View of the Chromosphere During Partial Solar Eclipse 2025 – Images and Time Lapse
Captured on 29th March 2025, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity on a special day, when a Partial Solar Eclipse was visible from from our Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, in Portugal, reaching about 30% of occultation. The time lapse sequence comprises two hours and 442 images and the same data was processed in two total different ways to shows the details on the “surface” of the chromosphere with the moon revealing its dark disc, but as well as processed with a curves inversion to help show the prominences and the light flow around, with a nice level of depth and detail. In the 4k video we can see a transition between both visions while close to the maximum of the eclipse, is possible to see a little flare at the center of the image. These are real images and not AI generated in any sense!! They have been captured with a Lunt LS100 solar telescope and a Player One Apollo-M Max.
PT: Captada a 29 de Março de 2025, as imagens de alta resolução e sequência de time-lapse mostram a actividade da cromosfera num dia especial, quando foi visível um Eclipse Solar Parcial a partir do nosso Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na aldeia da Cuemada, em Reguengos, Portugal, atingindo cerca de 30% de ocultação do disco solar, por parte da Lua. A sequência time lapse compreende duas horas e 442 imagens, sendo que os mesmos dados foram processados de duas formas totalmente diferentes para mostrar os detalhes na “superfície” da cromosfera com a lua a revelar o seu disco escuro, mas também processados com uma inversão das curvas, para ajudar a mostrar as proeminências e o fluxo de luz circundante, com um bom nível de profundidade e detalhe. No vídeo 4k podemos ver uma transição entre essas duas visões distintas. Perto do máximo do eclipse, é possível ver um pequeno flare no centro da imagem. De referir, que estas são imagens reais e não geradas por (IA) inteligência artificial !! Foram captadas com um telescópio solar Lunt LS100 e uma câmara Player One Apollo-M Max.
Above are still images captured at different times. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 442 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h of images.
PT: Acima duas imagens captadas com alguns minutos de intervalo. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 442 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
LUNT LS100 BF1800| Player One Apollo-M Max | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Large Solar Promience and AR-Flare in motion from 8th January 2025 – Time Lapse
The image and time lapse reveals the chromosphere activity on 18th January 2025, with a large prominence in motion, while an Active Region (sunspot) visible in the corner was releasing a nice eruptive filament (prominence in front of the disc). Stability of the atmosphere was average to poor, but I could capture enough images to produce the time lapse. They have been captured with a SW Esprit 120mm and a Quark Prominence filter, with the new Apollo 428M Max Pro camera from Player One Astronomy. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 162 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 50 minutes of images.
PT: A imagem e time-lapse revelam a actividade da cromosfera no dia 18 de janeiro de 2025, com uma grande proeminência em movimento, enquanto uma Região Activa (mancha solar) visível no canto inferior direito libertava um belo filamento eruptivo (proeminência na frente do disco). A estabilidade da atmosfera era mediana com momentos de forte instabilidade, mas ainda assim foi possível conseguir captar imagens suficientes para produzir um time lapse. As imagens foram captadas com um SW Esprit 120mm e um filtro Quark Prominence, com a nova Apollo 428M Max Pro camera da Player One Astronomy. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 162 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 50 minutos de imagens.
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SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo 428M Max Pro |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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A Faint Giant Prominence in Motion Captured on 21st December, 2024
Captured last year on December 21, from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity. This was my first light with the new Apollo 428M Max Pro camera from Player One Astronomy, and thanks to its high sensitivity and low noise cooled at -10, I was able to reveal this giant faint prominence in motion, dozens of times larger than our planet Earth. Stability of the atmosphere was average and the prominence was so so faint that I had to overexpose during the capture to reveal details, using then a black disc on post processing to cover the surface like a coronograph, helping drive our attention to most interesting regions of the image. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar time lapse footage comprising around 1h15 of photos.
PT: Captada no ano passado, a 21 de Dezembro, a partir do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, uma imagem de alta resolução e sequência de time-lapse revela a actividade da cromosfera neste dia. Esta foi a “first light” com a nova câmara Apollo 428M Max Pro da Player One Astronomy, e graças à sua alta sensibilidade e baixo ruído, arrefecida a -10º, foi possível revelar esta proeminência gigante e ténue em movimento, dezenas de vezes maior que o nosso planeta Terra. A estabilidade da atmosfera era mediana e a proeminência tão ténue que tive de sobre-expor o disco solar durante a captura para revelar alguns detalhes, utilizando posteriormente um disco negro no pós-processamento para cobrir a superfície como um coronógrafo, ajudando assim a dirigir a nossa atenção para as regiões mais interessantes da imagem. O resultado final é um time lapse em alta resolução 4K, composta por cerca de 1h15 de imagens.
Above are still images captured at different times. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 211 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 1h15 of images.
PT: Acima duas imagens captadas com alguns minutos de intervalo. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 211 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 1h15 de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo 428M Max Pro |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Total Lunar Eclipse Close-up Immersed in a Layer of Clouds
After finishing this image I thought….well many people will probably think that this is AI, because it seems that the moon is in between the clouds which would be odd and impossible of course, but no, this is not AI! It is a true image of the Eclipsed Moon as seen behind an intense layer of passing clouds, creating this crazy optical illusion. Below a short time lapse sequence of this moment shows how real it was. Using an HDR technique I could then recover the details on the bright side of the moon, the region not fully immersed in the Earth Shadow. Captured with a 600mm lens from Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
PT: Depois de terminar esta imagem, pensei… bem, muitas pessoas provavelmente pensarão que isto é IA, porque parece que a lua está entre as nuvens, o que seria estranho e impossível, claro, mas não, isto não é IA! Mas uma imagem verdadeira da Lua eclipsada vista por detrás de uma camada intensa de nuvens passageiras, criando esta louca ilusão de ótica. Abaixo, uma curta sequência de time-lapse deste momento, revela o quão real foi este evento celestial. Utilizando uma técnica HDR, consegui recuperar os detalhes do lado brilhante da Lua, a região não totalmente imersa na sombra da Terra. Captado com uma lente de 600 mm a partir da Costa da Caparica, Portugal.
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Total Lunar Eclipse Over the Atlantic Ocean revealing a Lunar Corona
Views of the last Total Lunar Eclipse, with an eclipsed Moon immersed in a layer of iridescent clouds, revealing a Lunar Corona over the Atlantic Ocean, as seen from Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Below a time lapse sequence as a Reel, show the event in motion.
PT: Vista do último Eclipse Lunar Total, com uma Lua parcialmente eclipsada imersa numa camada de nuvens iridescentes, revelando uma Coroa Lunar sobre o Oceano Atlântico, captada a partir da Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Em baixo, um time lapse em forma de Reel revela o evento celeste em movimento.
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Partial Total Lunar Eclipse 2025 Over the Atlantic Ocean as seen from Portugalt
Views of the last Total Lunar Eclipse over the Atlantic Ocean, almost reaching the maximum visibility – in between the clouds – and under the morning nautical twilight as seen from Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Below a time lapse sequence as a Reel, show the event in motion.
PT: Vista do último Eclipse Lunar Total sobre o Oceano Atlântico, quase a atingir a visibilidade máxima – por entre as nuvens – e sob o crepúsculo náutico matinal, captado a partir da Costa da Caparica, Portugal. Em baixo, um time lapse em forma de Reel revela o evento celeste em movimento.
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M31 Immersed in Cosmic Clouds of Glowing Ionized Hydrogen in a Colorful Starry Scene
5 Years after my first attempt of capturing Andromeda galaxy surrounded by faint Ha clouds taken with a DSLR camera back in 2020, and inspired by the recent discover by STROTTNER-DRECHSLER-SAINTY of the OIII emission arc, I decided to get back to M31 and try my Luck. The image features a long integration of around 80h in HaOIII emission using a dual band filter, to show the colorful field of faint glowing ionized hydrogen gas where the galaxy seems to be immersed in. Despite these faint clouds, all the galaxy shape has a strong emission visible with Ha 3nm filter. The large-scale clouds formations visible in the foreground, belongs to our own Milky Way as well as the several distinct colorful stars which surrounds the diffuse spiral shape. While its spiral arms stand out in visible light, the arms look like rings in the GALEX ultraviolet views. Being sites of intense star formation, the rings have been interpreted as evidence that Andromeda collided with its smaller neighbouring elliptical galaxy M32 more than 200 million years ago. Even with all my efforts and challenges along the way, 80h where not enough to achieve the demanding level of good data needed for revealing the faint OIII arc, specially difficult in OSC cameras, so after analysing the data with the help of my experienced friend Yann Saint, I took the decision of not include the OIII data on the arc for being insufficient to reveal the proper expected shape and detail. Still, the OIII signal included and visible in the arms of M31 could reveals dozens of planetary nebulae. With approximately 220,000 light-years across, Andromeda is the largest galaxy of the Local Group, which also contains the Milky Way, the Triangulum galaxy, and about 30 other smaller galaxies. I also decided to present my final view of M31 in a little different way, framing with a rotation that could help conducts our attention to the most interesting parts of the immersive hydrogen scene, keeping in mind to preserve the natural level of brightness on the core, giving a final nice light flow. So I hope you enjoy my result. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal.
PT: 5 anos após a minha primeira tentativa de captar a galáxia de Andrómeda rodeada por nuvens fracas de H-alfa, captada ainda com uma câmara DSLR no ano de 2020, e agora inspirada pela recente descoberta de STROTTNER-DRECHSLER-SAINTY do Arco de emissão OIII, decidi assim voltar a forografar a M31. A imagem apresenta uma longa integração de cerca de 80h na emissão HaOIII usando um filtro de banda dupla, para mostrar o campo colorido de gás hidrogénio ionizado brilhante e ténue, onde a galáxia parece estar imersa. Apesar destas nuvens ténues toda a galáxia tem uma forte emissão visível com filtro Ha 3nm. As formações de nuvens vermelhas de grande escala visíveis em primeiro plano, pertencem à nossa Via Láctea, bem como as várias estrelas coloridas distintas que rodeiam a forma espiral difusa. Embora os seus braços espirais se destaquem na luz visível, os braços parecem anéis nas imagens ultravioleta do GALEX. Sendo locais de intensa formação estelar, os anéis foram interpretados como evidência de que Andrómeda colidiu com a sua galáxia elíptica vizinha mais pequena, M32, há mais de 200 milhões de anos. Mesmo com todos os meus esforços e desafios ao longo do caminho, 80h não foram suficientes para atingir o nível exigente de informação que permitisse revelar o fraco arco OIII, especialmente difícil em câmaras OSC. Pelo que após analisar os dados com a ajuda do meu experiente amigo Yann Saint, tomei a decisão de não incluir o sinal OIII relativo ao arco por ser insuficiente para revelar a forma expectável e os detalhes que pretendia. Ainda assim, o sinal OIII incluído e visível nos braços da M31 permitiu revelar dezenas de nebulosas planetárias. Com aproximadamente 220.000 anos-luz de diâmetro, Andrómeda é a maior galáxia do Grupo Local, que contém também a Via Láctea, a galáxia do Triângulo e cerca de 30 outras galáxias mais pequenas. Por fim, decidi apresentar a minha visão final da M31 de uma forma ligeiramente diferente, enquadrando-a com uma rotação que premitisse ajudar a direcionar a nossa atenção para as partes mais interessantes neste cenário imersivo de hidrogénio, tendo em mente preservar o nível natural de brilho no núcleo, dando um fluxo de luz mais charmoso e suave. Espero que gostem! A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Reguengos, Portugal.
Above and Below: A portrait and rotated version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acimea e em baixo: A versão em formato retrato e com rotação de 180º, com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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Omegon 76ED Apo triplet on a EQ6-Pro auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Camera ZEUS 455C Pro from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 81h (78.5h in HaOIII + 2.5h in RGB) captured during 5 months between October 2024 and January 2025. Processing on PixInsight 1.9.2 and Photoshop CC 2025. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Bluish Planetary Nebulae HFG1 and Abell 6 Immersed in a Glowing Field of Hydrogen Gas
Captured in HaOIII and RGB light, the image features a deep wide field view immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where small planetary nebulae Abell 6 and larger HFG1 (Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1 nebula type) seems to live, in the constellation of Cassiopeia. Being both remnants from the last phase of a medium star like our Sun. HFG1 features a bluish arc shaped shock wave, created by the binary star system V664 Cas, which comprises a white dwarf and a red giant star only a few million kilometres apart from each other. The small bright bluish ball visible near the center of the image, is known as Abell 6. Those kind of planetary nebulae, has a short life span of only about 10,000 years, becoming then invisible due to a lack of ultraviolet light emitted by the stars that create them. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal.
