Tested my #telescope last night and this is harder than it looks! Even had problems finding the moon with it, if you can believe that 🥹
#Night #Space #Moon #Astronomy #Sky #Stars
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌌✨ Astrophotographer Ian Lauer demonstrates why exposure time matters by photographing the #Andromeda Galaxy for 10 seconds, 10 minutes, and 10 hours. The longest exposure reveals dust lanes, companion #galaxies, and details invisible to shorter captures.
#color #photography #science #sky #space #stars #tech #technology #telescope #texas #universe #tksst #video #astronomy #milkyway
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌌✨ Astrophotographer Ian Lauer demonstrates why exposure time matters by photographing the #Andromeda Galaxy for 10 seconds, 10 minutes, and 10 hours. The longest exposure reveals dust lanes, companion #galaxies, and details invisible to shorter captures.
#color #photography #science #sky #space #stars #tech #technology #telescope #texas #universe #tksst #video #astronomy #milkyway
Another Milky Way Section
You won't believe what happened when I pointed my camera at a random section of the Milky Way!
Well, I got this image in the direction of the Cygnus (swan) constellation, with the head and arm of King Cepheus at the top. And a dark dust cloud in the center that looks like a bat to me but is actually the Gulf of Mexico Nebula (L935). Next to it are the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), both part of the Sh2-117 emission region. The names were chosen due to the shape the emission nebula forms in combination with the dust. Left of the bat's head (or where Mexico and Central America would be) is the Cygnus Wall, a bright area with a lot of star formation activity.
A bit down along the Milky Way is the Sadr Region (IC 1318), also visible in red.
Another area of interest is the reddish area in the upper part of the image, where the Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located.
This image was created from 144 photos with 5 seconds per frame (12 minutes total). Post-processing was done in Siril, GraXpert and GIMP.
Nikon Z50, Nikkor 17-28/2.8, 17 mm, f/2.8, 144×5 s, ISO 3200, tripod, no tracker
#MilkyWay #stars #nebulae #photography #astrophotography #digikam
Another Milky Way Section
You won't believe what happened when I pointed my camera at a random section of the Milky Way!
Well, I got this image in the direction of the Cygnus (swan) constellation, with the head and arm of King Cepheus at the top. And a dark dust cloud in the center that looks like a bat to me but is actually the Gulf of Mexico Nebula (L935). Next to it are the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) and the Pelican Nebula (IC 5070), both part of the Sh2-117 emission region. The names were chosen due to the shape the emission nebula forms in combination with the dust. Left of the bat's head (or where Mexico and Central America would be) is the Cygnus Wall, a bright area with a lot of star formation activity.
A bit down along the Milky Way is the Sadr Region (IC 1318), also visible in red.
Another area of interest is the reddish area in the upper part of the image, where the Elephant's Trunk Nebula is located.
This image was created from 144 photos with 5 seconds per frame (12 minutes total). Post-processing was done in Siril, GraXpert and GIMP.
Nikon Z50, Nikkor 17-28/2.8, 17 mm, f/2.8, 144×5 s, ISO 3200, tripod, no tracker
#MilkyWay #stars #nebulae #photography #astrophotography #digikam
Orion
Orion photographed under suboptimal conditions. It was relatively low over the horizon, there was haze, thin clouds, and light pollution. But I like the glow it gave the bright stars. The Orion Nebula (M42 and M43), the Running Man Nebula (S279) the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) and the Horsehead Nebula (B33 and IC 434) are visible. Especially the latter surprised me, although there is just a long red blob with a small black blob visible.
I chose too long an exposure time for pixel peeping, so please ignore the oblong stars.
Image created from 99x10s exposures (16 minutes, 30 seconds) with #Siril, #GraXpert and #GIMP.
Nikon Z50, Nikkor 17-28/2.8, 28 mm, f/2.8, 99×10 s, ISO 3200, tripod, no tracker
#constellation #orion #nebulae #stars #photography #astrophotography #digikam
Orion
Orion photographed under suboptimal conditions. It was relatively low over the horizon, there was haze, thin clouds, and light pollution. But I like the glow it gave the bright stars. The Orion Nebula (M42 and M43), the Running Man Nebula (S279) the Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) and the Horsehead Nebula (B33 and IC 434) are visible. Especially the latter surprised me, although there is just a long red blob with a small black blob visible.
I chose too long an exposure time for pixel peeping, so please ignore the oblong stars.
Image created from 99x10s exposures (16 minutes, 30 seconds) with #Siril, #GraXpert and #GIMP.
Nikon Z50, Nikkor 17-28/2.8, 28 mm, f/2.8, 99×10 s, ISO 3200, tripod, no tracker
#constellation #orion #nebulae #stars #photography #astrophotography #digikam
Pleiades: The “Seven Sisters” Just Found Thousands of Long-Lost Siblings
https://uncnews.unc.edu/2025/11/12/the-seven-sisters-just-found-thousands-of-long-lost-siblings/
#Pleiades #GreaterPleiadesComplex #Astronomy #Astrodon #news #science #stars #starclusters
Pleiades: The “Seven Sisters” Just Found Thousands of Long-Lost Siblings
https://uncnews.unc.edu/2025/11/12/the-seven-sisters-just-found-thousands-of-long-lost-siblings/
#Pleiades #GreaterPleiadesComplex #Astronomy #Astrodon #news #science #stars #starclusters
If you are thinking: this Dark Cloud image looks quite nice as a thumbnail. In full resolution it has 11,000 x 12,500 pixels! #Euclid's strength is simultaneous fine sampling and observation of large patches of the sky.
Here's a cutout, this is about 1% of the full image. Young stars, dust and gas being blown out, a lot is going on. The #ESA page has in-depth explanations.
This new annotated JWST Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537 - the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), Webb has revealed never-before-seen details in this picturesque planetary nebula with a rich backdrop of thousands of stars.
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology)
https://esawebb.org/images/potm2510b/
#Astrophysics #JWST #Nebula #astrodon #space #science #stars
This new annotated JWST Picture of the Month features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537 - the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), Webb has revealed never-before-seen details in this picturesque planetary nebula with a rich backdrop of thousands of stars.
Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology)
https://esawebb.org/images/potm2510b/
#Astrophysics #JWST #Nebula #astrodon #space #science #stars
Wallaby tracks at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia
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#universe #stars #MilkyWay #astrophotography #night #photography
"Who needs a lighthouse?"
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