Saturday, November 8, 2014

California Nebula

The California Nebula is an emission nebula in only 1500 light years distance (it's in the Orion arm of our milky way - the same arm that we are in).

(click on the image for a full resolution image)

This was my first mosaic - I did it with Pixinsight. Overall exposure of this image is 12.7 hours (3+ hours Ha, 5 hours OIII, 4.5 hours SII).

Unfortunately, I am still fighting with vertical and also horizontals stripes in my images. You can see it in the lower right corner. But apart from that, I quite like it.
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20 comments:

  1. Kate2176October 2, 2020 at 7:56 AM

    This is so beautiful. It speaks to my soul.

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    1. Mark StriebeckOctober 2, 2020 at 8:18 AM

      Thank you - that is such a nice sentiment!

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    2. D3thN0teNovember 1, 2020 at 6:44 AM

      I just saw this on the Chromecast built in screensaver.

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    3. Mark StriebeckNovember 1, 2020 at 10:42 AM

      Hey!
      Yes, a few of my images are on there. Once a month or so, somebody somewhere on this planet tells me that they saw one of my images. That's pretty cool!

      ... well, I hope you liked it ! :-)

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  2. UnknownNovember 5, 2020 at 10:39 AM

    Fantastisch, thank you

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  3. LingogringoNovember 12, 2020 at 4:04 PM

    What an incredible image!!
    Came here via Chromecast screensaver.

    Clueless about astronomy, I assume the image was colored afterwards based on the mass makeup?

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    1. Mark StriebeckNovember 12, 2020 at 10:54 PM

      Hey - thanks!

      No, it's a so called narrowband image. Green=Ha, Blue=OIII, Red=SII. It's the so-called Hubble palette.

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  4. UnknownDecember 29, 2020 at 11:00 AM

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  5. مدريدي مجنونJune 14, 2021 at 9:16 AM

    Amazing image love your work sir
    God we are so small♥️♥️

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  6. UnknownJune 26, 2021 at 2:32 AM

    Saw it on my tv and did google to land here.....is it real ...many things in planet tat normal ppl are not aware....

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    1. Mark StriebeckNovember 16, 2022 at 12:13 PM

      yes, it is real. It's a nebula in the constellation Taurus.
      ... though the colors are not really real. All these nebulae are red'ish. But we often image them with special filters to see more of their details.

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  7. sangaviJune 26, 2021 at 12:27 PM

    I saw this amazing image on my TV and I found it was done by Mark. I really appreciate and admire your work. Thanks for the image. Keep going 🤗

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  8. kyleinaboxAugust 4, 2022 at 8:07 PM

    This looks like a slime mold in the stars and I love it

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  9. adrianhenslerNovember 14, 2022 at 8:25 PM

    I also just saw this on my Chromecast. Stunning. Thanks.

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  10. Amit Srivastava's BlogAugust 15, 2023 at 9:20 AM

    Just saw this photo in my windows screensaver with your name!!

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