Hubble's shot of the Pillars of Creation versus one I took from my backyard in Sacramento last night [OC]

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image showing Hubble's shot of the Pillars of Creation versus one I took from my backyard in Sacramento last night [OC]

ajamesmccarthy on June 2nd, 2019 at 00:02 UTC »

This is what $4,700,000,000 in equipment will get you versus about $4k.

My first efforts at imaging in specific wavelengths of light to cut down on the light pollution, so I set my sights on the famous pillars of creation within the Eagle Nebula. This nebula is an active star-forming region, so you can actually see the stars being formed in this photo! This is an updated version of one I posted to a different sub this morning, which better displays the pillars.

Equipment I used:

Celestron Edge HD 800

Skywatcher EQ6-R Pro

ASI1600MM-Pro

This was about an hour of aquisition data, around 30 images ranging from 60 seconds long to 5 minutes, using HA, Oiii, and Sii filters.

For more space stuff, come find me on instagram @cosmic_background.. I give live updates while capturing things like this so you can check out the behind-the-scenes. Since I captured this image less than 24 hours ago you can see how I did it, as it's still in my stories.

asianabsinthe on June 2nd, 2019 at 00:41 UTC »

Wow, didn't know a "backyard amateur" could capture this as well.

I'll try later tonight with my S10+.

SendMeToGary2 on June 2nd, 2019 at 01:32 UTC »

Wow did I ever just get sucked into your post history!! I’ve been zooming in on moon craters for ten minutes. This is really beautiful,