PT: Captada em diferentes comprimentos de onda entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB, a imagem apresenta uma visão ampla e profunda, imersa no brilho do gás hidrogénio ionizado, onde a pequena nebulosa planetárias Abell 6 e a mais extensa HFG1 (nebulosa planetária de tipo: Heckathorn-Fesen-Gull 1) parecem viver, na constelação de Cassiopeia. Sendo ambos remanescentes da última fase de uma estrela média como o nosso Sol. HFG1 apresenta uma onda de choque em forma de arco azulado, criada pelo sistema estelar binário V664 Cas, que compreende uma anã branca e uma estrela gigante vermelha, orbitando a apenas alguns milhões de quilómetros de distância uma da outra. A pequena bola azulada brilhante visível perto do centro da imagem, é conhecida como Abell 6. Este tipo de nebulosa planetária tem uma vida curta de apenas cerca de 10.000 anos, tornando-se então invisível devido à falta de luz ultravioleta emitida pelas estrelas que as criaram. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 54,5h (53h in HaOIII + 1,5h in RGB. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Planets Aligned with Zodiacal Light agains the Winter Path of Milky Galaxy
The faint path of Zodiacal Light shining along the ecliptic plane, also highlighting some of the brightest planets visible in the winter starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal. Best seen between late January and early April from the northern hemisphere at the end of nautical twilight, the zodiacal light is a faint light beam that extends along the ecliptic plane, where are located the constellations of the Zodiac. It is caused by the scattering of sunlight in cosmic dust particles that can be found scattered all over the Solar System. In conjunction and close to the horizon, against the faint light are shining planet Venus and Saturn. Neptune and Uranus are also marked on the photo, but not visible with naked eye. Follow the faint path we will find at the zenith, Planet Jupiter, not faraway from Pleiades star cluster. In the opposite direction, the red planet, Mars, is forming a perfect line with Castor and Pollux, the main bright stars from Gemini constellation. High in the sky, at the right side of Zodiacal light and close to the winter Milky Way path, Andromeda galaxy M31 and M33 are still visible. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
PT: A imagem revela o ténue percurso da Luz Zodiacal brilhando ao longo do plano da eclíptica, destacando também alguns dos planetas mais brilhantes visíveis nos céus estrelados de Inverno do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Mais facilmente visível entre o final de Janeiro e o início de Abril – a partir do hemisfério norte – ao final do crepúsculo náutico, a luz zodiacal é um feixe de luz suave que se estende ao longo do plano da eclíptica, onde se encontram as constelações do Zodíaco. É causada pela dispersão da luz solar em partículas de poeira cósmica que podem ser encontradas e espalhadas por todo o Sistema Solar. Em conjunção e perto do horizonte, contra a emissão esbranquiçada da luz zodiacal, brilham os planetas Vénus e Saturno. Neptuno e Urano também estão assinalados na imagem VR360, não sendo contudo visíveis a olho nu. Seguindo o caminho ténue até ao zénite, encontraremos o planeta Júpiter, e perto deste, o enxame estelar das Pleiades. Na direção oposta, o planeta vermelho, Marte, forma uma linha perfeita com Castor e Pólux, as principais estrelas brilhantes da constelação de Gémeos. No alto do céu e à direita da luz zodiacal, perto da trajetória da Via Láctea de Inverno, brilham as galáxias de Andrómeda M31 e M33. O leitor pode assim experienciar esta Realidade Virtual de alta-resolução 7K, usando o seu desktop ou smartphone com giroscópio. Uma ótima experiência “in loco” pode ser alcançada se usar óculos de realidade virtual.
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All Sky VR 360 Reveals Zodiacal Light and Winter Planets Shining above Dark Sky® Alqueva fields
A full dome and 360º Virtual Reality nightscape scene reveals the faint path of Zodiacal Light shining along the ecliptic plane, also highlighting some of the brightest planets visible in the winter starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal. Best seen between late January and early April from the northern hemisphere at the end of nautical twilight, the zodiacal light is a faint light beam that extends along the ecliptic plane, where are located the constellations of the Zodiac. It is caused by the scattering of sunlight in cosmic dust particles that can be found scattered all over the Solar System. In conjunction and close to the horizon, against the faint light are shining planet Venus and Saturn. Neptune and Uranus are also marked on the photo, but not visible with naked eye. Follow the faint path we will find at the zenith, Planet Jupiter, not faraway from Pleiades star cluster. In the opposite direction, the red planet, Mars, is forming a perfect line with Castor and Pollux, the main bright stars from Gemini constellation. High in the sky, at the right side of Zodiacal light and close to the winter Milky Way path, Andromeda galaxy M31 and M33 are still visible. For another rotated version, click here. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
PT: Um cenário All Sky e de Realidade Virtual 360º revela o ténue percurso da Luz Zodiacal brilhando ao longo do plano da eclíptica, destacando também alguns dos planetas mais brilhantes visíveis nos céus estrelados de Inverno do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Mais facilmente visível entre o final de Janeiro e o início de Abril – a partir do hemisfério norte – ao final do crepúsculo náutico, a luz zodiacal é um feixe de luz suave que se estende ao longo do plano da eclíptica, onde se encontram as constelações do Zodíaco. É causada pela dispersão da luz solar em partículas de poeira cósmica que podem ser encontradas e espalhadas por todo o Sistema Solar. Em conjunção e perto do horizonte, contra a emissão esbranquiçada da luz zodiacal, brilham os planetas Vénus e Saturno. Neptuno e Urano também estão assinalados na imagem VR360, não sendo contudo visíveis a olho nu. Seguindo o caminho ténue até ao zénite, encontraremos o planeta Júpiter, e perto deste, o enxame estelar das Pleiades. Na direção oposta, o planeta vermelho, Marte, forma uma linha perfeita com Castor e Pólux, as principais estrelas brilhantes da constelação de Gémeos. No alto do céu e à direita da luz zodiacal, perto da trajetória da Via Láctea de Inverno, brilham as galáxias de Andrómeda M31 e M33. Para ver uma versão com rotação diferente, clique aqui. O leitor pode assim experienciar esta Realidade Virtual de alta-resolução 7K, usando o seu desktop ou smartphone com giroscópio. Uma ótima experiência “in loco” pode ser alcançada se usar óculos de realidade virtual.
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Zodiacal Light and Winter Planets Shining with Andromeda above Dark Sky® Alqueva fields
The image reveals the faint path of Zodiacal Light shining along the ecliptic plane, also highlighting some of the brightest planets visible in the winter starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal. Best seen between late January and early April from the northern hemisphere at the end of nautical twilight, the zodiacal light is a faint light beam that extends along the ecliptic plane, where are located the constellations of the Zodiac. It is caused by the scattering of sunlight in cosmic dust particles that can be found scattered all over the Solar System. In conjunction and close to the horizon, against the faint light are shining planet Venus and Saturn. Follow the faint path we will find at the top left corner Planet Jupiter. Not faraway from Pleiades star cluster, will be also located Uranus, not visible though with naked eye. At the right center, Andromeda galaxy M31 is forming almost a perfect triangle with Jupiter and Venus, fulfilling the entire scene.
PT: A imagem revela o ténue percurso da Luz Zodiacal brilhando ao longo do plano da eclíptica, destacando também alguns dos planetas mais brilhantes visíveis nos céus estrelados de Inverno do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Mais facilmente visível entre o final de Janeiro e o início de Abril – a partir do hemisfério norte – ao final do crepúsculo náutico, a luz zodiacal é um feixe de luz suave que se estende ao longo do plano da eclíptica, onde se encontram as constelações do Zodíaco. É causada pela dispersão da luz solar em partículas de poeira cósmica que podem ser encontradas e espalhadas por todo o Sistema Solar. Em conjunção e perto do horizonte, contra a emissão esbranquiçada da luz zodiacal, brilham os planetas Vénus e Saturno. Seguindo o caminho ténue e encontraremos no canto superior esquerdo o Planeta Júpiter. Não muito longe do enxame estelar das Pléiades, encontra-se ainda o planeta Urano, embora não seja perceptível na imagem nem igualmente visível a olho nu. No centro direito, a galáxia de Andrómeda M31 forma um asterismo triangular quase perfeito com os planetas Júpiter e Vénus, situados nos extremos opostos desse triângulo equilátero, preenchendo todo o cenário deste retrato astronómico.
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Dark Sky® Alqueva – The Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime
2024 Oficial Dark Sky® Alqueva Video. I’ve created a new video released for the first time in the World Travel Awards ceremony! The 1 minute “Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime” also become the 2024/2025 official video of Dark Sky® Alqueva. I hope you enjoy it and maybe add us to your bucket list! It was with enormous honor and joy that Dark Sky saw its work recognized worldwide in the grand final of the World Travel Awards, thus winning the World’s Responsible Tourism Award 2024. Pioneer in the development of astrotourism, has created its first destination in 2007, Dark Sky® Alqueva. It was the first Starlight Tourism Destination in the world and the first cross-border. Certified in 2011 by the Starlight Foundation, this destination currently comprises 11 municipalities in Portugal and covers an area of over 10,000 square kilometers around the Great Lake of Alqueva, including Spanish territory. Dark Sky® Alqueva has been an internationally awarded destination throughout its existence, a fact that motivates us and helps to renew the necessary strength to continue working towards sustainability and the protection of the night sky.
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Telescopes at work in the Winter Sky and Moonlight captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory
On an assignment for SOU- Secrets of the Universe, I did a time lapse comprising 6h of images and 700 frames, showing my two different telescopes at work in our Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory. While they are both collecting photons from the cosmos, against the winter sky is visible the Milky Way path with beautiful Orion shining bright, until the moment when bright moonlight rises and fill up the entire sky.
PT: A imagem de capa é o resultado de um trabalho encomendado pelo SOU- Secrets of the Universe, onde captei um time lapse composto por 6h de imagens e 700 fotogramas, que revela dois telescópios diferentes a trabalhar no nosso Observatório Dark Sky® Alqueva. Enquanto ambos recolhem fotões do cosmos, contra o céu de inverno é visível o percurso da Via Láctea com a constelação de Orion a brilhar intensamente, até ao momento em que o luar brilhante surge e enche todo o céu!
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Conjunction between Mars and Jupiter Shining Bright against the Winter Sky of Dark Sky® Alqueva
The image reveals the arrival of winter constellations in the starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva captured in one of the nights when conjunction between Mars and Jupiter was visible. They can be seen as major “bright stars” rising very close to each other and under the branches of the tree. In the background, a layer of high clouds are mixed with greenish hues from airglow. Blueish young star cluster of Pleaides is also dominating the central sky on the image.
PT: A imagem revela a chegada das constelações de Inverno aos céus estrelados do Dark Sky® Alqueva captada numa das noites em que era visível a conjunção entre Marte e Júpiter. Podem ser vistas como grandes “estrelas brilhantes” que nascem muito próximas uma da outra sob os ramos da árvore. Ao fundo, uma camada de nuvens altas mistura-se com tons esverdeados, provenientes da presença de airglow, a luminiscência fotoquímica da atmosfera.
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Milky Way Mixed with a Layer of Greenish Airglow, while Setting Behind a Tree from Dark Sky® Alqueva
The image reveals the Milky Way bright core while setting behind a tree in one of the fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. In the background, a layer of high clouds are mixed with greenish hues from airglow.
PT: A imagem revela a coração da Via Láctea, enquanto este se deitava no horizonte por detrás da silhueta de uma árvore, numa das incríveis paisagens do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. No céu de fundo, é ainda possível ver nuvens altas e finas que se misturam com uma tonalidade esverdeada, proveniente da presença de airglow, luminiscência fotoquímica da atmosfera.
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Big Dipper Setting Behind a Tree as Seen from Dark Sky® Alqueva
The image reveals Ursa Minor or the Little Dipper, and Ursa Major, the Big Dipper while setting behind a tree in one of the fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
PT: A imagem revela a constelação da Ursa Menor e Ursa Maior, enquanto esta última se deitava no horizonte por detrás da silhueta de uma árvore, numa das incríveis paisagens do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal!
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Trees – Welcoming the Winter in the Starry Skies of Alqueva – Time Lapse
I hope you enjoy most recent video time lapse showing the arrival of winter constellations in the starry skies of Dark Sky® Alqueva captured in one of the nights when conjunction between Mars and Jupiter was visible. They can be seen at the end as two major “bright stars” rising very close to each other under the branches of Alqueva Trees. Those same trees that have their arms open to the Universe…how many stories of history they have recorded in their roots….to me, Trees are like Wise Silent Observers…the ancient stargazers made from one of the rarest “elements” in the Universe…as “wood” only exists on planet Earth, at least, according to our present knowledge, maybe we can find proof of life in other planets….but, didn’t happened, yet!.
PT: Espero que gostem do mais recente vídeo time lapse que mostra a chegada das constelações de inverno aos céus estrelados do Dark Sky® Alqueva, captado numa das noites em que a conjunção entre Marte e Júpiter era visível. Visíveis no vídeo como duas “estrelas brilhantes” a surgirem muito próximas uma da outra sob os ramos das árvores do Alqueva. Essas mesmas árvores que têm os braços abertos para o Universo…quantas histórias, durante a prórpria história da humanidade não estarão registadas nas suas raízes?! Para mim, as árvores são como observadores sábios e silenciosos….os mais antigos stargazers feitos de um dos “elementos” mais raros do Universo….a madeira! Só existe no planeta Terra, pelo menos, de acordo com o nosso conhecimento actual, talvez possamos encontrar provas de vida noutros planetas….mas, ainda não aconteceu e ainda assim, a madeira poderá não existir lá!
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Stunning View of Milky Way and Comet A3 Atlas in Between a Dead Tree Captured with Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from Dark Sky® Alqueva in Portugal
I believe this is probably one of my best images of the Comet A3 Atlas. And if I tell you that it was not taken with any fancy DSLR or Mirrorless camera…but, with the new smartphone: Google Pixel 9 Pro XL…insane, right?! This is a photo I captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal, on 25th October 2024 and it shows the Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas, crossing the skies close to Milky Way galaxy and in between the branches of a dead tree, near Alqueva lake. What an incredible nigh! This is a single 4 minutes integration in Night Mode, without star tracker, where the Pixel 9 combines 15 short exposures of 16 seconds each. The 50 MP Raw (DNG 16 bits file) was then processed in Adobe Camera Raw like a normal nightscape astrophotography. The Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL they will definitely be a game changer!
