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Across the Infinite Universe
Planet Dokeia
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Hitches rides on to interstellar asteroids, studying both the asteroid as well as surrounding space.
Quickie build.
Another image from the sequence of images of the remarkable mothership supercell I documented in Northern, Montana. still can't believe these are my photos.
A wide-field image of the region of Perseus and Taurus from the pink California Nebula (NGC 1499) at top, to the blue Pleiades star cluster (M45) at bottom. In between and surrounding the main bright objects are many tendrils of interstellar dust clouds, varying in shades of brown and pale blue.
Around the Pleiades the faint clouds reflect some of the blue light of the young stars, but away from the Pleiades the clouds take on a warm reddish tone, or appear as just dark fingers blocking all light from behind. At centre right are some brighter patches known as IC 348 around the star Atik, aka Omicron Persei. The glow at left in the darkest cloud is IC 2087. The small star cluster at upper right is NGC 1342.
This is a stack of 30 x 4-minute exposures with the Canon EOS Ra camera at ISO 800, and the low-cost Rokinon 85mm f/1.4 lens at f/4 and shooting through a NISI Natural Night light pollution filter, a mild broadband filter.
All stacking, alignment and processing with Photoshiop 2021, with luminosity masks created with Lumenzia v9 extension panel, which was very helpful in bringing the faint dust clouds out from the dark background. No dark frames or LENR applied on this cool winter night.
Explanation: Interstellar dust clouds and bright nebulae abound in the fertile constellation of Orion. One of the brightest, M78, on center in this colorful telescopic view, covering an area north of Orion's belt. At a distance of about 1,500 light-years, the bluish nebula itself is about 5 light-years across. Its blue tint is due to dust preferentially reflecting the blue light of hot, young stars in the region. Dark dust lanes and other nebulae can easily be traced through this gorgeous skyscape. The scene also includes the remarkable McNeil's Nebula -- a newly recognized nebula associated with the formation of a sun-like star, and the telltale reddish glow of many Herbig- Haro objects, energetic jets from stars in the process of formation. (text: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap131010.html)
This picture was photographed on November 4-6, 2013 in the Crimea, Ukraine. (height of 600 m. above sea level)
Equipment: home assembled reflector 10" f/3.8, mount WhiteSwan-180, camera QSI-583wsg, Tevevue Paracorr-2. Off-axis guidecamera QHY5L-II.
LRGB filter set Baader Planetarium.
L: 17x450 sec., RGB: 8*600 sec. each filter, unbinned
6 hours total.
FWHM 2.69"-3.11" , sum in L channel - 2.94"
Processed Pixinsight 1.8, Fitstacker and Photoshop CS6.
Photo with labels: olegbr.astroclub.kiev.ua/files/astrofoto/M78/M78_LRGB_Ole...
Cinematic toy photography, captured with a 2x anamorphic lens combined with a 100mm macro prime, for a dual focus setup.
Prints available via my website, www.tommilton.co.uk
The atmospheric conditions being more than they could anticipate, the team crash lands on the planet.
I visited Berry Head, Brixham in the early hours of Sunday morning to capture Comet Neowise and took the opportunitiy whilst there to capture the Milkyway as it was positioned over the old Guardhouse. The light from the rising last quarter Moon made things a little tricky but I was still able to get a fairly decent shot with Jupiter and Saturn also in shot.
Another bit of abstract photography for today, The Kings Cross light tunnel is a fantastic spot for photography, and as it looks so futuristic you can turn it into something very space aged with a little bit of Photoshop knowledge.
I've seen this shot a couple of times done by various people so I decided to have a little play in Photoshop and do my own version. For those with PS knowledge it's easy to do, but basically, all I had to do was load two versions of the same image with one of them flipped the other way, then I added a layer mask and painted over one half of the image to get the mirrored effect. It really does look like some interior of a sci-fi spaceship don't you think?
For me, this was just a bit of fun and as I'm still learning the mysteries of Photoshop it's a good way to learn and test my knowledge.
Ahora mismo pasamos a la velocidad de la luz sin duda mi foto nocturna favorita de 2015 OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
My artwork and poem showed at EMERGENT, the beautiful gallery of Ilyra Chardin.
