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I already have an image of this nebula using just the 656 nm red light from ionized hydrogen: flic.kr/p/2mcJ4iK
There's lots of detail there, but with such a rich starfield, I wanted to bring color into the image. I shot L, G, and B channel data on 2023-07-17, registered it with the original H-alpha data, and was able to cook up this version.
This was also shot with the Atik 414-EX on a Celestron Edge HD 925 at 1530 mm focal length.
L: 120 20 s frames
B: 60 30 s frames
G: 60 30 s frames
I also shot 20 2 min exposures with H-alpha, because, why not? These were combined with the previous data in this channel.
Subframes captured with N.I.N.A. Preprocessing in Nebulosity; registration, stacking, channel combination, and initial processing in PixInsight; a small touch up with Topaz Labs to finish.
I see a lot of renderings of this nebula where the stars are removed or greatly diminished. It lies right along the band of the Milky Way in the sky. I choose to include the stars that give context to how rich this part of the sky in Cygnus is.
Macro Mondays #InsideElectronics
7DWF: Anything Goes
Height of the frame: 5,4 cm / 2,1 inches
In the year 2112, Starship Cygnus X-1, Rush category, the flagship of the X-Cans fleet, silently orbits planet Samba on an Amazing Journey through the Musical Fidelity Universe. It is on a five-year mission to explore new musical worlds, to seek out new sounds no woman or man has ever heard before...
The subject was a rather "simple" one, because the only easily accessible "Inside Electronics" parts I had were these old tubes that used to be inside of my headphone amplifier. They are made of glass (of course) so you can see what's inside of them; making it a "double peek", if you like - an inside view of something that used to be inside of an electronic device ;-). I always wanted to use these tubes for a photo. The idea was to make it appear like a spaceship. Ever since the new tubes were installed, the amplifier sounds crappy (so I don't use it anymore; but it's 20 years old, so it's probably time for a new one...). I wasn't aware that the type of tubes can make such a difference in sound...
A Happy Macro Monday, Everyone!
Das Universum der Musik... Unendliche Weiten. Wir schreiben das Jahr 2112. Dies ist das Raumschiff Cygnus X-1, Rush-Klasse, Flagschiff der X-Cans-Flotte. Lautlos umrundet es den Planeten Samba auf einer fünfjährigen "Amazing Journey" durch das "Musical Fidelity" Universum. Viele Klangjahre von der Erde entfernt erforscht es neue musikalische Welten, die nie ein Mensch zuvor gehört hat...
Um nicht etwas aufschrauben und dabei womöglich beschädigen zu müssen (oder den elektrischen Schlag schlechthin zu bekommen), habe ich hier alte Röhren aus meinem Kopfhörer-Verstärker genommen, die ich schon immer mal für ein Foto verwenden wollte. Ein "doppelter Einblick" ins Innere der Elektronik, da die Röhren durch ihren Glasmantel sowohl Einblick in ihr eigenes Inneres erlauben als auch zuvor im Innern eines elektrischen Geräts verbaut waren. Dummerweise klingt der Verstärker nach dem Wechsel der Röhren gar nicht mehr gut (ich hätte nie gedacht, dass die Art der Röhre solch einen Einfluss auf den Klang hat), aber er ist auch schon 20 Jahre alt; vielleicht Zeit für etwas Neues...
Ich wünsche Euch eine schöne Juli-Woche, liebe Flickr-Freunde!
I just completed the first of three projects whose data was captured during the nice stretch of weather we just had between Aug 2nd and August 4th. This is a 12.8-hour integration of SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula. This was taken on my Astro-Physics 130mm platform with the ZWO ASI2600MM-Prop Camera.
All details and the story behind this image can be seen on my website - please check it out!
The Tulip Nebula (Sharpless 101 or Sh2-101) is a bright emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus, about 6,000 light-years from Earth. It spans approximately 70 light-years and gets its name from its tulip-like shape in optical images. The nebula is part of a rich star-forming region and is illuminated by hot, young stars, especially the O-type star HDE 227018, which energizes the surrounding hydrogen gas to glow.
Notably, the microquasar Cygnus X-1, one of the strongest black hole candidates known, lies near the nebula, contributing to its scientific interest.
This image is taken using Telescope Live data from Spain. About 4 hours captured the summer 2023
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.
ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.
