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VdB 123 is one of the 158 reflection nebulae catalogued by Canadian astronomer Sydney Van Den Bergh. Published in 1966 from a study of the Palomar Sky Survey. Reflection nebulae are clouds of interstellar dust which reflect the light of a nearby star or stars. The energy from the nearby stars is insufficient to ionize the gas of the nebula to create an emission nebula, but is enough to give sufficient scattering to make the dust visible usually in blue light. This nebula, about 800 light years distant, is located in constellation Serpens and is a part of a much larger dust cloud.
Capture info:
Location: SkyPi Remote Observatory, Pie Town NM US
Telescope: Orion Optics UK AG14 (F3.8)
Mount: 10 Micron GM3000
Camera: QHY268M
Data: LRGB approximately 6,5,5,5 hours respectively
Pixinsight processing
Digitally removed the hanging wires from this gleaming Starship Enterprise-like light in Milan, Italy.
One of the most absurd places where I found myself pitching my tent.
Cadin della neve, Cadini di Misurina, Dolomiti.
The peculiar thing about this spot - especially from a nighttime scenic point of view - is that this valley points south, therefore on a clear starry night it is possible to admire the Great Rift (of the Milky Way) nestled between the mountains in all its splendor.
Views "almost" from another world. Thank God are in this one, so we can make full experience of the wonder of this planet!
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BerlinAndOut offre visite guidate a Berlino, in alcuni dei suoi musei, a Potsdam e al campo di concentramento di Sachsenhausen ai visitatori italiani in visita nella capitale tedesca.
Il loro sito contiene un blog con interessanti riflessioni sulla città (www.berlinandout.eu/).
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la colonna sonora di questa raccolta - Interstellar overdrive dei Pink Flyd - la trovate qui
I'm a firm believer in iteration, so here's another revamp of my Ranger. Hope you like it!
If you'd like a Ranger of your own please support my Interstellar Ranger on Lego Ideas: ideas.lego.com/projects/90945
What an interesting weekend that was and not all in a good way either!
I woke up Saturday to howling winds and various small birds and mammals shooting past my bedroom window. It was looking pretty sketchy out there and work felt like it was going to be a trek to get to.
I managed to stagger down to the car and began the journey in. About ten minutes in I was driving along an exposed part of the road when an almighty gust of wind almost felt like it lifted the car as the sterring went very light and before I knew it I was on the other side of the road......right in the path of an oncoming lorry! I swerved back over in the nick of time, barely avoiding a head on collision by a foot. I will tell you now, my life flashed before my eyes and that was, without doubt the closest I have come to dying in my 53 years. To compund things further the complete brain dead lorry driver thought the best response he/she could provide in the situation was to honk his horn and flash his full beams at me! What a blueberry!
Antways turned out work wasnt opening that day due to the risks so I headed back home for a paid day off!
Sunday I met up with Dave and we decided to head over to Portland as both of us were convinced the wave action would be pretty incredible. We arrived in the car park to be greeted by relatively flat seas....doh! The change of wind direction during the night had calmed the waves down and although to the right side of the island it was ok the left side was almost millpond! I made the most of it and managed to capture this 6 minute exposure of Pulpit rock which I was very pleased with as the winds were still a pain and I had to shield the camera to get a sharp image.
Later on that day I woke from a snooze on the sofa to see the sky was lighting up at sunset so grabbed the gear and rushed down to my lone treea couple of minutes away. I grabbed the camera, set up the tripod, switched the camera on.,.....and a nasty sounding whirring noise came from the lens followed by an message on my screen saying "lens initialization failure. please turn camera off and on again", which I did multiple times to no avail. The lens had broken! I switched over to my Viltrox which fired up fine so that eliminated the camera being the issue, grabbed my composition then headed home, kicking stones all the way from my car to my front door!
What a weekend. I posted the lens off yesterday back to Nikon repair centre and am now awaiting the estimate for the repair bill which I expect wont be cheap. Apparantly this is a rare but known issue with the Nikon Z lenses so hopefully it wont be too expensive to sort out. On the plus side my "new" Jupiter 8 50mm f2 lens turned up today and its tiny! Just waiting for my lens adapter mopunt to arrive to test this vintage beauty out on my Zf.
If I dont post before Christmas I hope you all have a fantastic time and get spoiled rotten with lots of camera goodies!
Toodles
Trophies for the Interstellar Conflict category of the 2023 Space Jam, Lego sci-fi building contest. Individual pictures of each trophy can be found on my alt account: www.flickr.com/photos/133437844@N03/
It was new moon last night. When I arrived at the site it was very cloudy and I didn't have much hope to shoot starscapes. I waited there patiently for a couple of hours and the sky suddenly cleared up at 2:00a.m.. This shot was taken just before the dawn when the milky way was at the highest position in the sky just as I planned.
Just as the new calendar year begins, and with it a feeling of new beginnings, so this network of dust and gas shows a portion of sky where star birth is yet to take hold.
This region is in Polaris, 490 light-years away. It was imaged by ESA’s Herschel space observatory in 2011; a colour composite is presented here.
It shows several tens of tangled interstellar filaments. Such filaments can stretch for tens of light-years through space and can precede the onset of star formation, with newborn stars often found in the densest parts.
Embedded within the filaments are a number of denser patches of material, but hardly any currently appear to be the seeds of future stars. As they are now, the filaments are simply not massive enough to support star formation.
Whether or not this currently calm region becomes a stellar nursery in the future remains to be seen.
The region was imaged by Herschel’s Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer and Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver at infrared wavelengths of 250, 350 and 500 microns.
Credit:
ESA and the SPIRE & PACS consortia, Ph. André (CEA Saclay) for the Gould’s Belt Survey Key Programme Consortium, and A. Abergel (IAS Orsay) for the Evolution of Interstellar Dust Key Programme Consortium
On Helhis : STARGAZER / EXILE / AVI-GLAM / SPYRALLE / HELHIS SHAPES, see more on the blog & direct links :
slwonderland.blogspot.com/2018/11/interstellar-sexy-dj-in...
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth.
I shot this image over several evenings from three different locations where I collected a total of 11 hours and 22 minutes of exposure time.
Equipment: William Optics Redcat 51 telescope, William Optics Uniguide scope.
ZWO ASI294 MC Pro camera and ASI120 mm mini guide camera, ZWO ASIair plus onboard computer, iOptron GEM 28 mount. Filters Optolong L-Plus, L-Extreme and UV/IR cut.
Shot details: The camera was cooled to -10 degrees C at 120 gain, I shot 91 x 5 minute subs in my Bortle 8 backyard using the L-Extreme dual band filter. 58 x 3 minute subs from a park, Bordle 5, using the L-Pro light pollution filter and finally 18 x 3 minute subs from a Bordle 2 location using the IR/UV cut filter for natural star colour.
The images were stacked in Deep Sky Stacker then processed in Photoshop.
As a response to the devastating assault launched by the infected Blacktron forces in 2020, the IDC were prompted to develop a new class of Mecha weaponry.
The R&D department was given only one instruction: *** ALL THE GUNS! ***
And thus, the T-REX was born.
T-REX: Tactical Response to Extreme Xenophobia
Technical Specs:
2 main laser cannons, 2 detachable rocket pods, 2 rotary guns, 2 heavy artillery, 2 mixed-use launchers, anti-infantry undercarriage system, and detachable anti-air defenses. Seating two pilots to share the responsibility of driving and destruction, this beast is a FORCE to be reckoned with!
More photos available on Instagram @LEGO_Stud :)
I am honored to have already earned a Committee's Choice Award at our local Bricks Cascade BrickNic for this MOC, and look forward to sharing it in full-action-glory at the next in-person convention in 2022!
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.
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.