To see more of my space photography, you can always find me on Instagram @thevastreaches
The Lobster Claw hangs in space toward the well known “W” shaped constellation of Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula, meaning it glows dimly as the hydrogen and oxygen gasses are ionized by the nearby stars.
These stars coalesce, gravitationally, from these gasses. Once they ignite nuclear fusion, the radiation pushes the clouds back into the convoluted, glowing shapes I see through my telescope.
Technical side notes... - I mount my telescope on a motorized mount that tracks opposite the Earth’s rotation, so I can reframe the target night after night and add exposure time to the image. - This image was done in narrowband light on the achromatic AR152 telescope. I find this scope to be a remarkable performer, considering its being used in a photographic capacity which it was never intended for.
✨ —> 🔭 Explore Scientific AR152 Explore Scientific .7x Reducer/Corrector ZWO ASI183MM Pro Celestron AVX HaOIII 17.2 hours total exposure
Jason, you outdid yourself with this one. The colors are stunning and I am in love with the gradual ombre of how they fade from warm to cool. Nice work kiddo.
Edit: you gotta check out the rest of Jason’s work on his Insta @thevastreaches some of his astrophotography is indescribable.
I know next to nothing about photography, so I'm not sure if it's possible to explain in terms I'd understand, but how does long exposure work with stars, given the rotation of the earth? Can you set your telescope (this is using a telescope, right?) to track, do you have to constantly reposition, or...?
![image showing This is the Lobster Claw Nebula, shot over several nights from my backyard using over 17 hours of exposure time. [OC]](c408440c-87b8-5260-8b66-9cf0f91578d2.jpg)
TheVastReaches on November 29th, 2020 at 00:01 UTC »
To see more of my space photography, you can always find me on Instagram @thevastreaches
The Lobster Claw hangs in space toward the well known “W” shaped constellation of Cassiopeia. This is an emission nebula, meaning it glows dimly as the hydrogen and oxygen gasses are ionized by the nearby stars.
These stars coalesce, gravitationally, from these gasses. Once they ignite nuclear fusion, the radiation pushes the clouds back into the convoluted, glowing shapes I see through my telescope.
Technical side notes... - I mount my telescope on a motorized mount that tracks opposite the Earth’s rotation, so I can reframe the target night after night and add exposure time to the image. - This image was done in narrowband light on the achromatic AR152 telescope. I find this scope to be a remarkable performer, considering its being used in a photographic capacity which it was never intended for.
✨ —> 🔭 Explore Scientific AR152 Explore Scientific .7x Reducer/Corrector ZWO ASI183MM Pro Celestron AVX HaOIII 17.2 hours total exposure
DanielJStein on November 29th, 2020 at 00:18 UTC »
Jason, you outdid yourself with this one. The colors are stunning and I am in love with the gradual ombre of how they fade from warm to cool. Nice work kiddo.
Edit: you gotta check out the rest of Jason’s work on his Insta @thevastreaches some of his astrophotography is indescribable.
jianantonic on November 29th, 2020 at 01:14 UTC »
I know next to nothing about photography, so I'm not sure if it's possible to explain in terms I'd understand, but how does long exposure work with stars, given the rotation of the earth? Can you set your telescope (this is using a telescope, right?) to track, do you have to constantly reposition, or...?
Anyway it's an amazing image.