"The large-scale homogeneity of the universe makes it very difficult to believe that the structure of the universe is determined by anything so peripheral as some complicated molecular structure on a minor planet orbiting a very average star in the outer suburbs of a fairly typical galaxy."

— Steven Hawking

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!