The forces of rotation caused red hot masses of stones to be torn away from the Earth and to be thrown into the ether, and this is the origin of the stars.

— Anaxagoras 428 BC

Dumbbell nebula overhead

By marzulloj at Sun, 08/29/2010 - 6:59pm

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.

Dumbbell nebula overhead

The Dark Side

Submitted by kuky
on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 9:51am

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