54 x 200s Ha
47 x 360s OIII
Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - in a starless version. The dim bow on the right side is the shockfront of the potential black hole Cygnus X-1
Hi Folks,
I'm happy to say that I have completed my Image Reprocessing Project on SH2-101 - The Tulip Nebula - 12.8 hours of SHOrgb data.
This object is located approximately 6000 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus (The Swan).
As promised, the Project post contains all of the image details and - most importantly - a complete image processing walkthru - is included in the project posting below:
cosgrovescosmos.com/projects/sh2-101-the-tulip-nebula-202...
How do you like the final version?
I was able to bring out a lot of very subtle details that could not be seen in the original!
Thanks,
Pat
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.
ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.
54 x 200s Ha
47 x 360s OIII
26 s 30s blue
29 x 30s red
28 x 30s green
Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.
ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.
54 x 200s Ha
47 x 360s OIII
Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.
ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.
54 x 200s Ha
47 x 360s OIII
Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019
Sharpless 101 - the so called Tulip Nebula - is an reflection and emission nebula region in the constellation Cygnus. Just outside the Tulip the shockfront of ionized gas driven by the energy of Cygnus X-1 and its companion star. Cyg X-1 is the strongest X-ray source kown so far. Cyg X-1 is considered a possible black hole.
ASI1600mmp and TS130/910 triplet apo with 0.79x reducer.
54 x 200s Ha
26 s 30s blue
29 x 30s red
28 x 30s green
Astro Pixel Processor and Photoshop CC2019
I added green and blue channels later for a color image of this region: flic.kr/p/2oRBCTS
This emission nebula lies along the neck of Cygnus, near the star η Cyg. This region of ionized hydrogen is forming new stars. As the energy from those new stars is pumped into the surrounding gas, electrons are stripped off the hydrogen. Due the opposite charges of electrons and protons, the particles recombine, and some of the radiation that is produced is at a characteristic wavelength of 656.28 nm. A filter to allow this light through was used to make this image.
One other object to note in this image - look along the right edge, about two-thirds of the way down. Almost at the edge of the image. There are two stars, one above the other, that stand out (to the right of the bottom of the nebula). The star on the bottom appears in X-rays as Cygnus X-1 -- the first candidate for a system that has a black hole. Further studies have shown there is a 21 solar mass blue supergiant star and a 15 solar mass black hole in orbit around each other. The period of their mutual orbit is 5.6 days. This system is also known a a microquasar, as it has the same spectral characteristics as a quasar, but with much lower mass.
This is a stack of 50 3 min exposures with a Celestron Edge HD 925 at f/2.3 with Hyperstar and an Atik 414-EX camera and Atik 7nm H-alpha filter. Subframes were pre-processed in Nebulosity, then registred and stacked in PixInsight. The final image was produced with more work in PixInsight.
While imaging and processing the The Tulip nebula, I was surprised to see I also captured the shock wave being produced from Cygnus X-1. It is the site of one of the first suspected black holes. Over the years the location of this X-ray source became more accurately determined. The X-ray source was found to lie very close to the position of a 9th magnitude star called HDE 226868. This star is a large blue supergiant, and its companion – the more compact of the two objects in the system – is thought to be between 20 and 35 solar masses. Since the largest possible mass of a neutron star can not exceed three solar masses, the compact object which is unseen, is almost certainly a black hole. These two objects share an orbital periodicity of 5.6 days.
Tech Specs: Sky-Watcher Esprit 120ED Telescope, ZWO AS2600mc-Pro running at 0C, Sky-Watcher EQ6R-Pro mount, Optolong L-eXtreme filter (2”), 42 x 300 second exposures, guided using a ZWO 30mm f/4 mini guide scope and ZWO 120 Mini, focus with a ZWO EAF, controlled with a ZWO ASIAir Pro. Processed using PixInsight and DSS. Image Date: September 1, 2022. Location: The Dark Side Observatory, Weatherly, PA, USA (Bortle Class 4).
Sun is gone
And I'm on my own in a thunderstorm
But it's not about to turn me around
Hail is under my feet
And lightning is in my head
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind if the rain is coming
Walking onto the water
Where I was meant to be
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming
Deep inside I am tired of running
I don't mind that the rain is coming down...
~Matthew Sweet, Thunderstorm
Pendleton, Oregon, 19 Jul 2012
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~7:53 P.M., August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
Update: Noon, August 17th, 2011 ~ The fire is 50% contained and is not currently actively spreading. However, strong winds are in the forecast. The fire has been named "The Drive-In Fire" due to the presence (at one time) of a drive-in theater near the location where the fire began.