PT: Acredito que esta seja, provavelmente, uma das minhas melhores imagens do Cometa A3 Atlas. E se vos disser que não foi tirada com nenhuma DSLR sofisticada ou câmara Mirrorless…mas, com o novo smartphone: Google Pixel 9 Pro XL…uma loucura, quase inacreditável! Esta é uma foto que captei a partir do território certificado do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, no dia 25 de Outubro de 2024 e que mostra o Cometa C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas, a cruzar os céus perto da Via Láctea e visível por entre os ramos de uma árvore morta localizada perto do lago Alqueva. Que noite incrível! Esta é uma integração única de 4 minutos no Modo Nocturno, sem seguimento das estrelas, onde o Pixel 9 combina 15 exposições curtas de 16 segundos cada. O Raw de 50 MP (ficheiro DNG de 16 bits) foi então processado no Adobe Camera Raw como uma astrofotografia nocturna normal. O Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL será definitivamente um game changer, num futuro próximo!
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Smartphone Astrophoto Shows a Colorful Startrail Captured with Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from Dark Sky® Alqueva Headquarters
Another example of the capabilities of smartphones for nightscape imaging taken with the new Google Pixel 9 Pro XL from our headquarters at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal, showing our historic building under the red lights – friendly for night time environment – and above it, the colorful paths from Orion constellations bright stars. Captured during 1h, with short exposures of 16 seconds each, then combined to create the startrail image. Smartphones like Google Pixel 9 Pro XL they will definitely be a game changer in a short future.
PT: Outro exemplo das capacidades dos smartphones para imagens de paisagens noturnas. Captada com o novo Google Pixel 9 Pro XL na nossa sede do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, a imagem revela o nosso edifício histórico sob as luzes vermelhas – adequadas para ambientes nocturnos – e acima dele, os caminhos coloridos das estrelas brilhantes da constelação de Orionte. Captado durante 1h, com exposições curtas de 16 segundos cada, posteriormente combinadas para criar um startrail. O Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL será certamente um game changer num futuro curto.
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Smartphone Astrophoto with Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Shows a Time Lapse from Dark Sky® Alqueva Official Observatory
A new time lapse to show the capabilities of Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL for imaging nightscapes! This is a time lapse of 200 single shots of 16 seconds each, captured in sequence, from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory. While my telescope was operating, in the background sky Pleiades star cluster M45 was rising as a bluish young group of stars, shining bright. Few years ago, this would just be a dream unreachable….but nowadays – thanks to technology and evolution- smartphones like Google Pixel 9 Pro XL they will definitely change the game in a near future.
PT: Neste time-lapse podemos ver as capacidades do smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL para imagens nocturnas! Trata-se de um time lapse de 200 imagens únicas de 16 segundos cada, captadas em sequência, no Observatório Dark Sky® Alqueva. Enquanto o meu telescópio operava, no céu de fundo surgia o enxame estelar Pleaides M45, visível como um jovem grupo azulado de estrelas, brilhando intensamente. Há alguns anos, este seria apenas um sonho inalcançável… mas hoje em dia – graças à tecnologia e à evolução – smartphones como o Google Pixel 9 Pro XL vão definitivamente mudar o jogo, num futuro bem próximo.
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Smartphone Astrophoto with Google Pixel 9 Pro XL Shows a Telescope and the Polar Constellations at Dark Sky® Alqueva Skies
Another smartphone nightscape taken with the new Google Pixel Pro 9 XL from Dark Sky® Alqueva, before a private stargazing session at São Lourenço do Barrocal, showing one of our telescopes and the polar constellations. A single photo of 4 min exposure – without star tracker- processed from a Raw file with 50 Megapixels captured with the 6.7mm lens 1x (equivalent to a 24mm at f1.7 on a DSLR camera). Smartphones like @googlepixel 9 Pro XL they will definitely be a game changer in a short future. More images to come so stay tuned!
PT: Mais uma paisagem nocturna captada com o novo Google Pixel Pro 9 XL a partir do Dark Sky® Alqueva, antes de uma sessão privada de observação de estrelas em São Lourenço do Barrocal, mostrando um dos nossos telescópios e as constelações polares. A imagem é uma única foto de 4 min de exposição – sem qualquer startracker – processada a partir de um ficheiro Raw com 50 Megapixels, captada com a lente 6.7mm 1x (equivalente a uma 24mm a f1 . 7 numa câmara DSLR). Smartphones como o @googlepixel 9 Pro XL serão certamente um “game changer” num futuro próximo.
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First Light in the Winter Milky Way with New Smartphone Google Pixel 9 Pro XL as Seen from Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal
First Light with smartphone #googlepixel9proxl taken from the observatory roof at Dark Sky® Alqueva, showing the winter constellations from Auriga up to Cassiopeia including some deepsky gems like California nebula, Heart & Soul nebula, blueish young star cluster of Pleiades M45 or even M31 and M33 galaxies in the top right corner. I was very impressed with such result, using the night mode, without star tracker, the image is a single photo of 4 min exposure, from a Raw file with 50 Megapixels captured with the 6.7mm lens 1x (equivalent to a 24mm at f1.7 on a DSLR camera). Smartphones like @googlepixel 9 Pro XL they will definitely be a game changer in a short future. More images to come so stay tuned.
PT: First Light com smartphone #googlepixel9proxl captada a partir do telhado do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, mostrando as constelações de inverno desde Auriga até Cassiopeia, incluindo algumas jóias do céu profundo como a nebulosa da Califórnia, a nebulosa do Coração e da Alma, o jovem aglomerado estelar azulado das Pleiades M45 ou ainda M31 e a Galáxias M33 no canto superior direito. Fiquei muito impressionado com este resultado utilizando o modo nocturno do Pixel 9 Pro e sem seguimento das estrelas com startracker. A imagem é uma única foto de 4 min de exposição, processada a partir de um ficheiro Raw com 50 Megapixels, captada com a lente 6.7mm 1x (equivalente a uma 24mm a f1 . 7 numa câmara DSLR). Smartphones como o @googlepixel 9 Pro XL serão certamente um “game changer” num futuro próximo.
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Flying Behind a Tree and Close to Milky Way – Photo and Time Lapse
The image and time lapse shows C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas flying across the background starry skies of Alqueva at @darkskyalqueva, Portugal, in a winter moonless night while the Milky Way still visible. In the foreground, a beautiful tree and a van, shows the amazing experience of being under the stars enjoying the nature in its best.
PT: A imagem e time lapse mostram o cometa C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas a atravessar os céus do Alqueva, numa noite de inverno e sem lua, enquanto a Via Láctea ainda é visível. Em primeiro plano, uma bonita árvore e uma auto-caravana, mostram a incrível experiência de estar sob as estrelas e a apreciar a magia que a natureza tem para oferecer.
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas on a Farewell Before Start the Next Journey of 80,000 years
The image and time lapse shows C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas flying across the background starry skies of Alqueva at @darkskyalqueva, Portugal, in a winter moonless night revealing both Milky Way and the comet on a farewell. Milky Way core for about 6 months but A3 Atlas for a long journey of 80,000 years.
PT: A imagem e time lapse mostram o cometa C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas a atravessar os céus do Alqueva. Em pano de fundo é possível ver a Via Láctea e o céu estrelado do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, numa noite de inverno e sem lua, enquanto o cometa A3 Atlas se despede para uma longa jornada de 80.000 anos!
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Flying Close to Milky Way over Alqueva Lake – Photo and Time Lapse
The image and time lapse shows C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas flying across the background starry skies of Alqueva at @darkskyalqueva, Portugal, in a winter moonless night revealing both Milky Way and the comet on a farewell. Milky Way core for about 6 months but A3 Atlas for a long journey of 80,000 years.
PT: A imagem e time lapse mostram o cometa C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas a atravessar os céus do Alqueva. Em pano de fundo é possível ver a Via Láctea e o céu estrelado do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, numa noite de inverno e sem lua, enquanto o cometa A3 Atlas se despede para uma longa jornada de 80.000 anos!
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Shining in All Its Glory
Finally I got time to process my close-up image taken from Dark Sky® Alqueva with 300mm prime lens f2.8, on 13th October, when C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas was revealing an impressive level of brightness and details, as well as a cool anti-tail frontal spike. It seems that the ion tail is also visible and a prominent dust tail. I processed this one with my deepsky techniques to recover as much as possible the original color and details hidden in the dust tail, washed out, easily, due to the bluish background scattered light from Moon and Twilight. 75 short exposures of 10 seconds at ISO1600, comprising around 12 minutes of images.
PT: Finalmente tive tempo para processar o meu close-up captado a partir dos céus do nosso Dark Sky® Alqueva com uma objectiva prime de 300mm f2.8, no dia 13 de outubro, quando C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas revelava um nível impressionante de brilho e detalhe, além de um “espigão frontal” denominado de anti-cauda. Parece que a cauda de iões também se tornou visível aliada a uma cauda de poeira bastante proeminente. Processei esta imagem com as minhas técnicas de deepsky para recuperar o mais possível a cor original e os detalhes escondidos na cauda de poeira, facilmente ocultada, devido ao fundo azulado causado pela dispersão da luz da Lua e do crepúsculo. 75 exposições curtas de 10 segundos a ISO1600, compreendendo cerca de 12 minutos de imagens.
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Featuring an Anti-Tail while Shining Under the Moonlight
Yesterday 13th October 2024, was a special day to capture the Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS as the Earth was passing through the comet’s orbital plane, and this is causing the comet to sprout an ‘anti-tail.’ It’s clearly visible the frontal spike coming out of the comet’s head. The image was taken from a beautiful field at Dark Sky® Alqueva territory in Portugal. The Moonlight was shining bright so it helped to illuminate quite well the landscape. Now the comet is clearly visible with naked-eye. I have more images and time lapses so stay tuned.
PT: Ontem 13 de Outubro, foi um dia especial para captar o cometa Tsuchinshan-ATLAS enquanto a Terra passava pelo plano orbital do cometa, fazendo com que o cometa produza uma ‘anti-cauda’. É claramente visível o “espigão” frontal que sai da cabeça do cometa. A imagem foi tirada a partir da paisagem encantadora do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. O luar estava a brilhante e ajudou a iluminar muito bem a zona envolvente. Agora o cometa é claramente visível a olho nu. Em baixo é ainda possível ver um time lapse do momento e um “behind the scene” captado pela Apolónia Rodrigues com um iPhone 13 Pro Max.
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas in the Morning Twilight Before Deeply Dive into the Sun’s Glare
Here is my latest view of C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas captured on 30th September in the morning twilight, from Alandroal, Dark Sky® Alqueva territory in Portugal, before deeply dive into the Sun’s glare. Let’s hope for the best display after mid October when it will reach the closest point to Earth on October 12th and emerge from the Sun’s glare being again visible, this time, in the western horizon after sunset.
PT: Eis a minha última imagem do C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas captada no dia 30 de Setembro, ao crepúsculo da manhã, no Alandroal, território Dark Sky® Alqueva em Portugal, antes de mergulhar profundamente no brilho do Sol. Esperemos que atinja a sua melhor aparição depois de meados de Outubro, quando estará no ponto mais próximo da Terra no dia 12 de Outubro emergindo do brilho solar, e tornando-se assim novamente visível, desta vez, no horizonte ocidental e logo após o pôr-do-sol.
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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Under the Morning Twilight above Alqueva lake, Portugal
Another view of C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas near the lake Alqueva at Dark Sky® Alqueva certified territory, in Portugal, taken three days ago (29th September) in the morning twilight. Brightness keeps increasing but as well as the twilight interference so it’s not yet, so spectacular as it is in the southern hemisphere or equator. Let’s hope for the best display after mid October when it will reach the closest point to Earth on the 12th.
PT: Mais uma visão do C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas perto do lago Alqueva no território certificado Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, tirada há três dias (29 de Setembro) no crepúsculo da manhã. O brilho continua a aumentar tal como a interferência do crepúsculo. Ainda não se mostra tão espectacular como no hemisfério sul ou no equador. Esperemos que se venha a tornar ainda mais deslumbrante depois de meados de Outubro, quando atingirá o ponto mais próximo da Terra, no próximo dia 12.
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First View of Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas Under the Morning Twilight as Seen from Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal
Finally I got the chance to photograph the comet this morning (28th September) and under the nautical twilight providing an incredible color display! High clouds were there all the time giving me only a little opportunity to capture C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas from our beautiful landscape at Dark Sky® Alqueva certified territory, in Portugal.
PT: Finalmente tive a oportunidade de fotografar o cometa pela primeira vez na manhã de 28 de Setembro, sob a influência do crepúsculo náutico, proporcionando uma exibição de cores distincta e incrível! As núvens altas estiveram lá o tempo todo, permitindo apenas uma pequena oportunidade de captar o C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas a partir da paisagem exótica do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
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Dramatic Northern Lights Display as Seen from Portugal at 38º above Alqueva Lake – Photo and Time lapse
Captured on 10th of October, 2024, the image adn time lapse reveals an impressive display of northern lights in the presence of moonlight as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I and Apolónia, we both could see them with naked eye around midnight. The weather was not perfect and a bit cloudy, but it ended up creating an even more dramatic and spectacular display over Monsaraz Castle and lake Alqueva.
