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"Reach"
In this image, the great Large Magellanic cloud looms low over a rocky ridge with the bright star Canopus shining to the right. My brother reaches out to the galaxy from his precarious position on the rocks. A meteorite descends on the left - in my years doing this hobby I've rarely ever captured a good meteorite entry. I guess they're a bit shy of my camera.
I used an iOptron sky tracking mount to take this 1 x 3 panel mosaic (image heavily cropped to provide a closeup of the LMC). A Canon EOS6d (modified) was used through a Canon 50mm f/1.2 lens stopped down to f/3.2. All camera and lens settings were kept the same for all panels, and all shots were taken one immediately after the other. The iOptron tracking mount was used for the sky and turned off for the foreground panels. Stitching in PTGui, colour balance and background neutralisation in Pixinsight, noise reduction, saturation and some brightness / contrast adjustment in Photoshop. Details below.
Enjoy,
Will Vrbasso.
If you like you can also follow me on:
- Web: www.stellaraustralis.com
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/stellaraustralis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvrbasso/
| 2018-04-14 | Lake Brown / Campion, Western Australia | EOS6D modified | Canon 50mm f1.2 | f/3.2 | UV/IR cut-filter | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 30sec | 3 x panels |
#nightscape #astrophotography #photography #Australia #Lake #Brown #Campion #LMC #Magellanic #galaxy #Canon #stellaraustralis #Vrbasso
In this image, the great Large Magellanic cloud looms low over a rocky ridge with the bright star Canopus shining to the right. My brother reaches out to the galaxy from his precarious position on the rocks. A meteorite descends on the left - in my years doing this hobby I've rarely ever captured a good meteorite entry. I guess they're a bit shy of my camera.
I used an iOptron sky tracking mount to take this 1 x 3 panel mosaic (image heavily cropped to provide a closeup of the LMC). A Canon EOS6d (modified) was used through a Canon 50mm f/1.2 lens stopped down to f/3.2. All camera and lens settings were kept the same for all panels, and all shots were taken one immediately after the other. The iOptron tracking mount was used for the sky and turned off for the foreground panels. Stitching in PTGui, colour balance and background neutralisation in Pixinsight, noise reduction, saturation and some brightness / contrast adjustment in Photoshop. Details below.
Enjoy,
Will Vrbasso.
If you like you can also follow me on:
- Web: www.stellaraustralis.com
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/stellaraustralis/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvrbasso/
| 2018-04-14 | Lake Brown / Campion, Western Australia | EOS6D modified | Canon 50mm f1.2 | f/3.2 | UV/IR cut-filter | iOptron mount | ISO3200 | 30sec | 3 x panels |
#nightscape #astrophotography #photography #Australia #Lake #Brown #Campion #LMC #Magellanic #galaxy #Canon #stellaraustralis #Vrbasso
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La Silla Observatory: Inspired by Interstellar | ESO
ESO’s La Silla observatory in Chile is unavoidably photogenic from every angle—including unusual and creative perspectives such as this one! This unique panoramic view was captured by ESO Photo Ambassador Petr Horálek. “I was wondering if it was possible to capture the mystical colors of the Universe without complicated equipment,” he explained, adding that he was initially inspired by one of the posters released to accompany Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar. “At La Silla, you can really feel—and capture—interstellar moments!”
Petr evidently succeeded in imaging the Universe in all its beauty. The majestic band of the Milky Way galaxy blazes across the sky, creating a cosmic bridge between two of La Silla’s resident telescopes: the ESO 3.6-meter telescope (left) and the Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope (right). The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—a duo of nearby galaxies—are captured together sitting “above” the galactic plane in the upper right corner of the image. The bright splash of red in the middle of the frame is the beautiful Gum Nebula, and the particularly bright dot in the lower left of the image is the planet Jupiter.
Credit: Petr Horálek/ESO
Release Date: June 4, 2018
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+European Southern Observatory (ESO)
#ESO #Earth #Astronomy #Space #Science #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Galaxies #Magellanic #Clouds #Gum #Nebula #Planet #Jupiter #Observatory #LaSilla #Chile #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Astrophotography #Photography #Panorama #Europe #Film #ScienceFiction #ChristopherNolan #Interstellar #STEM #Education
ESO’s La Silla observatory in Chile is unavoidably photogenic from every angle—including unusual and creative perspectives such as this one! This unique panoramic view was captured by ESO Photo Ambassador Petr Horálek. “I was wondering if it was possible to capture the mystical colors of the Universe without complicated equipment,” he explained, adding that he was initially inspired by one of the posters released to accompany Christopher Nolan’s film Interstellar. “At La Silla, you can really feel—and capture—interstellar moments!”
