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Scorpio and Milky Way center
http://500px.com/rafaeldefavari
Copyright: Rafael Defavari


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NGC3324
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/3324nm.htm

NGC 3718 (Arp 214), NGC 3729 and Hickson Group 56 (Arp 322) in Ursa Major

http://www.elateobservatory.com

Copyright: Velimir Popov
Big size is avaliable here

Thank you for a glance ...

Centauric Clouds: Omega Centauri and Centaurus A
http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photos.asp?ID=3003620
Copyright: Tunç Tezel In a single-exposure telephoto image, Omega Centauri (NGC5139), a globular cluster of several million stars and the largest of its own in our galaxy soars above a dark forest in Keles, near Bursa, Turkey. At latitude 40 degrees North, the cluster rises only 2 degrees above the southern horizon. The other gem of Centaurus, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) with a prominent dark dust band, is visible about 4 degrees north of the cluster near the image's top.

I tend to call the pair as Centauric Clouds, with their look reminding me of pictures of Magellanic Clouds.

Crescent Sunset&Sunrise
05.18.2012
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... hotostream
Copyright : VegaStar Carpentier

Crux
Copyright: Yuriy Toropin

Crux (Southern Cross) constellation with Coalsack dark nebulae are visible in this widefield shot taken under dark sky of Tivoli Farm in Namibia.
Details are on this Flickr page.
Direct link to 100% resolution is worth to be checked due to dozens of clusters and nebulae scattered on image,
annotation of objects can be found on this overlapped picture.

Globular cluster M 19 in Ophiuchus

Copyright: Emil Ivanov hi-res image

PREPARING THE TRANSIT OF VENUS: THE SUN AND THE MONTJUIC OLYMPIC STADIUM IN BARCELONA
Photographs was made in Cal Ganxo (Castelldefels) by Alfonso Lopez Borgoñoz (Agrupació Astronòmica de Castelldefels) at 6.20 hours on Friday 1 June 2012 during the preparation of the vision of the Venus transit of June 6, 2012 at 6.19 am. I could see the sun rising behind the Montjuic Olympic Stadium (1992) in Barcelona.

https://plus.google.com/photos/10453947 ... 9769110833

Is not my greatest photo, caused by sea mist but is my sight, the last before the transit of Venus.
Copyright: Luis Moxca



Both seen from Baja California, Mexico, May 30th 2012, 7:20 PM PDT.

♪ The birth of Venus Illegitima ♫

Venus in daylight
I made this picture with my newtonian of 16cm at 48x and a fujifilm finepix s5600. Venus is very close to the sun when I made the shot at 8.38UT of this morning. The seeing was very bad.
Mascalucia,Sicily,Italy
Copyright: Giuseppe Pappa

Comet Lovejoy Over Australia
Credit and Copyright: Jia Hao

Clouds between Mercury and Venus
http://www.emilivanov.com/Other_Images/ ... ercury.htm
Copyright: Emil Ivanov This photo was taken in broad daylight. Venus can be seen at the lower right (only four days before its transit). Mercury is at the upper left.

Higher resolution and details
http://www.nightoverontario.com/Astrono ... &lb=1&s=X3
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Lynn

Venus, Mercury, Clouds, and Cottonwood Seed
Copyright: Tom Auchter
[attachment=3]Venus & Mercury With Clouds.jpg[/attachment]

M106: Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
http://astrofotografie-hess.heimat.eu/g ... newton.htm
Copyright: Rochus Hess
[attachment=0]m106_900.jpg[/attachment]

NGC 3199 and NGC 3247
http://www.glitteringlights.com
Copyright: Marco Lorenzi
[attachment=2]NGC3199_2000.jpg[/attachment]

Orion in the Infrared and Millimeter
http://molecularclouds.blogspot.com/201 ... meter.html
Copyright: Adam Ginsburg
[attachment=1]orion_WISE_MSA.jpg[/attachment]

It is winter, so many cloudy days, but this is what we can find right above us .. Omega Centauri ..

M16
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/16nm.htm

M17
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/17nm.htm

The sun is getting ready for the transit. Activity is rising, so let's hope for some nice imaging opportunities...

Venus approaching (2 June 2012)
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli


Venus ring of fire 2004
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli

More info: http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/cong5e.htm

Venus approaching (4 June 2012)
Notable cusp extention and limb brightening is visible
http://www.astrosurf.com/comolli/cong9.htm
Copyright: Lorenzo Comolli

Partial "Strawberry Moon" Eclipse



Andromeda Collision



Moon Halo

Milky way by moonlight
Copyright: Emilio Rivero Padilla

NGC 3576
Copyright: Wolfgang Promper http://www.astro-pics.com/3576nm.htm