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Rolando Ligustri wrote: I had an incredible fortune to photograph the disconnection of Comet C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy on January 8 to 19:33 TU . This disconnect was due to the activity of the Sun these days,at PA 160 seems visible beginning of tail of dust

link for high res, http://www.astrobin.com/full/146949/0/

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 8th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile (Alcarreño)

portada m 42 by astrocentejo, on Flickr

The conjunction of Venus and Mercury has been a surprise on the evening of January 9, 2015 from the Observatory of La Hita, Toledo, because of exceptional weather conditions. The clear sky and high atmospheric pressure of more than 1043 hPa provided an unforgettable show. Venus was hiding on the horizon, and when he was about to disappear Venus “doubled” and turned into green... Then he disappeared and again exhibited a green flash similar to the Green Ray that we see for the Sun when the atmosphere is very stable.


Mirage of Venus and its Green Ray
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Copyright: Leonor Ana Hernández

Star Lake
Copyrights: Jose Luis Sanchez

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Rosette Nebula by Jeffrey Sines, on Flickr

bi-color narrowband image, 12x900 Ha, 11x900 OIII, (5.75 hrs total) captured with an SBIG ST-8300M, Baader filters, through an Orion ED80T, on an Orion Sirius mount in a white zone of light pollution.

Thanks for looking!

Where Did All the Stars Go?
Credits: ESO
An article: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1501/ asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?p=237570#p237570

Study of Andromeda's stellar disk indicates more violent history than Milky Way
Image credit: Ben Williams and the PHAT collaboration
An article: http://news.ucsc.edu/2015/01/andromeda-galaxy.html http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34326

M83
Credits and copyrights: Data: Hubble,Subaru,ESO and Roberto Colombari; Processing: Roberto Colombari
Larger size: http://www.astrobin.com/full/146175/0/?real=&mod= Östersund - The Aurora City
Copyrights: Göran Strand IC1396 Dark Nebulae
Copyrights: Ron Brecher NASA Observatories Take an Unprecedented Look into Superstar Eta Carinae
Image Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/T. Gull et al.
An article: http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/nas ... LGRgNKsXhk http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34313

Eagle Nebula is moving
Copyright: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) J-L Dauvergne / First Light Magazine Comet Lovejoy - December 29th
Copyrights: Damian Peach Moonrise and sunset
Copyrights: Rob French

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Venus y Mercurio unidos sobre la Campiña Cordobesa
Conjunction of Venus and Mercury on the Cordovan Countryside


Venus y Mercurio unidos sobre la Campiña cordobesa by Juan A. Bafalliu, on Flickr

Lovejoys never ending tail
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Copyright: Robert Pölzl

8.1.2015 at 20:00 Utc i captured the Comet Lovejoy - starting at the core oft the comet i made Picture for Picture to the end of the tail.....
In this time Lovejoy made a massive dustexpulsion.
Exiting !!!

Some more Details and Information you can find here:
http://astrofotos.at/index.php?view=det ... Itemid=134

Best regards from austria
Robert Pölzl

Starboard Conjunction
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Copyright: Stephen Scheer

Moon swims in Belt of Venus over the Earth Shadow
Copyrights: Divyadarshan D.Purohit Comet On January 6
Copyrights: Keith Benoist Tarantula Nebula
Copyrights: Steven Juchnowski
Larger size: http://members.iinet.net.au/~sjastro/Tar_OIII_Ha.jpg The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Shadows cast by a warp in a planet forming system
Credits: MAD at Universidad de Chile
An article: http://www.uchile.cl/noticias/108642/sh ... ing-system http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?t=34318

Winter M42
Copyrights: Patrick Gilliland Comet Lovejoy - December 31st
Copyrights: Damian Peach

Mars and conjunction between Venus and Mercury
Copyrights: Adriano Valvasori Opportunity rover view from summit of Cape Tribulation
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Marco Di Lorenzo/Kenneth Kremer Almost Full Moon
Copyrights: Wolfgang Blücher Comet Lovejoy Moving at 81,689 mph
Copyrights: John Chumack Sun Dogs image from Indiana
Copyrights: Lorri Markum The Cathedral of Évora with a Moon Green Flash
Copyrights: Miguel Claro Comet Lovejoy
Copyrights: Jarred Donkersley

Winter sky with a comet and telescopes
Herve Dole

image1:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/herve_d/16063763687/

image 2 with labels:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/herve_d/1 ... otostream/

It pictures the winter sky from the Haute-Provence observatory
in southern France (OHP stands for Observatoire de Haute Provence).

Orion and Taurus are majesteous in the sky.

On the horizon, we can see the 2m telescope where
51peg exoplanet was first discovered in 1995. We can also see the
1.2m telescope used with masters' students.

This picture shows also the comet Lovejoy C/2014 Q2.