Petr evidently succeeded in imaging the Universe in all its beauty. The majestic band of the Milky Way galaxy blazes across the sky, creating a cosmic bridge between two of La Silla’s resident telescopes: the ESO 3.6-meter telescope (left) and the Swedish-ESO Submillimeter Telescope (right). The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—a duo of nearby galaxies—are captured together sitting “above” the galactic plane in the upper right corner of the image. The bright splash of red in the middle of the frame is the beautiful Gum Nebula, and the particularly bright dot in the lower left of the image is the planet Jupiter.
Credit: Petr Horálek/ESO
Release Date: June 4, 2018
+Interstellar Movie
+Petr Horálek
+European Southern Observatory (ESO)
#ESO #Earth #Astronomy #Space #Science #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Galaxies #Magellanic #Clouds #Gum #Nebula #Planet #Jupiter #Observatory #LaSilla #Chile #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Astrophotography #Photography #Panorama #Europe #Film #ScienceFiction #ChristopherNolan #Interstellar #STEM #Education
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#MagellanicPenguin #Magellanic #Penguin #MagellanPinguin #Munich #Hellabrunn #Zoo #Bird
#MagellanicPenguin #Magellanic #Penguin #MagellanPinguin #Munich #Hellabrunn #Zoo #Bird
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Full Day Boat Trip To Harberton Ranch
Boat trip to Harberton Ranch in a full day tour from Ushuaia
Visiting the famous #Estancia #Harberton is a way of understanding the city of #Ushuaia, the #Beagle channel and watch a colony of #Magellanic penguins and more. This is the first ranch that managed the settle in the province of #TierradelFuego. Read more in link >>>
Boat trip to Harberton Ranch in a full day tour from Ushuaia
Visiting the famous #Estancia #Harberton is a way of understanding the city of #Ushuaia, the #Beagle channel and watch a colony of #Magellanic penguins and more. This is the first ranch that managed the settle in the province of #TierradelFuego. Read more in link >>>
Boat trip to Harberton Ranch in a full day tour from Ushuaia
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My special friends ever
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I can not appear here not anytime because of my Job category.
But I like you guys posts so that’s why I absolutely see you again sooner, my dearest friends ;)
May faith be the guiding LIGHT of my life. ♡♡♡♡♡
+Stephen P. Shaw
+Caroline Pure Energy
+Inner Core Insights
+Edward Naveen
+sydney schoeneman
I can not appear here not anytime because of my Job category.
But I like you guys posts so that’s why I absolutely see you again sooner, my dearest friends ;)
May faith be the guiding LIGHT of my life. ♡♡♡♡♡
Seeking Venus under the Spitzkoppe Arch in Namibia, Africa
What's that in the sky? Although there was much to see in this spectacular panorama taken during the early morning hours of a day in late September, the brightest object in the sky was clearly the planet Venus. In this image, Venus was captured actually through a natural rock bridge, itself picturesque, in Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The planet, on the left of the opening, was complemented by a silhouette of the astrophotographer on the right. Above and beyond the rock bridge were many famous icons of a dark night sky, including, from left to right, the Pleiades star cluster, the Orion Nebula, the bright star Sirius, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This week, Venus remains visible to the east in the pre-dawn sky, being complemented by Mars, which is angularly quite close.
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek
Petr's website: www.astronom.cz/horalek/?page_id=20
+Petr Horálek
+Astronomy Picture of the Day (APoD)
#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Planet #Venus #Pleiades #Star #Cluster #Orion #Nebula #Sirius #LMC #SMC #Magellanic #Clouds #Panorama #Earth #Astrophotography #Art #Spitzkoppe #Namibia #Africa #Cosmos #Universe #APoD
What's that in the sky? Although there was much to see in this spectacular panorama taken during the early morning hours of a day in late September, the brightest object in the sky was clearly the planet Venus. In this image, Venus was captured actually through a natural rock bridge, itself picturesque, in Spitzkoppe, Namibia. The planet, on the left of the opening, was complemented by a silhouette of the astrophotographer on the right. Above and beyond the rock bridge were many famous icons of a dark night sky, including, from left to right, the Pleiades star cluster, the Orion Nebula, the bright star Sirius, and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. This week, Venus remains visible to the east in the pre-dawn sky, being complemented by Mars, which is angularly quite close.
Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek
Petr's website: www.astronom.cz/horalek/?page_id=20
+Petr Horálek
+Astronomy Picture of the Day (APoD)
#NASA #Astronomy #Space #Science #Planet #Venus #Pleiades #Star #Cluster #Orion #Nebula #Sirius #LMC #SMC #Magellanic #Clouds #Panorama #Earth #Astrophotography #Art #Spitzkoppe #Namibia #Africa #Cosmos #Universe #APoD
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Eyes in the stars!!!
VLT shows off its new adaptive optics system | ESO
This image shows one of the Unit Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope array (VLT), the most productive individual ground-based facility in the world. The VLT consists of an array of four telescopes, each with a main mirror of 8.2 meters diameter, that can observe together or individually. In part due to its clever Adaptive Optics system, which uses a Laser Guide Star that can be seen in this image, the VLT is the world's most advanced optical instrument; it is a formidable science machine.
Both the Large and Small Magellanic clouds can be seen in the night sky behind the VLT telescope in this image.
This image was taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos.
Credit: Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos/ESO
Release Date: October 6, 2017
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#ESO #Astronomy #Science #Space #Stars #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Galaxies #LMC #SMC #Magellanic #Clouds #VLT #Telescope #AdaptiveOptics #LaserGuideStar #Astrophotography #Photography #Chile #CerroParanal #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Europe #STEM #Education
This image shows one of the Unit Telescopes of ESO's Very Large Telescope array (VLT), the most productive individual ground-based facility in the world. The VLT consists of an array of four telescopes, each with a main mirror of 8.2 meters diameter, that can observe together or individually. In part due to its clever Adaptive Optics system, which uses a Laser Guide Star that can be seen in this image, the VLT is the world's most advanced optical instrument; it is a formidable science machine.
Both the Large and Small Magellanic clouds can be seen in the night sky behind the VLT telescope in this image.
This image was taken by ESO Photo Ambassador Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos.
Credit: Juan Carlos Muñoz-Mateos/ESO
Release Date: October 6, 2017
+European Southern Observatory (ESO)
#ESO #Astronomy #Science #Space #Stars #MilkyWay #Galaxy #Galaxies #LMC #SMC #Magellanic #Clouds #VLT #Telescope #AdaptiveOptics #LaserGuideStar #Astrophotography #Photography #Chile #CerroParanal #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Europe #STEM #Education
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"Off My Shoulder, Galaxies Ascend" by Will Vrbasso (www.stellaraustralis.com)
The Green Pools at William's Bay, Denmark, Western Australia is a fantastic and popular beach. Not only is it clean and scenic, but it has lots of rocks just off shore that break up the waves before they reach the beach, making Green Pools nice and calm and easy for young kids to swim. At night, I had the beach all to myself. Walking under the moonlight and stars with only the wind and waves making a sound, wonderful. Here I'm look back off my shoulder to view the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds - galaxies separate to our own and easily visible to the naked eye.
This image is a mosaic of 4 shots taken through my Canon 50mm f/1.2 prime lens using a standard Canon EOS6D DSLR. All shots were at ISO3200 for 30sec each. I took 1 shots of the foreground with a static mount, and then the rest on a tracking mount for the night sky. Stitching of the shots was done using PTGui Pro, and processed in Adobe Photoshop.
Enjoy, Will.
PS:
All my images are available to download on my website. If you like you can also follow me on:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willvrbasso
- 500px: https://500px.com/housevrbasso77719s
- Pinterest: https://au.pinterest.com/housevrbasso777
For those interested in the image detail, read as follows:
DATE / TIME: 2016-10-07
LOCATION: William's Bay, Denmark, Western Australia
SCOPE: Canon 50mm F/1.2 prime lens (@f/2.8)
OPTICAL ATTACHMENTS: None
MOUNT: iOptron tracking mount head on standard tripod
CAMERA: Canon EOS6D unmodded
EXPOSURE: 4 x ISO3200 @ 30sec (foreground on stationary mount, sky on tracking mount)
PROCESSING: Stitched using PTGui, and post-processed in Photoshop.
