1Zach1
Good morning. It is February 2, and at present’s picture issues an emission nebula about 5,000 light-years away within the Cygnus constellation.
Found greater than 230 years in the past by William Herschel, astronomers consider the Crescent Nebula is shaped by the mix of an brisk stellar wind from a Wolf-Rayet star at its core, colliding with slower-moving materials ejected earlier within the star’s lifetime. Finally, this could all go supernova, which might be fairly spectacular.
Will you or I be alive to see it? Most likely not.
However within the meantime, we will benefit from the nebula for what it’s. This photograph was captured by Ars reader 1Zach1 with an Astro-Tech AT80ED Refractor telescope. It was the product of 11 hours of integration, or 228 exposures every lasting three minutes. It was taken in rural southwestern Washington.
Have a fantastic weekend, everybody.
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