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Star Trails at Shelter Valley Folk Festival

Post by lynnhilborn » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:24 am

Higher res at http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X2

This iconic windmill is the centerpiece of the Shelter Valley Folk Festival in Grafton, Ontario
Thanks for looking
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by theisey » Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:13 am

ISS pass over Lubbock, TX. It emerged from Earth's shadow from the north (left), passed very close to Albireo in Cygnus at center, then faded quickly into the Earth's shadow again to the west.
Three 30-second shots layered together.
Nikon D5100, Nikon 18-55mm @18mm, f/3.5,30 seconds. Mounted on a Vixen Polarie and Manfroto tripod.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tomheisey/
Copyright: Tom Heisey
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Post by owlice » Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:16 am

Bipolar Nebula in Norma
Copyright: Mike Berthon-Jones
[attachment=0]Norma Bipolar Nebula Ha 9h10 OIII 4h30 SII 5h E1U1.jpg[/attachment]

Corona Borealis Galaxy Cluster (Abell 2065)
http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/galaxies/abell2065
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona Mimas: North Pole Mosaic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10795027@N08/7164047773/
Credit and copyright: Cassini Mission, data; Ian Regan, processing
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by starsurfer » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:36 am

Wolfgang wrote:Ghost of Jupiter
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/3242plm.htm
Wow stunning image of one of my all time favourite planetary nebulae! I think this is the first ever amateur image that shows the halo type structure, which is easily revealed with Ha. Did you already know about the halo and is that why you included Ha? Or did you just randomly decide to include Ha to see if it would show more detail?

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by Wolfgang » Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:50 am

Thanks, I saw it on Travis Rectors image a couple of months ago,and decided to give it a try.

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by VegaStar » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:25 am

Breakthrough of Light
06.28.2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... 9240240049
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by russelleking » Thu Jun 28, 2012 2:12 pm

"God and Goddess"
http://www.rddnj.com
Copyright: Russell E. King
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by Mila » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:21 pm

Copyright Mila Zinkova
Title of image
A water strider
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7139/7455 ... 75a3_h.jpg

A water strider in a pond created an impression of the night sky: there are a few supernovas, star cluster and constellations :-)
Water strider's technique of walking over water is used to develop robots http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Bioni ... r_999.html
and it is a subject of many scientific studies like this one, for example http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2003/robostrider.html
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by Teriann » Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:42 am

The image below is an 11 frame mosaic of IR data in the area of the North American nebula, NGC7000. The data was downloaded from the WISE archive and processed in PixInsight and Photoshop.

[attachment=0]IR_NGC7000.jpg[/attachment]http://tas.astroshots.net/gallery2/main ... temId=9261

A small animation (500kb) showing the transition from this IR data to an HaLRGB image of this area can be seen at: http://tas.astroshots.net/gallery2/main ... temId=9269 while a larger (11 mb) version of this transition can be seen at: http://tas.astroshots.net/gallery2/main ... temId=9264

This publication makes use of data products from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Tech.
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Post by owlice » Fri Jun 29, 2012 8:34 am

Circumhorizon Arc
Copyright: Theresa Honodel
[attachment=4]circumhorizonarc.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 7380: Wizard Nebula in Cepheus
http://www.tonimancera.com/astrophoto/N ... SO_RGB.jpg
Copyright: Tony Mancera & Onofre Rodrigo
[attachment=3]NGC7380.jpg[/attachment]

Rho Ophiuchi
http://www.galaxyphoto.de/rhoophiuchus_I.htm
Copyright: Michael Deger
[attachment=2]Rho Ophiuchus.jpg[/attachment]

Sharpless 101: Tulip Nebula
http://buscandocometas.blogspot.com.es/ ... ebula.html
Copyright: Vicente J. Molina
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NGC 6888: Crescent Nebula
http://www.martinpughastrophotography.i ... escent.jpg
Copyright: Martin Pugh
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by ToniMancera » Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:02 pm

LBN 468 and PV Cephei, Exotic dust of Cefeo
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Copyright: Toni Mancera Direct link to big size image
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by lorenzi » Sat Jun 30, 2012 3:50 am

Eta Carinae region
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi 4 Panel mosaic collecting more than 48 hours of light

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ISS joins the Moon

Post by conemmil » Sat Jun 30, 2012 5:42 am

International Space Station missed the Moon by a little more than 2 degrees.
Taken with a Canon 5D and 15mm lens from Kalavasos water dam at Cyprus.

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A Posible Nova in the Constellation Sagittarius

Post by Efrain Morales » Sat Jun 30, 2012 6:08 am

A Posible Nova in the Constellation Sagittarius!. The inset shows before, It's about 2° northwest of the Trifid Nebula (Messier 20). The star, designated PNV J17522579-2126215 by the IAU's Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams several days ago and discovered In Yamagata, Japan. ( LX200ACF 12 in. OTA, F6.3, CGE mount, ST2000xm Ccd, AO8, CFW9, Astronomik LRGB filter set) (Lum.=44min, RGB=12min e...a.)

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by CapturingTheNight » Sat Jun 30, 2012 9:26 am

"The Hanging Gardens"
10 panel 180 degree vertical panorama. Landscape lit from the light of a quarter moon.

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by VegaStar » Sat Jun 30, 2012 10:50 am

Sunset's Group AR1512
06.28.2012
Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Montmartre - Paris
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... otostream/
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Post by owlice » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:05 pm

B228: Dark Wolf Nebula
http://astronomiapampeana.com.ar/foto/8 ... ebula.html
Copyright: Leonardo Julio
[attachment=3]B228_Julio.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 4038 in Corvus
Credit and copyright: Hubble Legacy Archive (data); Danny Lee Russell (processing)
[attachment=2]NGC4038_HLA_Russell-copy.jpg[/attachment]

ISS Over Mont Blanc
http://www.nuitsacrees.fr
Copyright: Stephane Vetter NGC 6384: Spiral Galaxy in Ophiuchus
http://www.feraphotography.com/AM14/Ngc6384.html
Copyright: Bob and Janice Fera
[attachment=1]NGC6384_Fera.jpg[/attachment]

The Night the Stars Fell
http://www.jackfusco.com
Copyright: Jack Fusco
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Post by Chepar » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:04 am

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Based on my "Media luna" http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/40 ... 72ppp.jpg/

Dedicated to all lunatics in the world (a lot, I hope!)

Smile, please!

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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by Bi2L » Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:56 am

A leap second

I was exiting watching the screen to see the positive leap second, I was expecting to see 30 June 23:59:60

After 30 June 2012 23:59:59
the clock get to 31 June 00:00:00
and then get back to 30 June 00:00:00
and then the clock get to 01 July 00:00:01

Is this a leap second or a Lead day in a second?? :mrgreen:
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Re: Recent Submissions: 2012 June

Post by martinm3 » Sun Jul 01, 2012 3:29 am

ETA CARINAE

Copyright: Martin Matias Menrath
http://www.astronommmia.blogspot.com.ar/
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