"Of a new light I'm dressing today
blacker than background of the dark
you will wait in vain for my return
I'm busy curbing nothingness
that spills over and burns
in the senseless phrases of the rhetoricians
of inhuman and unnatural feelings
with gray and rotting stone faces
I don't want to listen anymore
I'm building a giant wall
that can shield me
from the impudic arrogance of this sun
I've chosen a bottomless pit
an icy interstellar corner
absolute emptiness to hang this life on
really matte body a black hole
I escape from chaos by holing up in its core
in the death of the night the black light swallows me"
© Eli Medier
The Exhibition will be open till March 7th 2020
featured artists:
Eli Medier
Ilyra Chardin
Ladmilla Medier
Patrick Ireland
Sisi Biedermann
Thanks to all the friendly people that favour my picture.
The Cocoon Nebula IC5146
It’s been a few years since I photographed the Cocoon Nebula close up. This time I’m using the new APS-H size QHY16200A/QHYOAG-M together with my AT12RC w/AP2.7 reducer @ F6.2 giving me 1867mm Focal Length. This is only 4 x 10 min exposures each channel LRGB and I’m pleasantly surprised to be getting round stars from corner to corner using the big chip QHY16200 especially with the AP Reducer.
Something I never noticed before when I have captured this object in the top right hand corner are 3 very distant galaxies.
Size: 4540x3630 pixels
Captured June 29, 2016
Total integration Time 160 minutes
Location: DownUnderObservatory, Fremont, MI
LRGB 160 min, 4 x 10 min each 1x1
Filters by Optolong
QHY16200A monochrome CCD cooled to -20C
QHYOAG-M Off Axis Guider
Astro-Tech AT12RC
Paramount GT-1100S German Equatorial Mount
Image Acquisition Maxim DL
Pre Processing Pixinsight
Post Processing Photoshop CS6
The Cocoon Nebula is both a reflection nebula and an emission nebula. Located 4,000 light-years away near the constellation Cygnus, the swan. The central star which powers the glowing hydrogen was born just 100,000 years ago, a stellar infant, and will continue to carve out the inner regions of the nebula as its stellar winds blow.
Unmistakable in this image is the reflection nebula which extends away like a tail. Consisting of mostly dusty interstellar material dense enough that it blocks the starlight from behind.
Objects like The Cocoon Nebula are very common, many completely unknown because the molecular cloud hasn't yet birthed a star. Without an ionization source, the cloud of gas and dust will remain dark and will go largely unnoticed.
This is a re-process of my original RGB photo from May 2024. An additional 1 hour of luminance subframes was added to the original image stack. Thsi helped to bring out the details of the molecular cloud and trails of dust.
Additional technical details can be seen at my Astrobin page:
Into The Interstellar Medium
Planet Impero
Interplanetary Travel
Camera: Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Photograph by Yusuf Alioglu
Location: Outer space (space)
Whether traveling through space and time you can always hop onto one of the many galactic interstellar highways.
Enjoy your trip !
A searchlight signal displays a clear aspect on a clear night in Sharon, Wisconsin. With such prime conditions, we took to some astrophotography, and the searchlights made as prime foreground elements.
The Milky Way is present in this frame, but not visible, mainly due to my lack of expertise in this style of photography. My friend Kyle Krinninger did a much better job in the matter. His photo is viewable here: www.flickr.com/photos/kylekrinninger/48259474527/in/datep...
Galaxy Girls continues.
In temporary, emergency command of the IRC Agatha Christie, Captain Debris Jetsam has caught up to her ship, the Frigus Iustitia, which her second in command, Major Scrumptious Sky stole from Stonehenge Spacefort, and piloted to the distant IRC outpost, Septem Caelum, only to discover that her Aquarian friend is under the mental control of a self-described Tech Mentalist named Koe Ghitatio from the planet, Vhipernhal.
Koe has revealed that, due to a catosptophic event that is killing everyone of their planet, their king wants to use the Plicare experiment to move the entire planet of Vhipernhal to a safe location.
Quartermaster DeiPhi Ngravity: You can't move an entire planet! (to the holo image of Major Scrumptious Sky)
Major Scrumptious Sky/Koe Ghitatio: The collective of scientists would tend to disagree with you, Quartermaster. (looks at Debris) We are desperate, Captain. And our king is ... committed to the survival of our people.
