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Depictions of two kinds of dust in space: At left the pyramid-shaped glow of Zodiacal Light caused by sunlight reflecting off interplanetary dust in the inner solar system from comets and meteoroids, while at right is the band of the bright Milky Way, made of stars in our galaxy. But along it lie dark lanes of interstellar dust made of carbon compounds made in the atmospheres of stars and dispersed into the Galaxy.
This is from the Quailway Cottage near Portal, Arizona, on December 14, 2017, looking west to the Chiricahua Mountains of southeast Arizona.
The Summer Triangle stars are setting into the west with Deneb at top, while Vega is at right. Altair is lowest at centre.
The sky is a single 30-second exposure, while the ground is a mean combined stack of 8 30-second exposures to smooth noise, all at f/2.5 with the 14mm lens and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 6400. Not tracked â these were part of a 350-frame time-lapse.
Free time constraints and adverse weather conditions almost disabled to take a decent photo of the C/2020 F3 NEOWISE comet. In 2 days it will not be visible any more....and it takes another 6766 (!!!) years until it enters into our Solar System and can be spotted again!
So, I am a lucky guy. :)
The photo was taken in the hills, in an area surrounded by forests clearing the majority of the light pollution coming from the villages and smaller cities a few kilometres away.
Per astro shooters the best time to capture the C/2020 F3 NEOWISE was between 22:00-23:30 on this day, below the Big Dipper- they were absolutely right. Had a clear sky with a few patches of clouds but these don't ruin the image but make it more interesting. The orange shade is composed by the remaining light of the sun set 1h ago. Used my astro shooting ultrawide-angle lens (Samyang 24mm f1.4) to gather enough light to show the stars and the comet and decrease digital noise. The camera was in full manual mode, manual focus with Live View mode at 16x magnification to the brightest star.
Shutter speed: 20 sec, Aperture: f 2. ISO 1600.
The comet was barely visible to the naked eye but this great lens 'saw' much more.
If you like this photo, your faves, comments and observations are more than welcome!
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LL928-09 Interstellar Large Transport; Original classic space ship. The ship got the first prize of Japanese Space Ship Competition 2022 on twitter.
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 photo above is a single 30 minute (1810 seconds) exposure. A pre-shot at 30 seconds, ISO 3200, wide open aperture was taken, and I did the math to lengthen the exposure to 30 minutes without blowing out the scene. It turned out to be pretty decent, in my opinion. I also did some light painting on the foreground as the moon had already set behind Mount Baker.
Night sky above Purmamarca, Argentina.
Title borrowed from Pink Floyds's seminal piece Interstellar Overdrive.
We feel our surroundings for something familiar to relate to, but what if there’s nothing familiar at all?
Do we then make the surroundings familiar to us?
I see a dog in the distance.
266/365
I've posted the complete series and it's story on Bored Panda
On a long journey through space and not returning for another 8000 years or so!
Comet Neowise, viewed from the central southern UK at around 11.30pm, only just visible to the naked eye but viewable through binoculars and thankfully shows up without boosting the ISO too much in camera.
Shot with the Tamron 70-300vc on a tripod
"After Ice is a documentary made by researchers at the University of Iceland Research Centre at Hornafjörður and the University of Dundee in Scotland. The researchers use the latest technology to shed light on the great impact that a warming climate has had on the melting of glaciers in Iceland. The documentary was released on March 11, 2021."
A river of glowing hydrogen winds through the darkness in this deep-sky portrait of the iconic Horsehead Nebula and neighboring Flame Nebula in the constellation of Orion. The silhouetted “horsehead” shape emerges from dense interstellar dust, backlit by the crimson emission of ionized gas and framed by countless distant stars. Captured over multiple hours of exposure, this scene reveals the intricate structure, texture, and drama hidden within one of the night sky’s most celebrated stellar nurseries.
FSQ-106x0.73
CEM70
ASI2600MM
SHO: 77x5m / 85x5m / 49x5m
Total Integration = 17.5h
PI: BXT, NXT, SOO, Ha Colorize, Blend, Ha Lum, Merge Ha and non-Ha screen O
She sat close to the open window so she could have a cigarette without filling the entire room with smoke. She felt tired but held her posture and kept her thoughts internalised. Ever glamorous, Interstellar✨
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Dollzone Jocelyn
Are we the aliens on an alien planet?
265/365
oh yeah, I've changed my instagram account name to
simon.mccheung
I've posted the complete series and it's story on Bored Panda
When astronomers see something in the universe that at first glance seems like one-of-a-kind, it's bound to stir up a lot of excitement and attention. Enter comet 2I/Borisov. This mysterious visitor from the depths of space is the first identified comet to arrive here from another star. We don't know from where or when the comet started heading toward our Sun, but it won't hang around for long. The Sun's gravity is slightly deflecting its trajectory, but can't capture it because of the shape of its orbit and high velocity of about 100 thousand miles per hour.
