Submissions: 2017 March

[Sandgirl]

Sunrise plane
Copyrights: Mohd Nazam Anuar

IFN region M81 M82
Copyrights: José Francisco Hernández

Saturn (March 18th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Jupiter (March 18th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Jupiter with Io & Ganymede (March 17th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Venus turning, growing and thinning
Copyrights: Shahrin Ahmad

Venus in relative size to the other planets and Moon
Copyrights: Shahrin Ahmad

The Tadpoles (IC410)
Copyrights: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez

M51
Copyrights: Jerry Keith

Moon from Edmonton, Alberta on March 12, 2017
Copyrights: Rahman Khan

Eastern Veil Nebula
Copyrights: Kevin Quin

Crescent Venus setting on Sacre-Coeur Basilica
Copyrights: Josselin Desmars

The Cave Nebula, SH2-155
Copyrights: Eric Coles

Astronomical castles
Copyrights: Sergio Montúfar
Acknowledgement: Planetario Ciudad de la Plata

The Famous Beehive Cluster in Binoculars
Credits: Project Nightflight

Sunrise from La Coruña, Spain, Galicia
Copyrights: Ana García

Green Flash
Copyrights: Ana García

Cone Nebula Region
Copyrights: Ron Brecher

NGC 6745
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana

M57
Credits and Copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana

NGC7822 - Cederblad 214
Copyrights: Idir Saci

Journey to Venus
Copyrights: Uğur İkizler

Aurora storm and aurora hunters
Copyrights: Juan Carlos Casado

[Sandgirl]

NGC 4725, NGC 4712, NGC 4747 Galaxies in Coma Berenices
Copyrights: Claudio Galeotti

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Copyrights: Fabien Paquet

Zodiacal light and Venus
Copyrights: Jingpeng Liu

Magical Milky Way above Uyuni Saltlake
Copyrights: Vincent Chen

Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak passing M108 and M97 the Owl nebula
Copyrights: Lee Phillips

LMC
Copyrights: Almir Menezes Neto

Spring equinox sunset from Holland MI
Copyrights: Adwait Bhagwat

Flux
Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile

Phases of Venus - 10th November, 2016 to 11th March, 2017
Copyrights: Roshaan Bukhari

Comet 41P, M108, M97
Copyrights: Barry Riu

Moonlight Iridium Flare above Isaac Newton Telescope
Copyrights: Miguel Claro

Comet 41P with galaxy M108 and Owl Nebula
Copyrights: Jean-Francois Gout

Thor's Helmet
Copyrights: Christopher Massa

The Heart Nebula, IC 1805
Copyrights: Gordon Wright

Moon mosaic
Copyrights: Dmitry Seleznev

M81/M82 + IFN
Copyrights: Jean-Baptiste Auroux

Monkey Head Nebula
Copyrights: Kenya Endo

NGC-2237 - Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Angel M. Lozano Pérez

NGC 5256
Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana

Venus in the evening of 2017 March 22
Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler

Venus in the morning of 2017 March 26
Copyrights: Ekkehard Gnadler

The Moon from Barcelona
Copyrights: Antoni Casas Grimaldos

Unusual double cloud formation over Täby, Sweden
Copyrights: Philip Todd

[Deep-Sky-Astroteam]

Messier 42 Orion Nebula
(Narrowband- Hubble Version)
Copyright: Frank Iwaszkiewicz

https://www.deep-sky-astroteam.de/en/me ... ion-nebula

[sixburg]

Galactic cirrus clouds in Draco - LBN 415. 8 x 6 degree field containing Eta Draconis

[mdieterich]

[Aimed at Orion[/b]
http://www.mdieterichphoto.com
Copyright: Matt Dieterich
https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3939/3355 ... f0ad_h.jpg

Catching Orion for the last time this season before the new spring constellations come into view. I am very eager at the Summer Milky Way now entering the Northern Hemisphere night sky, but Orion will be missed until later this fall!

[vanamonde81]

Moonset and Mercury-set
Copyright: György Soponyai




Photo details:

2017.03.29. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 200/2.8 L
3 x 2.5sec, F 2.8, ISO 800

[Sandgirl]

From Corona Australis to Rho Ophiuchi
Copyrights: Carlos Eduardo Fairbairn

M42 & Running Man Nebulae in Orion
Copyrights: Stan Smith

Jupiter, Spica, airglow and Milky Way over Oravská Lesná, Slovakia
Copyrights: Petr Horálek

Like a fallen angel
Copyrights: Petr Horálek

Night sky
Copyrights: Miquel Jover

The Milky Way and the Magellanic Cloud above Taquile Island, lake Titicaca, Peru in October 2014
Copyrights: Doug Pham

Comet 45P and many NGC
Copyrights: Christophe de la Chapelle
Full size: http://c.de-la-chapelle.chez-alice.fr/i ... 20full.jpg

