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This panorama extends for just over 90° along the northernmost extent of the Milky Way ...
... from Perseus at left,
... to Cygnus at right,
... with Cassiopeia and Cepheus between in the centre.
The images were taken and processed to enhance the rich array of reddish emission nebulas along this segment of the Milky Way, glowing in the red light of hydrogen gas. Also emphasized are the contrasting dark nebulas made of obscuring interstellar dust.
The main and brightest emission nebulas are, from L to R (north to south):
- IC 1848 and IC 1805, the Heart and Soul Nebulas in Cassiopeia,
- NGC 7822 and Cederblad 214, with small and round Sharpless 2-170 below, all making up the Question Mark Nebula,
- a large complex of small nebulas in Cepheus, such as Sharpless 2-132 and 2-142,
- the large round IC 1396 in Cepheus at centre, which contains the Elephant Trunk Nebula,
- the bright North America Nebula, NGC 7000, accompanied by the Pelican Nebula, IC 5067 and the Cygnus Arc, IC 5068,
- the complex of nebulas in central Cygnus, with IC 1318, the Butterfly Nebula the main component,
- the twin arcs at bottom right of the Veil Nebula, a supernova remnant.
Technical:
This is a panorama of 5 segments, each a stack of 8 x 2-minute exposures, with the Canon RF28-70mm lens at 50mm, and at f/2, on the astro-modified Canon EOS R camera at ISO 1600.
All on the MSM Nomad star tracker. And all taken with an Astronomik UHC clip-in filter installed in the camera to isolate the red and green light of emission nebulas. The filter certainly brought out the nebulas and suppressed any skyglow, but did tend to make the stars cyan coloured, a tint I have mostly corrected. Using the filter for all shots simplifies the panorama assembly, as there is no need to align separate panoramas taken with and without filters, but does compromise star colours.
All stacking, stitching and blending in Photoshop. Actions and filters from Photokemi Actions and Nik Color EFX helped bring out the fainter nebulas.
Taken August 21, 2025 from Lookout Point in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, Saskatchewan, during the annual Saskatchewan Summer Star Party.
The Solar-Powered Interstellar Drone for Extraterrestrial Research (S.P.I.D.E.R.) is finally completed at the 'Moonbase Celebration 50'.
With onboard intelligence, a formidable assortment of tools, and unlimited renewable power, this endlessly useful companion is sometimes referred to as 'GRAMPS' - Giant Robotic Assistant & Mobile Power Station (especially by arachnophobic astronauts).
Future missions will be accompanied by these units, to aid in planetoid habitability investigation and geo/bio research. Manipulator arms, coupled with highly advanced sensors allow this drone to examine samples, move debris, haul equipment, and even carry out rescue operations for astronauts in danger.
Fully capable of traversing uneven terrain, and repelling into crevaces with it's winch, this robotic research assistant can go just about anywhere on atmospheric and non-atmospheric terrestrial landscapes.
Prepare to give Space exploration a leg-up (or six!) and take your celestial crew to a whole new level of awesome adventure with a giant (robot) S.P.I.D.E.R. on board!
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This MOC has been a journey, developing a seamless transition through System and CCBS/Bionicle elements. With adjustable Greebles to simulate actuators. Fully articulated through each leg, the model is stable, poseable, and quite dynamic (in-environment shots coming soon!).
The features include: adjustable solar arrays, whiskers, and rear hitches, poseable manipulator arms (3), legs with up to 12+ points of articulation each + working shock absorption, opening hatch to reveal central core, storage for a large assortment of space tools, and a working winch (which can support the full weight of the build).
Watch my video for a hands-on with the features: youtu.be/Q3HC0IzGPfc
Thanks for checking it out, I hope you enjoy it!
I have just returned from a week on the Isle of Wight. Whilst there I decided to head out a couple of times to see if I could capture the Milky Way. There is so little light pollution on the south of the island, and with no moon the conditions proved favourable.
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Desafio Ostentassaum novidadeira 3/10
Logo que vi as primeiras imagens desse esmalte no IG da marca eu fiquei louca pra ter um, aí arrisquei comprar numa loja da Hungria e deu super certo \o/ (veio rápido e não fui taxada ufa!)
Ele é muito, MUITO maravilhoso, estou amando demais!!!
Tem a base duocrome jelly nas cores azul / teal / roxo com brilhinhos holo bem delicados. Precisei de 3 camadas, mas foi bem tranquilo de esmaltar, fica bem lisinho e brilhoso e não precisa de tc.
Bati um montão de fotos, pq é bem difícil captar o efeito dele, coloquei só mais 3 nos comentários (mostrando mais teal, mais roxo e no sol) e nesse link tem a foto que fiz pra etapa 3/10 do desafio Segura a Coisa - 2016.
Tb fiz um vídeo pra mostrar a mudança das cores
1x base reestruturadora Risqué
3x Interstellar
The Ranger from the 2014 movie Interstellar by Christopher Nolan. This specific vehicle from the movie interested me a lot, and I was able to build it in Lego form. A specific challenge of the build was the narrow profile of the spacecraft, and a lot of angled bricks were used to get this shape.
I was inspired by the fantastic builds by some of the 'spacers' at the Brick Show at STEAM last weekend. Thought I'd have a crack at some spacey stuff myself - the Interstellar Outpost competition seemed like the perfect prompt.
Tip o' the hat to Pete, Tim and Jeremy for their amazing stuff last weekend.
