Here is my shot of the Owl Nebula, taken at Rancho Venado last month.This nebula is called a "Planetary Nebula", although it has nothing to do with planets (except it is round like one).
These types of nebulae are the products of dying stars. As the star uses up its fuel, it loses mass and begins to collapse, ejecting material into space (in this photo, all of the material is emanating from the tiny star in the center of the Owl). But the death is not sad. Like everything else in the universe, new life springs from death (the ol' circle of life thang). The ejected material will eventually join more material, group together by gravitational attraction, heat up, and create a new star -- an endless cycle.
I took this with my newer LX200 10" scope. Here are the stats:
10" LX200 ACF f/6.7
QHY8 camera
13 x 10min Maxim, CS3
1 comment:
You've done this justice, well taken. I see you've captured the faint fuzzy galaxy adjacent to the star in the 10 o'clock position from the Owl.
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