theastrokid:Two photo’s I took last night of Jupiter and the horse head nebula.Jupiter is at oppo
theastrokid: Two photo’s I took last night of Jupiter and the horse head nebula.Jupiter is at opposition today which means Earth is directly between it and the sun thus providing us with out best views of the planet until next year.I managed to capture Jupiter and 2 of its Galilean moons, Io and Europa.Io is the most volcanic place in the solar system whereas Europa is a world inhabited by lakes of frozen liquid water and currently considered our best chance of finding life elsewhere in the solar system.The next picture was basically me having a play about with deep sky objects and thought I would have a shot at the horse head nebula.Perhaps one of the famous for its appearance it is not easy to image.Unless you are imaging from a completely light pollution free zone or have the ability to take super long exposures you will not get much detail at all.However I am quite proud of my attempt as you can slightly see the nebula and if you even look carefully and closely enough, the horse head itself. (Very closely!)The image below has been used to give you an insight into what it really looks like and has been borrowed from here http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap050321.html -- source link
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