by Ann » Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:42 am
asymon wrote: ↑Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:59 pm
Northern Milky Way from Orion to Sagittarius
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/
Copyright: Alistair Symon
This is an image of the entire Northern Milky Way from Sagittarius to Orion. This area of sky is so large you can't see it all at any one time of year. Two thirds of the image was taken in the summer when Sagittarius was in the Southern sky and the remaining third with Orion was taken in the last two months as it is now in the Southern sky. I think this is the biggest mosaic I will ever take. It's made up of some 60 images taken through a 35mm lens. However, the detail in many of the Nebulae come from images I took over the last 9 years with either 70mm lens, a 530mm or 700mm focal length refractor. So this single image has been 9 years in the making, contains most of my astrophotography taken over that period, and represents well over 1000 hours of light collection. The image is best viewed in high resolution so you can scroll through from one end of he galaxy to the other. If you want to take a closer look at pretty much all the major nebulae and two of the major galaxies in our Northern Hemisphere night sky you can find a set of higher resolution images at the link below. Major objects visible include Seagull, Barnards Loop, Eridanus Super Bubble, M42, Horsehead, M78, Rosette, Cone, Jellyfish, Monkey Head, Simeis 147, Flaming Star, California, Pleiades, Heart and Soul, M31, M33, Elephants Trunk, North America, Pelican, Veil, Butterfly, Crescent, Eagle, Swan, Lagoon, Triffid but there are many more Sharpless, Messier and NGC objects you can see.
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/Nor ... ay2019.htm
Oh wow, Alistair, I looked at the full resolution image and was blown away! The resolution is so deep, with all those tiny little stars clearly resolved, that I can't even imagine how many pixels must go into that image! And you bring out so many nebulas it made my head spin! I asked myself, where are the Heart and Soul nebulas? Can't be that trio up there, can it, because I'm looking for two nebulas and not three, right? But it really was the Heart and Soul - the Soul was just amazingly sharp and "clear-cut" - along with their unknown and "invisible" third sibling next to the blue vdB 14 and 15 reflection nebulas in Camelopardalis!
I spent some time trying to find the major nebulas, but the Bubble nebula next to M52 just stumped me.
Anyway, your image is just amazing!
Ann
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[size=120][b]Northern Milky Way from Orion to Sagittarius[/b][/size]
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/
Copyright: Alistair Symon
[img2]http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/NorthernMilkyWay/Seagull%20to%20the%20Eagle%20Cropped%201500.jpg[/img2]
This is an image of the entire Northern Milky Way from Sagittarius to Orion. This area of sky is so large you can't see it all at any one time of year. Two thirds of the image was taken in the summer when Sagittarius was in the Southern sky and the remaining third with Orion was taken in the last two months as it is now in the Southern sky. I think this is the biggest mosaic I will ever take. It's made up of some 60 images taken through a 35mm lens. However, the detail in many of the Nebulae come from images I took over the last 9 years with either 70mm lens, a 530mm or 700mm focal length refractor. So this single image has been 9 years in the making, contains most of my astrophotography taken over that period, and represents well over 1000 hours of light collection. The image is best viewed in high resolution so you can scroll through from one end of he galaxy to the other. If you want to take a closer look at pretty much all the major nebulae and two of the major galaxies in our Northern Hemisphere night sky you can find a set of higher resolution images at the link below. Major objects visible include Seagull, Barnards Loop, Eridanus Super Bubble, M42, Horsehead, M78, Rosette, Cone, Jellyfish, Monkey Head, Simeis 147, Flaming Star, California, Pleiades, Heart and Soul, M31, M33, Elephants Trunk, North America, Pelican, Veil, Butterfly, Crescent, Eagle, Swan, Lagoon, Triffid but there are many more Sharpless, Messier and NGC objects you can see.
http://www.woodlandsobservatory.com/NorthernMilkyWay/NorthernMilkyWay2019.htm
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Oh wow, Alistair, I looked at the full resolution image and was blown away! The resolution is so deep, with all those tiny little stars clearly resolved, that I can't even imagine how many pixels must go into that image! And you bring out so many nebulas it made my head spin! I asked myself, where are the Heart and Soul nebulas? Can't be that trio up there, can it, because I'm looking for two nebulas and not three, right? But it really was the Heart and Soul - the Soul was just amazingly sharp and "clear-cut" - along with their unknown and "invisible" third sibling next to the blue vdB 14 and 15 reflection nebulas in Camelopardalis!
I spent some time trying to find the major nebulas, but the Bubble nebula next to M52 just stumped me.
Anyway, your image is just amazing!
Ann