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Eclipse shot for Flag Day (6/14)

my main concern setting up for the eclipse the night before was that this pole not block my telescopic view.
When I went to take my widefield shot, well there it was, serendipity.

Copyright: William Warden


Casper, Wyoming 8/21/17

full size:
http://whwastro.homestead.com/files/big ... full-s.jpg
purple prose (and image details):
http://astrowhw.blogspot.com/2017/12/20 ... iance.html

whwiii wrote: ↑Sun Jun 02, 2019 1:53 am Eclipse shot for Flag Day (6/14)

my main concern setting up for the eclipse the night before was that this pole not block my telescopic view.
When I went to take my widefield shot, well there it was, serendipity.

Copyright: William Warden

Click to view full size image

Casper, Wyoming 8/21/17

full size:
http://whwastro.homestead.com/files/big ... full-s.jpg
purple prose (and image details):
http://astrowhw.blogspot.com/2017/12/20 ... iance.html

I don't usually get a big kick out of eclipse shots, but this one is spectacular.

Ann

Countdown for the Total Eclipse of 02 July 2019 in just one month.

Here is the last one from 21 Aug 2017, The Great American Eclipse
Canon eos 6D, Skywatcher ED80, 600mm, f/7.5, iso100

NGC 5963 and NGC 5965. KG Observatory. Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/408449/

Thunderstorm Panorama by Fotis Mavroudakis, on Flickr

A summer thunderstorm over the city of Kavala, Greece

© Mavroudakis Fotis

Glowing clouds from a lightning storm by Fotis Mavroudakis, on Flickr

A summer lightning and thunder storm with glowing clouds over the city of Kavala,Greece

© Mavroudakis Fotis

M42 : Great Orion nebula
Full version : https://cdn.astrobin.com/thumbs/8pslyFp ... hqkGbg.jpg

TSA-102 (f/6) - APO 66/400 (f/4.8)
AZEQ6 GT + OAG Atik GP
CCD AtikOne6
LRGB + Ha image
L : combination of images : 16 x 600s, 51 x 300s, 30s, 5s, 1s.
RGB : combination of images : 36 x 300s, 5s, 1s.
Ha : 36 x 300s (66/400 only)
Pixinsight & PS

Total integration : 13h12
25, 27, 28th February 2019 - Fouras (France)

Copyright: Jean-Baptiste Auroux
https://millenniumphoton.com

VdB141 : Ghost nebula in Cepheus

https://millenniumphoton.com/wp-content ... a_site.jpg

Full version : https://www.astrobin.com/full/408486/0/?real=&mod=

Croped version :
TSA-102 (f/6)
AZEQ6 GT + OAG Atik GP
CCD AtikOne6
LRGB image
L : 33 x 900s bin1
RGB : 3 x (7 x 300s bin2)
Pixinsight & PS

Total integration : 10h
31th May & 1st June 2019 - Chenoise (France)

Copyright: Jean-Baptiste Auroux
https://millenniumphoton.com

NGC4945 -LHaRGB - Adding H-alpha in LRGB
NGC4945 -LHaRGB - Adding H-alpha in LRGB

I later placed an image of NGC4945, here frames were added in
Halpha (25x600 ") made in São Paulo - SP.

---- I suggest friends open and enjoy the details of the central region of the galaxy in high resolution: https://www.astrobin.com/full/408250/0/ -----

---- Link of the previous image: https://www.astrobin.com/full/408148/0/?nc=user ----

The large spiral galaxy NGC 4945 is border view close to the center of this picture of the cosmic galaxy. In fact, the NGC 4945 is almost the size of our Milky Way galaxy.
At about 13 million light-years away from the extensive southern constellation of Centaurus, NGC 4945 is only six times as far away as Andromeda, the great spiral galaxy closest to the Milky Way (not taking into account Magellan's clouds, which to me are just satellite galaxies of ours).
Subsequent observations revealed that NGC 4945 has an active nucleus, which means that its central bulge emits much more energy than calmer galaxies, such as the Milky Way. Scientists classify NGC 4945 as a Seyfert galaxy, since then, astronomers have suspected that a supermassive black hole causes intense agitation in the center.