PT: Captada em 10 de Outubro de 2024, a imagem e time lapse revelam uma impressionante exibição das auroras boreais na presença do luar, vistas a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Eu e a Apolónia pudemos inclusivamente observá-las a olho nu de forma subtil, por volta da meia-noite. O tempo não estava perfeito e um pouco nublado, mas acabou por criar uma exibição ainda mais dramática e espectacular sobre o Castelo de Monsaraz e o Grande Lago Alqueva.
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Reddish Northern Lights Display as Seen from Portugal at 38º above Alqueva Lake and Monsaraz Castle
Captured on 10th of October, 2024, the image and time lapse reveals an impressive colorful display of northern lights in the presence of moonlight as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I and Apolónia, we both could see them with naked eye around midnight. The weather was not perfect and a bit cloudy, but it ended up creating an even more dramatic and spectacular display over Monsaraz Castle and lake Alqueva.
PT: Captada em 10 de Outubro de 2024, a imagem e time lapse revelam uma impressionante exibição colorida das auroras boreais na presença do luar, vistas a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Eu e a Apolónia pudemos inclusivamente observá-las a olho nu de forma subtil, por volta da meia-noite. O tempo não estava perfeito e um pouco nublado, mas acabou por criar uma exibição ainda mais dramática e espectacular sobre o Castelo de Monsaraz e o Grande Lago Alqueva.
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Pink Reddish Northern Lights Display as Seen from Portugal at 38º above Alqueva Lake
Captured on 10th of October, 2024, the image and time lapse reveals an impressive colorful display of northern lights in the presence of moonlight as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I and Apolónia, we both could see them with naked eye around midnight. The weather was not perfect and a bit cloudy, but it ended up creating an even more dramatic and spectacular display over Monsaraz Castle and lake Alqueva.
PT: Captada em 10 de Outubro de 2024, a imagem e time lapse revelam uma impressionante exibição colorida das auroras boreais na presença do luar, vistas a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Eu e a Apolónia pudemos inclusivamente observá-las a olho nu de forma subtil, por volta da meia-noite. O tempo não estava perfeito e um pouco nublado, mas acabou por criar uma exibição ainda mais dramática e espectacular sobre o Castelo de Monsaraz e o Grande Lago Alqueva.
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Pinkish Northern Lights Display as Seen from Portugal at 38º above Alqueva Lake
Captured on 10th of October, 2024, the image adn time lapse reveals an impressive display of northern lights in the presence of moonlight as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I and Apolónia, we both could see them with naked eye around midnight. The weather was not perfect and a bit cloudy, but it ended up creating an even more dramatic and spectacular display over Monsaraz Castle and lake Alqueva.
PT: Captada em 10 de Outubro de 2024, a imagem e time lapse revelam uma impressionante exibição das auroras boreais na presença do luar, vistas a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Eu e a Apolónia pudemos inclusivamente observá-las a olho nu de forma subtil, por volta da meia-noite. O tempo não estava perfeito e um pouco nublado, mas acabou por criar uma exibição ainda mais dramática e espectacular sobre o Castelo de Monsaraz e o Grande Lago Alqueva.
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Northern Lights Under the Moonlight above Alqueva Lake at 38º Latitude, Portugal
Captured on 10th of October, 2024, the panoramic image reveals an impressive display of northern lights in the presence of moonlight as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I and Apolónia, we both could see them with naked eye around midnight. The weather was not perfect and a bit cloudy, but it ended up creating an even more dramatic and spectacular display over Monsaraz Castle and lake Alqueva.
PT: Captada em 10 de Outubro de 2024, a imagem panorâmica revela uma impressionante exibição das auroras boreais na presença do luar, vistas a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Eu e a Apolónia pudemos inclusivamente observá-las a olho nu de forma subtil, por volta da meia-noite. O tempo não estava perfeito e um pouco nublado, mas acabou por criar uma exibição ainda mais dramática e espectacular sobre o Castelo de Monsaraz e o Grande Lago Alqueva.
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Massive Clouds of Hydrogen Gas Glowing in Cepheus Revealed in a Deep Wide Scene
The deep wide field scene shows in Ha and OIII emission, the large complexity of bright and dark nebulosity located in Cepheus constellation. The view is amazing revealing a tremendous amount of hydrogen gas in a large field of view, comprising dozens of well know nebulae such as the large bright cloud where is located the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula IC1396, up to the opposite edge where is visible Lobster Claw Nebula SH2-157. It’s also Incredible to compare the differences in angular size between some of these objects that we are used to see in close-up images, such as the bright shell of Flying Bat with the embedded blueish Squid Nebula or the the Lion Nebula Sh2-132 Immersed in a glowing field of ionised hydrogen and oxygen gas (Ha and OIII emission). At the end is available the annotated detailed version containing the main objects visible in the image. Captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal.
PT: Este campo amplo e profundo mostras nas emissões do comprimento de onda Ha (hidrogénio) e OIII (oxigénio), a grande complexidade de nebulosidade brilhante e escura localizada na cosntelação do Cefeu. A visão é incrível, revelando uma tremenda quantidade de gás hidrogénio-alfa num grande campo de visão que compreende dezenas de nebulosas bem conhecidas, como a grande nuvem brilhante onde se encontra a Nebulosa da Tromba do Elefante até ao extremo oposto da imagem onde é possível ver a Nebulosa Garra de Lagosta SH2-157. Também é igualmente interessante comparar as diferenças de tamanho angular entre alguns destes objetos que estamos habituados a ver em imagens close-up, como a concha brilhante do Morcego Voador com a sua Nebulosa da Lula azulada embutida ou a Nebulosa do Leão Sh2-132 imersa no brilho do gás hidrogénio e oxigénio ionizado (emissão de Ha e OIII). No final da página encontra-se uma versão com a anotação detalhada dos principais objectos visíveis na imagem. Captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal.
Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image.
PT: Em baixo: A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem.
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Canon Lens 70-200mm f/2.8 set to 70mm + Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total of 21h (18h in HaOII + 3h25 min in RGB). Mount EQ6 Pro – N.I.N.A. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-3, photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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The Beauty of Solar Activity – CME, Flares, Prominence Eruptions and an Acacia Tree
A solar time lapse of an entire full disc of the sun captured on September 2, 2024, reveals the beauty of solar activity with an unprecedented level details and depth as the result of new brand technique and workflow I developed. Besides so many interesting features in motion happening at the same time during the course of 3h comprised in a 6 seconds movie sequence, we could see minor eruptive prominences and loops around the limb, large filaments and small spicules dancing like hair in the wind. A small delicate line of plasma floating and stuck by the strong magnetic fields before being released. A fast and large eruption on the left limb, which I confirmed later being the unleash of a CME – Coronal Mass Ejection detected by CACTUS system at exactly the same time and angle (UT13:36 pa 097). The powerful flare M1.8 from Active Region AR3813 was immediately followed the by the CME and another flare even stronger M2.9 from AR3807. Finishing with a wonderful large prominence growing like an African tree, an “Umbrella Thorn Acacia” made of plasma, with their warm roots feed by the wild “savanna” which is the solar chromosphere. I believe that this is probably one of the most detailed solar time lapse ever made by an independent astrophotographer. Important to mention that these are real images captured by me with special solar equipment and not AI generated in any part, not even for noise reduction purposes. Follow me on Instagram at @miguel_claro to have access on my “behind the scenes” daily stories while capturing those images.
Background audio sound and Music
I carefully produced the final movie with a nice licensed music from Envato named “Commercial Space Rock” by AudioEarth, and I´ve included the real low frequency sounds of the Sun at the first seconds of the video, sonified by A. Kosovichev from Stanford Experimental Physics Lab with Data from ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), speeded it up a factor 42,000 to bring it into the audible human-hearing range (kHz)) click here to listen the isolated sound. Sun’s natural vibrations provides scientists with a concrete representation of its dynamic movements. Also, in space due to the lack of air, It´s impossible to hear or record sounds as we perceive on Earth. But for a more immersive audio/visual impact, it was added a soft background sound of a volcanic eruption as we hear here on Earth, synchronised with the timeline in which close-up views of solar eruptions and large prominences appear on the screen. The time lapse sequence at the end of this page was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal, with a Player One Saturn-M SQR camera and a Lunt telescope LS100, generating around 3TB of data. The final result is a 5K high resolution solar movie comprising 249 images over the course of about 3h, between UT11h28 and UT14h20.
PT: Um time lapse solar do disco completo do sol captado a 2 de setembro de 2024 revela a beleza toda a beleza da actividade solar com um nível de detalhe e profundidade sem precedentes, como resultado da nova técnica e workflow que desenvolvi. São muitos os eventos interessantes que se podem ver em simultâneo a acontecer no decorrer das 3h que compreende esta sequência time lapse de 6 segundos. Podem ser vistas pequenas proeminências eruptivas em torno do limbo solar, grandes filamentos e pequenas espículas a dançar como cabelos ao vento. Uma pequena e delicada linha de plasma a flutuar e presa pelos fortes campos magnéticos antes de ser libertada. Uma erupção rápida e de grandes dimensões no limbo esquerdo, que confirmei posteriormente tratar-se do desencadeamento de uma CME – Ejecção de Massa Coronal detectada pelo sistema CACTUS exactamente no mesmo tempo e ângulo (UT13:36 pa 097). O poderoso flare M1.8 da Região Activa AR3813 foi imediatamente seguido pela CME e outro flare ainda mais forte M2.9 from AR3807. Finalizando com um maravilhosa proeminência massiva que cresce enquanto se transforma numa incrível árvore de espinho africana, mais conhecida como Acácia guarda-chuva “Acacia tortilis”, com as suas raízes quentes alimentadas pela “savana” selvagem que é a cromosfera solar. Acredito que este possa provavelmente ser um dos time lapses solares mais detalhados já feitos por um astrofotógrafo independente. Importante ainda referir que são imagens reais captadas por mim com equipamento solar especial e não geradas por IA, seja de forma total ou parcial, nem mesmo para fins de redução de ruído. Siga-me no Instagram em @miguel_claro para ter acesso às minhas histórias diárias de “bastidores” enquanto capto estas imagens.
Som de fundo e música
Produzi cuidadosamente o filme final com uma bela música licenciada da Envato intitulada “Commercial Space Rock” by AudioEarth e incluí os sons reais de baixa frequência do Sol nos primeiros segundos do vídeo, sonificados por A. Kosovichev do Stanford Experimental Physics Lab com dados da ESA (European Space Agency) e NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), acelerado a um factor de 42.000 para o colocar na gama audível da audição humana (kHz)) clique aqui para ouvir o som isolado. As vibrações naturais do Sol fornecem aos cientistas uma representação concreta dos seus movimentos dinâmicos. Além disso, no espaço, devido à falta de ar, é impossível ouvir ou gravar sons como os que percebemos na Terra. Mas para um impacto audiovisual mais envolvente, adicionei um suave som de fundo de uma erupção vulcânica como ouvimos aqui na Terra, sincronizado com a linha do tempo em que imagens de grande plano de erupções solares e grandes proeminências aparecem no ecrã. A sequência time lapse disponível no final desta página foi captada a partir do território do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, com uma câmara Player One Saturn-M SQR e um telescópio Lunt LS100, gerando cerca de 3TB de dados. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 5K composto por 249 imagens ao longo de cerca de 3h, entre UT11h28 e UT14h20.
Above are a still shot presented in monocrhome version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. The 3 still image sequence, shows the evolution of promineces and motion during a period of 3h. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 249 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 5K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 3h of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão monocromática com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. A sequência das 3 fotos, mostra a evolução do disco solar ao longo de 3h. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 249 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 5K que condensa cerca de 3h de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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A Swing “Between” Crescent Moon and Venus under the Twilight Colors
Captured at the end of nautical twilight, the image reveals a wonderful celestial encounter with the crescent Moon visible only 4.5º apart from planet Venus, shining this time of the year (September) in the western sky as the “Evening Star”. In the foreground, a stargazer enjoys the celestial view while relaxing in a swing made of wood, located in Estremoz, the most recent region joining the Dark Sky® Alqueva certified territory, in Portugal.
PT: Captado no final do crepúsculo náutico, a imagem revela um encontro celeste colorido com a lua crescente visível a apenas 4,5º de distância do planeta Vénus, que brilha nesta altura do ano como a “Estrela da Tarde”, no céu Oeste. Em primeiro plano, uma stargazer desfruta desta visão cósmica enquanto relaxa num baloiço feito de madeira, localizado no concelho de Estremoz, a região que mais recentemente integrou o território já certificado do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
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MilkyWay Under the Moonlight in a Time Lapse Footage
Summer nights are now fullfilled with the bright core of Milky Way, visible in the beginning of the night, if you are faced south and faraway from city lights. The short time lapse sequence feature the summer MilkyWay moving in the background starry sky while the Moon was setting in one of the golden fields near Alqueva’s lake, at Dark Sky® Alqueva preserve, in Portugal!
PT: As noites de verão são agora preenchidas com o núcleo brilhante da Via Láctea, visível ao início da noite, se estiver virado para sul e longe das luzes da cidade. A curta sequência de time-lapse mostra a Via Láctea de Verão a mover-se no fundo do céu estrelado enquanto a Lua se punha num dos campos dourados perto do lago de Alqueva, na reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal!
