Submissions: 2017 February

See new, spectacular, or mysterious sky images.
Post Reply
User avatar
bystander
Apathetic Retiree
Posts: 21571
Joined: Mon Aug 28, 2006 2:06 pm
Location: Oklahoma

Submissions: 2017 February

Post by bystander » Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:49 am

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please post your images here.

Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with
the possible uses for your image.

If hotlinking to an image, please ensure it is under 400K.
Hotlinks to images over 400K slow down the thread too much and will be disabled.

Thank you!

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

<- Previous submissions


[c]«« Discuss Anything in Astronomy «» Visit The Asterisk Main Page «» See Introductory Astonomy Lectures »»
«« Introduce Yourself «» Please Read the Rules »»
[/c]
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be
alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk.
— Garrison Keillor

rcpettengill
Asternaut
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Oct 12, 2015 10:48 pm
Location: Austin, Tx
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by rcpettengill » Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:35 pm

Crescent Moon with Earthshine
URL: http://astronomy.robpettengill.org/blog170131.html
Copyright: Rob Pettengill
This day-lapse HDR composite captures the crescent moon with earthshine as it appears in a small telescope.
Crescent170131NebLB8 apod.jpg

astrometbcn
Ensign
Posts: 67
Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:26 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by astrometbcn » Wed Feb 01, 2017 4:40 pm

IC 1808 The Heart Nebula in SHO+RGB

Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez Priego & Raul Villaverde Fraile

https://flic.kr/p/NgdHqg

https://www.facebook.com/jose.jimenezjj
https://www.facebook.com/raul.villaverdefraile?fref=ts
Attachments
Corazon RGB+SHO v4.jpg

astrometbcn
Ensign
Posts: 67
Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:26 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by astrometbcn » Wed Feb 01, 2017 4:43 pm

NGC 2237 The Rosette Nebula in SHO+RGB

Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez Priego & Raul Villaverde Fraile

https://flic.kr/p/P5QgpJ

https://www.facebook.com/jose.jimenezjj
https://www.facebook.com/raul.villaverdefraile?fref=ts
Attachments
NGC2237 Alcarreño&Astromet.jpg

astrometbcn
Ensign
Posts: 67
Joined: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:26 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by astrometbcn » Wed Feb 01, 2017 4:47 pm

IC1396 Elephant Trunk SHO+RGB

Image Credit & Copyright: José Jiménez Priego

https://flic.kr/p/NDJNe3

https://www.facebook.com/jose.jimenezjj
https://twitter.com/JJastromet
Attachments
IC1396 SHO+RGB-2.jpg

rwittich_de
Ensign
Posts: 78
Joined: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:53 pm
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by rwittich_de » Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:12 pm

Horsehead Nebula and Flame Nebula

Data and high resolution: http://www.wittich.com/?p=2530

MaPa
Ensign
Posts: 60
Joined: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:00 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by MaPa » Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:38 pm


pablo22
Ensign
Posts: 67
Joined: Thu Nov 11, 2010 9:39 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by pablo22 » Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:53 pm

NGC7023 - Iris Nebula
http://astrofotky.cz/~Konihlav
Copyright: Pavel Pech
Image

The Heart Nebula (IC1805, MEL15) - LHaRGB
http://astrofotky.cz/~Konihlav
Copyright: Pavel Pech
Image

:-)

FrankSackenheim
Ensign
Posts: 11
Joined: Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:20 am

Lupus3 a.k.a. Bernes 149

Post by FrankSackenheim » Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:27 pm

Hello,

Lupus3 is one of nine dust clouds located in the Scorpius Centauros OB association. The Lupus Clouds (Fernando Comerón ESO, Handbook of Star Forming Regions Vol.II 2008) are star forming regions. Lupus3 is dominated by the two Herbig Ae/BE Stars HR5999 and HR6000 which form the blue reflection nebula Bernes 149.
Also visible in the FOV is a small reflection nebula called GN 16.01.6 in the bottom right of the picture, just below the snake like dark nebula.

The pictures were taken on 05th , 06th, 08th and 09th of July in 2016 at Kiripotib Guest Farm in Namibia/Africa.

http://www.astrophotocologne.de/astroph ... _Small.jpg
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... Medium.jpg
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... _Large.jpg
Takahashi FSQ 106 ED
Moravian G3-16200

24x600s L
17x600s R
18x600s G
19x600s B

CS Frank
Last edited by bystander on Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Please, no hotlinks to images > 500Kb.

User avatar
Ann
4725 Å
Posts: 13372
Joined: Sat May 29, 2010 5:33 am

Re: Lupus3 a.k.a. Bernes 149

Post by Ann » Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:37 am

FrankSackenheim wrote:Hello,

Lupus3 is one of nine dust clouds located in the Scorpius Centauros OB association. The Lupus Clouds (Fernando Comerón ESO, Handbook of Star Forming Regions Vol.II 2008) are star forming regions. Lupus3 is dominated by the two Herbig Ae/BE Stars HR5999 and HR6000 which form the blue reflection nebula Bernes 149.
Also visible in the FOV is a small reflection nebula called GN 16.01.6 in the bottom right of the picture, just below the snake like dark nebula.

The pictures were taken on 05th , 06th, 08th and 09th of July in 2016 at Kiripotib Guest Farm in Namibia/Africa.

http://www.astrophotocologne.de/astroph ... _Small.jpg
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... Medium.jpg
http://astrophotocologne.de/astrophotoc ... _Large.jpg
Takahashi FSQ 106 ED
Moravian G3-16200

24x600s L
17x600s R
18x600s G
19x600s B

CS Frank
That's a lovely wide angle portrait of a blue reflection and its surroundings! :D

It seems probable that the two stars, HR 5999 and HR 6000 (easy designations to remember) were born out of the elongated dust lane where they are now located. At least the dust lane to the east (left) of them is very thick and dark, which seems just right for star formation.