Capt. Debris Jetsam: You mean that he's willing to kill anyone that gets in his way.
MSS-KG: Princess Durus believes her father's mind is being affected by the interstellar disease sweeping our planet. He has changed from a kind, and understanding ruler, to a merciless tyrant. But his desire to save his people remains, even if it has become an obsession.
CDL: He could have come to us for help. Asked for our technology rather than kidnapping our citizens, killing them.
MSS-KG: Dr. Litefful killed herself, Captain. No one else hase died ... yet.
Chief Medical Officer Lance Boyle: Yet?
MSS-KG: Yes, Doc. I fear that King Durus will do whatever it takes to secure the cooperation of the scientists he captured. We must go to Vhipernhal. We must offer King Durus what he needs to save us.
QDPN: You attack the IRC then expect us to help you?
MSS-KG: Would you have helped us if we'd come to you openly?
CDL: I'm sure we would have. The IRC isn't in the habit of allowing entire civilizations to perish, if something can be done to help.
MSS-KG: Then, what difference does it make?
QDPN: You have attacked citizens of the IRC! Your behavior could be construed as an act of war!
MSS-KG: It was the act of one seriously ill man, Quartermaster. Princess Durus, at great risk to her own life, is trying to prevent escalation. Would you condemn us all to war for the misguided efforts of a sick man, bent on saving his world?
CDL: (rising from the command chair) No, we would not. Let's try to save your world, Koe. Send your coordinates to our pilot.
MSS-KG: (smiles) Perhaps we can become friends, Pips.
CDL: Don't push your luck. (resumes her seat) Quartermaster, set course for Vhipernhal, under my personal responsibility.
QDPN: I hope you know what you're doing.
CDL: There's a first time for everything. (gives QDPN a wry smile)
(Theme music)
freemusicarchive.org/music/hot-dope/background-epic-music...
Major Scrumptious Sky/Koe Ghitatio: Bailey
Captain Debris Jetsam: Teddi
Quartermaster DeiPhi Ngravity: Erebus
Chief Medical Officer Lance Boyle: Seth
Dust Cloud 183 (top left) was first cataloged by Dr. Lynds in 1962 (1) and has recently been calculated to be 105 parsecs away (2). It is part of a complex of cold, dense, and starless dust and molecular clouds which also includes LDN 134 (lower right).
I wanted to frame the photo in a different way and found that it looked quite dramatic flipped into portrait mode. Frames were taken south of Grafton in a Bortle 4 location by Lake Ontario.
Equipment and processing info can be found on my Astrobin page:
(1) https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1962ApJS....7....1L/abstract
(2) www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2018/03/aa31742-17/aa...
Captured in: Smithtown, NY
I know what you're thinking... I thought you said you were done with all these oil and water images. Yes, I did say that, but I couldn't seem to help myself. I decided to work on one more image for this series, and figured why not share this one as well before putting a wrap to the set.
This particular o&w macro was a rather simple design as far as the actual bubble pattern was concerned... It was just a few circles without many bubbles surrounding them. What made it more interesting was a change I made to the oil and water formula for the bubbles. I took the dish detergent out as a component in the mixture. Doing so created a cleaner and smoother overall look to the bubbles.
During image processing, the bubbles began to take on an other worldly feel to them... They seemed to me like something you'd find somewhere out in deep space. I decided to go with that vibe, and took the processing in a more sci-fi -ish direction. I continued by mixing in a few textures, and blending in a few vector patterns to come up with the abstract seen here. Hopefully it'll come across in the final image in that way as well.
Ok, now it's really time to move on to something else... Hopefully I can truly stay away from that oil and water folder -- at least for a little while! ;)
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"Interstellar - Oil and Water 8" is a non-HDR image that was processed using a combination of ACR, Photoshop, and Topaz Labs plugins (Adjust, Clarity, Clean, Denoise, Glow, Impression and Texture Effects).
This is a panorama along about 60° of the northern summer Milky Way from Cepheus at left, to Cygnus at centre and at right. It frames the great variety of bright and dark nebulas in this region of the sky, notably:
- the circular IC 1396 nebula at left in Cepheus with the orange Garnet Star,
- the North America Nebula (NGC 7000) just left of centre,
- and the IC 1318 complex around Gamma Cygni just right of centre.
