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I'll bet you didn't know that inside of Seattle Aquarium interstellar travel is possible. What do you suppose lies beyond the purplish horizon and yellow stars. Do you hear something?
12 Light 240 Seconds
40 Dark
40 Flat
40 DarkFlat
Used Camera Settings:
1600 Gain
20 Offsett
-10 °C
Used Equipment:
OTA: Skywatcher 200 Quattro
Equatorial Mount: ProxiSky RagDoll 20 Pro
AutoFocuser: ZWO EAF
Camera: QHY294C
Philters: Oprolong L-eXtreme
Guiding Scope: Artesky Superguide 60mm
Guiding Camera: ZWO ASI 120 MM Mini + UV/IR Cut Filter
Sharpless 101 (Sh 2-101) is a H II region emission nebula located in the constellation Cygnus. It is sometimes also called the Tulip Nebula because it appears to resemble the outline of a tulip when imaged photographically. It was catalogued by astronomer Stewart Sharpless in his 1959 catalog of nebulae. It lies at a distance of about 6,000 light-years (5.7×1016 km; 3.5×1016 mi) from Earth.
Sh 2-101, at least in the field seen from Earth, is in close proximity to microquasar Cygnus X-1, site of one of the first suspected black holes. Cygnus X-1 is located about 15′ west of Sh 2-101. The companion star of Cygnus X-1 is a spectral class O9.7 Iab supergiant with a mass of 21 solar masses and 20 times the radius of the Sun. The period of the binary system is 5.8 days and the pair is separated by 0.2 astronomical units. The black hole has a mass of 15 solar masses and a Schwarzschild radius of 45 km. A bowshock is created by a jet of energetic particles from the black hole as they interact with the interstellar medium.
Here is my Get Pushed! challenge from HarryJ. Check out his stream, he's really good with light and has a great sense of humor.
"I'm going to give you two challenges, select just one of them
Photograph an item/thing, not a person, that is partially lit by the light coming from a street lamp. The light should not be "full frontal"
The second one is to take a formal portrait. It does not need to be indoors but it should not be a candid. I hope that the image you post will be one chosen from a number of images of the same person. Oh, and not a family member."
Well, to be brief, #2 was not an option for me. So I went for #1.
In my mind #1 was going to be kind of dark alley-ish, very shadowy, a shaft of light. But I just couldn't create that with the sodium vapor lamps around my part of town which just give out a wash of yellow light.
So to try to get to the point... the photo above is illuminated by the street lamp. That is the glare you see coming from the bottom left corner. The exposure is a long exposure and so it looks as if the tree is illuminated a la "full frontal", but it actually isn't. Believe it or not, the lamp is pointed down and away from the tree. And so, that's it. Thanks for the push HarryJ. It was very challenging for me. I came up with something I totally wasn't expecting, and which barely meets the challenge, but I guess it passes.
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So many fans of the Tatra! I dig these obscure Czech luxury cars too. Here’s another one of the same 2-603 II. Protomachine flashlight set to red and purple. Done as a workshop demo.
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”
― Arthur C. Clarke
Olá, bom dia!
Finalmente chegou a vez de mostrar esse lindo! Foi muito difícil de fotografar então me contentei com essa aí mesmo.
Dessa vez passei um esmalte de base, mas na próxima vou tentar usar puro.
Usei:
- 1 camada de Base Fortalecedora - Risqué
- 2 camadas do Marinho - Colorama
- 1 camada do Interstellar - ILNP
- 1 camada do roxinho Impala
Ai gente, to ansiosa pelo natal *-* quero que chegue logo hehehehe
Espero que gostem da fotinha.
Bjs =**
Rov ♥
the first one I captured with the CANON EOS 7D mark II + objectif Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6 L IS USM
"We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars, Now we just look down and worry about our place in the dirt."
Coopers Dodge RAM 3500 pickup truck from the film Interstellar, ready to go chasing Indian Air Force Drones
Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer balls, shedding light on the mysterious contents of the interstellar medium (ISM) – the gas and dust that fills interstellar space.
Since stars and planets form from collapsing clouds of gas and dust in space, “The diffuse ISM can be considered as the starting point for the chemical processes that ultimately give rise to planets and life,” said Martin Cordiner of the Catholic University of America, Washington. “So fully identifying its contents provides information on the ingredients available to create stars and planets.” Cordiner, who is stationed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is lead author of a paper on this research published April 22nd in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
The molecules identified by Cordiner and his team are a form of carbon called “Buckminsterfullerene,” also known as “Buckyballs,” which consists of 60 carbon atoms (C60) arranged in a hollow sphere. C60 has been found in some rare cases on Earth in rocks and minerals, and can also turn up in high-temperature combustion soot.