Taken w/ a 14mm f2.8 lens on a full frame reflex digital camera:
10s exposure at 10k ISO, on Jan 10th, 2015 before midnignt.

2 images. the second contains labels of the positions of the constellations
and the comet.

by Pr Herve Dole, Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale Orsay (univ Paris Sud & CNRS)

2014/ Jan 9 C/2014 Q2 taiwan hsinChu

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on January 8th 2015
Copyright: Velimir Popov, Emil Ivanov @ Irida Observatory More info and hi-res images on website

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) by Mavroudakis Fotis, on Flickr

Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2)

Located just off the Pleiades star cluster, comet Lovejoy is an easy binocular object at 5th magnitude. A bright, greenish coma is very evident in this two and a half second exposure taken on the evening of January 10 2015 in the city of Kavala in Greece


© Mavroudakis Fotis
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Dear Drs.,
I am an amateur astrophotographer from La Coruña, in NorthWestern Spain. This time I am sending you a picture from In Pau da Cruz da Vella is in the Serra do Buio, 702 meters high, and is considered landmark between the municipalities of Ferreira do Valadouro Cervo, Xove and Viveiro the four of Lugo, 43°35'8.69" -7°29'22.56", Lugo (Galicia).
A past history of Galicia is full of stories that tell us about the conflicts between terrains by the limits. In the case of the Pau da Cruz da Vella happens also, but in this case the discussion is not between people, but even among municipalities: Valadouro, Xove, Cervo and Viveiro quarrel by saying that the Cross is yours.
Moreover, another Galician tradition that comes very last is the legends of the mysterious magical stories or explaining the origin of things; here too the "Cruz" of Pau da Vella has a lot to tell, since even in his name preserves the vestiges of these legends.
I hope you like it and I would be delighted if you consider it good enough to be published as an A.P.O.D.

http://www.astrobin.com/147413/

cometa C2014 Q2_Lovejoy by Alfredo Madrigal, on Flickr


Best regards,

Alfredo Madrigal
M50

Taken on January,10
Canon 40D central ds on Televue 102 f/7 - 1/125sec.
Carlo Rocchi (Italy)

Venus and Mercury over Monviso
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Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above an image of Venus and Mercury captured on January 11, 2015 from Turin (Italy) over the Monviso peak (12,602 ft or 3,841 m), the highest mountain of the Cottian Alps.

Best regards

Stefano

Soap Buble and The Crescent



For the the hires image please click the thumbnail below

Mercury and Venus in conjunction
Copyrights: Fernando Cabrerizo NGC1499 - The California Nebula (mosaic)
Copyrights: Bernard Miller Low Glow
Copyrights: Adam Block
Larger size: http://skycenter.arizona.edu/gallery/Nebulae/NGC3132 IC405 and NGC1893
Copyrights: Fényes Lóránd Night sky over Latemar Mountains
Copyrights: David Gruber Northern Lights above Talkeetna, Alaska
Copyrights: Dora Miller SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS-5 Launch and noctilucent clouds
Copyrights: Ben Chandler Comet Lovejoy Wide and Close Images 10th Jan
Copyrights: Ian Sharp Larger size: http://astro-sharp.com/images/comets/C2 ... 11_ids.jpg Venus and Mercury
Copyrights: Rubén Torregrosa Soler

Cederblad 90, Gum 3, vdB 94 in HST Palette
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Copyright: John Ebersole This emission (and reflection) nebula is located at the south wing tip of the Seagull nebula, IC2177, in Canis Major. A small planetary nebula can also be spotted by the sharp-eyed. A larger image is available at http://jebersol.zenfolio.com/p651566697 ... #h338d2e09

stevous67 wrote:NGC2029, NGC2035, NGC2040, NGC2020, NGC2014 - HaRGB

This area is sometimes known as the Southern Seagull [I may have it upside down!]

Link to full resolution image:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7532/162 ... 8bda_o.jpg



Information about the image:

Instrument: Planewave CDK 12.5
Focal Ratio: F8
Camera: STL-11002 + AOX
Camera Sensitivity: Ha BIN 1x1, RGB BIN 2x2
Exposure Details: Ha 1200sec x 28, RGB 240sec x 4
Mount: AP900GTO
Viewing Location: Taken in a suburb of Melbourne [Victoria, Australia].
Software Enhancements: CCDStack2, PS, Pixinsight
Comment: Very little colour data; crazy colours! Hahahaha...
Author: Steven Mohr

I love all the various nebulae of the LMC and considering there are so many to choose from, I think this could be my favourite region! The colours might be crazy but they are fairly accurate and show the abundant hydrogen and oxygen in the area very well! The other great thing is that your image includes two Wolf Rayet nebulae! The more well known one is NGC 2020, the blue bubble near the right and the less well known one is DEM L240, the irregular blue cloud above NGC 2035.

Also I don't know the origin of the name Southern Seagull but I think it might have been mistakenly associated with this region?