Starship Asterisk*

Eagle Head Nebula - LBN 777

Copyright: Emil Pera (Romania)



Full size image here: http://psemil.blogspot.ro/2014/01/nebul ... ultur.html and http://www.astrobin.com/73747/

Solar flash behind city hall
http://astrofotografen.se
Copyright: Göran Strand This morning I was out on the frozen lake of Storsjön, Jämtland Sweden, to capture the sunrise. When I got home I saw that one of the photos showed a solar flash just behind the city hall of Östersund.

IC2118 in Eridanus

Rather a dolphin than a witch head for me. Made at a Trip to Morocco



Click here for HD Version

Greetings Thomas


Image Data:
Title: IC2118 in Eri
Optic: Canon EF200f2.8 at f/2.8
Filter: Baader 50mm LRGB
Camera: SBIG STL11000M C2 at -20°C, selfguiding
Exposures:
L 21x4min (12 true L, 9 xL from RGB);
RGB 36:36:36min, subexposure 4min,
26x Darks, 51x Bias, 59x Sky Flat
Location: Saharasky, Marocco
Date: 2013-11-30
Preprocessing Pixinsight:
Image Calibration, CosmeticCorrection, StarAlignment, Image Integration, RGB STF-Stretching, L masked stretch script, L-RGB combination, histogramm, MT
PS: color enhancement, remove gradients, histogram, curves, minimum filter, cosmetic correction on Rigel

Alaska aurora
Copyright: Sebastian Saarloos
[attachment=0]supercororna-001.jpg[/attachment]

Comet C/2013 A1 Siding Spring on January 22nd, 00:44-01:41ut ( 27 min total exp.)(Animation at: http://www.jaicoa-observatory.com/C2012 ... t-Anim.gif). Under average conditions. A distant Galaxy PGC633424 is close by. Now within 9 months from its very close approach to Mars on October 19, 2014.

Jupiter and the moon Ganymede on January 22nd, 02:22ut. The moon is transiting behind the disc. Under average but with some turbulent conditions.

Panoramic view of the milky way arch at the Acquafredda Castle,Sardinia (Italy).

http://www.thewildlifemoments.com/wp/wp ... castle.jpg milky way castle

copyright: Ivan Pedretti
http://www.thewildlifemoments.com

iridiscence and storks in http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 30#p218930

SN2014J SUPERNOVA EN m82
http://www.astrobin.com/full/74582/0/
Copyright Antonio Montealegre
http://www.astrobin.com/full/74582/0/

IC405 Flaming star by Andre vd Hoeven, on Flickr

This image is a combination of my own H-alpha imagery together with color information from the Digitized Sky Survey made by the Palomar telescope. The Poss-2 red and blue data is used for the color generation.

Telescope: TEC-140
Camera: QSI583ws
Mount: NEQ6
Filter: Astrodon 3nm H-alpha
Exposures: 7x900s, 26x1200s
Total: 10.4 h

"La Cola de Caballo" (The Horsetail), El Cercado, NL, México.
Cpoyright: César Cantú

Web Evolved Calcium K False Color

The Internet is changing the way images and image-rs collect and process data. International astronomy web forums allow image-rs the opportunity to collaborate and produce images that otherwise might go unseen. These Calcium K images of Active Region 1944(one of the larger Active regions of Solar Cycle 24) were captured and processed by members of the Charlie Bates Solar Astronomy Project (CBSAP). The images were captured by Ralph Smith from Cairns, Queensland Australia and processed by Joe Sullivan from San Diego, California. Earths size is approximated from comparisons with NASA SOHO white light images.

Collaborations between amateur astronomers from all over the world using the Internet to communicate and develop imagery is the new norm in amateur astronomy.

avdhoeven wrote:
IC405 Flaming star by Andre vd Hoeven, on Flickr

This image is a combination of my own H-alpha imagery together with color information from the Digitized Sky Survey made by the Palomar telescope. The Poss-2 red and blue data is used for the color generation.

