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Milky Way above the Grand Bénare, Reunion Island
by Luc Perrot
Omega Centauri
by Tunc Tezel
In a single-exposure telephoto image, Omega Centauri, a globular cluster of several million stars and the largest of its own in our galaxy soars above a dark forest in Turkey.
Lovejoy & Galaxies
Comet Lovejoy (C/2011 W3) is photographed in the morning sky above Andes, near Santiago de Chile.
Midnight in Paris
This single-exposure image has captured the setting moon over the Arc de Triomphe (Etoile) and the well-known Champs-Elysees avenue.
Southern Tip of Sweden
by P-M Heden
The band of the Milky Way is seen above the southern coast of Sweden. Stars of the Summer Triangle are photographed over this seaside known as Sandhammaren beach in Scania. The light dome of nearby town Ystad is visible on the right (west) while it’s dark toward the Baltic Sea (south).
Skywatcher Photo Catches Star Trails & Plane Over Ancient Tomb
An ancient resting site provides a somber backdrop for this stunning skywatcher image. The image was taken by astrophotographer Ajay Talwar from New Delhi, India in front of the tomb of Akbar Khan in early 2012.
Beams to the Ocean
The Moon, Venus, Jupiter (lower) in a conjunction over powerful beams of the Pointe Saint Mathieu lighthouse in Brittany.
Stars trail over the lights of Rio De Janeiro in Brazil. The timelapse photo sequence has captured a lot of activities.
Observing Invisible
The first lights of dawn merge in to starry sky over the radio telescopes of ALMA array. The Great Carina Nebula is visible in the Milky Way at the upper left and Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are notable on the right.
The South Celestial Pole is near the center of the image. Located at the Chajnantor plateau, at altitude of over 5000 meters in the Chilean Andes, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is considered as one of the most complex astronomical projects of our time. By 2013 all 66 antennas of the array operate together as a single giant telescope. ALMA is a partnership of Europe, North America and East Asia in cooperation with Chile.
The site rarefied atmosphere, at about 50 percent sea level pressure, is also extremely dry. That makes it ideal for ALMA which is designed to explore the universe at wavelengths over 1,000 times longer than visible light. TWAN visit to ALMA was arranged by the European Southern Observatory (ESO), one of the main partner organizations of ALMA.
Colors of Yellowknife
Colorful aurora activity is captured in this view from Yellowknife in the northern Canada.
The Cat & Venus
With “Alnath” above Venus, a Giant Star and the Second Brightest Star in the Constellation Taurus.
Setting by The Alps
Full Moon setting behind the Alps and the Sacra of San Michele.
Ocean of Stars
by Jeff Dai
The green and red airglow covered the skies like auroras as The Winter Milky Way crossed over the mountains. The light polution is from the village on both sides of the Jinsha River.