#magellanic #clouds #galaxy #nightscape #night #astrophotography #longexposure #seascape #landscape #canon #australia #denmark #stellaraustralis #vrbasso
The Green Pools at William's Bay, Denmark, Western Australia is a fantastic and popular beach. Not only is it clean and scenic, but it has lots of rocks just off shore that break up the waves before they reach the beach, making Green Pools nice and calm and easy for young kids to swim. At night, I had the beach all to myself. Walking under the moonlight and stars with only the wind and waves making a sound, wonderful. Here I'm look back off my shoulder to view the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds - galaxies separate to our own and easily visible to the naked eye.
This image is a mosaic of 4 shots taken through my Canon 50mm f/1.2 prime lens using a standard Canon EOS6D DSLR. All shots were at ISO3200 for 30sec each. I took 1 shots of the foreground with a static mount, and then the rest on a tracking mount for the night sky. Stitching of the shots was done using PTGui Pro, and processed in Adobe Photoshop.
Enjoy, Will.
PS:
All my images are available to download on my website. If you like you can also follow me on:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/willvrbasso
- 500px: https://500px.com/housevrbasso77719s
- Pinterest: https://au.pinterest.com/housevrbasso777
For those interested in the image detail, read as follows:
DATE / TIME: 2016-10-07
LOCATION: William's Bay, Denmark, Western Australia
SCOPE: Canon 50mm F/1.2 prime lens (@f/2.8)
OPTICAL ATTACHMENTS: None
MOUNT: iOptron tracking mount head on standard tripod
CAMERA: Canon EOS6D unmodded
EXPOSURE: 4 x ISO3200 @ 30sec (foreground on stationary mount, sky on tracking mount)
PROCESSING: Stitched using PTGui, and post-processed in Photoshop.
#magellanic #clouds #galaxy #nightscape #night #astrophotography #longexposure #seascape #landscape #canon #australia #denmark #stellaraustralis #vrbasso
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Brightest Supernova (SN 1987A) Ever Seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud
#Brightest #Supernova (SN 1987A) Ever Seen in the #Large #Magellanic #Cloud
SN 1987A was the brightest exploding star seen in 400 years when astronomers spotted it on Feb. 23, 1987. The violent death of a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, called a supernova, created this stellar drama. The star actually exploded about 160,000 years ago, but it has taken that long for its light to reach Earth. The supernova resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby small galaxy that is a satellite of our Milky Way galaxy.
The ring, about a light-year across, already existed when the star exploded. This is a rare opportunity for astronomers to see exactly how a supernova explosion is transformed into a supernova remnant, the glowing, expanding gaseous remains of a supernova blast.
The elongated and expanding object in the middle of the ring is debris from the supernova blast. The elliptical shape of the supernova debris provides clues to the violent events that took place deep within the exploding star. The glowing debris is being heated by radioactive elements, principally titanium 44, that were created in the supernova explosion. The debris will continue to glow for many decades.
In a few years, the entire ring will be ablaze as it absorbs the full force of the crash. The glowing ring is expected to become bright enough to illuminate the star's surroundings, thus providing astronomers with new information on how the star ejected material before the explosion.
Once the discovery of SN 1987A became known, physicists examined the records from various neutrino detectors … and found three, independent, clear signals of a burst of neutrinos several hours before visual discovery, just as predicted by astrophysical models! Champagne flowed.
Not long afterwards, the star which blew up so spectacularly – the progenitor – was identified as Sanduleak -69° 202a, a blue supergiant.
Universe Today
Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/zg69yo9
Hubblesite
http://tinyurl.com/gv4bd35
Clips, images credit: ESO, ESA/HUBBLE & NASA
SN 1987A was the brightest exploding star seen in 400 years when astronomers spotted it on Feb. 23, 1987. The violent death of a star 20 times more massive than the Sun, called a supernova, created this stellar drama. The star actually exploded about 160,000 years ago, but it has taken that long for its light to reach Earth. The supernova resides in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby small galaxy that is a satellite of our Milky Way galaxy.
