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Three galaxies in Cetus (the Whale). In the upper right is the M 77, a barred spiral galaxy about 47 million light-years away. We are viewing it face-on and its faint arms can just barely be made out. Centre-left is NGC 1055, an edge-on spiral galaxy estimated to be 52 million lights years distant. The central dust lane can be clearly distinguished. Finally, almost directly below M 77 you can discern a small faint smudge. That is the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1072, currently calculated to be an astonishing 369 million light years away. #clayhausphotography #explorescientific #zwo #asi533mcpro #asiairpro #astrophotography #astronomy https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8bPn2BYgz/?utm_medium=tumblr

*Lunar Surface* *It is always worthwhile to take a good look at our Moon and the interesting details on its surface. How pleasantly small our earthly problems become...* SINUS IRIDUM can be seen here in this pic & with Golden Handle. Golden Handle of the moon … a play of light on the lunar surface, along the terminator line, visible four to five days before full moon. At this time, the high peaks of the lunar Montes Jura (Jura Mountains) are lit by sunlight. They appear as a bright arc, in front of the flat and still-dark plain of lava on the moon, known as the Sinus Iridum (the Bay of Rainbows). It, in turn, is part of the larger lava plain we call the Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains). This mountain range spread across 422 kilometres becomes visible on the tenth day of the first fortnight between the new moon day and full moon day. The sun’s light illuminates this mountain and when the light dims, the mountain displays a golden hue. This is why this feature is called the Golden Handle. Already Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) knew of the »golden handle« and used his observations to estimate the altitude of the moon mountains – a fascinating thought *Captured on:* __Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021 *Equipment*: __Explore Scientific ED 127mm Carbon Fiber f/7.5 AirSpaced APO Triplet OTA... __Paramount MX Mount... __ZWO ASI185MC Camera.... *Processing*: __approx 2000 frames captured in SharpCap for all images __Stacked in Autostakkert3 __Wavelets in Registax __Enhanced in Lightroom & Snapseed *Location:* __Bangalore, Karnataka, India *Sky Conditions:* __Bortle Scale 7.8 __Clear Sky, 8/10 __Few surrounding village lights interference #lunar #astronomy #cosmos #planetary #planetphotography #astrophotography #astrophysics #astrophotographyindia #moonphotography #bangaloreastronomyclub #delhiastronomyclub #sharpcap #explorescientific #paramount #snapseed #zwoasi #karnataka #india © Vijay Kapoor Follow My Instagram for More pics: http://Instagram.com/lunar_mountains_climber (at Bangalore, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/COhjs_jMUGl/?igshid=cnrna86o772l

About 40 million light years distant is the spiral galaxy NGC 7331. It is located in the constellation Pegasus. It is part of a larger visual group of galaxies some of which can be seen in this image including four below the big spiral and another four hovering in the upper right of this frame. These much smaller appearing galaxies are actually quite distant, almost an order of magnitude distant: they are estimated to range between 300 and 350 million light years away. This image is the result of 165 minutes of imaging in a dark sky location in the west desert. #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Cosmology #AstroPhotography #ExploreScientific #ZWOCameras #asiairpro #ASI533 #clayhausphotography #galaxy #galaxies #ngc7331 https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-hiC9hZbn/?utm_medium=tumblr

*#Lunar Surface*... Captured on 2020.10.01.... 99% illuminated, Waxing Gibbous.... *Description:* Craters Region seen with few of the following Craters: *ENDYMION* Dimension: 126 x 125 km. Height: 4600 mtr. *MERCURIUS* Dimension: 68 x 68 km. *MARE HUMBOLDTIANUM* (top left) Dimension: 161 x 160 km. *Equipment:* __#ExploreScientific ED 127mm CF APO Triplet... __#SoftwareBisque #Paramount MX Mount... __#ExploreScientific 5x FocalExtender... __#TSOptics 2" UV/IR Cut Filter... __#ZWO ASI185MC #Camera.... *Processing:* __3012 frames captured in #SharpCap __Stacked in #Autostakkert3 __Wavelets in #Registax __Enhanced in #Lightroom & #Snapseed *Sky Conditions:* Thin layer of moving #Clouds... 8/10 *Location:* #Whitefield, #Bangalore, #Karnataka, #India #astronomy #planetary #planetphotography #astrophotography #astrophotographyindia #moonphotography #bangaloreastronomyclub #delhiastronomyclub (at Bangalore, India) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsDFlUJ3Sh/?igshid=abfxx2lfjao0

First playing around taking moon shots with an astro camera-telescope setup. A single 1 millisecond exposure of a 80+% moon. Clouds came in after a half hour or so of fiddling but of the 45-plus exposures the next step will be to sort though them and blend them for a cleaner image. #clayhausphotography #moon #moonphotography #astrophotography #explorescientific #zwocameras #celestronavx #luna #lunar https://www.instagram.com/p/CeuGpxzPb9s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

First playing around taking moon shots with an astro camera-telescope setup. A single 1 millisecond exposure of a 80+% moon. Clouds came in after a half hour or so of fiddling but of the 45-plus exposures the next step will be to sort though them and blend them for a cleaner image. #clayhausphotography #moon #moonphotography #astrophotography #explorescientific #zwocameras #celestronavx #luna #lunar https://www.instagram.com/p/CeuGpxzPb9s/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Many young people, boys and girls, wonder about the stars in our universe and wish to explore space. This was the big dream of a teenage Iranian girl Sepideh Hooshyar. Sepideh was inspired by Einstein and the first female Persian astronaut Anousheh Ansari, which further fueled her passion for science and space exploration. Armed with a telescope, sixteen-year-old Sepideh would make excursions with her friends into the desert near her village to stargaze and learn more about the universe. But her strong desires and her stargazing trips flew in the face of tradition and was of grave concern to her family and community. A Danish filmmaker Berit Madsen, learned of Sepideh's story and struggle and wrote and directed the award-winning documentary "Sepideh - Reaching for the Stars" which premiered at the 2013 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and eventually premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. Now married and a mother, Sepideh continues her work in astronomical science with a supportive husband. She lectures to international audiences to share her passion and her knowledge. Sepideh Hooshyar is our special guest on the next Explore Now program. Watch it live today at 3:00 p.m. Central. Farah Payan of Woodland Hills Camera & Telescope has volunteered to serve as translator. Watch this simulcast live: http://www.explorescientific.com/live #sepideh #whct #explorealliance #explorescientific #telescope #space #astronomy #Anoushehansari #Einstein (at Explore Scientific USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8rjZ4Jh0_/?utm_medium=tumblr