Astrophotographer Tommy Eliassen took this image of an aurora over Hemnesberget, Norway on April 6th, 2013. Comet pan-STARRS and andromeda are also visible in the image.
Skywatcher Chris Georgia took this image of the Milky Way and the moon rise from Ordione Point State Park in Rye, New Hampshire on April 6, 2013.
Andrew Kwon took this image of Saturn on April 4, 2013 from his backyard observatory in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
The Canadian Space Agency's AuroraMAX automated camera photographed this aurora over Yellowknife on April 1, 2013.
Astrophotographer Jeff Johnson took this image of Irregular dwarf NGC 4214 from Las Cruces, New Mexico over two nights on Feb. 14 and March 13, 2013.
Thomas Kast took this image of an aurora over Kiiminki, Finland on March 17, 2013.
Astrophotographer Mike Taylor sent in a photo and wrote: "The Milky Way makes a dramatic background for Marshall Point Light in Port Clyde, Maine. Photographed ... March 18, 2013." Image posted April 4.
Reinhold Wittich took this photo of the Orion Nebula from his backyard observatory in Germany from Feb. 10, 2013 to March 5, 2013 using a 12" f/4 Newton telescope. The image was processed with CCDStack, PixInsight and Photoshop. Image posted April 8, 2013.
Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes sent in this photo of a watch tower in Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, taken May 17, 2012. Image posted April 1, 2013.
Martin Pugh took this image of the Pencil Nebula, or NGC 2736, from his home in Yass, New South Wales, Australia over the course of two weeks in March, 2013. Pugh used a Takahashi FSQ106N telescope with a Paramount ME Software Bisque mount, SBIG STF8300/FW8300-8 Baader 36mm filters, and Maxim DL as well as CCDAutopilot software to capture the photo. He processed the image with Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS, CCDStack and PixInsight. The total exposure time was 10 hours. Image posted April 2, 2013.
Skywatcher Victor Rogus took this image of the Comet Pan-STARRS and the Andromeda galaxy from Jadwin, Missouri on April 5, 2013.
Skywatcher Victor Rogus took this image of the Comet Pan-STARRS and the Andromeda galaxy from Jadwin, Missouri on April 5, 2013.
JP Brahic took this photo from France on April 5, 2013. He used a refractor Astro-Physics 155mm F/D 8.5 and a Bassler ACA1300 camera with filter H-Alpha 1A ° to capture the image. [See full story.]
Astrophotographer Tim Crippin sent in a photo of the International Space Station flying over Medford, Oregon, taken April 9, 2013.
Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca of Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy sent in his composite image of sunspots created on April 6, 2013. He wrote: "Today was the first clear morning in weeks here in Italy, so I went out to photograph the current sunspots on the surface of our sun, including the big one, AR 1711! I took three pictures … and then I elaborated them with PS to enhance the details of all the various sunspots. Then I decided to put my final product next to this morning SDO hi-res image, for comparison. I must say that with the equipment that I have used (Nikon P90 non-reflex Bridge camera and a green welding glass as filter) the result is quite satisfactory … "
Astrophotographer Lewis Cooper sent in a photo of a Lyrid meteor over Myton, Utah. He writes: " ... I saw a great one just as I was setting up the camera." Image submitted April 22, 2013.
Astrophotographer Adam Gerdes sent in a photo of Lyrid meteors taken over New Haven, Missouri. Image submitted April 22, 2013.
Astrophotographer Jeff Berkes captured this Lyrid meteor in the marshlands of southern Maryland on April 14, 2013.
Astrophotographer Mark Lissick sent in a photo of Lyrid meteors and the Milky Way, taken on April 22, 2013, in Hope Valley, CA (near Lake Tahoe).
Astrophotographer Elisabeth Finstad took this shot of a Lyrid meteor over Milton, Vermont, on April 22, 2013. She writes: "It was 28 degrees out and the sky was clear as a bell. 15 minutes later the sun's light had washed out most of the sky."
Astrophotographer B. G. Boyd sent in a photo of a Lyrid meteor over Tucson, Arizona, taken on April 22, 2013.
Astrophotographer Eric Straseburgh sent in a photo of the Milky Way over Blue Hill, Maine, taken April 22, 2013.
Astrophotographer Victor C. Rogus sent in a photo of not one but two meteors passing through the constellation of Cygnus on April 23, 2013, over Jadwin, MO.
Astrophotographer Katie Balogh of Woodbridge, NJ, sent in a photo of the full "pink moon" occurring in April 2013.
Astrophotograher Ashlea Singleton of Chatom, Alabama, sent in a photo of the full moon taken on April 25, 2013.
Space enthusiast Stanislaus Ronny Terence of Chennai, India, took these images of the penumbral lunar eclipse of April 25, 2013, during a visit to Frankfurt, Germany.