The dark Funnel Cloud Nebula, aka Le Gentil 3, is at left between IC 1396 and NGC 7000, while the dark region to the right (south) of NGC 7000 is the Northern Coal Sack, though to the eye, as here, that area does not appear as dark as the Funnel Cloud area.
The bright Cygnus Starcloud is right of centre, where we are looking down the Milky Way's spiral arm we live in. It is bordered below by the Cygnus Rift of dark lanes in the Milky Way which continue south into Aquila.
The small (on this scale) Wizard Nebula (NGC 7380) and Lion Nebula (Sh2-132) are at far left in Cepheus.
The small round red Cocoon Nebula, IC 5146, is at the end of a thin lane of dark dust, B168, or the Dark Cigar, at bottom left, while the tiny green Dumbbell Nebula, M27 in Vulpecula, is just visible at bottom right.
This is a stitch using Photoshop's Photomerge function of 10 segments, each segment a stack of 8 to 10 exposures of 1-minute each with the Canon RF135mm lens at f/2 on the red-sensitive Canon Ra camera at ISO 800. All on the Star Adventurer tracker.
The camera was turned to portrait orientation to align the long dimension of the frame across the width of the Milky Way for greater east-west coverage. This required moving the camera by only 5° from segment to segment to ensure enough overlap. I used a ball head with an additional panorama azimuth motion with degree gradations on it to faciliate panning along the Milky Way following the galactic equator using just one simple motion.
The lens had an 82mm URTH Night broadband light pollution reduction filter on it to help increase contrast and bring out the nebulas. No narrowband filters were used here. Even so, most of the contrast enhancement was in processing with the application of a Nik Collection 6 Pro Contrast filter, plus curves with luminosity masks, and a Nebula Filter action in PhotoKemi Startools actions.
Taken from home on a fine though not fully transparent night on May 14/15, 2023 when the time for shooting this area was limited due to the short spring night. Two more segments shot to the right farther down the Milky Way were too blue and struck by dawn twilight to be usable.
Really beautiful object catalogued as 881 on the Lynds' Catalogue of Dark Nebulae.
It's one of the jewels that you could find on gamma Cygni nebula, on SADR region of Cygnus, one of my favorites regions of the sky.
"A dark nebula or absorption nebula is a type of interstellar cloud that is so dense that it obscures the visible wavelengths of light from objects behind it, such as background stars and emission or reflection nebulae. The extinction of the light is caused by interstellar dust grains located in the coldest, densest parts of larger molecular clouds." (wiki)
It was necessary to integrate more than 70 hours to show all faint and nice details on the estructure.
Here was captured using the more natural palette, please also check my HSO palette on this link:
Technical card
Imaging telescopes or lenses:Teleskop Service TS Photoline 107mm f/6.5 Super-Apo , Altair Astro RC250-TT 10" RC Truss Tube
Imaging cameras:ZWO ASI183MM-Cool , ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool
Mounts:Skywatcher EQ6R Pro , Mesu 200 Mk2
Guiding telescopes or lenses:Celestron OAG Deluxe , Teleskop Service TSOAG9 Off-Axis Guider
Guiding cameras:ZWO ASI174 Mini , ZWO ASI290 Mini
Focal reducers:Riccardi Reducer/Flattener 0.75x , Telescope-Service TS 2" Flattener
Software:Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight , Seqence Generator Pro
Filters:Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm , Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm , Astrodon L Gen.2 E-series 36mm
Accessory:ZWO EFW , MoonLite NiteCrawler WR30 , TALON6 R.O.R , MoonLite CSL 2.5" Focuser with High Res Stepper Motor
Dates:July 21, 2020 , July 22, 2020 , July 25, 2020 , July 26, 2020 , July 28, 2020 , July 29, 2020
Frames:
Astrodon B Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon G Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon HA 36mm - 5nm: 205x600" (gain: 200.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon O-III 36mm - 5nm: 110x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon R Gen.2 E-series 36mm: 90x30" (gain: 75.00) -15C bin 1x1
Astrodon S-II 36mm - 5nm: 111x600" (gain: 183.00) -15C bin 1x1
Integration: 73.2 hours
Avg. Moon age: 5.35 days
Avg. Moon phase: 33.86%
Astrometry.net job: 3811358
RA center: 20h 18' 42"
DEC center: +39° 43' 1"
Pixel scale: 1.007 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 90.555 degrees
Field radius: 0.405 degrees
