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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Tonight's post and image are a continuation of last night's post:
universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/11

(Winter milky way in Taurus - network of dark dust clouds. (85mm, f/1.4. Sony a6300.))

Tonight's image is monochrome/black & white because it's near infrared. (The filter is 670 nanometer long pass, which is very deep visible red (redder/longer than hydrogen alpha at 656 nm) and longer wavelengths, but my camera's sensitivity drops off and eventually ends at around 1050 nm)

Compare it to last night's color image. The infrared image can see deeper into some of the dusty areas that look quite dark in visible light.

Note that the infrared image is less sharp. The stars are bigger/fuzzier. That's because of chromatic aberration. This camera lens was designed to work well with visible light. It's performance in IR is noticeably poorer.

Near infrared image of a winter milky way starfield in Taurus. Some dusty areas have very few stars compared to the rest of the image. Jupiter is just to the left of the lower left edge of the image. The Pleiades are in the lower right corner. The star Menkib is in the upper right corner. Compare this image with the next, which was taken in visible light. Infrared can look deeper into dust clouds.
Visible light image of a winter milky way starfield in Taurus. Some dusty areas have very few stars compared to the rest of the image. Jupiter is in the lower left corner of the image. The Pleiades are in the lower right corner. The star Menkib is in the upper right corner. Compare this image with the previous one in near-infrared. In visible light more of the dusty areas appear very dark/opaque.
#NewMexico#Astronomy#MilkyWay
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Starry Time Podcast

Can you spot the five Herbig-Haro objects (HH 7–11) in this #astrophotography image?!

This is NGC 1333 (a reflection nebula in the #constellation #perseus). The Herbig-Haro objects are the bright blue patches below -- learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbig%E

You can also learn more about the other wild and wonderous astronomical phenomena in the constellation Perseus here: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

📷 :esahubble.org/images/potw1853a

Astrophotography image from the Hubble Space Telescope of the reflection nebula NGC 1333. In the top center of the image are bright blue patches, which are Herbig-Haro objects. The image is mostly dominated by orange-brown dust, but a large white-hued bright star is visible in the bottom left and other yellow-brown stars are also visible on the right side of the image.
#Astronomy#AstroDon#StarLore
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Starry Time Podcast

This is NGC 1333 - a reflection nebula in the constellation #Perseus

while not necessarily #SpookyAstrophotography -- I kinda see a human-like figure in this one....

If you want to learn about the #astronomy of the constellation Perseus, check out: starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/

We also did episodes on the #mythological stories of Cassiopeia, Andromeda, & Perseus (technically, we also covered Cepheus, but... also we didn't...), and you can find these #myth episodes here: starrytimepodcast.com/episodes

📷 :flic.kr/p/2qcxNUN

from source link in toot: A nebula made up of cloudy gas and dust in the form of soft and wispy clouds and, in the center, thin and highly detailed layers pressed close together. Large, bright stars surrounded by six long points of light are dotted over the image, as well as some small, point-like stars embedded in the clouds. The clouds are lit up in blue close to the stars; orange colors show clouds that glow in infrared light.
#AstroDon#StarLore#GreekMythology
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