Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by zema88 » Fri Dec 07, 2018 4:35 pm

Comet 46P/Wirtanen from Castelmagno (Cn, Italy)
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

Landscape setup: Canon Eos 6D, Samyang 14 mm f/2.8, 25 s single shot.
Deep sky setup: Canon Eos 6D, 80/480 Apo Triplet reduced at f/4.8, Skywatcher Eq6Pro, 56 x 90 s @3200ISO.
Wirtanen-finita.jpg

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Pleyades & Hyades

Post by alcarreño » Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:00 pm

Copyrignt: Raul Villaverde Fraile
ImagePleyades&Hyades_for_APOD by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by kevin-palmer » Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:22 am

Comet 46P/Wirtanen over the Bighorn Mountains, Wyoming

To create this image I first shot a 4 panel mosaic of the comet using a Nikon D750 and Nikon 180mm f2.8 lens on an iOptron Skytracker mount. Those shots were 2.5 minutes, f/5, ISO 1000. Then I turned off the tracking and shot a time-lapse of the comet setting to later use for reference so I could position and align the comet exactly as it appeared behind the mountain. After the comet set, I shot 2 15-minute images of the mountain. Then I combined all 6 images as accurately as I could.

ImageComet and Mountain by Kevin Palmer, on Flickr

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by HuiChieh » Sat Dec 08, 2018 8:54 am

Professional Astronomers versus Amateur Astronomers
At this moment, only a door separates the professional astronomers and amateur astronomers. At that side of the door, the professionals sitting warmly (maybe) inside observing the universe with telescopes. At this side of the door, we the amateurs standing coldly outside capturing the stars with cameras.

Image captured at Mauna Kea, Hawaii on March 2018. From left: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), Gemini Observatory, University of Hawaii 2.2-m Telescope.

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Higher resolution link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mydarksky ... 187782598/

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by kokehtz » Sat Dec 08, 2018 10:44 am

Hi!

Here is an image of Andromeda Clouds in Ha, with 20 hours of total exposure (Ha: 80x900s bin2)

In full resolution and more quality:
https://aipastroimaging.com/wp-content/ ... ds_AIP.jpg

You can see more information and photos in my section of the website (in Spanish):
https://aipastroimaging.com/m31-ha-clouds/

Autor: Álvaro Ibáñez Pérez
Website: www.aipastroimaging.com

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inverted:

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Cheers!
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Filters: Astrodon Gen2 LRGB I-Series Tru-Balance 50,8mm
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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by astroligu » Sat Dec 08, 2018 3:24 pm

Rolando Ligustri wrote:continues the approach of Comet 46P Wirtanen to its perihelion and to the Earth. here a photo of December 8 when it is 13.5 million km from the Earth. The magnitude is around 4.8mag while the coma exceeds 60 'in diameter , the tail of ions can be seen little, because it is prospectively behind the coma
link for high res, https://www.astrobin.com/full/380112/0/
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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by Freddyuniverse » Sat Dec 08, 2018 6:23 pm

Orion constellation
Canon 6D + Pentax SMC67 90mm f2.8
https://www.freddyuniverse.com/galeria- ... ide-field/
Copyright: Freddyuniverse Alfredo Sayalero
ImageConstelación de Orión by Freddy S., en Flickr

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by shadowoo2 » Sat Dec 08, 2018 11:53 pm

Sculptor Galaxy NGC 253
High res image: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/ ... rmat=2500w
Copyright: Jason Matter
The Sculptor Galaxy is located at the center of the Sculptor Group, one of the nearest groups of galaxies to the Milky Way.

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by HHV » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:02 pm

A closeup of the well known Flaming Star Nebula with AE Aurigae, a hot blue star in the constellation Auriga, about 1500lys away.

Made with my 10inch Newtonian reflector and old full format Nikon DSLR:
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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by bzpc » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:05 pm

Heart-nebula middle region

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by Quentin De Meur » Sun Dec 09, 2018 8:31 pm

Copyright: Quentin De Meur

Night of Augustus the 12th to 13th, the night of the 2018 Perseids meteor shower's peak. Storms are hitting France from west to east. We fortunately are in the French Alps at the observatory of Saint-Véran, one of the highest in Europe reaching an altitude of barely 3000 m. Lightning are ripping across the horizon all around us. Nevertheless, the sky above is so clear that we are able to see meteors raining down.

This picture was taken that night and reveals a combination of a Perseid meteor falling beside the Milky way, a quite intense air glow and, just above the most active storm cell, luminous reddish flashes of sprites rising up into the sky!

It is actually a composite of 2 consecutive untracked subframes from a timelapse movie, 20 sec. each, at 6400 ISO with a Canon 6D + 16-35mm lens at 16mm F/4. Only the Perseid has been kept from the first frame and merged to the second frame at its same exact position.

Full resolution here

Cheers and clear skies,
Quentin

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by HHV » Tue Dec 11, 2018 5:15 pm

Comet 46P/Wirtanen on Dec. 10th, 2018.

A long and patiently time out yesterday evening to wait for a break in the clouds to get enough data of the "Christmas Comet" 46P/Wirtanen in the south-eastern part of Austria.
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Used my 10inch Newtonian reflector and full format DSLR to get a close view on the nucleus:
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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by Maicon Germiniani » Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:14 am

[img3]ImageMessier 42 - Orion Nebula by maicon germiniani, no Flickr[/img3]

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by Maicon Germiniani » Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:15 am

[img3]ImageRunning Man by maicon germiniani, no Flickr[/img3]

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by sydney » Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:36 pm

Comet 46P/Wirtanen
Comet centered at Dec 11, 2018 03:21:03 UTC
LRGB
Larger images and info:
https://www.astrobin.com/380819/
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Re: Submission: 2018 December

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by zema88 » Thu Dec 13, 2018 12:50 pm

Comet 46P/Wirtanen and meteor
Copyright: Paolo Demaria

A bright meteor in the winter sky, with comet 46P/Wirtanen at the right under Pleiades asterism.
MG-1713.jpg
Colle di San Giovanni, Elva (Cn, Italy).

Best regards,
Paolo Demaria - Cuneo, Italy

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Re: Submission: 2018 December

Post by Jean-Baptiste Auroux » Fri Dec 14, 2018 10:35 pm

Crescent & Soap Bubble Nebulae
Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/l3v6xe2 ... hqkGbg.jpg

Soap Bubble Nebula (PNG75.5+1.7) is a very faint nebula which was discovered only in July 2010 by amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich.

Setup : TSA102 f/6 - AZEQ6 - CCD AtikOne6 - Astronomik Ha & OIII 6nm filters
Mosaic of 2 images made in 2016 & 2018 (Fouras, France)
Ha : 35 x 600s bin1
OIII : 25 x 600s bin2
Total integration : 10h

Many Thanks to Nicolas Kizilian who allowed me to use its Ha & OIII raw files on this field to complete one "hole" of this mosaic !

(c) Jean-Baptiste Auroux

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