C60 has been seen in space before. However, this is the first time an electrically charged (ionized) version has been confirmed to be present in the diffuse ISM. The C60 gets ionized when ultraviolet light from stars tears off an electron from the molecule, giving the C60 a positive charge (C60+). “The diffuse ISM was historically considered too harsh and tenuous an environment for appreciable abundances of large molecules to occur,” said Cordiner. “Prior to the detection of C60, the largest known molecules in space were only 12 atoms in size. Our confirmation of C60+ shows just how complex astrochemistry can get, even in the lowest density, most strongly ultraviolet-irradiated environments in the Galaxy.”
Life as we know it is based on carbon-bearing molecules, and this discovery shows complex carbon molecules can form and survive in the harsh environment of interstellar space. “In some ways, life can be thought of as the ultimate in chemical complexity,” said Cordiner. “The presence of C60 unequivocally demonstrates a high level of chemical complexity intrinsic to space environments, and points toward a strong likelihood for other extremely complex, carbon-bearing molecules arising spontaneously in space.”
Most of the ISM is hydrogen and helium, but it’s spiked with many compounds that haven’t been identified. Since interstellar space is so remote, scientists study how it affects the light from distant stars to identify its contents. As starlight passes through space, elements and compounds in the ISM absorb and block certain colors (wavelengths) of the light. When scientists analyze starlight by separating it into its component colors (spectrum), the colors that have been absorbed appear dim or are absent. Each element or compound has a unique absorption pattern that acts as a fingerprint allowing it to be identified. However, some absorption patterns from the ISM cover a broader range of colors, which appear different from any known atom or molecule on Earth. These absorption patterns are called Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs). Their identity has remained a mystery ever since they were discovered by Mary Lea Heger, who published observations of the first two DIBs in 1922.
A DIB can be assigned by finding a precise match with the absorption fingerprint of a substance in the laboratory. However, there are millions of different molecular structures to try, so it would take many lifetimes to test them all.
“Today, more than 400 DIBs are known, but (apart from the few newly attributed to C60+), none has been conclusively identified,” said Cordiner. “Together, the appearance of the DIBs indicate the presence of a large amount of carbon-rich molecules in space, some of which may eventually participate in the chemistry that gives rise to life. However, the composition and characteristics of this material will remain unknown until the remaining DIBs are assigned.”
Decades of laboratory studies have failed to find a precise match with any DIBs until the work on C60+. In the new work, the team was able to match the absorption pattern seen from C60+ in the laboratory to that from Hubble observations of the ISM, confirming the recently claimed assignment by a team from University of Basel, Switzerland, whose laboratory studies provided the required C60+ comparison data. The big problem for detecting C60+ using conventional, ground-based telescopes, is that atmospheric water vapor blocks the view of the C60+ absorption pattern. However, orbiting above most of the atmosphere in space, the Hubble telescope has a clear, unobstructed view. Nevertheless, they still had to push Hubble far beyond its usual sensitivity limits to stand a chance of detecting the faint fingerprints of C60+.
The observed stars were all blue supergiants, located in the plane of our Galaxy, the Milky Way. The Milky Way's interstellar material is primarily located in a relatively flat disk, so lines of sight to stars in the Galactic plane traverse the greatest quantities of interstellar matter, and therefore show the strongest absorption features due to interstellar molecules.
The detection of C60+ in the diffuse ISM supports the team’s expectations that very large, carbon-bearing molecules are likely candidates to explain many of the remaining, unidentified DIBs. This suggests that future laboratory efforts measure the absorption patterns of compounds related to C60+, to help identify some of the remaining DIBs.
The team is seeking to detect C60+ in more environments to see just how widespread buckyballs are in the Universe. According to Cordiner, based on their observations so far, it seems that C60+ is very widespread in the Galaxy.
This work was funded by NASA under a grant from the Space Telescope Science Institute. The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope. The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, conducts Hubble science operations. STScI is operated for NASA by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington, D.C. NASA is exploring our Solar System and beyond, uncovering worlds, stars, and cosmic mysteries near and far with our powerful fleet of space and ground-based missions.
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
For more information: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/soccer-balls-in-space
It arrived from outer space.
What was the purpose of this alien probe? Was it pure scientific curiosity, or was it something more sinister? Will we soon be fleeing invaders or welcoming benevolent explorers?
This photo was taken by a Minolta Autocord Seikosha-MX (Chiyoko) TLR using Chiyoko Rokkor 75mm f/3.2 & 3.5 lenses with a HOYA 49mm Infrared [R72] filter attached to a 30mm to 49mm Bayonet TLR adapter using Rollei IR 400 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitalized by Photoshop.
