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Photo of the Swan Nebula (M17) taken by Hubble Space Telescope and the Subaru Telescope and combined together by Robert Gendler and Roberto Colombari. Figure created using Poser Software and greatly modified in Photoshop and all blended into an image by yours truly.
The background image shown here is the result of an international project called Illustris. The Illustris Project (website launched May 5, 2014) is the very latest collaboration amongst physicists, astronomers and computer scientists using supercomputers in US, France and Germany to stimulate the evolution of the universe. It took 8,192 computers and 19 million hours of computing time to come up with their results. Credit given to Illustris Collaboration/Illustris Simulation. The Illustris website at www.illustris-project.org/
The Veil Nebula (NGC6960) is a large but relatively faint supernova remnant found in the constellation of Cygnus. It is approximately 1470 light years away.
Based on a Composite Image of the Flame Nebula (greatly modified) by Chandra and Spitzer Space Telescopes (NGC 2024) May 2014 and combined with a Hubble Space Telescope of the spiral galaxy NGC 3370 and a public domain photo of the human brain.
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 1097 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2002. Figure created using the Poser software and further manipulated in Photoshop composited with a landscape photo of mine.
William Optics FLT 132 Apo triplet
ZwoASI2600MC Pro
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
20-300 second subs
Deepsky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
William Optics FLT 132 APO triplet
ZwoASI2600MC Pro
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
23-300 second subs
Deepsky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
In homage to Einsteins's ~ 100 year old General Relativity Theory and a nod to VanGogh's Starry Night. Background Photo is of swirling and spiraling grain in a very old burnt out Pine Tree Stump in Mt Lemmon National Park in Tucson AZ. The 55 some odd spiral galaxies from various NASA websites.
Description:
From the heart of Desert Bloom Observatory, the night unveiled the ethereal dance of the Pleiades (M45)—a cluster of radiant sisters bound by gravity and myth. Draped in silken blue veils of cosmic dust, these stars shimmer across the constellation Taurus, about 444 light-years from Earth. Their reflection nebulae are illuminated by scattered starlight across interstellar dust—an elegant harmony between myth, matter, and light.
Astro Imaging Details:
Telescope: Celestron Nexstar Evo 9.25 (235mm f/10 Schmidt-Cassegrain)
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ-6R Pro Computerized Equatorial Mount S303000
Guide Scope: ZWO 30F4 Miniscope
Guide Camera: ZWO ASI462MC Planetary Camera
Optics: Starizona HyperStar 4 HS4-C9.25 (White 10014)
Finder: Starizona Telrad Reflex Sight Finder
Focuser: ZWO Electronic Automatic Focuser EAF-5V
Controller: ZWO ASIAir Plus WiFi Camera Controller
Filter: Optolong L-Pro 2” Multiband Pass Filter
Accessories: Astrozap Dew Heater, Celestron Dew Shield
Additional: Samsung Cellular Phone, Memory Card
Exposure & Processing:
Exposure: 600 seconds × 186 frames
Stacked in DeepSkyStacker
Processed in PixInsight and Photoshop
All data were acquired and processed by me at Desert Bloom Observatory. I sincerely hope this image reflects the quiet beauty and timeless mystery of the Pleiades star cluster.
M17 Swan (or Omega) Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius. A composite image made with photos by Hubble and Infrared Space Telescopes and the Subaru (ground-based) Telescope. Pose inspired by the 1889 Marble Sculpture entitled The Kiss by the French Sculptor Auguste Rodin.
A Hubble Space Telescope image of Galaxy NGC 1275 taken in 2008. Figure created using Poser Software and extensively reworked in Photoshop. Photo of the earth from the public domain.
Captured with:
William Optics Zenithstar 73 Apo doublet
Optolong L-Pro broadband filter
Zwo ASI2600MC Pro
Guided with:
Radian Raptor 61 Apo triplet
Zwo ASI290MM mini guide camera
Celestron CGX equatorial mount
35-180 second subs
SharpCap captured
DeepSky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
Background photo - Extreme Deep Field (XDF) image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and composited in 2012. Top edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 4565 - photo was taken by the HST. Large bottom spiral galaxy NGC 3982 - photo was taken by the HST.
Diver figure generated using Poser 10 software
The Helix Nebula by Spitzer Space Telescope taken in 2012 (with some enhancements). Hollyhock Blossom taken by yours truly with an Earth-based Camera a couple weeks ago.
Marble Bust by a 19 Century American Sculptor at the MFA Boston. A couple Nebulae Photos (NASA) used as blended textures.
Enjoying our orbit around the Center of our Galaxy at 525,000 miles/hour. Figure created using Poser Software and greatly modified in Photoshop.
A couple of strangely related cosmic structures. The large background galaxy is NGC 3370 taken from The Hubble Telescope Photo Archive. Photo of Poppy Center was taken by yours truly, see the full version at www.flickr.com/photos/
The M81 Group is a group of galaxies in the constellation Ursa Major that includes the well-known galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82, approximately 12 million light years distant.
Background photo of two colliding galaxies called The Antennae galaxies by NASA. The photo is composite image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. Figure created using Poser software.
Sporting the new and very Fashionable Einstein Hairdo.
Background is the Extreme Deep Field (XDF) image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and composited in 2012. Every tiny dot, splotch and smear in this XDF image is a Galaxy.
The photo of the Orion Nebula from the Hubble Telescope Photo Archive 2005. Orion Nebula is a stellar nursery where thousands of stars are in various stages of being born from a cauldron rich in roiling dust and gas particles. After stars are formed some stars will form protoplanetary disks out of which planets are formed then we arrive on the scene.
This Extreme Deep Field (XDF) image was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and composited in 2012. The Hubble pointed at a tiny empty patch of southern sky in repeat visits for a total of 50 days, with a total exposure time of 2 million seconds and then made this composite by combining the resulting 2,000 photos together.
The Pleiades (M45) is an open star cluster, one of the closest to Earth. The stars are young and blue, and are still embedded in the nebula from which they formed. The Pleiades (also known as The Seven Sisters) is approximately 440 light years away.
Remote telescope Tiger Butte Observatory Great Falls MT.
Gathering photons at 10 degress celsius. Remote control with ASI Air Pro. Until the clouds rolled in. I polar align manually to within 2 arc minutes then slew to bright star to plate solve and sync mount twice then focus with mask. Data collected from wireless ASI AIR pro interface over house wifi.
Background photo of a Starfield near the Center of the our Milkyway Galaxy. Bronze Sculpture 'Bacchante and Infant Faun' by Frederick Williams MacMonnies the American Sculptor photographed at Museum of FIne Arts Boston. .
W5 Pillars of Star Formation in constellation of Cassiopeia a Spitzer Space Telescope Infrared Image Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.
Radian Raptor 61 F/4.5 Apo
ZwoASI294MC Pro
Optolong L-eXtreme dual band filter
19 subs @ 270 seconds
1 master dark
Deepsky Stacker
Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
Photo of Interacting Galaxies (Arp 273) from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Head created using Poser software and further processed in Photoshop.
The Ring Nebula M57 (2013) combined with the Planetary Nebula MyCn18 (1995) both Hubble Telescope images from the Hubble's photo archive and merged together.