Mark James Ford
~ Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble ~
Small Magellanic Cloud in Ha and OIII Narrowband
For a ”Northern Lad” (in its broadest sense) seeing the SMC (visible in the Southern Hemisphere) is a wonderful new experience. This rendition using only Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen III emission data shows a myriad of structures - Bubbles of hydrogen gas (red/orange) sometimes filled with wisps of oxygen (blue) all driven by the intense radiation of newly forming stars. Massive tendrils that mark the remains of one Supernova after another … awe inspiring indeed. The massive galactic star field has been heavily reduced (in intensity) to enable the narrowband emission data to be more visible.
The data was collected on two wonderful visits to the Hakos Guestfarm, Namibia.
Celestron RASA 11
10 Micron GM1000 HPS
Moravian C1X 61000-M
The image is a three panel mosaic.
~ Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble ~
Small Magellanic Cloud in Ha and OIII Narrowband
For a ”Northern Lad” (in its broadest sense) seeing the SMC (visible in the Southern Hemisphere) is a wonderful new experience. This rendition using only Hydrogen alpha and Oxygen III emission data shows a myriad of structures - Bubbles of hydrogen gas (red/orange) sometimes filled with wisps of oxygen (blue) all driven by the intense radiation of newly forming stars. Massive tendrils that mark the remains of one Supernova after another … awe inspiring indeed. The massive galactic star field has been heavily reduced (in intensity) to enable the narrowband emission data to be more visible.
The data was collected on two wonderful visits to the Hakos Guestfarm, Namibia.
Celestron RASA 11
10 Micron GM1000 HPS
Moravian C1X 61000-M
The image is a three panel mosaic.