October 17, 2000. Radiohead at Sears Theatre at the Air Canada Centre, Toronto.
Shot with a Canon Elph APS camera.
The aft section has been extended again by a stud either side, which seemed to match the reference photos better and allowed me to get a few extra details around the hatch.
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OK, I have to admit I'm quite pleased with how the raised section just behind the nose has worked out. That was a eureka moment.
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i was tagged by lagoonalicious (meiyin) a very long time ago on my old account, and i still haven't done it, so why not?
Fave color? Orange, i don't really know why :P
Biggest dream? Being in the avatar world, it would be awesome to bend elements :D
Lucky or favorite number? 7
Celeb crush: Tarja Turunen, when she was still together with Nightwish ..
Sexuality? Straight
If you could meet anyone on earth, who would it be? Team Avatar and Tarja Turunen :p
Middle name? Daniel, i know, it is ugly but okay :P
Believe in love at the first sight? Not really.,
Allergies? I'm not sure but i think none..
Addiction? Avatar and internet.
Fave serial killer? I have no idea...
Birthday? 03/09
Best friends: On the internet Meiyin, and i think that is the only real friend on the internet i have :P In real life I have a lot of friends, but only Some of them are real friends. (And all of them are girls lol :P)
Fave food? Pizza from dr. oetker :D
Milkshakes or yoghurt? None :p
Cheetos or fritos? Cheetos
Favorite social media site? Flickr, Facebook and Youtube
Current mood: Sad, because next week school starts again in Belgium :((((
Age? 12
Have you ever stolen anything? Yes, the diary of my pixie magic stella. xD
When did you get your first kiss? When I was 4
What is the weirdest food you like? It depends on what you call weird.
Have you ever cheated on somebody? No
How long have you waited before you took a shower? I take a shower everyday so yeah..
Ever been in love with 'just a friend'? Not really, but to be honest, I wouldn't care if my best friends (girls) would be in love with me xD
How many girls have you dated? 1
What is your favorite movie? Kampioen zijn blijft plezant, Interstellar, The Conjuring and a lot of other movies :)
Do you remember a lot of your dreams? Mostly, especially when it was a bad dream :o
What do you like about yourself? I'm good in learning languages. I speak Dutch, English and French, I follow Latin and Greek at school, and I also speak a little bit Swedish and Finnish :D
What is your favorite sport? Swimming
Do you smoke? No
Do you drink? No
Do you like to play video games? Yes :D Especially Minecraft!
What do you think of Valentine's day? It is just a normal day to me..
How do you feel about tattoos? They're cool in my opinion xD
Do you like anyone? Yes :p
Have you ever broken a bone? Yeah... -_- 4 times. 3 times my left arm and 1 time my other arm.. :/
If you could live anywhere, where would it be? At one of the air temples, i would love to be an air nomad xD
What is your biggest regret? I have no idea xD
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I just hate that i always cry, even when i don't feel sad :/
What was the name of your favorite toy as a kid? All Winx stuff, Barbie dolls and Playmobil
What is the name of your favorite sugary cereal? i never eat cereal.
Do you like cheese? Yes
Who are you talking to right now? To you? :p
When did you go to sleep last night? 11.40 pm
Do you have armpit hair? No
What is your favorite TV show? Avatar: The last airbender, The legend of Korra and Winx season 1-4
What is your longest relationship? 5 years
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? Avatar world, Finland, Sweden or Norway.
Favorite song(s)? Ghost love score and 10th man down by Nightwish and compass by Two Steps From Hell.
What do you want to be when you grow up? i don't know.
What is the naughtiest thing you've ever done? i don't know… again :P
What is your favorite animal? Cats
Would you rather have love or a million dollars? Love
How many kids do you want? Probaply 3
Do you like messages? yes :D
Okay that was it :D
The iconic Ranger spacecraft from my favourite film of last year, Interstellar, lovingly recreated in Lego.
Initially I was going to build the top using two 6x3 windows and then create some custom stickers for them. But I'm glad I didn't - using 100% Lego is always more satisfying!
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Instax Mini, Mint Camera TL70
Wynyard Train Station entrance - stairs/escalators and a large mirror.
