I centered the Orion Nebula in the frame rather than trying to also capture the nearbyHorsehead Nebulaand Flame Nebula, which was my original plan. Sometimes it’s best to make your primary target front-row center. It’s also where the stars will look best and usually where you’ll have ...
The Orion nebula is an emission nebula, in that it emits light, as opposed to an absorption or dark nebula, which absorbs light (e.g. Horsehead Nebula, also in Orion). Some nebulae, such as the Horsehead, are a real challenge to find and observe. Nebulae are best viewed under low ...
A star tracker opens up the door to more ambitious astrophotography projects such as faint, deep-sky nebulae and galaxies. The setup shown above was featured in one ofmy videoswhere I photographed the Horsehead Nebula from my backyard. The same basic principles of long-exposure night sky photogr...
I was~seeing~ the Horsehead Nebula at 1x.Never would have thought that possible. Using two viewers made the difference. And at 1x, the images merge perfectly without having to strap the two monoculars together. My eyes are PRK corrected to 20/12.5; I think that ...
太阳系 SolarSystems 银河系拥有数十亿颗恒星 Therearebillionsofstars intheMilkyWaygalaxy. 其中一颗是我们的太阳 Oneofthemisoursun. 行星和卫星绕着太阳运行 Andaroundthesunorbitsa systemofplanetsandmoons... 称为太阳系 asolarsystem. 太阳系显然是个宝贵的行星系 Oursolarsystemisclearly apreciousplanetarysystem...