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The Lion Nebula Sh2-132 Immersed in a Glowing Field of Hydrogen Gas
Captured in HaOIII and RGB light, the image features a deep wide field view of Sh2-132 immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas. Also known as the Lion Nebula, it is located at about 10,000 light years away in the Cepheus constellation. Formed from expanded shells of ionized gas, the nebula is powered by two massive stars, each with a mass over 20 times greater than our Sun.The nebula’s energetic matter is dense enough to contract gravitationally and form stars. One side is more predominant of reddish hues from Ha emission, while the other one is more predominant of blusish hues from ionized Oxygen in OIII emission. The wide field view covering a little bit more than the angular size of the full moon can also comprise small planetary nebulas, like PK104-01.1; PK104-01.2 or the 1.0 arc minute small planetary nebula Abell 79. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal, with the New ZEUS 455C Pro. from Player One Astronomy.
PT: Captada em diferentes comprimentos de onda entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB, a imagem apresenta uma visão ampla de Sh2-132, um objecto de céu profundo imerso no brilho do gás hidrogénio ionizado. Também conhecida como Nebulosa do Leão, está localizada a cerca de 10.000 anos-luz de distância, na constelação de Cefeu. Formada a partir de “conchas expandidas” de gás ionizado, a nebulosa é alimentada por duas estrelas massivas, cada uma com uma massa 20 vezes superior à do nosso Sol. A matéria energética da nebulosa é suficientemente densa para se contrair gravitacionalmente e formar estrelas. Um dos lados é mais predominante nos tons avermelhados provenientes da emissão de Ha, enquanto o outro lado é mais predominante nos tons azulados relativos ao Oxigénio ionizado, na emissão de OIII. A imagem cobre um pouco mais do que o tamanho angular da lua cheia, incluindo assim no seu campo de visão, pequenas nebulosas planetárias, como: PK104-01.1; PK104-01.2 ou a pequena nebulosa planetária Abell 79, com apenas 1 minuto de arco. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, com uma câmara Player One Astronomy, a nova ZEUS 455C Pro.
Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image.
PT: Em baixo: A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F5 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Camera ZEUS 455C Pro from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 23.5h (21 in HaOIII + 2.5h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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A Giant Eye Staring at the Night Sky
This unusual portrait is showing what could be a giant eye, viewed from our lovely planet Earth while staring deep into the beauty of our Milky Way Galaxy, fulfilled by billions of stars, is important to remember that it is indeed our true cosmic home. After the success of my Martian Eye released in 2019 and captured from Ojos del Salar, in Atacama desert, I decided that it would be the right time to release a new refreshed view, but this time, captured from my dear home at Alqueva in Portugal. Originally captured in landscape format, the large mosaic comprises 25 still images photographed above the largest manmade lake in Europe, the Alqueva lake, in one of the wonderful nightscapes available at Dark Sky® Alqueva preserve. Besides dozens of emission nebulae and dark dust spread along the Milky Way path, and the presence of Andromeda Galaxy as a small oblong difuse shape, the image shows a greenish smooth light surrounding the horizon, due to the presence of airglow (photochemical luminescence of the atmosphere), revealing what we can find in the summer sky from northern hemisphere, if we could find a dark place farway from city lights. Sometimes I hear people saying that they feel small when they realise about the scale of the Universe, but I feel different and this is what impels me to produce this wide panoramic scene. My main intention is to show how big we must feel for being part of this big cosmic canvas where life is so perfect and beautiful in all senses. I believe as quoted by Fiódor Dostoiévski..”Beauty will save the world”.
PT: Este retrato incomum mostra o que poderia ser um olho gigante, visto do nosso adorável planeta Terra, enquanto observa profundamente a beleza da nossa Via Láctea, preenchida por biliões de estrelas, é importante lembrar que é este o nosso verdadeiro lar cósmico. Após o sucesso do meu “Olho Marciano” lançado em 2019 e captado a partir dos Ojos del Salar, no deserto do Atacama, decidi que seria o momento certo para lançar uma nova visão renovada, mas desta vez, captada a partir do nosso querido Alqueva, em Portugal. Originalmente captado em formato de paisagem, o grande mosaico compreende 25 imagens estáticas fotografadas acima do maior lago artificial da Europa, o lago Alqueva, em uma das maravilhosas paisagens nocturnas disponíveis no Dark Sky® Alqueva. Além de dezenas de nebulosas de emissão e poeira escura que se espalham ao longo do caminho da Via Láctea, e da presença da galáxia de Andrómeda visível como uma pequena mancha difusa elíptica, a imagem mostra uma luz suave esverdeada cercando o horizonte, devido à presença do airglow (luminescência fotoquímica da atmosfera), revelando o que podemos encontrar no céu de verão do hemisfério norte, se pudéssemos encontrar um lugar escuro longe das luzes da cidade. Às vezes ouço pessoas dizer que se sentem pequenas quando percebem a escala do Universo, mas eu sinto-me diferente e é isso que me impulsionou a produzir esta ampla cena panorâmica. A minha intenção foi a de mostrar o quão grandes nos devemos sentir por fazer parte desta infinita tela cósmica onde a vida é tão perfeita e bela em todos os sentidos. Acredito assim e como citado por Fiódor Dostoiévski…”A beleza salvará o mundo”.
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WR 134 Wolf-Rayet Star Immersed in a Colorful Complex of Hydrogen and Oxygen Gas
Captured in HaOIII and RGB light, the image features a deep wide field view of WR 134, a variable Wolf-Rayet star located around 6,000 light years away from our planet Earth in the constellation of Cygnus, which is surrounded by a faint bubble nebula traced by the glow of ionized hydrogen and oxygen gas, blown by the intense radiation and fast wind from the star. WR 134 is less than a degree away from WR 135. Both stars lie within a shell of hydrogen thought to have been swept up from the interstellar medium when one or both stars were on the main sequence. The greenish shell is over forty parsecs wide and contains about 1,830 times, the solar mass, of hydrogen. It is unclear which of the two stars is primarily responsible for creating the shell. The nebula seems to be immersed in a much larger complex cloud full of reddish hydrogen and greenish oxygen gas and among them, we can see dozens of interesting objects such as small planetary nebulas Ou6, Pa143, MoMi6, StDr109 and a few filaments from Super Nova Remnant, such as SNR G73.9+0.9 and SNR G749.9+1.2. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal, with the New ZEUS 455C Pro. from Player One Astronomy.
PT: Captada em comprimentos de onda diferentes entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB, a imagem apresenta uma amplo campo de céu profundo da WR 134, uma estrela Wolf-Rayet variável localizada a cerca de 6.000 anos-luz de distância do nosso planeta Terra na constelação do Cisne, que é cercada por uma ténue nebulosa esverdeada em forma de bolha traçada pelo brilho do hidrogénio ionizado e gás oxigénio, soprado pela radiação intensa e vento rápido da estrela central. WR 134 está a menos de um grau de distância da WR 135. Ambas as estrelas estão dentro de uma camada de hidrogénio que se acredita ter sido varrida do meio interestelar quando uma, ou ambas as estrelas estavam na sequência principal. A camada esverdeada tem mais de quarenta parsecs de largura e contém cerca de 1.830 vezes a massa solar de gás hidrogénio. Não está claro qual das duas estrelas é a principal responsável pela criação da camada. A nebulosa parece estar imersa em uma nuvem complexa muito maior, cheia de hidrogénio avermelhado e gás oxigénio esverdeado e entre eles, podemos ver dezenas de objetos interessantes, como pequenas nebulosas planetárias Ou6, Pa143, MoMi6, StDr109 e alguns filamentos de Super Nova Remanescente, como SNR G73.9+0.9 e SNR G749.9+1.2. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, com uma câmara Player One Astronomy, a nova ZEUS 455C Pro.
Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image, as well as the image without the presence of the stars to appreciate only the nebulae field, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image..
PT: Em baixo: A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem, assim como uma versão da imagem sem as estrelas para se apreciar melhor as nebulosas, em formato de paisagem e retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F5 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Camera ZEUS 455C Pro from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 36h (33 in HaOIII + 3h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Strawberry Full Moon Rising above the Golden Fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva
Sometimes all we need is an excuse to come outside and just being under the nature during nighttime while enjoying a wonderful moonrise. The image and video shows the June’s “strawberry” full moon rising in one of the Dark Sky® Alqueva golden fields, in Portugal. The background nature sound was recorded live in the field when I was shooting the time lapse, then included in the final video.
PT: Às vezes, tudo o que precisamos é de uma desculpa para sair e ficar sob a natureza durante a noite enquanto desfrutamos de um maravilhoso nascer da lua. A imagem e vídeo mostram a lua cheia de Junho – mais conhecido por “Lua de Morango” acima de umas das paisagens douradas do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. O som da natureza de fundo incluindo no video, foi gravado ao vivo, enquanto registava o nascimento da lua em time lapse.
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Summer Nights Fullfilled with the Bright Core of Milky Way Galaxy
Summer nights are now fullfilled with the bright core of Milky Way, visible in the beginning of the night, if you are faced south and faraway from city lights. This short exposure single portrait, was taken recently from our dark skies at Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal. I took this photo as a recent assignment to a new project but I’m using it here also to share with some of you, that it’s not always necessary to have a modified astro camera to capture the beautiful glow of our cosmic home in space. This single shot of only 12MP, was captured with Sony A 7sIII and a Sony G Master 50mm lens at f1.2, which is very handy even knowing that its best performance is at night videography, running a higher ISO up to 400,000.!
PT: As noites de verão estão agora com os céus preenchidos pela beleza cósmica do núcleo brilhante da Via Láctea, visível ao início da noite, se estiver virado para sul e longe das luzes da cidade. Este retrato único de curta exposição foi recentemente tirado nos nossos céus escuros do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Captei assim esta fotografia para um novo projeto em que estou a trabalhar, mas aproveito também para partilhar com alguns de vós que nem sempre é necessário ter uma câmara astro modificada para captar o belo brilho do nosso lar cósmico no espaço. Esta única foto de apenas 12MP, foi captada com Sony A 7sIII e uma lente Sony G Master 50mm a f1.2, que é muito útil, mesmo sabendo que o seu melhor desempenho é em videografia nocturna, com um ISO capaz de atingir os 400.000 de sensibilidade!
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Short Exposure of 4 secs Reveals the Magnificent Core of Milky Way Galaxy with a Sony A7s III as Seen from Dark Sky® Alqueva
Sometimes we get people (visitors and students) thinking that they might need an astro modified camera to capture the Milky Way….but, it’s totally wrong! You simply don’t!! As well as you don’t need a star tracker and you don’t need to stack images! So I took this recent shot to prove why you don’t need any of this. The image is just a single short exposure of 4 seconds taken from one of the best skies in the world, our lovely @darkskyalqueva reserve in Portugal. I used a normal Sony A7sIII which has only 12 megapixels at ISO 2500, with a great lens the 50mm G Master at f1.2 So what do you really need? In my opinion the answer is a Great Sky and a Great Lens, everything else nowadays is not essential. Of course a good camera will help special if it has a nice performance in low light conditions but with the first two conditions met, ISO 2500 is more than enough if you don’t want to burnout the image! An astro modified camera would just add a bit of more reddish hues in Lagoon nebula, still visible in top central edge of the image with a none modified camera as this one. So if you are not a professional or not intend to make deepsky, you probably don’t need a modified camera for a nice summer views and the Milky Way! Invest on good lenses first and go hunting for the darkest skies on Earth!
PT: Por vezes, temos pessoas (visitantes e estudantes) que pensam que podem precisar de uma câmara astromodificada para captar a Via Láctea… mas é totalmente errado! Você simplesmente não precisa!! Além disso, não precisa de um startracker e não precisa de empilhar imagens! Por isso, tirei esta foto recente para provar porque é que não precisa de nada disto. A imagem é apenas uma curta exposição de 4 segundos tirada de um dos melhores céus do mundo, a nossa adorável reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Utilizei uma Sony A7sIII normal que tem apenas 12 megapixeis a ISO 2500, com uma grande lente a 50mm G Master a f1.2.Então, o que precisa realmente? Na minha opinião, a resposta é: um Grande Céu e uma boa objectiva, tudo o resto hoje em dia não é essencial. É claro que uma boa câmara ajudará especialmente se tiver um bom desempenho em condições de pouca luz, mas com as duas primeiras condições cumpridas, ISO 2500 é mais do que suficiente se não quiser queimar a imagem! Uma câmara astro modificada apenas acrescentaria um pouco mais de tons avermelhados na nebulosa da Lagoa, ainda visíveis na margem central superior da imagem com uma câmara não modificada como esta. Portanto, se não é um profissional ou não pretende fazer céu profundo, provavelmente não precisa de uma câmara modificada para ter uma bela vista de Verão da Via Láctea! Invista primeiro numas “boas lentes” e vá à caça dos céus mais escuros da Terra!
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Massive Clouds of Hydrogen Gas Glowing Along Cygnus Constellation in a Deep Wide Scene
The deep wide field scene is a mosaic of 6 panels showing in Ha and OIII emission, the large complexity of bright and dark nebulosity located along the path of Cygnus constellation (the Swan). The view is mesmerising revealing a tremendous amount of hydrogen gas with intricate filaments of large and small scale, comprising dozens of well know nebulae such as the giant NGC 7000 (North America Nebula) and IC 5070, (Pelican Nebula). It’s also Incredible to compare the differences in angular size between some of this objects, being NGC 6888, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the right centre, as a suspended small bright shell. In the lower right corner, NGC 6990 and NGC 6992, the Veil Nebula, shines bright in red and greenish hues – Ha and OIII emission – as the remains of a supernova explosion. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal.
