Nebulae
by Spad
Flame and Horsehead Nebulae. The star is Alnitak, and it is a tripple star system
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Posted 07/09/2023 - 17:07
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Amazing shot, fascinating.
Posted 07/09/2023 - 19:44
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One other thing that struck me Spad...you have a ready made Christmas card there...even got the 'Star of Bethlehem' !
Posted 07/09/2023 - 21:28
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1stEverPentax wrote:
One other thing that struck me Spad...you have a ready made Christmas card there...even got the 'Star of Bethlehem' !
One other thing that struck me Spad...you have a ready made Christmas card there...even got the 'Star of Bethlehem' !
Yeah ambush Santa n then ruin Xmas!!!
Thanks for the kind words.... but I am merely learning!!
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
Posted 07/09/2023 - 22:06
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EDIT: my calculation out by a factor of 1000...I think!
Should be 8,000+ Trillion miles away...will have to re-programme the time machine.
Should be 8,000+ Trillion miles away...will have to re-programme the time machine.
Posted 08/09/2023 - 00:31
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Light travels rough 5.9 trillion miles in a year.... so its about 8250 trillion miles!
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
Posted 08/09/2023 - 11:23
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Spad wrote:
Light travels rough 5.9 trillion miles in a year.... so its about 8250 trillion miles!
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
Light travels rough 5.9 trillion miles in a year.... so its about 8250 trillion miles!
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
Being a non scientist Spad...there isn't a calculator in existence with enough zeros!
Posted 08/09/2023 - 14:25
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1stEverPentax wrote:
Being a non scientist Spad...there isn't a calculator in existence with enough zeros!
Spad wrote:
Light travels rough 5.9 trillion miles in a year.... so its about 8250 trillion miles!
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
Light travels rough 5.9 trillion miles in a year.... so its about 8250 trillion miles!
My furthest target photgraphed is 31 million light years from earth! That is 182,900,000 trillion miles away....
Being a non scientist Spad...there isn't a calculator in existence with enough zeros!
Yeah.... it comes out with those bloody E numbrrs
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
Posted 08/09/2023 - 15:52
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Super shot.
Posted 09/09/2023 - 00:20
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I've no intention of getting any but it demonstrates what can be done with kit that's available to the average person. Most impressive.
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I was intrigued as to how far away the Horsehead Nebula was...approx 1400 light years apparently although estimates varied from 1375-1500 light years...you just can't get the staff these days!
Anyway it works out very approximately about 8,000 Billion miles away...whats a few hundred million miles between friends?
Travelling at the speed of the fastest space probe ...Hew Horizons Pluto mission (about 36,400 MPH) it would take approx 30,480,000 years to get there...definitely too far to commute.