More shots tonight. Beginner #astrophotography target but the results with the new little scope are amazing, especially for only 26 minutes of capture, in light polluted and cloudy skies.

M42 the Orion Nebula. #Astrodon #astronomy

RE: https://mastodon.online/@stargazerrob/116009152110101702

Fantastic photo to wake up to. 👍

Dream come true 🤩

#AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #Clonmel #Tipperary #Ireland #Mastodaoine

After yesterday’s abject failure, today is a glorious success!

Other than the eagle and the swan nebula, there are two other birds relatively close in the sky; the Seagull and Duck (aka Thors Helmet)

They are not close enough to get in a single frame, but I can just fit them in a two panel mosaic, like so.

However, they are not the same. The Seagull is mostly a giant cloud of hydrogen fueling star formation, whilst the Duck is filaments of gas expelled by a monstrous Wolf-Rayet star that will soon explode.

All of this sits in Canis Major, not terribly far from Sirius.

Also notable is that these are Gum 1, 2, 3 and 4, as classified by aussie astronomer Colin Gum.

Two 24 x 300 second exposure panels with   stacked and stretched with @Siril_Official

#astrophotography #space #astrodon