PT: Este campo amplo e profundo é um mosaico de 6 painéis revelando no comprimento de onda Ha (hidrogénio) e OIII (oxigénio), a grande complexidade de nebulosidade brilhante e escura localizada ao longo do caminho da constelação Cygnus (o Cisne). A visão é hipnotizante, revelando uma tremenda quantidade de gás hidrogénio-alfa com filamentos intrincados de grande e pequena escala, contendo dezenas de nebulosas bem conhecidas, como a grande nebulosa NGC 7000 (Nebulosa América do Norte) e IC 5070 (Nebulosa Pelicano). É também incrível de notar e comparar, as diferenças no tamanho angular entre alguns desses objetos, sendo NGC 6888, a Nebulosa Crescente, visível no centro direito como uma pequena concha brilhante suspensa. No canto inferior direito, NGC 6990 e NGC 6992, a Nebulosa do Véu, brilha intensamente em tons vermelhos e esverdeados – emissão Ha e OIII – como os restos mortais de uma explosão supernova. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal.
Above: The image rotated upside down intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. PT: Acima: A imagem com rotação de 180ºcom o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem..
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Canon Lens 70-200mm f/2.8 set to 70mm + Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Mosaic of 6 panels (30 min per panel in HaOII + 15 min per panel in RGB). Mount EQ6 Pro – N.I.N.A. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-3, photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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Allsky view of the Nortnern Lights above the Lake of Dark Sky® Alqueva as seen at 38º Latitude in Portugal
Captured on May 10th, 2024 after a sequence of CME’s which triggered a strongest magnetic storm in the last 20 years. The fulldome fish-eye image, reveals an impressive display of northern lights as seen from my location at 38º. First moment I noticed was around 11PM above our Dark Sky® Alqueva headquarters and observatory, in Cumeada village near Reguengos, Portugal!! I could even see it with my naked eyes around 23h15, specially the vertical fast moving bands. So I did a few fish-eye all sky shots with my Canon 8-15mm revealing the colorful show above Alqueva lake. I could photograph more Aurora Borealis than when I visited Iceland for the first time back in 2019. I was expecting something more subtle in reddish hues, but it was full of colors and sometimes going very high almost reaching the Zenith.
PT: Captada em 10 de maio de 2024, após uma sequência de CME’s que desencadeou a tempestade magnética mais forte dos últimos 20 anos, a imagem allsky revela uma exibição impressionante das auroras boreais vista a partir da minha localização a 38º. O primeiro momento que notei foi por volta das 23h, por cima da nossa sede e observatório Dark Sky® Alqueva, na vila da Cumeada, perto de Reguengos, Portugal. Conseguiam-se ver subtilmente a olho nu por volta das 23h15, principalmente as faixas verticais em movimento. Tirei então algumas fotografias do céu com a lente olho de peixe – allsky – 8-15mm da Canon, mostrando o espectáculo de cores acima do lago Alqueva. Interessante também de referir, que consegui fotografar mais Auroras Boreais do que quando visitei a Islândia pela primeira vez em 2019. Esperava algo mais subtil em tons avermelhados, mas estava cheio de cores e por vezes a subir muito alto quase atingindo o zénite.
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Allsky view of the Nortnern Lights above Dark Sky® Alqueva Headquarters and Observatory as seen at 38º Latitude in Portugal
Captured on May 10th, 2024 after a sequence of CME’s which triggered a strongest magnetic storm in the last 20 years. The fulldome fish-eye image, reveals an impressive display of northern lights as seen from my location at 38º. First moment I noticed was around 11PM above our Dark Sky® Alqueva headquarters and observatory, in Cumeada village near Reguengos, Portugal!! I could even see it with my naked eyes around 23h15, specially the vertical fast moving bands. So I did a few fish-eye all sky shots with my Canon 8-15mm. I could photograph more Aurora Borealis than when I visited Iceland for the first time back in 2019. I was expecting something more subtle in reddish hues, but it was full of colors and sometimes going very high almost reaching the Zenith.
PT: Captada em 10 de maio de 2024, após uma sequência de CME’s que desencadeou a tempestade magnética mais forte dos últimos 20 anos, a imagem allsky revela uma exibição impressionante das auroras boreais vista a partir da minha localização a 38º. O primeiro momento que notei foi por volta das 23h, por cima da nossa sede e observatório Dark Sky® Alqueva, na vila da Cumeada, perto de Reguengos, Portugal. Conseguiam-se ver subtilmente a olho nu por volta das 23h15, principalmente as faixas verticais em movimento. Tirei então algumas fotografias do céu com a lente olho de peixe – allsky – 8-15mm da Canon. Interessante também de referir, que consegui fotografar mais Auroras Boreais do que quando visitei a Islândia pela primeira vez em 2019. Esperava algo mais subtil em tons avermelhados, mas estava cheio de cores e por vezes a subir muito alto quase atingindo o zénite.
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G5 The Epic Solar Storm of 10th May 2024 – Photos and Time Lapse
The image reveals the solar chromosphere captured in a special day which made history here on Earth with the most severe geomagnetic storm of the last 20 years taking place, spreading aurora borealis also known as northern lights almost all over the world. Captured on the 10th of May 2024, from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal, the higher-resolution image and time lapse sequence shows the chromosphere in motion featuring not only a gigantic prominence on the solar limb, but as well as the the giant sunspot AR3664 which was incredibly active releasing several eruptions, flares and CME’s in that same day. The video shows one of these minor eruptions just a few hours before arriving the G5 Kp9 storm which sparkled a northern lights display as seen from my location in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, at 38º latitude. The show was impressive, I could even see it with my naked eye around 23h15 and late in the night around 4h15, specially the vertical fast moving bands. I saw more Aurora Borealis than when I visited Iceland for the first time. I was expecting something more subtle in reddish hues, but it was full of colors and sometimes going very high almost reaching the Zenith. It was an unforgettable day, I couldn’t imagine that during the morning of May 10th I would be live capturing images from my terrace of the Solar Active Region AR3664 where the charged particles of the solar wind were released. But most specially, without knowing that in the same night and just a few hours apart, I would be collecting photons with my DSLR camera, witnessing the arrival of the charged particle from a cannibal CME released in the days before. As result of the excited atoms in the upper atmosphere, we get a colorful display of the northern lights above our observatory and wonderful lake of Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal. I felt so fortunate for this moment in history! The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising around 2h of photos with 349 images.
PT: A imagem revela a cromosfera solar captada em um dia especial e que fez história aqui na Terra, com a ocorrência da maior tempestade geomagnética severa dos últimos 20 anos, espalhando a auroras boreais, por quase todo o mundo. Captada no dia 10 de maio de 2024, na região do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, a imagem de alta resolução e sequência time lapse mostram a cromosfera em movimento apresentando não apenas uma proeminência gigantesca no limbo solar, mas também o enorme mancha solar AR3664 que estava incrivelmente activa, libertando várias erupções, flares e CME’s (ejecções de massa coronal) no mesmo dia. O vídeo mostra uma dessas erupções menores poucas horas antes da chegada da tempestade extrema de intensidade G5 Kp9, que gerou uma exibição das auroras boreais, vistas a partir da minha localização no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, a 38º de latitude. O espectáculo foi impressionante, pude até vê-las subtilmente a olho nu por volta das 23h15 e no final da noite por volta das 4h15, principalmente as faixas verticais de movimento rápido. Curiosamente vi mais auroras boreais do que quando visitei a Islândia pela primeira vez em 2019. Esperava algo mais subtil e em tons avermelhados, mas estavam repletas de cores variadas e por vezes subiam bem alto quase chegando ao zénite. Foi um dia inesquecível, não imaginava que durante a manhã do dia 10 de Maio estaria ao vivo captando imagens do sol da região solar activa AR3664 onde foram liberadas as partículas carregadas do vento solar. Mas especialmente, sem imaginar que na mesma noite e com apenas algumas horas de intervalo, eu estaria colectando fotões com a minha câmara DSLR, testemunhando a chegada das partículas carregadas do vento solar, proveninentes de uma CME canibal disparada dias antes. O resultado dos átomos excitados na alta atmosfera traduziu-se numa exibição colorida das auroras boreais acima do nosso observatório e maravilhoso lago Alqueva, na região do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Sinto-me abençoado por esse momento! Assim foi possível produzir um time lapse de cerca de 349 imagens. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K com cerca de 2h de fotos.
Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 349 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h of images.
PT: Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 349 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h de imagens.
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SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions between UT11h29 and UT13h24 on the 10th of May 2024, from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Colorful Northern Lights Display above Dark Sky® Alqueva in Portugal
Captured on May 10th, 2024 after a sequence of CME’s which triggered a strongest magnetic storm in the last 20 years, the panoramic image reveals an impressive display of northern lights as seen from my location at 38º in Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. I could even see it with my naked eyes around 23h15, specially the vertical fast moving bands. I could photograph more Aurora Borealis than when I visited Iceland for the first time back in 2019. I was expecting something more subtle in reddish hues, but it was full of colors and sometimes going very high almost reaching the Zenith.
PT: Captada em 10 de maio de 2024, após uma sequência de CME’s que desencadeou a tempestade magnética mais forte dos últimos 20 anos, a imagem panorâmica revela uma exibição impressionante da aurora boreal vista a partir da minha localização a 38º no Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal! Foi impressionante, captei mais Auroras nesta noite, do que quando visitei a Islândia pela primeira vez em 2019. Esperava algo mais subtil e em tons avermelhados, mas foi um espectáculo de cores incrível aos “olhos da câmara”. Visualmente é muito difícil de ver, só mesmo um olho treinado e nos céus escuros do Dark Sky® consegue detectar algum luminosidade estranha – porque as células cones não funcionam nestas circunstâncias.
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Da Vinci Glow Shines on a Crescent Moon in Close Conjunction with Planet Jupiter
Captured on March 14th, 2024 the image reveals a close conjunction between Planet Jupiter and a Crescent Moon. While Jupiter revealed on this 300mm portrait its main 4 galilean moons, on the Crescent Moon is shiningly visible the Da Vinci Glow. Described and drawn for the first time by Leonardo Da Vinci about 500 years ago on his book Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci explained the phenomenon known as Earthshine in the early 16th century, when he realised that both Earth and the Moon reflect sunlight at the same time. Light is reflected from the Earth to the Moon and back to the Earth as earthshine. The image was captured in one of the landscape fields from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal.
PT: Captada a 14 de Março de 2024, a imagem revela uma estreita conjunção entre o planeta Júpiter e uma Lua Crescente. Enquanto Júpiter revela neste retrato de 300mm as suas 4 principais luas galileanas, na Lua Crescente é possível distinguir claramente o chamado “Brilho de Da Vinci”. Descrito e desenhado pela primeira vez por Leonardo Da Vinci há cerca de 500 anos em seu livro Codex Leicester, Leonardo da Vinci explicou o fenómeno conhecido como Earthshine (Da Vinci Glow) no início do século XVI, quando percebeu que tanto a Terra quanto a Lua refletem a luz solar ao mesmo tempo. A luz é refletida da Terra para a Lua e de volta para a Terra como Earthshine. A imagem foi captada numa das paisagens do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal.
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Celestial duet Between Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy M31
A wide field view of the winter sky shows a celestial duet between Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks and Andromeda Galaxy M31. The comet was crossing close to the galaxy on March 11, 2024. It was a challenging image as the comet was too low, close to the horizon and I only had 28 minutes to collect as much photons as possible. The image was taken from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in São Lourenço do Barrocal, Portugal, with a 70-200mm lens set to 120mm.
PT: Um amplo campo de visão revela um dueto entre o cometa 12P/Pons-Brooks e a galáxia de Andromeda M31. O cometa cruzou os céus próximo da galáxia a 11 de Março de 2024. Foi uma imagem desafiante porque o cometa estava muito baixo, perto do horizonte e eu só tive 28 minutos para colectar o máximo de fotões possível. A imagem foi obtida na região do Dark Sky® Alqueva, no São Lourenço do Barrocal, Portugal, com uma lente 70-200mm ajustada para 120mm.
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Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 lens set to 120mm at f/3.5 + Nikon D850 modified | ISO1600 – sub Exp. of 30 seconds in a total 56 images | Total integration: 28 minutes. Portable SW mount Star Adventure. Starry Sky Stacker, PixInsight 1.8.9-2, Photoshop CC 2024. Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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Solar Chromosphere With a New Level of Detail and The Giant Active Region 13590
Captured yesterday 28th February 2024, the image is the result of a new technique and workflow I’m developing just for full disc images, specially dedicated to reveal the sun’s surface in great detail up to the limb while keeping a nice ambience and light flow around the prominences. So I didn’t made time lapse this time, but the still view is full of interesting features on the chromosphere with a large filament at the center while the giant Active Region 13590 is moving towards the limb. According to Spaceweather “AR3590 is now the largest sunspot of Solar Cycle 25. For comparison, it is 60% as large (by surface area) as the great sunspot that caused the Carrington Event in Sept. 1859. AR3590 unleashed three X-flares in rapid succession, including the strongest flare of the current solar cycle (X6.3).” The photo was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal at UT12h09m. For this image I used my Lunt LS100 with a Player One Saturn-M SQR camera, which is the perfect combination for this type of full disc images. The photo was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal at UT12h09m.
