Wide-field astrophotographers association
good morning. It’s December 15th, but today I have a real treat. This is an image of the Andromeda galaxy, the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Astronomers believe that our galaxy has almost the same shape as this one.
The photo comes from a group calling itself the Widefield Astronomical Photographers Association, and was a 100-hour project involving six participants from the United States, Poland, and the United Kingdom. They collected data over several months to create the image.
According to the organization, “Our goal with this project was to prove that you don’t need very expensive equipment or dark skies to create unique images of faint celestial objects. Most of us are high school and college students with a passion for astronomy, so their summer jobs meant they couldn’t afford the expensive equipment most astrophotographers use.”
Most participants shot within cities where light pollution levels ranged from Bortle 4 to Bortle 9. He said it would be difficult for an individual to reveal the faint structure in this image, but by collaborating with other astrophotographers, it is possible to create such a structure. result. That’s really amazing.
sauce: Wide-field astrophotographers association
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