full resolution (4006 x 2975 pixels): http://www.e...

Emil Ivanov, that's a fantastic image of a Perseid making a "bulls-eye" at the Pleaides! The meteor appears to aim for, or originate at, Alcyone, the brightest star of the Pleiades and the very "heart" of the Seven Sisters, if such a "heart" exists. And what a delightf...

First Quarter Moon with webcam http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2008_03_14_WebCam_Moon_Panorama_m.jpg Mosaic of 112 images, each obtained from 1600 individual frames March 14th 2008, Meade 14 inch SC,WebCam Philips SPC900 NC, Higher resolution ...

A bright late Perseid striking the Pleiades http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2010_08_14_Perseid_Pleiades_m.jpg I was taking a series of two minute exposures on the Pleiades, when a bright meteor appeared exactly in the field of wiev. Taken on A...

Emil Ivanov, i like a lot your website! You have so wonderful pictures, especially IC 1848 S2 Ha O3, IC 1805 S2 Ha O3, M 42 RGB, M 101 LRGB, Moon, NGC 7000, M 45, M 31, M 42, M 42 - RGB / SHO, and... the cat with the multicolored ball :) Céline PS: here is my little picture from a plane, i like par...

owlice, you are so kind! Thank you very much!
Best regards

Emil

Thank you so much, bystander !
Best Regards

Emil

owlice wrote:Yay! We have a tenor! There's got to be a soprano around here somewhere, and then we'll have a complete set for the Starship Asterisk Quartet!

That's a great idea ! I would gladly participate !
Kind regards to all Starship Asterisk* members. I'm happy to be among them!

Emil

M 51 (the Whirlpool Galaxy) http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M51_LRGB_F6.3_2010_m.jpg Image's details: http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M51_LRGB_6.3_2010.htm Higher resolution: http://www.emilivanov.com/Examples/M51_LRGB_F6.3_2010_.jpg

NGC 2392 (The Eskimo Nebula) http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Niki Petrov, Yanko Nikolov, Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/NGC2392_RGB_2m_m.jpg The image was taken on November 14th 2010 with 2m RCC telescope at Rozhen National Observatory (Bulgaria) Image details can be seen h...

M 1 (The Crab Nebula) http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Niki Petrov, Yanko Nikolov, Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M1_RGB_2m_telescope_2010_11_14_m.jpg The image was taken on November 14th 2010 with 2m RCC telescope at Rozhen National Observatory (Bulgaria) Image details can ...

M 42 in RGB / HST palette http://www.emilivanov.com Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M42_RGB_SHO_1_m.jpg RGB image. Hover the mouse over the image to see the same area in SHO (HST palette) Bigger mouseover and images details can be found here: http://www.emilivanov.com/...

Partial eclipse over Vienna's Hofburg http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2011_01_04_PSE_1_m.jpg Larger view of the image here: http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2011_01_04_PSE_1.htm http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2011_01_04_PSE_2_m.jpg Larger view of the image here: http://www.emil...