PT: Captada ontem, 28 de Fevereiro de 2024, a imagem é o resultado de uma nova técnica e workflow que estou desenvolvendo para imagens do disco completo do Sol, especialmente dedicada para revelar a superfície de uma forma bem detalhada até próximo do limbo, mantendo uma ambiência agradável e fluxo de luz ao redor das proeminências. Assim, desta vez não fiz um time lapse, mas a visão estática também pode revelar detalhes interessantes sobre a cromosfera com um grande filamento no centro enquanto a enorme Região Activa 13590 se move em direção ao limbo Solar. De acordo com o Spaceweather “AR3590 é até agora a maior mancha solar do Ciclo Solar 25. Para efeito de comparação, é 60% maior (por área de superfície) do que a grande mancha solar que causou o Evento Carrington em setembro de 1859. AR3590 desencadeou três explosões X em sucessão rápida, incluindo a explosão mais forte do ciclo solar atual (X6.3).” Para esta imagem usei meu Lunt LS100 com uma câmera Player One Saturn-M SQR, que é a combinação perfeita para este tipo de imagens de disco completo. A foto foi capturada no território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal às UT12h09m.
Below is a still shot presented in monocrhome version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. PT: Em baixo está uma foto apresentada em uma versão monocromática com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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The Sun’s Incident Light Reflected on a Waxing Gibbous Moon
I’ve just realised that since my “Titanium Moon” released and awarded as PCA on APOTY in 2019, I was not spending time to photograph our wonderful natural satellite, which I love, indeed. So I decided to capture a new image on my next opportunity with clear sky, and here it is! Taken on 19th Feb. 2024 the image is showing a Waxing Gibbous Moon but presented in an unusual way. Captured with an HDR technique, on my final composition I intend to show that the Moon is only visible due to the reflection of the Sun’s incident light. At this phase, the Illuminated surface of the Moon was 78%, while the remaining 22% of the Lunar disc was immersed in total darkness. At this stage, the shadow region is not possible to perceive with our naked eyes, due to the strong difference of brightness, but near the crescent moon our planet can illuminate the dark region in a smooth way turning the entire disc visible to the naked eye. This phenomenon is called an Earthshine and it was described for the first time, 500 years ago by Leonardo DaVinci. Taken with my deepsky Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy and Takahashi FSQ106 from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
PT: Recentemente apercebi-me que desde que minha “Titanium Moon” foi lançada e premiada como PCA no APOTY em 2019, eu não dedicava algum tempo para fotografar o nosso maravilhoso satélite natural, e que na verdade adoro! Assim, decidi captar uma nova imagem na primeira oportunidade de céu limpo que tive, e aqui está ela! Registada a 19 de Fevereiro de 2024, a imagem mostra uma Lua Crescente Gibosa, mas apresentada de uma forma invulgar. Captada com a técnica HDR, na minha composição final pretendi mostrar que a Lua só é visível devido ao reflexo da luz solar incidente. Nesta fase, a superfície iluminada da Lua representava 78%, enquanto os restantes 22% do disco lunar se encontravam imersos na escuridão total. Nesta fase, a região sombreada não é perceptível a olho nu devido à extrema diferença de brilho da sua superfície, mas próximo da fase crescente, o nosso planeta consegue iluminar a região escura de forma suave, tornando todo o disco visível a olho nu . Este fenómeno é chamado de Earthshine e foi descrito pela primeira vez, há 500 anos, por Leonardo DaVinci. Tirada com a minha Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy e Takahashi FSQ106 a partir do Observatório Dark Sky® Alqueva . Espero que vocês gostem tanto quanto eu gostei .
Above are a portrait and 180º rotated version, intended to help conduct the readers attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acima está a foto apresentada em uma versão de retrato e de paisagem invertida, com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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A Reddish Portrait from Barnard’s Loop with Boogeyman Dark Nebula and M78
The image features an HaRGB wide deep sky portrait immersed in the reddish hues from hydrogen alpha emission, where part of the larger semi-circle (Sh2-276) that stands around the belt and sword of Orion, also known as Barnard’s Loop, is shiningly visible like a dense intricate wave across the scene. Located at a distance of 1600 light-years away, the entire loop spans at about 300 light-years across in space and belongs to an even bigger Molecular Cloud of dust and gas, made up of molecular hydrogen and helium. These clouds are the birth place for stars, forming out of the material in the cloud. Above the “reddish loop” and near the top edge of the image, is possible to enjoy LDN 1622, a large dark nebula also known as Boogeyman, located at 500 light-years away. Below the center wave are visible two reflection nebulas M78 and NGC 2071. M78 lies at approximately the same distance as Barnard’s Loop but it only spans 5 light-years in space. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal.
PT: A imagem revela um campo amplo e profundo de HaRGB imerso nos tons avermelhados da emissão hidrogénio-alfa, onde parte do semicírculo maior (Sh2-276) que fica ao redor do cinturão e da espada de Orion, também conhecido como Loop de Barnard, é visível brilhando como uma onda densa e intrincada que atravessa toda a imagem. Localizado a uma distância de 1.600 anos-luz de distância, todo o Loop se estende por cerca de 300 anos-luz de diâmetro no espaço e pertence a uma Nuvem Molecular ainda maior de poeira e gás, composta de hidrogénio molecular e hélio. Essas nuvens são o local de nascimento das estrelas, formadas a partir do material da nuvem. Acima do “Loop avermelhado” e próximo ao extremo superior da imagem, é possível apreciar LDN 1622, uma grande nebulosa escura também conhecida como Boogeyman, localizada a 500 anos-luz de distância. Abaixo da onda central são visíveis duas nebulosas azuladas de reflexão M78 e NGC 2071. M78 fica aproximadamente à mesma distância do Loop de Barnard, mas se estende por apenas 5 anos-luz no espaço. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal.
Above: Left image shows the rotated version 180º. Right image shows the annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image.
PT: Acima: A imagem da esquerda mostra a versão invertida 180º. A imagem da direita mostra a versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem.
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Omegon 76ED Apo triplet + Nikon D850 modified | ISO2500 | Sub Exp. 5 min | Total integration of 10,5h (9h in Ha 7nm + 1,5h in RGB). Mount EQ6 Pro – Asiair Pro. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2, photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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Solar Plasma Blast Released into Space on 31th January 2024
Captured on the 31th of January, 2024, from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity, revealing the exact moment when a solar blast released plasma into space, and then returned back to the Solar disc, pushed by the strong force of gravity. It’s possible to see a lot of interesting changes on its intricate shape. We can also notice a lot of fine spicules surrounding the solar disc and dancing like hair in the wind, while the chromosphere itself is showing a slower motion. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar time lapse footage comprising around 1h30 of photos.
PT: Captada a 31 de Janeiro de 2024, na região Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, uma imagem de alta resolução e sequência time lapse mostra a actividade da cromosfera, revelando o momento que o plasma Solar é lançado para o espaço e pela força da gravidade, retorna ao Sol. É possível ver uma rápida mudança na sua forma inicialmente intrincada. Também podemos notar muitas espículas finas ao redor do disco solar dançando como cabelos ao vento, enquanto a própria cromosfera mostra um movimento mais lento. O resultado final é um time lapse solar de alta resolução 4K com cerca de 1h30 de fotos.
Above are a still shot presented in color and BW version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 273 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 1h30 of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão a cores e monocromática, com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 273 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 1h30 de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Large Solar Prominence in Motion Catured on 22th January 2024
Captured on the 22th of January, 2024, from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity, revealing a large prominence in motion. It’s possible to see a lot of interesting changes on its shape. We can also notice a lot of fine spicules surrounding the solar disc, while the chromosphere itself is showing a slower motion. Even with a few high clouds which almost distroyed the sequence, I’ve manage to manually adjust the quick changes in light and keep the sequence runing to produce a time lapse of about 332 images. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising around 2h of photos.
PT: Captada a 22 de Janeiro de 2024, na região Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, uma imagem de alta resolução e sequência time lapse mostra a actividade da cromosfera, revelando uma gigantesca proeminência em movimento. É possível ver muitas mudanças interessantes em sua forma. Também podemos notar muitas espículas finas ao redor do disco solar, enquanto a própria cromosfera mostra um movimento mais lento. As condições foram muito desafiantes, mas mesmo com algumas nuvens finas que repentinamente cobriram o céu a meio da sequência, eu consegui gerir e compensar manualmente as alterações de luz drásticas para permitir continuar a sequência sem interrupções. Assim foi possível produzir um time lapse de cerca de 332 imagens. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K com cerca de 2h de fotos.
Above are a still shot presented in color and BW version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 332 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão a cores e monocromática, com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 332 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Golden Fullmoon Immersed in a thin Layer of High Clouds Shines in January 2024
The image shows a golden full moon immersed in a layer of thin high clouds, few minutes after rising above Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal. The was the first fullmoon of 2024
PT: A imagem mostra uma lua cheia dourada imersa numa camada fina de nuvens altas, alguns minutos após nascer acima dos céus do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Esta foi a primeira lua cheia de 2024
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First Full Moon of the Year 2024 while Rising above Monsaraz Castle
The image shows the first Full Moon of the year 2024, with a layer of high cloud while the Moon was rising above Monsaraz castle at Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal. The image was captured 13km away from castle with 600mm lens.
PT: A imagem mostra a primeira Lua Cheia de 2024 com numa camada fina de nuvens altas enquanto esta nascia acima do castelo de Monsaraz, nos céus do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. A imagem foi captada a 13km de distância do castelo com uma objectiva de 600mm.
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A Solar Time Lapse Reveals a Large Solar Eruption in Motion Caught on 30th December 2023
A solar time lapse of an entire full disc of the sun, showing a lot of interesting features in motion, such as filaments, one active region, small spicules dancing like hair in the wind, and special powerful eruption from an eruptive prominence visible at the end while being projected thousands of kilometers above the sun’s surface. The video shows the chromosphere while the sun is rotating over the course of 2 hours. The time lapse sequence was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory on 30th December 2023 with a @player_one_astronomy Saturn-M SQR camera and a @luntsolarsystems telescope LS100, generating around 3TB of data. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising 198 images over the course of about 2h, between UT11h53 and UT14h08.
PT: Um time lapse do disco solar completo, mostrando muitas características interessantes em movimento, como filamentos, uma região ativa, pequenas espículas dançando como cabelos ao vento e uma poderosa erupção especial de uma proeminência eruptiva. visível no final enquanto é projetado milhares de quilômetros acima da superfície do sol. O vídeo mostra ainda a cromosfera solar enquanto o sol no seu movimento de rotação, girou ao longo de 2 horas. A sequência de lapso de tempo foi captada a partir do território Dark Sky® Alqueva com uma câmara Player One Saturn-M SQR e um telescópio Lunt LS100, gerando 2 TB de dados. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K composto por 198 imagens ao longo de cerca de 2h, entre UT11h53 e UT14h08.
Above are a still shot presented side by side (begining and end of sequence) intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 198 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h15 of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada lado a lado (do início e final da sequência) com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 198 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h15 de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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All Sky VR 360º – Winter Milky Way and Jupiter Shining During Geminids Meteor Shower 2023
A full dome and 360º Virtual Reality nightscape scene reveals a mosaic of single shots with a composite of more than 100 meteors star aligned captured in 2 consecutive nights during Geminids meteor shower 2023. The composite shows the Radiant located in Gemini constellation, near the blueish star Castor, the single point in the sky where all meteors seems to appear due to the perspective. The background is a mosaic image made of single untracked shots where a starry sky shows the path of Winter Milky Way, full of beautiful bright constellations and nebulae, shining in reddish hues from Hydrogen emission and against the bright light of planet Jupiter, while all the sky is fulfilled by meteors. In the scene, is also visible the silhouette of one of my students enjoying the starry sky near Alqueva lake while all the sky is fulfilled by meteors. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. For another rotated version, click here. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º and a Tiny Planet view in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
PT: Um cenário All Sky e de Realidade Virtual 360º revela um mosaico de fotos individuais com uma composição de mais de 100 meteoros alinhados cuidadosamente com as estrelas, captados ao longo de 42 noites consecutivas durante a chuva de meteoros Geminídeas 2023. A composição mostra assim o Radiante localizado na constelação de Gémeos, próximo da estrela azulada Castor, o ponto singular no céu de onde todos os meteoros aparentam radiar por uma questão de perspectiva. O céu estrelado em pano de fundo, é resultado de um mosaico de disparos únicos e sem seguimento e mostra o caminho da Via Láctea de Inverno, repleta de lindas constelações brilhantes e nebulosas avermelhadas devido à emissão de hidrogénio, com o planeta Júpiter a destacar-se alto no céu enquanto toda o esfera celeste é preenchida por meteoros. Este cenário allsky contempla ainda uma das minhas alunas de um workshop privado a apreciar o céu estrelado perto do lago Alqueva. A imagem foi captada no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Para ver uma versão com rotação diferente, clique aqui. O leitor pode assim experienciar esta Realidade Virtual e uma visão Tiny Planet em alta-resolução 7K usando o seu desktop ou smartphone com giroscópio. Uma ótima experiência “in loco” pode ser alcançada se usar óculos de realidade virtual.
