Starship Asterisk*

Lyrid Meteor Shower on April 23rd 2:30 AM in Upper Austria. Milky Way with North America, Elephants Trunk Nebula.

Omega Centauri Globular Cluster (ω Cen / NGC 5139)
shot on a surprisingly clear and transparent night in a normally Bortle 6 zone, 13°N

Copyright: Arun Venkataswamy

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

4 days of planning culminated in a 5 second window to capture the International Space Station within 2 degrees of Mars at 5:15:01CST on 4/24/2020 in East Bernard, Texas.
Single 5" exposure taken with a Nikon D750 and a Celestron 4" refractor.

Hi Everyone, good morning, I would like to share with you this image of NGC 6164 - Bipolar Nebula in HOO Bicolor

7.1 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main Equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF

Guiding equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, camara guia ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 139, -20 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 71x180"
*Gain 139, -20 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 71x180"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filtro


Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Acquisition: SGP 3.1
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Hope you enjoy it, clear skies!


NGC6164 - Nebulosa Bipolar HOO - Reedicion by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

Hi Everyone, good morning, I would like to share with you this image of NGC 5139 - NGC 5139 - Omega Centauri LRGB from bortle 9

2 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main Equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

Guiding equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 100, -25 º C, L 2" Optolong, 360x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, R-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, G-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"
*Gain 100, -25 º C, B-CCD 2" Svbony, 120x15"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filter
100 DarkFlats

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Adquisición: SGP 3.1
Procesado: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS


NGC 5139 - Omega Centauri LRGB from bortle 9 by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

A LUM-RHa-G-B image of the Galaxy named M94
http://www.astro-hp.dk/
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

Two processing versions Again a never "ending story".
Notes: The Galaxy is more reddish than usual due to 40min of Ha info blended into the red CH. Exposures taken 21->23 April 2020. Total exposure time: 6.33 hours.

Starlink over Auriga, just fading out when entering Earth shadow. Since they have been just lunched recently, they have been still tightly packed together. There are M37 and M36 as well.



Not my work, credit goes to my friend Boris S.

Venus Reflected
www.ancientskys.com
Copyright: Marc Toso Venus, the Roman Goddess of love and beauty, is viewed within the outer arm of our Milky Way. Canis Major on the far left, Orion The Hunter, Perseus just right of Venus, and finally Cassiopeia.

Their light reflected on earth in a small spring in Utah's western desert.

I love how the light of Venus, reflected light of our sun, glistens on algae, millions of miles from its source.

Photographing other planets, other stars, the big space around our planet, just trying to remind us the context of our planet.

Looking outwards to realize the rareness of our place in this bigness.

So many other places and spots out there. Boiling rocky planets, gas giants, ice covered ocean worlds. But as far as we know only here has chemistry form biochemistry. Green of photosynthesis. Motion of muscles. Endless networks of mycelium…

Looking outward at the endlessness around us I hope increases our love and of this place. This spot. This planet Earth.
I love photographing the colors of the night sky, but coolest astronomical thing I could ever photograph is our own planet

Comet C2019 Y4 ATLAS and Trajectory of STARLINK Satellites
Image Parameters: Nikon D810a, ZEISS Otus 1.4/100, 21:18UT, 38 x 120 sec, ISO 2000
Date: 21.04.2020
Location: Rasosky, Czech Republic
Description: Image of the C2019 Y4 ATLAS comet with STARLINK and other satellites passing through.

Copyright: Zdenek Bardon

Ngc4631

Newton 200/1000
Asi 294pro

https://flic.kr/p/2iU6Q5y

Here's a really close up shot in M45 that I took, and the details are here: https://www.astrobin.com/383211/?image_ ... 2&nc=&nce=

MidM45 by Scotty Bishop, on Flickr

Highway to Heaven
Copyright: György Soponyai

Due to the quarantine of the current COVID-19 epidemic I had to find a quickly, easily accessible place that might act as astrophoto foreground so I chose this overcrossing bridge atop highway M3 that lies only 160 meters away from my home. Mogyoród is an Hungarian village (in)famous of being cut into two pieces by a highway (we also have the Hungaroring, a motorsport racetrack where the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix is held every year).



2020.04.24. Mogyoród, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Sigma EF 8/4.0
106 x 60 sec, F/4.0, ISO 400

NGC 5866 (M102 ?)

Some astronomical historian argue that M102 is a duplicate observation of M101. Others say the evidence points to NGC5866.

Maybe this is why NGC5866 is rarely imaged? This HST image from 2006 caught my attention...

https://hubblesite.org/image/1933/gallery

A FWHM of 1.86" on the stacked luminance helped me extract some of the detail in the core.

https://www.astrobin.com/9j61xv/

M81 and M82
M81 & M82 by Fernando Peña, on Flickr

Takahashi Epsilon 160 f3.3
Celestron CGEM
canon t3i enfriada -15 °c
31 x 300s ISO 800
Siril, Darktable

Hi Everyone, good afternoon, I would like to submit this image of NGC 3324 - Gabriela Mistral Nebula in Hubble Palette (Reprocessed)

16.5 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

Guide equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 139, -25 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 160x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 85x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 85x180"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filter
100 DarkFlats

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Acquisition: SGP 3.1
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Hope you enjoy it, clear skies!