Processing:
APT - Astro Photography Tool, PHD, Skytechx, PixInsight, Adobe Photoshop

EQUIPMENT:
Esprit 150mm triplet
QHY 16200a LRGB
30x500 + 54x300 in Munhoz - MG - Brazil
25x 600 "in São Paulo - SP - Brazil

This deep 52.5hr exposure, collected over 10 nights, is centred on the region around the enigmatic galaxy Centaurus A.
Perhaps all seen for the first time, in the one image and in full colour, this 4deg X 4deg vista showcases several rarely
viewed characteristics of this famous galaxy and the surrounding field, they include:

1) The full extent of and the bipolar nature, of the huge galactic halo around Centaurus A, which extends over 1.25deg of sky

2) The extent of H-alpha emission in the dark dust lane that runs across the centre of the galaxy.

3) The (red) relativistic jet, emanating from the super massive black hole at the core of Centaurus A, that is spewing
material 1000's of light years into the outer reaches of the huge galaxy halo.

4) The spread of extremely faint galactic Cirrus dust, hovering above the plain of The Milky Way, both reflecting the (mostly blue) light of the millions of stars in our galaxy as a whole, as well as emitting very faint (red) Halpha light of its own, making the dust a weak blue-red colour.

See a large version here: https://pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/169299841
Copyright: Michael Sidonio

Jupiter - GRS (anomalys) the moons of Callisto (T-L) and Io (B-L).

M101 Pinwheel galaxy
Http://www.theastrogazer.com
Copyright: Jason Matter
Taken: Fl Everglades
FLI ml8300
LRGB
Processed in Pixinsight and post process in Photoshop

Jupiter and the Pipe Nebula (LDN1773)
Image taken from Spaceobs observatory in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Copyright: Alain Maury and Jean-Marc Mari
Telephoto lens 135mm, f/2, LRGB filters. 25 min total exposure time. Link to a bigger size image : http://asteroide06.space/LDN1773-Jupiter.jpg

Cosmic Watermelon by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

NGC 6366 globular cluster by Swift &amp; Falco back yard. by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

Reflection Nebula IC 5076 by Swift &amp; Falco back yard. by Paul C. Swift, on Flickr

M16 - The Eagle Nebula
https://www.astropixels.fr
Copyright: Nicolas Kizilian
Full resolution : https://www.astropixels.fr/storage/orig ... -WM-v2.jpg

NGC 4725 with Ancient Tidal Stream. KG Observatory, Julian, CA.

http://www.astrobin.com/409137/

A bi-colour image of the Propeller Nebula.
Ha 9 hours + SII 8 hours. RGB : HSS

Markarian's Chain
Markarian's Chain
http://www.theastrogazer.com
Copyright: Jason Matter



Location: Kissimmee Prairie State Preserve

Scope: Stellarvue 130

Camera: Fli ML8300 with CFW2-7 and Astrodon Filters

600 sec LRGB binned 1

Sequence Generator Pro - Integration

Combined and processed in Pixinsight

Copyright: Raul Villaverde Fraile & Domingo Pestana
Location: Ocentejo, Guadalajara, Spain
Alar by Raul Villaverde, en Flickr

THOR'S HELMET IN CANIS MAJOR

The emission nebula NGC 2359, often called Thor's Helmet, is found in the constellation Canis Major. The emission is powered by a Wolf-Rayet star. The nebula is approximately 12,000 light-years away. Image was taken with a SBIG STF8300m CCD camera (SBIG filters) and a 12.5” f/9 RCOS (operating at f/6 with an Astro-Physics CCDT-067 telecompressor) on a Paramount ME in Mayhill, NM on the nights of 30 Jan 7, 8, 12 Feb 2019. Image was a total of 11 hours exposure (21 x 1200 sec Lum; 4 x 1200 sec Red; 4 x 1200 sec Green; 4 x 1200 sec Blue all @ -15 degrees C; 24 darks; 128 bias; 128 flats). Image processed with PixInsight 1.8.6.1457 Ripley (x64).

Kiva Milky Way
www.ancientskys.com
Copyright:Marc Toso One thousand year old Kiva, subterranean ceremonial space for Puebloan Native Americans, in southern Utah on the edge of the original boundary of the Bears Ears National Monument.

The Dolphin dark nebula - Barnard 252

Barnard 252 - Dolphin Nebula by Rafael Compassi, no Flickr