Telescope: TEC-140
Camera: QSI583ws
Mount: NEQ6
Filter: Astrodon 3nm H-alpha
Exposures: 7x900s, 26x1200s
Total: 10.4 h

That's a lovely image, Andre. The colors are beautiful and delicate, and the nebula really appears to be "on fire"! The image looks wonderfully three-dimensional.

Ann

Orion mosaic extended. VdB 62 region added.
http://imageshack.com/a/img577/1516/dpff.jpg Taken with Officina Stellare Veloce RH 200 and SBIG STL 11000M

Higher quality you can find in my gallery http://www.astrofun.pl

M45, the Pleiades with DSLR
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

This image show the amazing star cluster of the Pleiades, with surrounding nebulas and dusts.
Image taken with a Canon 450D on Tecnosky 80 Apo Triplet, under an alpin dark sky (Castelmagno, Cn, Italy).



Full resolution and technical specifications:
http://www.astrobin.com/74427/F/

Into the Light...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vegastarca ... 161369245/
Copyright : VegaStarCarpentier FullMoon taken with a Telescope refractor 90/1000 and EOSCanon - 4 pictures in RAW mode, 1/200s, ISO 100 Treatment : RAW Conversion / NB, Registration, Addition, Unsharp Mask IRIS Amplified HDR image level and Natural Light enhanced

On January 23, 2014 a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched the TDRS-L communications and data relay satellite for NASA from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) will connect mission control with the International Space Station and other orbiting satellites.

At T+plus 1 minutes, 20 seconds the Atlas 5 created a strange colorful image as it raced skyward.

Photo taken from the Saturn V Center, a distance of about 5 miles.

Ten years of Jupiter oppositions ( 2004-2014 ). Wanted to go back further to 1985 but the quality are way below to the modern era of digital videos compare to SLR cameras at the time and single image if your lucky. Many equipments were used at the time to the present. Equipments: Sct's 10in, 12in. Ccd's TC740, 840, Sac 7, DMK21, Flea3.

Hello everyone:

Here I post a mosaic os the triple transit of Europa, Callisto an Io, that happened on 2013/10/12

I used my EDGE HD11 SCT, DMK21AU618.AS, Televue 2x barlow and RGB filters.

The first image was taken at 03:33 U.T. and the last one at 05:27 U.T.

Greetings

Sandgirl wrote:

ildiora wrote:Moon rising at twilight with jupiter and orion constellation 3
Moon rising at twilight with jupiter and orion constellation 3
Copyright: Dario Giannobile

Click to view full size image

Breath taking image!

Thank you!!! too kind!!!
Dario

Ann wrote:
That's a lovely image, Andre. The colors are beautiful and delicate, and the nebula really appears to be "on fire"! The image looks wonderfully three-dimensional.

Ann

Thank you so much! I have made another version, which I even like more, but that's of course personal


IC405 Professional/Amateur combi version 2 by Andre vd Hoeven, on Flickr

iris in http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 91#p219091

Efrain Morales wrote:Ten years of Jupiter oppositions ( 2004-2014 ). Wanted to go back further to 1985 but the quality are way below to the modern era of digital videos compare to SLR cameras at the time and single image if your lucky. Many equipments were used at the time to the present. Equipments: Sct's 10in, 12in. Ccd's TC740, 840, Sac 7, DMK21, Flea3.

I always love your (prolific) work Efrain! My own images of Jupiter through a 6" scope are just starting to look like yours did in 2005. What happened to 2013?

The leaping Puma in the Rosette nebula.

I present 2 versions - in LRGB and in Hubble color mapping.

Larger versions can be seen here:
LRGB:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/154244521

Hubble color mapping:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/154244519

Side by side comparison:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/154244526

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

Around of IC443
http://www.miki-hosp.or.jp/BIND/
Copyright:Nobuhiko Miki