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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

Meanwhile, in the constellation Orion

(Picture from last year from my driveway.)

#astrophotography

A region of space with several prominent HII structures, dark nebulas, reflection nebulas, star clusters and Herbig-Haro objects
A region of space with several prominent HII structures, dark nebulas, reflection nebulas, star clusters and Herbig-Haro objects
A region of space with several prominent HII structures, dark nebulas, reflection nebulas, star clusters and Herbig-Haro objects
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

The coolest thing here is I think the Cosmic Keyhole.

Here's me with my smol 2" telescope (left) vs Hubble (right).

The Keyhole Nebula in Orion, a very small Hydrogen-alpha rich area that looks a bit like a keyhole
The Keyhole Nebula in Orion, a very small Hydrogen-alpha rich area that looks a bit like a keyhole
The Keyhole Nebula in Orion, a very small Hydrogen-alpha rich area that looks a bit like a keyhole
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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

It's still amazing to me what's possible with modest equipment purely due to the availability of extremely sophisticated personal computers.

To make an image like this, I combine often dozens of hours of total exposure time in hundreds of images to average them out (this reduces noise and improves visibility of faint structures).

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