Reader Tim Anderson sent a lovely astronomy photo with holiday-appropriate colors. His notes:
‘Tis the season to be observing the Great Orion Nebula.This photograph comprises 30 images each of 60 seconds, taken with a 126mm refracting telescope and a colour astronomical camera, stacked and enhanced to display the gas clouds.
Awesome!
I’m so jealous. I want to get a photo of it one day but I’ve had a few challenges getting the scope out. I’m convinced that if i had an observatory out of the wind, this would help.
Wonderful!
This made me smile more than any holiday story/decoration/whatever. LOVE IT! THANK YOU!
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Very cool! This nebula is visible to the naked eye, and is a pretty sight with even with basic binoculars. But it becomes spectacular with more advanced equipment like this.
Thank you!
Wow! Going to look at it with my binoculars tonight. Won’t be quite the same as this image, but still thrilling.
Thanks Tim. Beautiful.
It will look like a grey smudge. Our eyes suck for night vision. If you think you can see it, look slightly away….it’s a think with rods & cones.
Great photo. Nice work keeping the trapezium brightness under control.
A sign that Santa’s on his way.
So gorgeous. It actually looks a bit like a dove!