Joined by four other talented Flickrites, I took pictures of my 501st Legion buddies yesterday morning walking through downtown Portland. Even the evil Empire supports mass transit! No better way to get to the detention block in the morning. :-)
Traveled to deep space into the Lockman Hole region to photograph this Launchpad for alien spacecrafts. Stopped off at an unnamed planet's moon orbiting the star Alcor for dinner. The alien restaurant was ok. The food was great, but the place had no atmosphere. :P
Classic Science Fiction 70's Art - The interstellar Queen
Here is my tribute to classic Science Fiction Art of the 70’s. I remember the gorgeous spaceship art on book covers from that period which eventually led me to picking up Steward Cowley’s book Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD. Essentially an ensemble of fantastic space art from talented visual artists, which Cowley cleverly presents in a believable historical reference guide. For me, one ship stood out from the rest, the space liner Interstellar Queen.
And here it is presented in Lego form, my build of artist Angus Mckie’s graceful swan like space liner from the book. I’ve tried to capture the classic lines of the ship without altering too much of Mckie’s original design. I was a little apprehensive at first about the boxy nature of the hull, but seeing the finished model, I think she does have a certain charm about her. I had to make some changes to the rear of the ship and engine placement. This was due in part to the shaping of the Lego hull. The original technical drawing of the rear of the Interstellar Queen can be found in the book.
Specification of the Lego model
Length : 63cm
Width : 32cm
Height : 20cm (excluding base)
Build time : 1.5 months
The model is displayed in a space dock setting at her intended flight angle. Docking clamps hold her in place. I would have liked landing gear, but that made the model very unstable. The dock setting provides more stability.
Lorsque l'on voyage à travers la galaxie, il est sympa de faire une pause, grignoter un p'tit truc, vérifier le vaisseau et téléphoner à maman pour dire que tout va bien... Soyez les bienvenues à la Station de Ravitaillement Interstellaire !
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Interstellar Refueling Station
When traveling through the galaxy, it is nice to take a break, have a snack, check on the spacecraft and call mum to say all is well ... Welcome to the Interstellar Supply Station !
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Accipiter recon and attack fighter
-Velox propulsion system
-Arcus four-barrel cannon and twin quad-missile packs
Sagittarius ground to air attack and support vehicle
-Hasta long range rocket
-Arcus quad-missile pack and double barrel small cannon
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another resin painting. 9x12. available at unicoherent.com in the Original Art section.
This is actually the first of 4 resin paintings using the same colors. With this first piece, I was experimenting with ULTRA-low-viscosity resin. It really did flow like water. It was so thin that it covered the canvas with a ton left over. Obviously I didn't want to waste the resin so I started a 2nd piece that was 16x20". However as I started to work that piece the resin started to overheat and cure so quickly that one cup had a solid lump in it. That second piece remains unfinished. I decided to try making more with regular-low-viscosity resin. I started with a 16x20, which I sold before I got any really good photos of, though I may still post one of the mediocre photos, I'm not sure. And I always seem to mix more resin than I need so I created the 4th piece, which is Partial Eclipse Outwards.
Strobist info - Metz 48af1 reflected in the surface of a soap bubble. Processing using fractal plugin.
Having fun in my studio today. I was playing with water and stones and flash. It took a few attempts of dropping stones into a small fish tank with my left hand and firing off a burst of shots with flash with my right hand. I used electronic shutter for 30 frames per sec. I was surprised my Godox flash kept up just fine. This is what I ended up with. Then I had to come up with a creative name.
The majority of the stars in our Galaxy, the Milky Way, reside in a single huge disc, known as the Galactic Plane, spanning 100 000 light-years across. The Sun also resides in this crowded stellar hub, lying roughly halfway between its centre and its outer edges.
This disc is filled with a diffuse mixture of gas and dust – the interstellar medium – that pervades space, filling the large gaps found between stars. Occasionally, these clouds of gas and dust cool, becoming denser and denser until they spark star formation, giving rise to new generations of stars.
This image is part of Hi-GAL, a survey of the Galactic Plane completed with ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory. Peering at the sky in infrared light, Herschel could detect the glow of dust particles dispersed between stars. This minor – but crucial – component of the interstellar medium allows astronomers to investigate how stars are born in the Milky Way, and how they affect their environment as they age.
Nestled in the Milky Way’s disc are pockets of gas and dust that have been heated by nearby newborn stars, causing them to glow brightly like cosmic gems. Through their higher temperatures, these regions glow at shorter infrared wavelengths and are depicted in violet and green, while the colder material in the surroundings – only a few tens of degrees above absolute zero – appears redder.
Laced amongst the stars is an intricate network of filaments sprinkled with tiny white spots: these are denser clumps of gas and dust that will likely evolve and give birth to new stars.
The image combines observations from the PACS and SPIRE instruments on Herschel. It spans about 12º on the longer side, corresponding to some 24 times the diameter of the full Moon. This is 1/30th of the entire Galactic Plane survey.
This image was first published in OSHI, the Online Showcase of Herschel Images, in 2011.
Credit: ESA/PACS & SPIRE Consortium, S. Molinari, Hi-GAL Project
Interstellar Pelican Cloud Covers Sun Spans Tampa Bay Florida - IMRAN™
We all often recognize animal shapes or human faces in the shapes of clouds that form and dissiipate above us every day. But sometimes the shapes can be so specific it makes me wonder. I often see general bird shapes, sometimes doves, and eagles. But a pelican?! There is absolutely no tweaking done to try to make a pelican shape. This is exactly how the cloud formation was in front of across Tampa Bay, as this massive god of interstellar pelicans seemed to cover the sun and span the width of Tampa Bay. You can make out the white caps in the water on this very windy day. I have one purely unedited image of the same pelican cloud. But this one was made from 4 Nikon D300 photos providing a lot more detail and smoothness of colors if you zoom in.
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