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Find a few more photos of this event here (Picasa.)
On the left, an optical image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows Cygnus X-1, outlined in a red box. Cygnus X-1 is located near large active regions of star formation in the Milky Way, as seen in this image that spans some 700 light years across. An artist's illustration on the right depicts what astronomers think is happening within the Cygnus X-1 system. Cygnus X-1 is a so-called stellar-mass black hole, a class of black holes that comes from the collapse of a massive star. The black hole pulls material from a massive, blue companion star toward it. This material forms a disk (shown in red and orange) that rotates around the black hole before falling into it or being redirected away from the black hole in the form of powerful jets.
A trio of papers with data from radio, optical and X-ray telescopes, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, has revealed new details about the birth of this famous black hole that took place millions of years ago. Using X-ray data from Chandra, the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer, and the Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics, scientists were able to determine the spin of Cygnus X-1 with unprecedented accuracy, showing that the black hole is spinning at very close to its maximum rate. Its event horizon -- the point of no return for material falling towards a black hole -- is spinning around more than 800 times a second.
Using optical observations of the companion star and its motion around its unseen companion, the team also made the most precise determination ever for the mass of Cygnus X-1, of 14.8 times the mass of the Sun. It was likely to have been almost this massive at birth, because of lack of time for it to grow appreciably.
The researchers also announced that they have made the most accurate distance estimate yet of Cygnus X-1 using the National Radio Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The new distance is about 6,070 light years from Earth. This accurate distance was a crucial ingredient for making the precise mass and spin determinations.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC; Optical: Digitized Sky Survey
Read entire caption/view more images: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/
Caption credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Built between 1969 and 1971 with a total production run of 47 units (6900-6946), the Union Pacific Centennials or DDA40x locomotives are the longest and most powerful diesel locomotives ever built. Two engines mounted on a single frame produce 6600 HP (4.9 MW).
1969 was the 100th anniversary of the golden spike event, hence, Centennials.
Length: 98' 5"
Width: 10' 4"
Height: 16' 4"
Weight: 521,980 lbs. (261 tons)
One unit, #6936 is still in service. #6901, as seen here, rests in Pocatello's Ross Park
Source: Wikipedia
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A Polish-built MiG-15 performs a bombing run over mountainous terrain.
Made a couple of small changes and decided to release a wallpaper version of this image!
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A gorgeous, even if somewhat over-the-top depiction of, what to me looks a lot like a Hubble servicing mission. Note the non-tethered MMU-wearing Astronauts, representing the heady & all too cavalier vision of what future EVAs would look like. Note also that the orbiter is without the Remote Manipulator System arm…hmm.
Disappointingly/per SOP, the NASA photo whoevers botched the layout of the image; to include the ‘landscape’ orientation and the excessive cropping, lopping off half of the shuttle & half of HST’s aperture door and, in the process, the artists’ signatures.
The complete image was featured on the cover of the 2015 Winter Issue of “Pulsar”, the bi-annual newsletter of the International Association of Astronomical Artists (IAAA), at:
iaaa.org/CygnusX1/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Pulsar-2015-...
Credit: IAAA website
Within the newsletter, per the artist responsible, Rick Sternbach:
“Science Digest, Astronomy, and Sky & Telescope all featured this painting of the HST done as a collaboration between myself and Don Dixon. Extensive use of airbrush and acrylics, a similar rendering style, and detailed CAD drawings from Lockheed Sunnyvale allowed us to produce this orbital view a few years before Hubble was launched.”
With a flipped "order of billing", reference to it being Perkin-Elmer copyrighted & dated 1984. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯:
www.cosmographica.com/spaceart/Technology/index.html#img=...
Credit: Cosmographica website
Regardless, as a card-carrying member of IAAA’s peanut gallery - if you have even the slightest interest in this type of artwork - I highly recommend taking a look at the following gallery. I can attest that IAAA members are conscientious & consummate professionals constantly striving to create meaningful works:
Editor's note: this image is part of the composite/artist concept image of Cygnus X-1 that was published on 11/17/2011. This is a beautiful example of the type of pure X-ray images that Chandra produces when observing the universe.
