handle on Instagram or follow observatoray over there. I will miss this place and the great things I have learned via the people here. The account will stick around for a week or so then I will delete it. Onwards and upwards. 2/2
I've had a twitter account since early 2007 but I've decided the departure of security and privacy leadership have left the platform too risky to remain a part of. If you would like to follow my space stuff, visit https://t.co/UzhIY5ygBM and for everything else look up this 1/2
Huge congrats to the team that worked on this so tirelessly across the Creative Lab and Security teams. It really is an incredible piece of work:
https://t.co/Zmn2sLQUou
And if you want to have a try yourself check out https://t.co/LGvTeKU9vr ;0)
NGC 1893 - Tadpoles Nebula
I love some of the details around the tail of the tadpoles and the dark nebulae sitting in the foreground.
Captured over 12 nights in December 2021, January, February and March 2022.
Full resolution available at AstroBin (https://t.co/uAXoi2tG4j)
IC 405 - Flaming Star Nebula
Managed to salvage half the subs for this from the trash of my imaging computer after my laptop hardrive died.
Captured over 13 nights in December 2021 and January 2022.
Total exposure:
24h 30'
Full details at AstroBin: https://t.co/n1ahSDVTTM
M78, Close-up
Finally had a chance to process this amazing data from a 17-inch Planewave CDK scope in Chile that was captured the second half of January 2022. I was actually surprised how much color there was so I went with it.
M78 is just above Orion's Belt and is a reflection nebula, meaning the light you see is reflected starlight from some of the very luminous stars hiding in the dust and gas. This area is also the site of active star formation with a handful of Herbig-Haro objects.