ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY

[terri46 17]

Looks surreal, and a real stunner.

 

[zombiesniper125 24]

The Wizard Nebula (cataloged as NGC 7380 and Sh2-142) is a young open star cluster embedded in an emission nebula. Located about 7,200 to 8,000 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus.

This one I managed about 5 hours on with the Dwarf 3. 600 images, 30sec gain 60 using the astro filter just to block out some of the light pollution.
I fully post processed this one with new software called AstroWizard. Only felt right with this target.

Wizard by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[zombiesniper125 24]

Commonly called the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, located roughly 445 light-years from Earth, Messier 45 (M45) is an open star cluster. It contains over a thousand stars that are loosely bound by gravity, but a handful of its brightest members visually dominate the cluster.

M45 by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr

 

[IpseLux6 5]

Question about the shape of galaxies. Many have the appearance of a spiral. But since the length of a galaxy could be let's say 50,000 light years from end to end, if you're seeing one on end, the spiral isn't really a spiral because the stars you see at the end are 50,000 light years earlier than the ones you see closer up. Wouldn't the shape of the galaxy be actually different if you could see the whole thing at once?

Interesting question. It always blows my mind to think that these shapes and patterns we see, from Earth are a product of our specific point and place of view in the Cosmos too.
And these shapes of gas, and other things are just that, akin to clouds in our skies.
These photographs are beautiful. Much more so than seeing these celestial beings (for lack of a better word) in a telescope.
Beautiful indeed. Nice job folks.