The ring, about a light-year across, already existed when the star exploded. This is a rare opportunity for astronomers to see exactly how a supernova explosion is transformed into a supernova remnant, the glowing, expanding gaseous remains of a supernova blast.
The elongated and expanding object in the middle of the ring is debris from the supernova blast. The elliptical shape of the supernova debris provides clues to the violent events that took place deep within the exploding star. The glowing debris is being heated by radioactive elements, principally titanium 44, that were created in the supernova explosion. The debris will continue to glow for many decades.
In a few years, the entire ring will be ablaze as it absorbs the full force of the crash. The glowing ring is expected to become bright enough to illuminate the star's surroundings, thus providing astronomers with new information on how the star ejected material before the explosion.
Once the discovery of SN 1987A became known, physicists examined the records from various neutrino detectors … and found three, independent, clear signals of a burst of neutrinos several hours before visual discovery, just as predicted by astrophysical models! Champagne flowed.
Not long afterwards, the star which blew up so spectacularly – the progenitor – was identified as Sanduleak -69° 202a, a blue supergiant.
Universe Today
Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/zg69yo9
Hubblesite
http://tinyurl.com/gv4bd35
Clips, images credit: ESO, ESA/HUBBLE & NASA
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Under the Galaxy
Yuri: "This is the view we witness now in September at Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory located in the Atacama desert in Chile. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) culminates just above the Las Campanas mountain—home of future GMT telescope. The orange cast on the sky the sky is not light pollution—it's airglow which was dominating the night sky. "Clear sky" filter from Optolong Filter helped me to increase the contrast on the image and partly reduce airlgow light. On the foreground (on the hill) you see panoramic view of the observatory's facility—houses where astronomers and engineers stay during their visits.
:) I hope you'll enjoy the view."
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of 50 kiloparsecs (≈163,000 light-years), the LMC is the third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (~ 16 kpc) and the putative Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (~ 12.9 kpc, though its status as a galaxy is under dispute), lying close to the Galactic Center. The LMC has a diameter of about 14,000 light-years (4.3 kpc) based on readily visible stars and a mass of approximately 10 billion Sun masses (1010 solar masses), making it roughly 1/100 as massive as the Milky Way. Based on this, the LMC is the fourth-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way, and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). (Source: Wikipedia)
Credit: Yuri Beletsky
Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
Release Date: September 17, 2017
+Yuri Beletsky
Technical details: Nikon D810a
#Earth #Astronomy #Science #Space #Stars #LMC #Galaxy #Magellanic #Cloud #Airglow #Astrophotography #Photography #Panorama #Chile #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Europe #STEM #Education
Yuri: "This is the view we witness now in September at Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory located in the Atacama desert in Chile. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) culminates just above the Las Campanas mountain—home of future GMT telescope. The orange cast on the sky the sky is not light pollution—it's airglow which was dominating the night sky. "Clear sky" filter from Optolong Filter helped me to increase the contrast on the image and partly reduce airlgow light. On the foreground (on the hill) you see panoramic view of the observatory's facility—houses where astronomers and engineers stay during their visits.
:) I hope you'll enjoy the view."
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. At a distance of 50 kiloparsecs (≈163,000 light-years), the LMC is the third-closest galaxy to the Milky Way, after the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal (~ 16 kpc) and the putative Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy (~ 12.9 kpc, though its status as a galaxy is under dispute), lying close to the Galactic Center. The LMC has a diameter of about 14,000 light-years (4.3 kpc) based on readily visible stars and a mass of approximately 10 billion Sun masses (1010 solar masses), making it roughly 1/100 as massive as the Milky Way. Based on this, the LMC is the fourth-largest galaxy in the Local Group, after the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), the Milky Way, and the Triangulum Galaxy (M33). (Source: Wikipedia)
Credit: Yuri Beletsky
Location: Atacama Desert, Chile
Release Date: September 17, 2017
+Yuri Beletsky
Technical details: Nikon D810a
#Earth #Astronomy #Science #Space #Stars #LMC #Galaxy #Magellanic #Cloud #Airglow #Astrophotography #Photography #Panorama #Chile #Atacama #Desert #SouthAmerica #Europe #STEM #Education
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