NGC 3324 - Gabriela Mistral Nebula in SHO - Reprocessed by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

JUPITER

First planetarium of the year.

More details
https://www.astrobin.com/full/2lwvwl/0/?nc=user

Equipments

MEADE LX200 10 "UHTC
ZWO Optical ASI 290 MC
Filter: Baader Planetarium L 1.25 "
Accessory: TeleVue Powermate 2 "2x

Software: PixInsight 1.8 PI 1.8, Photoshop CS6, SharpCap V3.0 Sharcap, AutoStakkert AutoStackert !, Registax 6, PhotoScape

April 25, 2020
Sao Paulo-SP-Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes

Sh2-140, LDN 1204 and Surroundings

www.loscoloresinvisibles.com
Copyright: Alberto Pisabarro Full Resolution:https://astrob.in/full/0fc7vu/0/?nc=silkpericles&real=

Combined image using HaLRGB data, total expoisure 18.5 hours, with an A-P RH305 telescope,16803 sensor, Set Filters Ha, LRGB.

Comet C/2020 F8 SWAN 26 04 2020

Date: 26 04 2020 UT 03h02m
Location: Farm Tivoli, Namibia/SW-Africa
Telescope: ASA Astrograph 12"f3.6
Camera: FLI ML 16200
Mount: ASA DDM85
Exposure time: LRGB 12/6/6/6 min.

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July 2018/Febbruary 2020
Location: San Romualdo - Ravenna (Italy)
Tecnosky AG70 F/5
ASA DDM60PRO with Autoslew and Sequence.
CCD QSI 583ws cooled -20 - Unguided images
RGB Astrodon Gen2 E-series and Narrowband 3nm filters
RGB-HA-OIII: R 41x5min, G 30x5min, B 27x5min, HA 27x15min and OIII 30x15min
Acquired with: MaximDL5 - Calibrated with Dark, Bias and Flat.
Processed with: MaximDL5, Astroart6, Starnet++ , Paint Shop Pro2020, plugin Topaz, Nik e StarSpike Pro.

Cristina Cellini

The moon and Venus

This lake close to the city of Ostrava in Czech Republic is one of my most favorite places I always love to visit. It is way better when I can observe and photograph this beautiful play between Moon and Venus, which took a place tonight.

Single shot on Canon EOS 6D Mark II and Rokinon 135 mm f/2.0

4" f/4 ISO 3200 | processed in Lightroom

The moon & Venus by Robin Onderka, on Flickr

Stay at Home - rework old data!

Section of Veil Nebula in Ha, OIII & RGB.
Details @ https://www.kinchastro.com/veil-nebula.html

M82 with deep Ha exposure. KG Observatory, Julian CA.


https://www.astrobin.com/ruymgt/

Milky Way core over Fortaleza Canyon.
This night photography section at Canion Fortaleza was one of the most technically challenging I have ever participated in. Due to the fog that covered the 900 meters deep of this Canyon, the humility of the air was so great that it fogged the lenses before the end of the captures. Getting images with the landscape well exposed was an arduous task but we managed to produce some beautiful images.

Single Shot
Canon 6D | EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II
16mm | f/2.8 | 30sec | ISO 12800

Hi Everyone, good afternoon, I would like to submit this image of IC2944 - The Bok Globules in Running Chicken Nebula (Reprocessed from scratch)

12 h of total integration, from Córdoba, Argentina

Main equipment: ZWO ASI 1600 mm-pro + SW Explorer 200p + SW Coma Corrector 0.9x + EQ6-R-Pro + Long Perng 2" Dual Speed Low Profile Crayford Focuser + ZWO EAF + ZWO 7x2" EFW

Guide equipment: guidescope 60/240 mm, ZWO ASI 120mm mini

*Gain 139, -25 º C, Ha 7nm 2" Optolong, 78x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Oiii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 80x180"
*Gain 139, -25 º C, Sii-CCD 6.5 nm 2" Optolong, 82x180"

100 Darks
100 Flats / filter
100 DarkFlats

Polar Align: SharpCap 3.2
Acquisition: SGP 3.1
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8.8, PS

Hope you enjoy it, clear skies!


IC2944 - Bok Globules in Running Chicken Nebula - New processing by Ariel Cappelletti, en Flickr

Hello,

Kindly find my submission
Title: Startrails over Montreal

After staying home in quarantine for 5 weeks, I decided to try taking star trails in Montreal which is considered a bortle 9. I picked a day where transparency is good and I shot from my balcony and the end result was just amazing.

Info about the photo:
Date taken: 23 April 2020
Location: Montreal, Québec, Canada
URL: https://www.zenderfull.com/Galleries/Ni ... -qB9vKGr/A

Samer Hobeika - Zenderfull

Social:
https://www.zenderfull.com
https://www.instagram.com/zenderfull
https://www.facebook.com/zenderfull

Thank you