is waiting in the dark depths of space, you might jolly well have a different outlook.
Have a look at some of the splendid photographs captured by budding astro-enthusiasts the world over..
and you might never be the same...
You could always watch the night sky with the naked eye and yet be left spellbound.
But there is no limit to what you can see with the aid of a binocular or a good telescope.
If, in addition to a telescope, you have a reasonably good digital camera, you could take pictures
(astrophotographs) of objects as faint as the nebulae or distant galaxies.
My good friend Dr.Suresh Mohan from Tamil Nadu has done just that and the results... well
.. I leave it to you judge.. I call them spectacular.
Observe M51 (also called the Whirlpool galaxy):
This is a spiral galaxy appx. 37 million light years from earth. A smaller galaxy is seen near the main spiral galaxy. (see picture above).
Or Look at the picture below:
It shows M42 or the Great Nebula in Orion...The fuzzy cloud, glowing around the central stars
is a cloud of burning gas. It is the remnant of a star that exploded (supernova) ages ago.
The amazing thing about these photos is the amount of detail visible from earth, through
a good digital camera.
2 comments:
Whooooeee !! I thought astronomy was for geeks!! youve opened my eyes. what sort of telescope are you using? is it expensive? are you part of some astronomy club? who helped you in your initial stages? and do you go out of town to some desolate place to avoid glare from streetlights?
Its really wonderful.
Hi crocodile,
I've been into astronomy sice I was in college (20 yrs.). I use a 300 $ reflector telescope. 4.5 inches in diameter. I am able to view the sky from my rooftop...
To capture deep space objects like nebulae, I use a digital camera, attached to the scope.
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