Rosette Nebula
Copyrights: Jonathan Rupert

Comets 41P-Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak and C/2014 S2 Panstarrs
Copyrights: Francesco Badalotti

Stars meets the volcano
Copyrights: Hower JI

Desert camping under the Milky Way
Copyrights: Darren Foltinek

Crab Nebula
Copyrights: Emil Pellett

Orion Nebula
Copyrights: Emil Pellett

Jupiter (March 15th.)
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Star trails
Copyrights: Nick Lamendola

Bright Green Bolide 2017-03-25 23:35UT
Copyrights: Christian Koll

Perseus Double Cluster
Copyrights: Jose Hernandez

Summer full Moon over the Western Mountain Range of the Picos de Europa National Park, Spain
Copyrights: Carlos Dias

Untouched
Copyrights: Ondrej Kralik

Amazing Auroras with a Fisheye
Copyrights: Ángel Rodríguez Arós

[stan29678]

Barnard 33 Horse Head Nebula
Copyrights: Stan Smith
http://darkskyastro.com/wp-content/gall ... -final.png

[Adrien Mauduit]

Danish night sky phenomena in March

Credits: Adrien Mauduit

Milky way, aurora borealis, Zodiacal lights (faint because of the aurora), nebulae... And me, alone on the beach enjoying the Danish night sky!

[Sandgirl]

Aurora Australis and meteor
Copyrights: Ian Griffin

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova in motion
Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego

IC2087 & Barnard 22
Copyrights: José Jiménez Priego

IC-1395
Copyrights: Angel M. Lozano Pérez

Green magic
Copyrights: Mehdi Momenzadeh

M31
Credits and copyrights: Data: NAOJ/NASA/ESA/DSS POSS II/R. Colombari; Assembling and processing: R. Colombari
Full size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/288715/0/?nc=&real=&mod=

Abell 370
Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble Legacy Archive; Processing: Domingo Pestana

Milky Way above Mount DuoXiongLa
Copyrights: Alvin Wu

NuSTAR Probes Puzzling Galaxy Merger
Image Credits: DCT/NRL
An article: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2017-088

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=37006

The dawn and Aurora
Copyrights: Ziyi Ye

Astronomers probe swirling particles in halo of starburst galaxy
Image credits: A.D. Kapinska, G. Meurer. ICRAR/UWA/CAASTRO.
An article: http://www.icrar.org/starburst/

2.NGC253-GLEAMdeep-SINGSopt-Halpha-composite-300x268.png (126.69 KiB) Viewed 14217 times

http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=37007

Milky Way and Aurora Australis
Copyrights: Gill Fry

M45
Copyrights: Terry Hancock

Zodical light from Trefor coastline in North Wales, UK
Copyrights: Elgan Jones

IRAS 05437+2502
Credits and copyrights: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Reprocessing & Copyright: Jesús M.Vargas & Álvaro Ibáñez

M81
Copyrights: Patrick Gilliland

MilkyWay
Copyrights: Edward Karim Torres

Aurora Borealis from Iceland
Copyrights: Gísli Már Árnason

Fogbow
Copyrights: Jim Rose

[philto]

Ar 2644 / 204 mm F/10 H-alpha refractor.
Process AS2 / CS6
Image Philippe TOSI

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[astromazzo]

Comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 20" Ritchey-Chrètien F/4.2 STL6303E LRGB 17 minutes - 29 March 2017
by Dr Paolo Candy - Ci.A.O. - Italy

[astromazzo]

Comet C/2015 V2 (Johnson) 20" Ritchey-Chrètien F/4.2 STL6303E LRGB 17 minutes - 29 March 2017
by Dr Paolo Candy - Ci.A.O. - Italy

[astrochuck]

Cone to Rosette Mosaic
copyright: Chuck Manges



Cone to Rosette Nebula Mosaic by Chuck Manges, on Flickr
Annotated Version:



Cone2Rosette_Annotated by Chuck Manges, on Flickr

[jdurand]

NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula
Taken at La Réunion Island (Indian Ocean)
20hours of exposure (11hours of Ha, 3 hours of R, G and B)
G42 mount, TS130/910, QHY163M
By Jonathan Durand
Clear skies!

NGC2070 - 20 hours by Jonathan Durand, sur Flickr

[jimstar]

Subject: IC417 The Spider Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC417.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

[jimstar]

Subject: NGC 281 Pacman Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/NGC281psa_apod.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

[jimstar]

Subject: IC 1805 The Heart Nebula (Ha, OIII, SII)
Copyrights: James Collins

Larger image URL:
http://jimstar11.com/IC1805a.jpg
Web Site: Meadow View Observatory
http://jimstar11.com/

[IO_12]

Upcoming comet
Comet Comet C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) on April 1st 2017
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory

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More info and hi-res images on website