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The Conjunction of The Moon and Venus on 26 April 2014, taken at Gem Island, Terengganu, Malaysia. The same conjunction the next day whereby the Moon has moved below Venus. (27 April 2014, Gem Island, Terengganu, Malaysia). Thanks.
HuiChieh

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mars73/14058204231


Partial Solar Eclipse from Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. April 29 2014.

M51 galaxy, a LHaRGBOIII picture. In total, 6 hours exposure, taken during April-2014
http://www.astro-billeder.dk
Copyright: Niels V. Christensen

sundog and planes photogram of http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 92#p224892 edited in PS

Setting crescent Moon over an illuminated house at the ridge of the Nyakas Hill near Zsambek, Hungary.

Crescent Moonset at River Danube
Copyright: György Soponyai

One and half days (36 hours and 29 minutes exactly) after the beginning of the new Lunar cycle, the thin waxing crescent Moon is about to set above river Danube in Dunakeszi, Hungary.


Photo details:
2014.04.30. Dunakeszi, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 Macro, 3 x 1sec, ISO125, F5.6

Rolando Ligustri wrote: the comet C/2012 K1 Panstarrs, today 2 may,is about 2 degrees north of the interacting galaxy M51. the comet is showing more and more activities, with a nice tail of dust, a large coma and a faint ion tail.

link for high res, http://www.astrobin.com/93843/

Space is the final frontiere!

The image was made from Mt. Voras at an altitude of 2450m and -7 degrees Celcius. The ski lift found on the mountain reminded me the shape of USS Entersprise against the shape of our Milky Way galaxy seen under pristine sky conditions. It is an exposure of 25 seconds with a 15mm lens at f2.8 with ISO 1600 and a DSLR camera. At the lower part of the image, a green skyglow can be seen probalbly by our atmosphere.

9:00 pm photogram of http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 61#p224961

Setting Moon Above Buda Castle
Copyright: György Soponyai

On Friday evening I observed and photographed the setting Moon at the bank of river Danube in Budapest. The Hungarian royal palace, the Buda Castle (UNESCO World Heritage Site) acts as wonderful foreground of the scene.



Photo details:
2014.05.02. Budapest, Hungary
Canon EOS 5D Mark II + Canon EF 100/2.8 Macro, 1sec, ISO200, F3.5

Crescent Moon Set in Canada
https://www.flickr.com/photos/124258415 ... 092409545/
Copyright: Nic Annau

M51, a LHaRGBOIII picture, a joint venture, 2013-2014
Copyright: Morten la Cour, Niels V. Christensen.

A shot of the Sun Setting on Wednesday 29th April at around 7.50 pm GMT. Quite cloudy so it gave me an opportunity to photograph whilst getting a little detail in there. It seems I caught a couple of sun spots ( according to friend who observed it through solar scope)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/shaun_rey/14067401145/

Mars on May 1st, 03:24ut. Elysium mons region is setting-Right. And at left-bot. (limb) Terra Meridani, Terra Sabaer, (mid) Syrtis Major, (bot) Hellas Planitia, (top) Vastitas Borealis, (right) Nodus Alcyonius, Utopia Planitia, (limb) Elysium Mons. (Equipment: LX200ACF 12 in.OTA, CGE mount, Flea3 Ccd, TeleVue 3x barlows, Astronomik RGB filter set. 65sec. per Chnl. North top.)

Copyright: Terry Hancock
https://www.flickr.com/photos/terryhancock/14074453856/
24 hours (10 hours H-Alpha) of data captured and accumulated over 2 years from my backyard in sunny Michigan

LBN406 - The Laughing Skull Nebula

Name first coined by Harel Boren in 2010. Also in this image is the ring galaxy UGC 10548

Hi Res and annotated image link is here - http://www.jthommes.com/Astro/LBN406.htm

LMC seen from Reunion Island
http://www.lucperrot.fr/
https://www.facebook.com/lucperrotphoto
Copyright: Luc Perrot

09:00 pm, II. 150% photogram of http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 56#p225056

sunspots 2047 to 2052 and swallow photogram of http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php? ... 25#p225075

M101 & NGC 5474.
TOA-130, AP Mach1, Qsi583wsg


link to full size image
https://www.flickr.com/photos/andyinsea ... 9/sizes/o/

IC1318A Dolphin Nebula near Gamma Cygni

17 hours (8h Ha, 4.5h OIII and 4.5h LRGB) were imaged with the small FSQ106ED from my backyard.

All about this image at http:// http://www.wittich.com

Leo I - Dwarf galaxy.

Larger version:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/155286912

Thanks for Looking!

Kfir Simon

NGC 6820 - The Loch ness monster

Larger version:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/155286914

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

PK157 +31.1 - Jones-Emberson 1

When you zoom in - You can see galaxies through the nebula...

Larger version:
http://www.pbase.com/tango33/image/155286910

Thanks for looking!

Kfir Simon

NGC 5864-5865: The Whirlpool Galaxy and its interacting companion - Canes Venatici

This first image is a classical natural colors LRGB version of the two galaxies with a small % of narrow band Hydrogen Alpha to increase the visibility of the brightest HII regions of the galaxy.
In the second image, a higher % of the narrow band Hydrogen Alpha signal has been introduced in order to show a fainter distribution of Hydrogen outside the brightest HII main regions
Authors: M.Angelini - F.Antonucci ADARA ASTROBRALLO

http://www.astrobrallo.com

Full-Res images:
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1399220703
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/var/ ... 1399220717

Image Details:
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... 01-05-2014
http://www.astrobrallo.com/gallery/inde ... 5-2014-RSB