Posts Tagged ‘galaxy’
December 31, 2011
by tte-77
So here we are with the final five images from the ESO Top 100 Images series. The 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal at number 4 is without doubt one of our favourite from the series (view as 1280px × 734px image here). We hope you have enjoyed viewing these 100 images over the last few months as much as we have. Enjoy!
# 5 - NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster - Credit: ESO
# 4 - A 340-million pixel starscape from Paranal - Credit: ESO/S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard)
# 3 - VST image of the star-forming region Messier 17 - Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute
# 2 - The Helix Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 1 - VISTA's infrared view of the Orion Nebula - Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
10-6 | 15-11 | 20-16 | 25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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December 29, 2011
by tte-77
Only ten images to go now in this amazing image series and there are some crackers in the final two installments. Here are numbers 10 to 6 for your viewing pleasure.
# 10 - Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion - Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin
# 9 - VST image of the giant globular cluster Omega Centauri - Credit: ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory
# 8 - The Horsehead Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 7 - NGC 2467 and Surroundings - Credit: ESO
# 6 - The Centre of the Milky Way - Credit: ESO/S. Gillessen et al.
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
15-11 | 20-16 | 25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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Posted in Astronomy, ESO, Image gallery, tte-77 | Tagged 100, Astronomy, best, centaurus, cluster, constellation, ESO, galaxy, Horsehead Nebula, images, messier 78, milky way, NACO instrument, Nebula, NGC 2467, Observatory, Omega Centauri, Orion, postaweek2011, Puppis, siers, stellar nursery, telescope, top, Very Large Telescope, VLT | 3 Comments »
December 22, 2011
by yaska77
The holidays are so close now I can almost smell ‘em 
Today’s astronomy advent calendar image is another of ours taken this year.
Stacking images is a great way of improving the clarity of individual photos, bringing out far more detail than the individual shots alone could capture.
Day 22
Astronomy Advent Calendar 22nd December - 60 individual photos of Andromeda stacked into one image (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
The Andromeda Galaxy is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from the Earth, in the constellation Andromeda. It’s also known as Messier 31 (M31) or NGC 224.
Andromeda is the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way, but is not the closest galaxy overall, that accolade goes to the Canis Major dwarf galaxy.
60 stacked images created the final result above, taken using a Sky-Watcher Explorer 200P EQ5 PRO SynScan 200mm Newtonian Reflector Telescope and an un-modified Canon EOS 550D. To compare a single photo with the stacked image above have a look here.
Yeah, we’re pretty chuffed with our first use of DeepSkyStacker
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December 20, 2011
by tte-77
Images 20 down to 16 for your enjoyment in the long-lasting ESO Top 100 Images series. Numbers 16 and 17 have to be my favourites in this installment. What do you think?
# 20 - Glowing Stellar Nurseries - Credit: ESO/APEX/DSS2/ SuperCosmos/ Deharveng(LAM)/ Zavagno(LAM)
# 19 - Centaurus A - Credit: ESO/WFI (Optical); MPIfR/ESO/APEX/A.Weiss et al. (Submillimetre); NASA/CXC/CfA/R.Kraft et al. (X-ray)
# 18 - The Omega Nebula - Credit: ESO
# 17 - The Milky Way panorama - Credit: ESO/S. Brunier
# 16 - 370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula - Credit: ESO
To view the previous images from the countdown visit the links below.
25-21 | 30-26 | 35-31 | 40-36 | 45-41 | 50-46 | 55-51 | 60-56 | 65-61 | 70-66 | 75-71 | 80-76 | 85-81 | 90-86 | 95-91 | 100-96
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December 12, 2011
by yaska77
It’s another one of our own images in our astro advent calendar count-down today, occasionally we get some breaks
This interesting event featured in our Astronomy guide for October, so it was great to make use of our own advice!
Day 12
Astronomy Advent Calendar 12th December - The planet Mars passes in front of M44 the Beehive Cluster (click to enlarge) - Credit: Sky-Watching/A.Welbourn
This image was created using a Canon EOS 550D and a Sky-Watcher Explorer 200P EQ5 PRO SynScan 200mm Newtonian Reflector Telescope. Just past 4am on 1st October 2011 Mars was up over the neighbours houses, so I could finally get a look at it passing the Beehive Cluster.
And it pretty much matches our guide image perfectly.
Sweet
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