#MessierObjects

Lisa Marie โ˜ฎ๏ธ&๐Ÿ’œcopacetic_vibe@mstdn.social
2025-03-02
Lisa Marie โ˜ฎ๏ธ&๐Ÿ’œcopacetic_vibe@mstdn.social
2024-11-29
Stavros Kalapothasstavrosk@fosstodon.org
2024-10-12

Messier 42 - the Great Orion Nebula using a ๐Ÿ”ญin a light polluted area (bortle 7-8) with a 15 min stack and post processing via #graXpert and @Siril_Official .
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#deepskyphotography #Astrophotography #astronomy #messierobjects #m42 #orion #nebula #postprocessing #telescope

The Great Orion Nebula also known as Messier 42 (M42).
AstroHydeAstroHyde
2024-03-17

Messier Marathon season is upon us at Allan I Carswell Observatory, my students got this one without any help from me! Of course it has started *quite* the science debate... I for one, am not quite sure I see a crustacean here lol ๐Ÿ˜†

A dubious but pretty image of the crab nebula by the 1m telescope at the Allan I Carswell Observatory at York University, messier marathon season is here!
2023-02-25

Hello, my first toot.

The Triangulum Galaxy (M33 or #NGC 598) is a spiral #galaxy in the #constellation Triangulum.

I hope you like it

#deepsky #deepskyobject #astrophotography #astronomy #astrophoto #cityastronomy #spiralgalaxy #messier #messierobjects #ngcobjects #astrodon

Mollenberg ObservatoryMollenbergSky@pixelfed.social
2022-11-16
Messier 78 (aka NGC 2068)

M78 is a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion. M78 is part of the massive the Orion B molecular cloud complex. It is approx. 1,350 light-years from Earth.

This image integrates approx. 44 x 300 second subframes taken on 30 October 2022, since then it's been awful weather but tonight looks promising. Processing in APP and PixInsight.

#astrophotography #astronomy #starrynight #dso #deepsky #nightskyphotography #milkyway #space #nasa #esa #nebula #asi294mcpro #explorescientific #ed80 #messier78 #messierobjects #clearskies #longexposure #universetoday #nightimages #ngc2068
Mollenberg ObservatoryMollenbergSky@pixelfed.social
2022-11-12
Back in August, I did a couple of nights on Messier 33, the spiral galaxy in the constellation Triangulum. A week later, over 80 liters of rain (and hail) fell in just moments causing road closures, flooded cellars and lots more chaos. We spent weeks drying out ๐Ÿ˜ณ

This is 123x200 seconds of data over two or three nights. One of my favorite targets, I always come back to it, I think this might be my best image of it so far ๐Ÿ˜Ž

Messier 33 is a nearby galaxy at 2.7 million ly from Earth. It has a diameter of 60,000 ly, that's about 2/3 the size of the #milkyway. With an angular size of 70x41 minutes of sky, it is larger than the full moon but quite dim. This image was taken with the open source imaging software, #ninastronomy and post-processed in APP and PixInsight.

#galaxy #astrophotography #astronomy #dso #deepskystacker #deepsky #nightimages #nightskyphotography #nasa #esa #spiralgalaxy #messierobjects #astrophotography #space #longexposure #nightimages #night_shooterz #earthsky #stellarium #milkyway #space #toplongexposure #night #practicalastrophotography
Mollenberg ObservatoryMollenbergSky@pixelfed.social
2022-11-11
The Pleiades (AKA Seven Sisters, Messier 45, M45) is an open star cluster with considerable nebulosity (Maia and Merope Nebulae are both located within the cluster). Located in the constellation of Taurus, it is one of the brighter night sky objects (mag. 1.6) and easily visible with the naked eye. The Pleiades holds a place in the stellar folklore of most cultures, some may recognize the constellation as the logo of the Japanese automotive brand Subaru (ใ‚นใƒใƒซ), its namesake.

At approximately 444 light years distant, it is one of the nearest star clusters to Earth, and the nearest messier object. Easily visible with the naked eye, it has an angular size of 110 minutes, or nearly two degrees of arc. At magnitude 1.6.

The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous b-type stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.

This image integrates the best 40 (of over 100!) exposures taken on October 27th 2022.

#sevensisters #nebula #opencluster #starcluster #messier45 #messierobjects #astrophotography #astronomy #milkyway #space #toplongexposure #night #practicalastrophotography

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