Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people

— Carl Sagan

Dumbbell nebula overhead

By marzulloj at Sun, 08/29/2010 - 7:59pm
Dumbbell nebula overhead

Whiting NJ is not exactly New Mexico, but the skies are certainly darker than Montclair and it shows. This is a 5 minute shot of the dumbell with a one hour luminance in h alpha.

Filters and CCD camera allow us to image from our light polluted skies, but nothing can substitute for a darker sky. What a shame we are losing our night skies.

The Dark Side

Submitted by kuky
on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 10:51am

...can have hidden treasures if you "look" long enough - 1 hr in Ha will do it
Great One!