Photos: Stunning Night Sky Images for July 2013

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Milky Way Over Machu Picchu

Credit: Thomas O'Brien | www.tmophoto.com

Thomas O'Brien sent SPACE.com this image of the Milky Way over Machu Picchu on July 4, 2013. He captured the photo from Putucusi Mountain, which is located across the Urubamba River Valley from the historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu, Peru. Machu Picchu is the dark, saddle-shaped area between mountains on right side of the image where the arc of the Milky Way intersects with the horizon. [Read the Full Story]

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Milky Way and Meteor Over Cannon Mountain Observatory

Credit: Christopher Georgia | CMGFoto.com | Facebook: CMGFoto

Christopher Georgia took this photo of the Milky Way as a meteor shot across the sky in July near Cannon Mountain Observatory in Franconia, N.H. He used a Nikon D3s camera, Nikon 50mm lens, exposure of 10 seconds, f/2.8 and ISO 2500, to capture the image. The photo was release to SPACE.com July 17, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Barred Spiral Galaxy M 109

Credit: Bob Franke / Focal Pointe Observatory

Bob Franke took this photo of barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 from Focal Pointe Observatory in Chino Valley, Ariz., from March 13 to May 6 and released to SPACE.com July 10, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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NGC 3628 Hamburger Galaxy Falesiedi

Credit: Alessandro Falesiedi

Alessandro Falesiedi captured this image of NGC 3628, also known as the Hamburger Galaxy, on April 14 to 16, 2013 just outside of Viterbo, Italy. [Read the Full Story]

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Northern Lights Surround Mt. Katahdin

Credit: © Mike Taylor | Taylor Photography

Mike Taylor sent SPACE.com this image of the northern lights surrounding Mt. Katahdin, Maine. He used a Nikon D7000 camera, Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, f/2.8, 25 seconds, ISO 3200 on July 13, 2013 to capture the image. The processing was done with Lightroom 4 and Photoshop CS5. [Read the Full Story]

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Photo of Asteroid 2003 DZ15

Credit: Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project (www.virtualtelescope.eu)

This image of near-Earth asteroid 2003 DZ15 was captured by the Virtual Telescope Project's PlaneWave instrument on July 27, 2013. The asteroid appears as a small white dot in the middle of the photo; the lines are star trails. [Read the Full Story]

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Milky Way Black and White

Credit: Victor Rogus

Victor Rogus took this black and white image of the Milky Way on July 13, 2013 from Jadwin, Missouri. [Read the Full Story]

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Northern Lights, Bootid Meteor and Milky Way Over Kansas

Credit: Jeff Berkes

Jeff Berkes captured this photo of the northern lights, a Bootid meteor, lightning and the Milky Way in Greensburg, Kan. on June 29, 2013. Image posted July 23. [Read the Full Story]

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Comet Pan-STARRS Anti-Tail

Credit: Joseph Brimacombe

Joseph Brimacombe took this photo of Comet PanSTARRS on May 23, 2013 from New Mexico using a FSQ 10.6-cm and STL11K camera at 10h 07m UT (mid-point). The image was taken in a single 30-minute exposure. Image posted July 12, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Sun with Sunspot AR 1785 Chumack July 2013

Credit: John Chumack | www.galacticimages.com

John Chumack took this photo of the sun with sunspot AR 1785 from his backyard in Dayton, Ohio on July 7, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Sunspot AR 1785 by John Chumack

Credit: John Chumack | www.galacticimages.com

John Chumack took this photo of sunspot AR 1785 from his backyard in Dayton, Ohio on July 7, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Milky Way and Star Trails Over Rural Maine

Credit: © Mike Taylor | Taylor Photography

Mike Taylor sent SPACE.com this photo, which is a composite of 81 frames from a static time lapse of the Milky Way moving across the sky over rural Maine. Taylor stacked the frames of this sequence to make a standard star trails image and then blended/masked in a single frame of the Milky Way. He used a Nikon D7000 camera and a Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, f/2.8, 25 sec, ISO 1600 on June 10, 2013 to capture the image. Posted July 9, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Milky Way Over Rural Maine

Credit: © Mike Taylor | Taylor Photography

Mike Taylor sent SPACE.com this image of the Milky Way over rural Maine. He used a Nikon D7000 camera and a Tokina 11-16mm at 11mm, f/2.8, 25 sec, ISO 1600 on June 10, 2013 to capture the image.Posted July 9, 2013. [Read the Full Story]

