Starship Asterisk*

Sunsets: Solstice to Solstice
Copyright: Leonel Morais
https://flic.kr/p/2m7irdu

Lunar halo
Copyright: Marcelo Maturana Rodríguez (@matuutex)
Location: Llanquihue national reserve, Chile
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/matuutex

Milky Way from Taurus to Perseus

A 25°x35° wide-field view of Milky Way in the constellations Taurus, Auriga and Perseus is presented in different color composites. Many famous nebulae like Spaghetti Nebulae, IC 405 and IC 410 can be seen near the galactic plane. The region south of it is full of Molecular clouds. Behind them there lies a larger HII complex which contains the California Nebula.

Click on the selected previews below for detailed information, full resolution pictures (>100 MPixel) and more views from that region.


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It only happens with Straberry Moon.
Turin, North Italy.
Only in June it happens to see the full Moon, the historic Basilica of Superga and the pyramidal silhouette of Mount Viso a few degrees away from each other. But it is a parallax illusion: from where the picture was taken Superga is 11 km away, Mount Viso more than 80 km and the Super Strawberry Moon about 362,000 km!
Moonset time-lapse UHD:


Canon 7D mark II
Canon 70-200 f/2.8 + extender x2
ISO 200, 1/15 s, 640 mm (equivalent), f/8
2021/06/25 5.32-5.45 AM CEST

https://cosmoedintorni.org
Copyright: Emanuele Balboni

NGC 6946 - The Fireworks Galaxy
Web page with description, equipment used, and caption.
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc6946-2021-06-19.html
(Click on the displayed images to view at higher resolutions.)

Copyright: Donald Waid
www.waid-observatory.com

NGC 3718, NGC 3729, Hickson 56
Web page with description, equipment used, and caption.
http://www.waid-observatory.com/ngc3718-2021-05-19.html
(Click on the displayed images to view at higher resolutions.)

Copyright: Donald Waid
www.waid-observatory.com

Object:Arp 269 - NGC 4490, NGC 4485

Web Page with description, imaging details, and caption.
http://www.waid-observatory.com/arp269-2021-06-15.html
(Click on the displayed images to progress to higher resolutions.)
Copyright: Donald Waid - 2021
www.waid-observatory.com

Noctilucent Clouds in Czech Republic (year 2020)

Copyright: Robin Onderka | www.instagram.com/robin_onderka

Location: Bezruč Lake, Czech Republic
Date: 5th July, 22:18:11 CEST
Gear: Canon EOS 6D Mark II + Sigma 35/1.4 art
EXIF: 8 panel (2 rows) panorama with -1/+1 EV
1/2/4 sec | ISO 400 | f/5.6

NLC in Czech Republic by Robin Onderka, on Flickr
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Location: Bezruč Lake, Czech Republic
Date: 5th July, 22:36:20 CEST
Gear: Canon EOS 6D Mark II + Samyang 135/2
EXIF: 18 panel (2 rows)
4 sec | ISO 400 | f/4

NLC in Czech Republic #2 by Robin Onderka, on Flickr

The Full Moon rising through clouds by Tom Glenn, on Flickr

Clouds are always bad for astronomy, but often good for photography. The Full Moon (99.5% illumination) fights through the clouds and produces some interesting colors. Image captured on the evening of June 23, 2021, 21:14 PDT in San Diego, CA with a Nikon D5600 and 70-200mm lens at 95mm, f/2.8, ISO 200, 1/10s.

M101 deep field and high resolution with nC2PU 1meter newton. Magnitude 25,3.



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From Crux to Musca

Copyright: Nicolas Adriano

Image URL: https://cdn.astrobin.com/images/67318/2 ... ebffa3.jpg This image is a 4-panel mosaic I made from some of my old data. It shows the starfield and some of the dark nebulae surrounding the south celestial pole

Dates: 11-12-14-15 April 2021 and 01-02-12-13 June 2021
Location: MG, Brazil. Suburban Skies (Bortle 5, calculated SQM ~19.87)
Camera: Nikon D5300 (modded) @ISO200
Optics: Rokinon 135mm F/2.0 ED UMC
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
Exposure Detail: 4-Panel Mosaic | each 124x60s, 138x60s, 121x60s and 343x120s = Total 1069’ or 17hr49min, unguided

"First Bite"
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. The second the Eclipsed Suns' twin peaks rose above the horizon. Can you spot them?

"Unicorn Sun:
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. A very unusual site. June 10, 2021's Annular Solar Eclipses' Unicorn Horn rises above the clouds.

"The Money Shot"
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. Our Closest Star and Moon in all their Glory.