Interstellar matter and dust Looking towards the inner spurs of our galaxy, Milkyway, from the wonderful star party at mt Parnon, Sparta 10th National Annual Star Party of Greek Amateur Astronomers Special thanks to the Astronomical Union of Sparta! Banquet of interstellar dust matter and looking at the internal threads of our galaxy somewhere between Centaur Sagittarius, Scutum and Serpens Cauda. The Galactic Center is the rotational center of the Milky Way. The estimates for its location range from 7.6 to 8.7 kiloparsecs (about 25,000 to 28,000 lightyears) from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius where the Milky Way appears brightest. There is strong evidence consistent with the existence of a supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way. text bit.ly/2bblTJz The main disc of our galaxy has a diameter of 80,000 to 100,000 light-years, the perimeter 250 to 300 000 light years and a thickness of about 1,000 light years. It consists of 200 up to 400 billion stars. If we define a natural scale and assume that the Milky Way has a diameter of 130 km, the solar system would have a length of 2 mm. The Galactic Halo extends over a diameter of 250,000 and 400,000 light years. As reported extensively in the galaxy structure below, new research has shown that the disk extends much more than we thought until last. Officially, since 2005, the Milky Way is now considered to be a large barred spiral galaxy SBbc type the Hubble sequence (small barred spiral helix) with a total mass of 600 to 3,000 billion solar masses (M☉) [5] [6], comprising from 200 to 400,000,000,000 stars. The galactic disk has an estimated diameter of about 100,000 light years. The distance of the Sun from the center of the galaxy is estimated at 26,000 light years. The disc is protuberant in the center and symperikleietai from the so-called thick disk. The Sun (and thus the Earth and the Solar System) is quite close to the inner ring of the Arm of Orion, local cloud, at 7,94 ± 0,42 kpc from the Galactic Center. The distance between the local arm and immediately nearest, the Perseus Arm, is of the order of 1 · 1019 m (6.500 light years). The Sun and by extension the solar system, located in what scientists call the Galactic Habitable Zone. The direction of the Sun's path (apix or corymb), refers to the direction of the Sun as it travels in the Galaxy. The general direction of galactic motion of the Sun is near the constellation Hercules, at an angle of approximately 86 degrees from the Galactic Center. The orbit of the Sun in the Galaxy is expected to be approximately elliptical with the addition of influences from the galactic arms and uneven mass distribution. We are currently 1/8 of the track before perigalaxio (the shortest distance from the center of the Milky Way). The solar system takes about 225-250000000 years to complete an orbit (one Galactic Year), so speculation has performed approximately 20-25 orbits during its lifetime. The orbital speed of the Solar System is 217 km / sec, ie. One light-year every 1,400 years, and 1 AU in 8 days. Canon eos 6D, Skywatcher EQ6 unguide, EF 85mm f1.2 LII, 85mm f/2.8, Iso800, 7X240sec, DSS, PS
Hace poco publicamos esta noticia bit.ly/10talcP sobre la película Interstellar a estrenarse la semana que viene. En esa oportunidad tomamos la imagen del agujero negro de una captura de pantalla del trailer, ahora conseguimos una donde se puede ver y apreciar por completo.
LDN1247 and LDN1251
The image was taken between May 27 and June 10, 2022, with a total of 38.16 hours in light shots.
Remote observatory "FarLightTeam" in Fregenal de la Sierra ( Badajoz, Spain )
E-EYE ( Hosting Entre Encinas y Estrellas )
Team: Bittor Zabalegui, Jose Esteban, Marc Valero, Jesus M. Vargas
Processed by: Jesús M. Vargas
Telescope: Takahashi FSQ106 ED 530mm f/5
CCD: QSI683 wsg8
Filters: Baader Planetarium - LRGB
Mount: 10 micron GM1000 HPS
Imaging software: Voyager
Processing software: PixInsight
Image data:
2 tile panel
LUMINANCE: 160X600" (PANEL 1-2)
NETWORK: 46 X 300" (PANEL 1-2)
GREEN:46 X 300" (PANEL 1-2)
BLUE: 46 X 300" (PANEL 1-2)
Darks, biases, flats
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Large size:
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North is up.
LDN 1247 and 1251 are two molecular clouds in the constellation Cepheus. LDN 1247 is the smaller dark nebula just to the right of center. LDN 1251 is the larger elongated structure on the left. LDN 1251 contains about 15 young stellar objects and about 25 YSO candidates. These are stars in the early stages of evolution. They are often associated with early stellar phenomena, such as bipolar outflows and jets, masers, Herbig-Haro objects, and protoplanetary disks.
About 1,000 light-years distant and hovering above the plane of our MilkyWay galaxy, the molecular dusty cloud is part of a complex of dark nebulae mapped in the Cepheus flare region. Across the spectrum, astronomical scans of dark interstellar clouds reveal energetic shocks and outflows associated with newborn stars, including the telltale reddish glow of scattered Herbig-Haro objects seen in this sharp image. Distant background galaxies also lurk on the scene, buried behind the dusty expanse. Also in this image are distant galaxies, obscured by molecular dust, the most prominent being PGC166755 (left) and PGC69472 (center).