Interestingly, even though much of the blue light that the stars emit is scattered in the blue reflection nebula, the brightest component, HR 6000, still has a negative B-V index, -0.071 ± 0.002 in Johnson, and a tad bluer in Tycho. That is even more remarkable in view of the fact that the star is classified as an A1/A2III star, too. The "III", which means an evolved star, seems very unlikely.

But stars classified as A1 or later do so very rarely have negative B-V indexes. This one does, and it's solidly negative, too, not -0.001 or something. How remarkable!

Ann
Color Commentator

User avatar
alcarreño
Science Officer
Posts: 284
Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:45 am

A window to Orion

Post by alcarreño » Thu Feb 02, 2017 8:58 am

Copyrights: Raul Villaverde Fraile
Imagedel caballo a orion by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

strongmanmike

NGC 2359 Asterix's Helmet

Post by strongmanmike » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:09 am


Paul Haese
Ensign
Posts: 80
Joined: Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:38 pm

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by Paul Haese » Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:04 am

Thors Helmet

Copyright: Paul Haese

Click here for larger resolution image.
Attachments
Thors Helmet Ha OII RGB 240 300 60 150 165.jpg

User avatar
moonrocks
Science Officer
Posts: 119
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:50 pm
Location: spain, valencia
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by moonrocks » Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:10 am

Ride the Dragon's Tail
Full image here: http://moonrocksastro.com/wp-content/up ... bula-b.jpg
Copyright: Paul C Swift

germinianimaicon@gmail.com

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by germinianimaicon@gmail.com » Thu Feb 02, 2017 11:55 am

Eta Carinae
William Optics 80 ED II
Canon 450D Modded
Focal Reducer 0,8
26 x 300
Total: 2 Horas e 10 Minutos
Processing: DSS + PixInsight + PS6

Visible in the southern hemisphere, this beautiful nebula is much photographed by amateur astrophotographers.

It is possible to observe it even to the naked eye, due to its intense brightness.

All its splendor is revealed with a binocular or astrophotography.

Image
eta carinae by maicon germiniani, no Flickr
Last edited by bystander on Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:12 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Please, no hotlinks to images > 500Kb.

mikiclinic
Ensign
Posts: 46
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:36 pm

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by mikiclinic » Thu Feb 02, 2017 12:55 pm

Detail of IC410
http://www.miki-hosp.or.jp
Copyright: Nobuhiko Miki This image was taken with 20inch RC& ALTA09000 CCD camera.
ASTRODON 3nm narrowband filter and log exposure SII/HA/O3:240min/240min/240min

jcbo
Ensign
Posts: 16
Joined: Fri Sep 13, 2013 9:12 pm
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by jcbo » Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:17 pm

NGC2237
Copyright: Jacek Bobowik
NGC2237.jpg
Larger image: http://www.astrofotki.pl/papod/NGC2237.jpg
Web Site: http://www.astrofotki.pl

mhultstrom

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by mhultstrom » Thu Feb 02, 2017 2:45 pm

Mosaic of M81 and M82 captured using a remote telescope at iTelescope's site in New Mexico. Final exposure 60x300s for M81 and 58X300s for M82 making a total of 9h50min.

ImageM81-60x300s-M82-58x300s-T3-mosaic by Michael Hultström, on Flickr

Thanks for you consideration,

Michael

PatrickWinkler
Ensign
Posts: 73
Joined: Wed May 25, 2016 4:24 pm
Location: Traiskirchen (Austria)
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by PatrickWinkler » Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:09 pm

VDB 14 / 15
VDB15_small.jpg
lager version: http://www.celestialobjects.net/vdb15.html

Patrick Winkler

User avatar
alcarreño
Science Officer
Posts: 284
Joined: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:45 am

Soul, Heart and Vdb 14/15

Post by alcarreño » Thu Feb 02, 2017 3:46 pm


rwittich_de
Ensign
Posts: 78
Joined: Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:53 pm
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by rwittich_de » Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:19 pm


User avatar
astrochuck
Ensign
Posts: 45
Joined: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:48 pm
AKA: Chuck Manges
Contact:

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by astrochuck » Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:23 am

M42 with Narrowband Filters
copyright: Chuck Manges

Image

M42 In Narrowband by Chuck Manges, on Flickr

thewildlifemoments
Ensign
Posts: 18
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:27 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by thewildlifemoments » Fri Feb 03, 2017 10:52 am

Orion with Moon halo and moon, mars, venus conjunction
http://www.thewildlifemoments.com
Copyright: Ivan Pedretti

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/482/32559 ... 11f5_o.png
Last edited by bystander on Fri Feb 03, 2017 3:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Please, no hotlinks to images > 500Kb. Substituted smaller image.

artem
Asternaut
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Dec 14, 2015 7:47 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by artem » Fri Feb 03, 2017 12:03 pm

The Anteater Nebula in Corona Australis

The image was taken at the Namibian farm near Gamsberg mountain over 5 nights

Total exposure time 26,5 hours
Canon 5DMkII(modifyed)
Newton200/4,Winne2.5"

Namibia

Image

The Anteater Nebula in Corona Australis by Artem, on Flickr

shtutik
Ensign
Posts: 58
Joined: Tue May 20, 2014 8:57 am

Re: Submissions: 2017 February

Post by shtutik » Fri Feb 03, 2017 1:11 pm

Fitzroy

Author's site: http://www.astroadventures.ru/
Copyright: Yuri Zvezdny
a7s, 14mm, f/2.8, 30 sec, iso 5000

Post Reply