Starship Asterisk*

An Iris and a Deinotherium Head http://cdn.astrobin.com/images/3587/2017/a52c201e-3a89-4998-abd1-d6221dbd46f9.gif In the faint Lynds' Dark Nebula 1171 I recognize the head of a Deinotherium (enormous prehistoric proboscidean, with two downward curving tusks, attached to the lower jaw). Location: Ven...

Autumnal Conjunctions

The moon gives a striking appearance to a gap in the clouds.
Starting from the bottom : Jupiter - Mars - Moon - Venus and from here to the left, in the clouds, Regulus.

Copyright: Pierluigi Carotti

The Flight of 61 Cygni 61 Cygni, the Flying Star of Giuseppe Piazzi (discoverer of Ceres, the first asteroid), is a double star whose components orbit in about 680 years around a common center of gravity; the double star owns a considerable proper motion compared to the distant background stars, al...

Venus Transit (Time: 6.22 (GMT+2) June 6, 2012)