Last Bite"
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. The very last bite of the Sun by the Moon. Until the next time.

Beautiful Solar Pillar
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. June 10, 2021 Annular Solar Eclipse shows a Beautiful Solar Pillar.

"Gods Eye"
https://www.rddnjk.com/
Copyright: Russell King. Due to the June 10,2021 Annular Solar Eclipse and the clouds, some beautiful and powerful Rays were displayed.

Midnight in Maine!
By: Prashant Naik | https://www.instagram.com/naikonpixels/
Location: Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine

Processing details: 20 images stacked and blended together using Lightroom and Photoshop. Shot using Nikkor 14mm-24mm at 14mm; exposure 15 sec; f/2.8; ISO 8000.

Midnight in Maine! by Prashant Naik, on Flickr

2021年 香港元朗月行跡 Lunar Analemma, in Yuen Long, Hong Kong

Shooting Period: 2021/5/21 - 2021/6/17
source jpg emailed on June17,2021, preview here

Many years are passed, and finally I done that in 2021.  Lunar analemma idea occurred actually when I shooted Sun analemma in 2014.

Not the same with Sun analemma, which I took in 2014, Sun analemma is taken on same time in days over the year.
We can photograph the Moon 50 minutes and 29 seconds (1.035028 days) later on successive days, to capture an figure-8 curve in 27 days. This is the Lunar analemma. It will be a bit different in shape in every month, at east or west side and in different countries on the Earth.

Sidereal month is the time it takes the Moon orbits the Earth to a similar position with 27.321 days. 2021/5/26 is total lunar eclipse, I can see the red moon.

The weather condition in Hong Kong is not optimistic, to watch the moon everyday in a month become fairly impossible, so moon is missing in certain days, (new moon is not count as it is invisible).  And moon is shooted nearest possible in cloudy or rainy days in a daily basis.

Final photo is a cumulative of specific time's moons, the figure-8 analemma curve is still able to see.  New moon days are on upper left side while full moon days are on bottom right side on the photo.  Ground view is chosen in my Yuen Long residence estate. It needs around 60*40 degree space, facing east and southeast side, because I shoot moon rising at the east.

( Camera: Nikon D750 with 27mm and 300mm lens, no guiding.  Photos are taken with various exposures. )

© Copyright by Matthew Chin

Epilogue:
Typhoon signal No.1 is hoisted by Hong Kong Observatory on June 11 to 12. Pray to the heaven, result is not good enough, but I just get it done. I think of Su Shi’s "When is the night without moon? Where is there no bamboo and cypress?" It is pity that Hong Kong will have "When is the night without moon?", so thing should be cherished.

Elan Valley Milky Way

By: Mathew Browne | https://www.instagram.com/mathewbrowne/
Location: Elan Valley, Wales

Processing details: 9 images stacked and blended together using Starry Landscape Stacker. Shot using Sigma 14mm f/1.8; exposure 20 sec; ISO 2000

Elan Valley Milky Way by Mathew Browne, on Flickr

The Elan Valley deserves its reputation as one of the best places in Wales to observe the night sky. Earlier this month the Milky Way core was clearly visible to the naked eye as it rose just after midnight.

I captured most of the data for this project on three separate nights in 2019, then finished it with two nights in June 2021 - the area around Antares and M4

Antares (α Sco), M4, and surrounding area by Thad Szabo, on Flickr

All subframes shot as 90 s exposures with a one-shot color Atik 314L+ on a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with HyperStar

A Walk through Milkyway

Shot this picture from the terrace of our rented Flat @ La Palma in June 2021,
me observing the Gems of Milkyway with my selfmade 8" Dobson.

Canon 6d with IRIX 15mm/2.5 , 20 seconds exposure.



Link to the Original:
https://www.astrobin.com/xcb5dn/

Copyright: Rolf Weisenfeld

https://weisenfeld.net/

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy by Augustas Kemežys, on Flickr

A Blue Horsehead (IC 4592)

Located in the constellation Scorpion, it is a reflection nebula composed of dust that is normally dark but turns blue when scattering light from nearby hot stars.
The main star, its eye is Nu Scorpii (also called Jabbah), being the main responsible for the blue coloration in the nebula.

Best details:
https://www.astrobin.com/full/m5274m/0/


EQUIPMENT:
ZWO ASI 6200MC PRO COLED
Espirit 150mm
90 x 300s

Date: . 06/04 to 06/05/2021
Location: Campos do Jordão- SP-Brazil

Copyright: Fernando Oliveira de Menezes
Email: Barretosmed@hotmail.com