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Andromeda Galaxy by Lorenzo Comolli

Credit: Lorenzo Comolli

Lorenzo Comolli took this photo of the Andromeda Galaxy on Nov. 16, 2012 from the Apennine mountain village of Bogli, Italy. He used a TEC 140 telescope and Canon EOS 5D with Baader filter, Gemini G-41 mount to capture the image. The image was released to SPACE.com June 26, 2013 and posted on July 5. [Read the Full Story]

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Ring Nebula June 2013 Collaboration

Credit: André van der Hoeven, Terry Hancock, Fred Herrmann, Mike van den Berg and Mathijn Ippel

The Ring Nebula, also known as Messier 57 or NGC 6720, appears to look like a massive circle due to our perspective on Earth. André van der Hoeven, Terry Hancock, Fred Herrmann, Mike van den Berg and Mathijn Ippel logged in a combined 104 hours of exposure time to take this photo. The image was released to SPACE.com on June 28, 2013 and posed on July 5. [Read the Full Story]

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Fireworks and the Moon

Credit: Giuseppe Petricca

Astrophotographer Giuseppe Petricca captured this dazzling photo of the quarter moon and fireworks over Pisa, Italy on June 16, 2013. Petricca snapped the photos during a fireworks display launched from the Arno River during Pisa's Patron Saint's Day celebrations. Photo posted on July 4. [Read the Full Story]

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Blue Sun Alan Friedman

Credit: Alan Friedman | Averted Imagination

Alan Friedman took this image of the sun from his backyard in Buffalo, New York on May 14, 2013 with a 90mm Coronado CaK telescope and a PGR Grasshopper Express 6 megapixel camera. He applied a specific color of extreme violet light called CaK in this image that makes the sun appear to look intensely blue. Friedman then false color-inverts the image. The process highlights the sun’s surface including texture, bright sunspots, and hot active regions appearing dark. Image posted on July 3. [Read the Full Story]

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Noctilucent Clouds Seen From the International Space Station

Credit: Luca Parmitano (via Twitter as @astro_luca)

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano tweeted this photo of clouds seen from the International Space Station on June 17, 2013. He wrote: "And this is why they’re called noctilucent #Volare pic.twitter.com/qejtxc7Z6o"

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Supermoon Over Grand Canyon

Credit: Jason Hines | The Art of the Chase

Jason Hines took this photo of the supermoon over the Grand Canyon North Rim on June 23, 2013. He used a Nikon D800e, Nikon 800mm lens, and a 1.7x teleconverter to capture the image. Image posted on July 2. [Read the Full Story]

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Supermoon in a Camera Viewscreen

Credit: Ryan Lorey/Fulton County & Beyond

Astrophotographer Ryan Lorey sent in a picture of a picture of the supermoon in a camera viewscreen taken from the city of Gloversville in eastern Upstate New York, June 23, 2013. Image posted on July 1. [See more amazing Supermoon 2013 photos]

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Moon and Propeller Plane Over France

A propeller plane soars toward the moon over Reims, France in this image taken by VegaStar Carpentier on June 30, 2013. Carpentier used a Canon EOS 1000D to capture the photo.

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Night Sky and Fireflies

Credit: Kevin Palmer

Astrophotographer Kevin Palmer sent in a intriguing photo of fireflies beneath the night sky of Weinberg King State Park, IL, taken at the beginning of July 2013.

Photos: Stunning Night Sky Stargazing Images of July 2013

Milky Way Over Machu Picchu

Milky Way and Meteor Over Cannon Mountain Observatory

Barred Spiral Galaxy M 109

NGC 3628 Hamburger Galaxy Falesiedi

Northern Lights Surround Mt. Katahdin

Photo of Asteroid 2003 DZ15

Milky Way Black and White

Northern Lights, Bootid Meteor and Milky Way Over Kansas

Comet Pan-STARRS Anti-Tail

Sun with Sunspot AR 1785 Chumack July 2013

Sunspot AR 1785 by John Chumack

Milky Way and Star Trails Over Rural Maine

Milky Way Over Rural Maine

Andromeda Galaxy by Lorenzo Comolli

Ring Nebula June 2013 Collaboration

Fireworks and the Moon

Blue Sun Alan Friedman

Noctilucent Clouds Seen From the International Space Station

Supermoon Over Grand Canyon

Supermoon in a Camera Viewscreen

Moon and Propeller Plane Over France

Night Sky and Fireflies

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