Telescopes around the world have been watching the fleeting visitor. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has provided the sharpest views as the comet skirts by our Sun. Since October the space telescope has been following the comet like a sports photographer following horses as they speed around a racetrack. Hubble revealed that the heart of the comet, a loose agglomeration of ices and dust particles, is likely no more than about 3,200 feet across, about the length of nine football fields. Though comet Borisov is the first of its kind, no doubt there are many other comet vagabonds out there, plying the space between stars. Astronomers will eagerly be on the lookout for the next mysterious visitor from far beyond.
The comet appears in front of a distant background spiral galaxy (left). The galaxy's bright central core is smeared because Hubble was tracking the comet. Comet Borisov was approximately 203 million miles from Earth in this image.
Read more: go.nasa.gov/34bLzhn
Credit: NASA, ESA and D. Jewitt (UCLA)
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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Fehlbelichtet
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Zerkratzt
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das ist Kunst, das kann nicht weg!
With a little luck, you can capture black holes without access to a powerful telescope!
Here is my fortunate capture of several black holes in various stages of accretion. Also, some of them seem to be in the process of merging. As a bonus, interstellar space was somehow imaged in the form of a wire-like grid. One can see how the fabric of space is distorted around the black holes by their powerful gravity fields.
NB1 - Apparently, some kind of interaction between the metal window frame through which I was shooting, the sensor in my ancient iPhone 4S and the local wireless 3G communications network made this image possible. Please note that newer iPhones and newer networks (e.g. 5G) may not have this capability. As I say, when questioned about my continued use of an iPhone 4S, "If it ain't broke, don't replace it."
NB2 - A UFO can be seen in the upper right hand corner.
Location of window: An old, currently unused storage building, near the Dorf Kern (Village central area) Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Dan's Windows.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS – only the third such object discovered after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov – glows with a diffuse green coma in this near true-color image recorded from Lanciano, Italy. Captured in the early hours of 30 November 2025, while the comet was still only about 23 degrees above the horizon, the view follows this true visitor from beyond the Solar System as it sweeps along a hyperbolic trajectory back into interstellar space. The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on 19 December 2025, at a distance of about 270 million kilometers, remaining a telescopic target for observers on our planet.
The image combines 30 one-minute RGB exposures obtained between 03:12 and 04:52 UT (04:12–05:52 CET). Tracking and registration were performed on the background stars; the final frame shows the appearance of 3I/ATLAS with respect to the star field at the time of the first exposure. The data were processed and photometrically calibrated to produce accurate RGB color while preserving the faint outer coma and surrounding star field.
Technical details:
Date: 30 November 2025
Time: 03:12–04:52 UT (04:12–05:52 CET)
Location: Lanciano, Italy
Telescope: MEADE LX200 ACF 10"
Mount: 10Micron GM2000 hps II
Camera: QHYCCD QHY268M
Filters: RGB (30 × 60 s per channel)
Total exposure time: 90 minutes
Processing: PixInsight
Image Credit: Antonio Ferretti and Attilio Bruzzone
Interstellar Hourglass (2158)
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When I was planning my trip to Utah, everything revolved around Goblin Valley. Its bizarre hoodoos were the attraction to me. The night I went, it was absurdly windy during the day. I drove there anyway from Caineville, hoping for the best. I was lucky. The night was calm and peaceful, and I had the entire valley to myself for the entire evening. This was my favorite evening of the trip, and I felt focused and creative. I illuminated the odd hoodoos with a handheld flashlight from several angles while the camera shutter was open. This was taken near a full moon in a place beautifully free of light pollution, with lots of stars visible even despite the full moon.
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Nikon D750/14-24mm f/2.8 lens. 30 seconds f/8 ISO 1600. 2018-06-28 00:47.
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My neglect of the under currents have burst my bubble.
I don’t understand and I’m unfamiliar.
I’m back to the same place where I first crashed.
268/365
I've posted the complete series and it's story on Bored Panda
Processing old Astrophotography data with new techniques during this period at home.
A starless 3nm Narrowband Hydrogen-Alpha (Hα) study of the dust and gas in the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070), situated in the Large Magellanic Cloud (one of the Milky Way's satellite Galaxies).
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the irregular satellite dwarf Galaxies of the Milky Way Galaxy, that is among the closest Galaxies to Earth. There is also a Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), both discovered by Magellan. The Magellanic Clouds are visible from the Southern Hemisphere with the naked eye.
The LMC contains the most active starburst region known in the Local Group of Galaxies. The Local Group comprises more than 54 Galaxies (mostly dwarf Galaxies). The three largest members of the group (in descending order) are the Andromeda Galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy and the Triangulum Galaxy.
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos.
Wavelength of light:
H-Alpha line 656nm (3nm bandwidth).
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging Refractor Telescope.
QHY163M camera sensor cooled to -20°C.
Calibration frames: Bias, Darks and Flats.
SGP Mosaic and Framing Wizard.
PlaneWave PlateSolve 2 via SGP.
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
Straton and Photoshop.
Integration time:
22 hours.
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