Starship Asterisk*

Snake & Co
B 72 (Snake Nebula), B 68, B 69, B 70 and B 74
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Sh2-187 (LBN 630)
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Bright and dark nebulae in Cepheus
LBN 468, LDN 1148, LDN 1155, LDN 1158, HH 215
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Bright and dark nebulae in Cassiopea
VdB 7, VdB 9, LBN 643, LDN 1355, LDN 1357, LDN 1358
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LBN 438 in Lacerta
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M 39 - open cluster in Cygnus
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Moon, Mars and Saturn
http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/ ... Saturn.htm
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Moon, Mars, Saturn, Spica, plane trail...
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Moon and Mercury before sunrise
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IC 59, IC 63 and γ Cas
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Pluto at M 25 http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/Pluto_M25_July_2012.htm Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/CCD%20Images/M25_Pluto_m.jpg This combined image (11 individual images) shows the path of Pluto in the period 12 - 23 July 2012 near the open cluster M 25 in Sagitarius. The...

Sh2-82 (The Little Cocoon)
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Spiral vs. Elliptical (M 60 and NGC 4647)
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It could be the trail of an insect flying. Seems kind of erratic, though. I've seen moths close to the lens produce effects similar to this, so that's another possibility. geckzilla, Chris, I agree with you, seems that I have illuminated some kind of flying insect with my head flashlight :oops: . (...

Moon and Jupiter rising http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_07_15_Moon_Jupiter_1.htm Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_07_15_Moon_Jupiter_1_m.jpg bigger size available here Jupiter emerging from behind the Moon http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_07_...

Hello everybody, this morning I was taking a series of images of the beautiful down conjunction Moon – Pleiades – Jupiter – Venus – Hyades. Later on the computer screen I noticed on one of the images a strange formation, which I suppose, can be a meteor trail. (It’s seen on the left top, at the left...

M 63 - the Sunflower Galaxy
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M 104: the Sombrero Galaxy
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Messier 94
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Thanks everybody for the kind comments! Ann, I love your idea for the "red drop effect". I think this should become the official name of this effect :) It was really a good piece of fortune that I could catch the rising Sun in a gap between the clouds. There weren't many (gaps) :D . Phoeni...

Three more galleries:
Space.com: http://www.space.com/15973-venus-transi ... llery.html
The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/galle ... -astronomy
Live Science: http://www.livescience.com/20699-galler ... venus.html

A big exclamation mark http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_06_02_Venus_Transit_1.htm Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_06_06_Venus_Transit_1_b.jpg Joint sunrise http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_06_02_Venus_Transit_2.htm http://www.emilivanov.com/O...

Clouds between Mercury and Venus http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_06_02_Venus_Mercury.htm Copyright: Emil Ivanov http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/2012_06_02_Venus_Mercury_b.jpg This photo was taken in broad daylight. Venus can be seen at the lower right (only four days before its t...

Globular cluster M 19 in Ophiuchus

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NGC 5033
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