Resolution: 2328x1726
Locations: AAS Montsec, Àger, Lleida, Spain
Data source: Own remote observatory
Remote source: Non-commercial independent facility
The dream just goes on and on, upwards and onwards
such interstice between subconscious lovebirds
and the sky becomes the sea of interspersion
here, there and everywhere is the dreamlike vision
the linguistic ability of silence is immeasurable
for no words may touch the deeper initial uncial
which flows for the earliest manuscript of mind
the unanimous passing of the 'said and done' refined,
a signing away of time should remain unwritten
for it's understanding is little understood even as fiction
let us be still, as the passers-by slowly become torpid
too...our planet restores a sense of things well founded
ingrained in each is the purpose from momentary stillness
the lifeblood hails from it's instilling a grounding so ageless
each step is a motionless movement in the silent sweep
of heavenly, proverbial reverence only seen in deepest sleep
come back! states the life beyond the gravity of today's depravity
hail the override of journey's founding destiny from a lifestyle departure
on track without targets, this is definitely a line without deadlines!
the way of fools is an age away from our own wholly natural designs
a mission of saviour; devout faith in the Earth and the beauty beyond
this the belief that truly counts upon unity of mind when purity has dawned
upon us all, in glowing Gleichheit peace is the envoy flying ever deeper
into the vortex of hope, tantalising with facilitation the celestial sleeper
in us all, that place seems dark by roving day, yet starry in the solace of closed eyes
keeping in mind the lesson of day taught by night where answers may arise
to some disbelieving eyes the planet is blackened with social failing
yet a distant stance from parliamentary trash is a cleansing of spirit prevailing
never downtrodden is the depth of a Soul that encounters itself and unites
within oneself, the understanding of others, and beyond wherever we set our sights.
by anglia24
16h40: 29/02/2008
©2008anglia24
Hormuz Island, Hormozgān Province - Persian Gulf, Iran
© Vafa Nematzadeh. All rights reserved. Thank you very much for your visits, faves and comments here.
Hormuz Island is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Located in the Strait of Hormuz, 5 miles off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgān Province.
Based on the studies geology, Hormuz island was born in 600 million years ago and also about 50 thousand years ago coming out of the water.
Hormuz Island has an area of 42 km2 (16 sq mi). It is covered by sedimentary rock and layers of volcanic material on its surface. The highest point of the island is about 186 metres (610 ft) above sea level. Due to a lack of precipitation, the soil and water are salty. Specialists have helped cultivar white mangrove or Hara trees to grow in the climate. There are many virgin beaches that go all around the island.
Every moment travel on Hormuz island is like traveling on another planet and every 5 minutes hiking on the island, scenery and colors quickly changes! The island of Hormuz is where the warm waters of the Persian Gulf meet the red and silver sand of the island and create a marvelous combination of colors. Therefore Hormuz an island that can be called the "Rainbow Island".
You can see a part of the amazing "Valley of the Statues" and the "Strait of Hormuz" in Persian Gulf of this photo.
About ..Valley of the Statues:
This stunningly beautiful natural site is called "Valley of the Statues" because here tall rocks have been sculpted into strange shapes by the elements. With a bit of imagination you can see a dragon, birds and mythical creatures. The site is located on a bluff that affords fantastic vistas of the coastline.
>>> COOPER
We've always defined ourselves by the ability to overcome the impossible. And we count these moments. These moments when we dare to aim higher, to break barriers, to reach for the stars, to make the unknown known. We count these moments as our proudest achievements. But we lost all that. Or perhaps we've just forgotten that we are still pioneers. And we've barely begun. And that our greatest accomplishments cannot be behind us, because our destiny lies above us.
— Interstellar
Christopher Nolan - 2014
>> My Neverending Story..
Landscape of Amelia Camp in March 30, 2133
Planet Hx2 - Orion Constellation
End of Message
Origae-8
> & for.. Interstellar Theme
S.T.A.Y - Hans Zimmer in 2014
& Madis Remix Released in 2015