Over three decades ago, Stephen Hawking placed -- and eventually lost - a bet against the existence of a black hole in Cygnus X-1. Today, astronomers are confident the Cygnus X-1 system contains a black hole. In fact, a team of scientists has combined data from radio, optical, and X-ray telescopes including Chandra to determine the black hole's spin, mass, and distance more precisely than ever before. With these key pieces of information, the history of the black hole has been reconstructed. This new information gives astronomers strong clues about how the black hole was born, how much it weighed, and how fast it was spinning. This is important because scientists still would like to know much more about the birth of black holes.
Credit: NASA/CXC
Read entire caption/view more images: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2011/cygx1/more.html
Caption credit: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Resembling a tulip, Sharpless 101 is an emission nebula in Cygnus about 6000 ly away. To the right of it is Cygnus X-1, a very strong X-ray source and widely believed to be a Black Hole candidate. The visible star is SAO69181 and orbits the black hole. The in-falling matter from the star is heated to millions of degrees, producing X-rays.
This image is a combination of H-alpha and RGB.
Details:
Scope: TMB130SS @ f/5.6
Reducer: AT30RED
Camera: QSI690-wsg8
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Mount: Mach1 GTO
Ha: 15x15min
RGB: 15x5min each
Software: SGP, PHD2, APCC, Pixinsight
7.5 hrs total exposure
Bill Braack spools up the 10,000 horsepower J-34-48 powerhouse in his Smoke-N-Thunder, near 400 mph jet car at Mountain Home AFB during Gunfighter Skies 2011.
This photo won the Public Affairs Choice? Award in the Mountain Home Gunfighter's photo contest.
Gunfighter Skies 2011 • Mountain Home AFB, Idaho • September 18th, 2011
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Since its discovery 45 years ago, Cygnus X-1 has been one of the most intensively studied cosmic X-ray sources. About a decade after its discovery, Cygnus X-1 secured a place in the history of astronomy when a combination of X-ray and optical observations led to the conclusion that it was a black hole, the first such identification.
The Cygnus X-1 system consists of a black hole with a mass about 10 times that of the Sun in a close orbit with a blue supergiant star with a mass of about 20 Suns. Gas flowing away from the supergiant in a fast stellar wind is focused by the black hole, and some of this gas forms a disk that spirals into the black hole. The gravitational energy release by this infalling gas powers the X-ray emission from Cygnus X-1.
Although more than a thousand scientific articles have been published on Cygnus X-1, its status as a bright and nearby black hole continues to attract the interest of scientists seeking to understand the nature of black holes and how they affect their environment. Observations with Chandra and ESA's XMM-Newton are especially valuable for studying the property of the stellar wind that fuels Cygnus X-1, and determining its rate of spin.
This latter research has revealed that Cygnus X-1 is spinning very slowly. This puzzling result could indicate that Cygnus X-1 may have formed in an unusual type of supernova that somehow prevented the newly formed black hole from acquiring as much spin as other stellar black holes.
Image credit: NASA/CXC
Read more about this image: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2009/cygx1/
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Levels adjustment in Lightroom. Cutting, Euphonium Warping (blur and twirl filters), assembly, and text in Photoshop. Image credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss (www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/...)
‘BLACK HOLES’--British scientists Saturday reported the first evidence backing up the theory there are collapsed, invisible stars, called “black holes” in space. University of California astronomers, using telescoped at the Lick Observatory, arrived at the same conclusions separately. The “black holes” would be so dense and have such a strong gravitational pull that even light can’t escape from them. The “black hole” star, right, about 6 quadrillion miles from earth, is thought to be gobbling up extremely hot clouds of gas given off by a larger star, left. Picture is reconstructed from X-rays taken from Copernicus satellite.”
A huge win, albeit indirectly (appropriately enough). The artwork depicted is “adopted” from that created by Lois Green Cohen, I believe as “PLATE 2” of “SECRETS OF THE HOARY DEEP: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF MODERN ASTRONOMY”, by Riccardo Giacconi.
I assume “adopted” translates to copied, with minor alterations. Right? If so, the “adopter” in this instance does still remain unknown, other than possibly being an underpaid, unappreciated, overworked NASA cog…working at the GSFC?
