Interstellar
Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a barred spiral galaxy with an estimated diameter of 100.000 light years (30 kiloparsecs). From our vantage point inside the disk of our galaxy, we see it as a hazy band of light, arching the night sky. Although all the stars we see in the sky are part of our galaxy, when we look at the region of the galactic plane, we see the huge accumulation of unresolved stars and other material forming our galaxy as this hazy band of light. For the ancient Greeks, it was the breast milk of Hera spread across the heavens, after she pushed away the infant Heracles, who was suckling from her breast.
In this photo, we see the band of our galaxy spreading from Aquila all the way to Cepheus. Apart from the light from the millions of stars, we also see bright and formations like star clusters, nebulae, and dust clouds. The bright regions emit or reflect light to us, while the darker regions are areas where interstellar dust blocks the light of distant stars. Closer towards the core of our galaxy, in the area around Aquila and Serpens, the dust clouds appear yellow to orange, due to the light of older stars in this region, while as we move towards the outskirts, white and blue dominates, from the light of younger stars. Spread across the dust clouds we see many nebulae and huge hydrogen clouds, where the new generations of stars are born.
In this photo, we see the band of our galaxy spreading from Aquila all the way to Cepheus. Apart from the light from the millions of stars, we also see bright and formations like star clusters, nebulae, and dust clouds. The bright regions emit or reflect light to us, while the darker regions are areas where interstellar dust blocks the light of distant stars. Closer towards the core of our galaxy, in the area around Aquila and Serpens, the dust clouds appear yellow to orange, due to the light of older stars in this region, while as we move towards the outskirts, white and blue dominates, from the light of younger stars. Spread across the dust clouds we see many nebulae and huge hydrogen clouds, where the new generations of stars are born.
ISO-800, f/2.2, 3x240sec tracked
--Software--
Starnet++v2
Photoshop 2022
--Equipment--
Canon EOS R
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
Sigma 24mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art
Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer
