Starship Asterisk*

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile
SuperLuna by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

M33

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M81 & M82 & IFN

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All images Copyright by Bart Delsaert

2017 Supermoon, the Alps and the Basilica of Superga
https://stefanoderosa.com/
Copyright: Stefano De Rosa Please find above an image taken few kilometers from Tuin (Italy), showing the 2017 supermoon setting over the snow covered Alps. At the right bottom corner you can see the Basilica of Superga, one of the symbols of Turin.

Best regards

Stefano

Touching Our Home Galaxy

Story: This photograph represents very well the urge that professional and amateur astronomers feel...to be in touch with the night skies. This image translates our psicological will.

Astrophotography uses this prerogative and creates an incredible proximity bias! It's a psychological tact. We are reaching out to the universe by the means of an image.

This image was taken in Chile, near the city of Antofagasta in May this year. This is a 33 foot high sculpture made by the chilenean artist Mario Irarrázabal.

Copyright: Carlos ´Kiko´ Fairbairn
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Dec 3 2017 Super Moon

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Canon 7dmkii the 5d would not USB connect
C-11 f/7 1960mm fl (2 part mosaic) 2 x 400sec video capture stacked in AS2 30fps
lps2 filter (-2*c) bad seeing.
Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

Walking on the Moon

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Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

Sun Dogs
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Copyright: Daniel Pasternak

My Rolling Roof Observatory in the background
Named after my Grandfather “Carl Pasternak”
He said focus twice shoot once or was that measure twice and cut once?

North America Nebula "In toto"

22 hours
QSIws
Rokinon 135mm
Unguided
5 and 10 minute subs
HaLRGB
@ Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

PK 164+31.1 Jones -Emberson 1
Copyright: Mark Hanson
Boy, this was a fun image, Thanks Sakib! I believe J-P Metsavainio and Rick Stevenson have actually image part of this halo, I just wanted to confirm it.

65 Hours of exposure on this one. Seems to be a faint outer shell in O3 over 1400min so far(all taken with no moon), each 5 hours I add seems to bring out a bit more. Taken at Stellar Winds Observatory, Dark Sky New Mexico with 24" Planewave.

You can see the full rez images here:
https://www.hansonastronomy.com/pk-164311-jones-1

hi friends,

LMC with Canon 300L Eos6da from Hakos, Namibia

https://www.astrobin.com/322138/

IC4628 the Prawn Nebula in Scorpius, ASI1600MMC and 8" f/4

https://www.astrobin.com/324627/

a corresponding widefield on IC4628 with 300mm Eos6da

https://www.astrobin.com/324625/

something from home: IC1318 and Gamma Cyg region with Tak Epsilon 130D and Eos6da

https://www.astrobin.com/323032/

this pic was the subject of a PixInsight tutorial on processing the linear pic and stretching it (german text) - check it out here:
http://vibes.co.at/images/PI_Workflow_I ... IG2017.pdf

thanks for viewing and clear skies
Tommy

M31 - Andromeda Galaxy (HaLRGB)
http://sternwarte-wasserberg.de
Copyright: Frank Breslawski
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula (H-Alpha / Starless)
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Copyright: Frank Breslawski
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula (H-Alpha)
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Copyright: Frank Breslawski
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula (SHO - Hubble composition)
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Copyright: Frank Breslawski
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NGC 1499 - California Nebula (SHO - RGB composition)
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Copyright: Frank Breslawski
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Galaxy Panorama - NGC 7331 and Deer Lick Group to Stephen's Quintet by Patrick Gilliland, on Flickr

A 2 pane panorama of Stephen's Quintet across to NGC 7331 and the deer lick goup.

FLY AWAY
GALACTIC CENTER AND FALLS FROM COLOMBIA
Copyright: ©Camilo Jaramillo

Matasanos falls, an amazing place that i visited some few months ago. That night i was sick with flu but nothing stoped me to make some Milky Way photos that night. when me and my friends finally arrived where the falls hits stones we noted that to get this picture we needed to cruise a fast and dangerous river (at night you need to be carefully for injuries). Even sick i convinced myself that i was already there and i had to get that picture no matter how, in fact the night was totally clean of clouds, i got into the cold water and cruised the dangerous river very carefully.. when i finally arrived where milky was straight above falls i putted my camera and tripod and this was the final result.

Equipment: Nikon D800 – Nikon 14 – 24 lens
Technique: One Shot.
Exif: ISO: 6400 - F: 2.8 - Time: 30” - Focal Distance: 14mm

Web: http://www.camilojaramillofoto.com
E-mail: info@camilojaramillofoto.com
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PK 80-6.1, the Egg nebula
http://astrophoto17.eklablog.com/
Copyright: Stephane Gonzales The Full:
http://ekladata.com/BbXtlzPQ7LfiIi7b1pMChRmk0VA.jpg

Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi

King Cluster - Omega Centauri

Tarantula´s Clutches

Cats Paw

Corona Australis

The Sky whatches you

Waxing Gibbous (Colour)
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Waxing Crescent with earthshine
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A billion sunsets above the clouds

Adrien Mauduit

Derived from my movie 'Fall skies of La Palma', you can probably remember this epic scene where the core of the milky way- containing billions of stars, was setting above a sea of boiling clouds. Since I shot a time-lapse, I had a series of the same shots in a row that I just stacked together to increase contrasts, details and colors. At just 25 shots (after which the milky way core disappears too much under the horizon) you can reveal so much details in this particularly bright and colorful region. You dramatically increase the impression of three dimensional space, where the light coming from the downtown neighborhood of our galaxy is being blocked by a central lane of dark hydrogen clouds. In front of it and much closer to our solar system, previously exploded stars created nebulae like the Lagoon (large pink gas cloud) and the Trifid nebula (pink and blue nebula). Some will also probably recognize the brightest stars closest to us: Nash (left corner), Kaus Meridionalis (far left), Kaus Borealis (at the very top left), M23 star cluster. The brightest 'star' you see is actually Saturn setting at the same time as the milky way core. In its last moments before we are able to see it again (in the Spring), the central part of our own galaxy offers us such a colorful and bright last minute 'sunset' where in fact, billions of 'suns' set on the horizon.
Canon 6D Baader modded + Samyang 135mm f/2 + Vixen Polarie + Pure Night LP filter
25 x 16'' @ ISO 6400, f/2.8
Stacked in Nebulosity 4, blended in PtGui Pro and processed in Lr
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain - November 20th, 2017