OUR ASTROPHOTOGRAPY FROM EPMO MEMBERS: OUR LOCAL SKY
Below are posts from our members taking beautiful pictures of our night sky using Astrophotography skills and equipment.
M57 Ring Nebula
Location: Lyra; Distance: 2.4 ± 0.7 Thousand Light Years; Planetary Nebula; Gas expelled by red giant on way to becoming white dwarf. Diameter: 2.6 light years; Expansion Rate: 20 – 30 km/sec. Total color exposure 30 minutes.
M104 Sombrero Galaxy
M104 – Sombrero Galaxy: Location: Virgo; Distance: 29.3 ± 1.6 Million Light Years; Unbarred spiral galaxy; diameter 50,000 light years. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
NGC 891 Spiral Galaxy
Location: Andromeda; Distance: 27.3 ± 1.8 Million Light Years. Edge on, unbarred spiral galaxy. Astronomers believe our Milky Way would look like this if viewed from outside the galaxy. Total color exposure 60 minutes.
Christmas Comet 46P/Wirtanen
On Dec. 16, Comet 46P/Wirtanen made its closest approach to Earth in more than 20 years.
On Dec. 16, Comet 46P/Wirtanen made its closest approach to Earth in more than 20 years,
NGC 4565 – Needle Galaxy
NGC 4565 – Edge on Spiral Galaxy. Location: Coma Berenices. Distance: 53 ± 4 Million Light Years.