Fortunately, there are multiple references to Ms. Cohen’s contributions. Most, if not all, are likely based on the following citation/source, which I would think to be authoritative:
“Lois Green Cohen Biography
Lois Green Cohen (Born 1919) Born: Chicago, Ill; Studied: Carnegie technical (Pittsburg), Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles), University of California (Los Angeles). Primarily a watercolorist, Lois Green is especially known for her paintings for projection at Griffith Observatory. She was born in Chicago and studied at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh and with Samuel Rosenberg. She worked in Pittsburgh as a fashion illustrator before moving to Los Angeles in 1938 and then studied at the Chouinard School and at UCLA. She worked as a motion picture illustrator and painted in her spare time. In 1945, she married Eugene Cohen and in 1973, began the Griffith Observatory project.
Her subject matter includes figures, landscapes, animals, and urban scenes. She was a member of the California Watercolor Society.
In '99 she was included in an exhibition called "This Side of Eden: Images of Steinbeck's California" by the Steinbeck Center.
Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
California Watercolors 1850-1970,
©2002 Hillcrest Press, Inc.
California Watercolor”
Above per/at:
www.californiawatercolor.com/pages/lois-green-cohen-biogr...
Credit: ‘California Watercolor’ website
Pfieffer Beach, Big Sur, California
The family and I made a 2,800 mile, 12 day journey from Pocatello to San Francisco, Big Sur, Ventura, Hollywood, Las Vegas, many places in-between, and back. This was my favorite spot during the trip. Beautiful, relaxing, ever changing character as the fog rolled in and out, repeatedly.
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Polish-built MiG-15
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String Lake in the splendor filled Grand Teton National Park
Image captured 1 Jul 2012
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“...as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.”
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., In Our Youth Our Hearts Were Touched With Fire
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A United States Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle and P-51 Mustang perform the U.S.A.F. Heritage Flight at Mountain Home AFB.
The Eagle from Seymour-Johnson, which belonged to the demo team, had some mechanical issues so the demo team borrowed one of the 366th Gunfighter's birds! Nice!
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Gunfighter Skies 2011 • Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho • September 18th, 2011
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Resembling a tulip, Sharpless 101 is an emission nebula in Cygnus about 6000 ly away. To the right of it is Cygnus X-1, a very strong X-ray source and widely believed to be a Black Hole candidate. The visible star is SAO69181 and orbits the black hole. The in-falling matter from the star is heated to millions of degrees, producing X-rays.
Combined as L(HaR)GB in Pixinsight. Some guiding issues prevented stars from being completely round. Early clouds also prevented more data from being obtained.
Imaging scope: Astro-Tech 106mm Triplet
Imaging Camera: ST8300M (capture with Equinox Image)
Filters: Baader filters in FW5-8300 filter wheel
Guide scope: Astro-Tech 65 Quadruplet
Guide camera: Starfish Fishcamp (guided with PHD)
Mount: Atlas EQ-G
Calibrated in Equinox Image and processed in PixInsight.
L - 34min
R - 19min
G - 14min
B - 20min
Ha - 38min
Resembling a tulip, Sharpless 101 is an emission nebula in Cygnus about 6000 ly away. To the right of it is Cygnus X-1, a very strong X-ray source and widely believed to be a Black Hole candidate. The visible star is SAO69181 and orbits the black hole. The in-falling matter from the star is heated to millions of degrees, producing X-rays.
This image is a combination of SII, H-alpha, and OIII in the Hubble Palette.
Details:
Scope: TMB130SS @ f/5.6
Reducer: AT30RED
Camera: QSI690-wsg8
Guide Camera: Starlight Xpress Ultrastar
Mount: Mach1 GTO
Ha: 15x15min
OIII: 15x15min
SII: 15x15min
Software: SGP, PHD2, APCC, Pixinsight
+11 hrs total exposure
Anything that enters a Black Hole (minus Hawking Radiation) is lost forever to our universe. Not even light itself can force its way out of a Black Hole. Thus, attempting a drawing of a Black Hole, might sound a bit crazy since they are invisible, but in this case, I found it an interesting exercise in the impossible.
The Black Hole (Cygnus X-1) shares its orbit with a Super Blue Giant. HDE 226868 is a magnificent star that shines as bright as 400,000 suns. It is easily found in a telescope near Eta Cygni. This huge star’s outer atmosphere is currently being pulled into its hidden companion star. Long ago this companion star, as it ended its life, collapsed into a Black hole. The infalling heated material emits X-rays as it approaches the Black Hole. These X-rays were first detected from Earth in 1964. At the time of their discovery their source was a mystery. Today we know beyond a reasonable doubt that a Black Hole is to blame.
