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[Synclare]

Great photo but being dense what am I looking at?

It was over 200 ,40 second exposures with the camera cooled to -15. Sleeping on the job will certainly be considered next time Im outback..

 

[ExMX5owner]

Great photo but being dense what am I looking at?

Its M42 (AKA) The great Orion Nebula. A Stellar nursery located in the sword of Orion to the unaided eye looks like a fuzzy star. under exposing the outer nebulosity would reveal a cluster of young stars in the bright central region.

 

[Synclare]

Are these what we refer to as 'stars'? The sun I believe is basically a nuclear reaction with it's gravitational pull all that prevents burning matter from spreading and frying us. Are stars the same?

 

[ExMX5owner]

Are these what we refer to as 'stars'? The sun I believe is basically a nuclear reaction with it's gravitational pull all that prevents burning matter from spreading and frying us. Are stars the same?

Simplified, yes..., you can see in that image where the gases have collapsed under gravity into the central area to coalesce into new stars, The nebula itself is estimated to be around 24 light years across, put into perspective our sun is 20 light minutes away , roughly..

 

[ExMX5owner]

The Rosette nebula, 110 images @ 40 seconds each.