Ok, so this is not a drawing of a Black Hole, but just of its companion star that is actively feeding it. Still it was worth the hunt for it triggers the imagination and fulfils my quest to add to my understand of the night sky.
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Tim Weber (Geico Extra 300S) harasses Bill Jetcarpilot Braack (Smoke-N-Thunder Jet Car) prior to a bit of an unusual race competition between the two.
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Expo, Tacoma, Washington, 21 July 2012
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Model: Jill Carskaddon
Photographer: Craig Sorenson
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Target: Sh2-101 Tulip Nebula
The Tulip Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation of Cygnus. It gets it's name as it appears to resemble the outline of a tulip. It lies about 6,000 light years from earth. Above the tulip is a dim and blueish arch which is a bow wave created by a jet of energetic particles from a black hole Cygnus X-1.
Gear:
Mount: ZWO AM5
Main Cam: ZWO ASI294MC Pro @ gain 121 and 14F
Guide Cam: ZWO ASI120MM Mini with ZWO 30mm f/4 scope
Lens: Sigma 150-600 @ 600
Filter: Antlia ALP-T 5nm Ha and Oiii
Acquisition:
Subs 47 -5 min totalling 3 Hr 55 Min integration
Sessions 07-Aug-23
Location: Colorado County, Texas country road
Bortle: 4/5
GRFlickr walk. Downtown Grand Rapids
Sunset Sunday April 6, 2008
Most of the group that began this journey. A couple were out by this time and Molz boys were zipping around in a blur.
I missed capturing BigFreaky and Carl Sandford.
Feel free to "Add Note" and ID your face. I got tags left to right done...
Edit: I chose Glass Masters because I'd say these folks are masters at using their Glass Lenses on their cameras. And I think they'd do anything to get a shot. And I'm proud to know them. And, and,...
“There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little-the book of Nature.”
~Claude Debussy
Viewed from Cisco Beach on the east shore of gorgeous Bear Lake, known as the Mediterranean of the Rockies due to its turquoise-blue waters. The waters are at the highest level in years!
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A Sikorsky (Erickson) S-64 Skycrane battles a blaze near Chinese Peak. Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
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Dans la constellation du Cygne (Cygnus), à 6 000 a.l. de la Terre, Cygnus X-1 est une étoile binaire à forte masse qui contient une étoile supergéante comme compagnon et s’étend sur quelque 700 a.l.. C'est un trou noir de masse stellaire (15 fois celle du soleil), provenant de l’effondrement d’une étoile massive. Il attire vers lui le matériau d'une énorme étoile bleue, formant un disque qui tourne autour du trou noir avant de tomber dans celui-ci ou d'être redirigé sous la forme de puissants jets. Ce trou noir tourne très lentement, à raison de 800 fois par seconde(cf. wikipédia, site Chandra).
Pour situer l'astre dans sa constellation :
www.flickr.com/photos/7208148@N02/48792806602/in/datepost...
A Beechcraft King Air C90 makes a pass (observation?) over the fire line just below Chinese Peak ahead of an Air Tractor AT-602 dropping fire retardant. Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
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An Air Tractor AT-602 drops fire retardant mud along the fire line just below Chinese Peak. Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
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A Lockheed P2V-5F Neptune sails overhead during a fire fighting operation near Chinese Peak in Pocatello, Idaho. Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
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Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Round 2: Sunday with Tommy, Vince, Becky and Ryan
Proud to have the image I captured of Bill creating "smoke-n-thunder" at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho last summer displayed as a rig wrap. The rig was "unveiled" at JBLM about a week ago.
Bill's performance is always a blast to see and hear...check it out at an airshow near you!
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Air Expo, Tacoma, Washington, 21 July 2012
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Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
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Find a few more photos of this event here (Picasa.)
Chinese Peak Fire • August 15th, 2011
As of Noon today (August 16th) this fire is till burning with five planes, two helicopters, and over 150 volunteers on the ground fighting it. Current estimates are that 1,275 acres have burned. One home and a barn have been engulfed in flames.
A huge 'thank you' goes out to the fire crews, pilots, emergency responders, and other personnel assisting with bringing this fire under control. Your efforts are greatly appreciated by all.
Did you know that you can now find me on Facebook? fb.me/visionsbysorensonphotography
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Find a few more photos of this event here (Picasa.)