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2 Nights Comprised in One Epic Scene to Reveal the Show of Geminids Meteor Shower 2023
The image is the result of a fair amount of work while star aligning and combining 10 folders of hundreds of Gigabytes from different cameras that I setup for 2 consecutive nights, during Geminids meteor shower 2023. I caught more than 100 meteors in total from the brightest ones, to the faintest streaks. The composite shows the Radiant located in Gemini constellation, near the blueish star Castor, the single point in the sky where all meteors seems to appear due to the perspective. The background is a panoramic image made of single untracked shots where a starry sky shows the path of Winter Milky Way, full of beautiful bright constellations and nebulae, shining in reddish hues from Hydrogen emission. At left, is one of my students enjoying the starry sky near Alqueva lake while all the sky is fulfilled by meteors. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. I have more images to share with different projections, as well as a VR360 scene. So stay tuned and don’t forget to subscribe my newsletter in the right top corner of the Menu. Hope you enjoy it!
PT: A imagem é o resultado de muito trabalho e que envolveu o alinhamento de estrelas e combinação de 10 pastas de centenas de Gigabites, proveniente de diferentes câmaras que configurei para registarem o céu por 2 noites consecutivas, durante a chuva de meteoros Geminídeas de 2023. Captei mais de 100 meteoros no total, desde os mais brilhantes até aos mais ténues e subtis. A composição mostra assim o Radiante localizado na constelação de Gémeos, próximo da estrela azulada Castor, o ponto singular no céu de onde todos os meteoros aparentam radiar por uma questão de perspectiva. O céu estrelado em pano de fundo, é resultado de um panorama de disparos únicos e sem seguimento e mostra o caminho da Via Láctea de Inverno, repleta de lindas constelações brilhantes e nebulosas avermelhadas devido à emissão de hidrogénio, enquanto todo o céu é preenchido por meteoros. À esquerda, está uma das minhas alunas de um workshop privado a apreciar o céu estrelado perto do lago Alqueva. A imagem foi captada no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Tenho mais imagens para compartilhar com diferentes projeções, além de um cenário em VR360. Assim fiquem atentos e não se esqueçam de assinar a minha newsletter no canto superior direito do Menu. Espero que gostem!
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Portugal’s Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory Where you Can Enjoy the Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime
Sometimes people ask me what is the best time of the year to watch the stars… and I say: at Dark Sky® Alqueva the stars are shining all year round! The summer sky has its charms but it’s not far behind the beauty of the winter sky, where the most brightest stars are shining among wonderful nebulae such as Orion, allowing a deep magical visual experience. And for those who haven’t had the chance to have the Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime, there’s nothing better than book it now on Dark Sky® Alqueva.
PT: Por vezes perguntam-me qual é a melhor altura do ano para ver as estrelas…e eu digo: no Dark Sky® Alqueva as estrelas brilham todo o ano! O céu de Verão tem os seus encantos mas não fica atrás do céu de Inverno, onde cintilam as estrelas mais bonitas e brilhantes do firmamento e a nebulosa mais rica para uma experiência visual profunda e mágica. E para quem ainda não teve a possibilidade de ter a “Stargazing Experience of a Lifetime”, nada melhor que fazer já a sua reserva no Dark Sky® Alqueva.
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Signs of Winter in the Night Sky
A purposely out of focus background shows the bright light of Jupiter at the lower left side. Pleiades star cluster are shining in blue as a group of hot young stars visible in the center and between the focused reddish branches in the foreground! Above, an orange star named Aldebaran shines among others from Hyades open cluster in Taurus constellation. Capella is the bright light on the right edge among the other stars from Auriga. Captured on a winter night from Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
PT: Um fundo propositalmente desfocado mostra a luz brilhante de Júpiter no canto inferior esquerdo. O aglomerado estelar das Pleiades brilha em azul como um grupo de estrelas jovens e quentes visíveis no centro e entre os ramos avermelhados focados em primeiro plano! Acima, uma estrela laranja chamada Aldebaran brilha entre outras no aglomerado aberto de Hyades na constelação de Touro. Capella é a luz brilhante na borda direita entre as outras estrelas de Auriga. Captado numa noite de inverno no território Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
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Colorful Starry Pencil – Stellar Color Class Written in the Stars and Revealed in the Earth Motion
When we first look at the night sky, we can barely distinguish the color of each star with our own naked eyes. Although, if we record them on very a long exposure sequence – due to the motion of rotating Earth and consequently the rotation of celestial sphere – a trailed path can reveal much information about our colorful sky. The wide angle scene is comprising 8h of consecutive long exposures captured from the Visual Observatory at Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, and is revealing the light polar paths around northern star Polaris. Different color trails and shinning in blue, white, yellow or even orange. Each color is directly related to the type and temperature of each star. The hottest stars, are showing a blue color, but in opposition the coldest ones, can reveal an orange-reddish hues.
In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. Electromagnetic radiation from the star is analysed by splitting it with a prism or diffraction grating into a spectrum exhibiting the rainbow of colors interspersed with absorption lines. Each line indicates an ion of a certain chemical element, with the line strength indicating the abundance of that ion. The relative abundance of the different ions varies with the temperature of the photosphere. The spectral class of a star is a short code summarising the ionisation state, giving an objective measure of the photosphere’s temperature and density.
PT: Quando olhamos pela primeira vez para o céu nocturno, mal conseguimos distinguir a cor de cada estrela quando vistas a olho nu. No entanto, se registrarmos uma longa sequência de exposições – devido ao movimento de rotação da Terra e consequentemente, à rotação da esfera celeste – as trilhas dessa luz celeste podem revelar muitas informações sobre o nosso céu colorido. A imagem grande angular é composta por 8h de exposições consecutivas captadas ao longo de uma noite a partir do Observatório Visual do Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, e revela os rastos de luz em torno da estrela Polar. Trilhas brilham em diferentes cores como o azul, branco, amarelo ou até laranja. Cada cor está directamente relacionada com o tipo e temperatura de cada estrela. As estrelas mais quentes apresentam uma cor azulada, mas em oposição, as mais frias podem revelar tonalidades de laranja-avermelhado.
Na astronomia, a classificação estelar é a classificação das estrelas com base nas suas características espectrais. A radiação eletromagnética da estrela é analisada dividindo-a com um prisma ou rede de difração, em um espectro que exibe o arco-íris de cores intercaladas com linhas de absorção. Cada linha indica um ião de um determinado elemento químico, com a intensidade da linha indicando a abundância desse ião. A abundância relativa dos diferentes iões varia com a temperatura da fotosfera. A classe espectral de uma estrela é um código curto que resume o estado de ionização, fornecendo uma medida objetiva da temperatura e densidade da fotosfera.
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The Veil Nebula Supernova Remnant With Shining Filaments of Glowing Ionized Gas
The Veil Nebula, also known as the Cygnus Loop, is the result of a supernova remnant located toward the constellation of Cygnus at about 1,400 light-years away. The nebula was created between 5,000 to 15,000 years ago, after a cataclysmic explosion of a massive star. The interstellar shock wave was projected through space exciting interstellar material. The entire Veil Nebula spans 6 times the diameter of the full Moon which is equivalent to 70 light-years across and is still expanding into space. The nebula reveals these tangled filaments of glowing ionized gas. Ripples remarkably well separated into reddish hues from atomic hydrogen gas and blue-greenish hues from atomic oxygen gas. This deep space scene also includes the Witch’s Broom Nebula (NGC 6960) where bright 52 Cygni star is shining, and the Fleming’s Triangular Wisp (NGC6979) as well as NGC6974. The Veil Nebula was discovered by William Herschel on September 5, 1784. The image captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva observatory, in different wavelengths between Ha, OIII and RGB light, using the Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm and a Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy.
PT: A Nebulosa do Véu, também conhecida como Cygnus Loop, é o resultado de uma supernova remanescente localizada próximo à constelação do Cisne, a cerca de 1.400 anos-luz de distância. A nebulosa foi criada entre 5.000 a 15.000 anos atrás, após a explosão cataclísmica de uma estrela massiva. A onda de choque interestelar foi projectada através do espaço, excitando material interestelar. Toda a Nebulosa do Véu mede 6 vezes o diâmetro da Lua cheia, o que equivale a 70 anos-luz de extensão e ainda se continua a expandir para o espaço actualmente. A nebulosa revela filamentos emaranhados de gás ionizado brilhante. Ondulações notavelmente bem separadas em tons avermelhados provenientes do gás hidrogénio atómico e tons de azul-esverdeado do gás oxigénio atómico. Este retrato amplo do espaço profundo também inclui a Witch’s Broom Nebula (NGC 6960), onde se encontra a estrela brilhante 52 Cygni, e Fleming’s Triangular Wisp (NGC6979), bem como NGC6974. A Nebulosa do Véu foi descoberta por William Herschel em 5 de setembro de 1784. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, em diferentes comprimentos de onda entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB e usando o filtro Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm, conjuntamente com a Poseidon-C Pro Camera, da Player One Astronomy.
Above and Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image. As well as a starfield presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acimea e em baixo: Uma versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem. Assim como uma versão em formato de retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 19h (16,4h in HaOIII + 2,3h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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The Great Dragon of Pelican Nebula in All Its Glory
The image features a dark region between Pelican Nebula and the Cygnus Wall. This region is very often photographed specially because the well know North America nebula NGC7000 where this region of the sky is embedded, but many few images – I only found half a dozen in Astrobin until today, making some reference – are showing the real portrait of the “hidden” Dragon in all its glory, which I tried to emphasise in my framing and personally would like to named the Great Dragon of Pelican. The dark nebula LDN 935 which represents the figure shape of a Chinese Dragon, is known as the “Gulf of Mexico” – more easy to understand if seeing it in a different angle – is a region where the obscured interstellar dust lanes are absorbing and scattering the light, darkening the region between both nebulas. The greenish right edge reveals the bright interesting area known as the Cygnus Wall, a true stellar nursery of newly formed stars. The wall is eroded and illuminated by bright young stars, partially not visible for being occulted behind the dust they have just created. On the left side of the dust, is shining the Pelican Nebula, a star formation and evolving cloud of gas. The light from young energetic stars is slowly transforming the cold gas into hot gas, revealing the advancing boundary between both, known as the ionization front, and visible on the image as the bright orange-reddish region, with intricate filaments of cold gas visible along the front. The image captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva observatory, in different wavelengths between Ha, OIII and RGB light, using the Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm and a Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy.
PT: A imagem mostra uma região escura entre a Nebulosa do Pelicano e a Parede do Cisne. Esta região é frequentemente fotografada especialmente por causa da conhecida nebulosa North America NGC7000 onde esta região do céu está embutida, mas muito poucas imagens – só encontrei meia dúzia até hoje no Astrobin com algum tipo de referência – mostram o retrato real do Dragão “oculto” em toda a sua glória, que tentei enfatizar neste meu enquadramento e pessoalmente apelidei de o Grande Dragão do Pelicano. A nebulosa escura LDN 935, que representa a figura do Dragão chinês, é na verdade conhecida como “Golfo do México” – mais fácil de entender se vista de um ângulo diferente – é uma região onde as faixas obscuras de poeira interestelar estão absorvendo e espalhando a luz, escurecendo a região entre as duas nebulosas. A zona esverdeada à direita revela uma área brilhante e interessante conhecida como Parede do Cisne, um verdadeiro berçário de estrelas recém-formadas. A parede está erodida e iluminada por estrelas jovens e brilhantes, parcialmente invisíveis por estarem ocultas atrás da poeira que acabaram de criar. No lado esquerdo da poeira escura do Dragão, brilha a Nebulosa do Pelicano, uma formação estelar e uma nuvem de gás em evolução. A luz de estrelas jovens e energéticas está lentamente transformando o gás frio em gás quente, revelando a fronteira avançada entre ambos, conhecida como frente de ionização, e visível na imagem como a região laranja-avermelhada brilhante no centro inferior esquerdo, com intrincados filamentos de gás frio visíveis ao longo da frente como pequenos pilares. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, em diferentes comprimentos de onda entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB e usando o filtro Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm, conjuntamente com a Poseidon-C Pro Camera, da Player One Astronomy.
Above and Below: A starless image to appreciate only the nebulosity, and the annotated version produced with PixInsight script based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image. As well as a starfield presented in landscape version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acimea e em baixo: A versão da imagem sem estrelas para apreciar melhor as nebulosas e uma versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem. Assim como uma versão em formato de paisagem com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 10h (8,5 in HaOIII + 1,5h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Comet C/2023 E1 Atlas In a Rare Encounter with Flying Bat and Squid Nebula
A deepsky wide portrait captured in different wavelengths between Ha, OIII and RGB light, features a large reddish cloud of glowing hydrogen gas from the Sh2-129, known as Flying Bat nebula with a physical diameter of 271 light-years, seems to have embedded a blueish giant Squid which spans across the center 50 light-years long. Discovered in 2011 by French astrophotographer Nicolas Outters, and located in the constellation Cepheus, the very faint bipolar shape from this planetary nebula (stars like our sun transform themselves into white dwarfs by casting off their outer gaseous) is distinguished here by the blue-green emission from doubly ionized oxygen atoms. Although, an extra greenish diffuse ball is visible close to the edge of Flying Bat reddish wings, it’s not a new type of fancy nebulas, but a rare encounter with a solar system visitant, the lonely faint comet C/2023 E1 Atlas, shinning with a dimmer 14.7 magnitude, its orbiting the Sun every 85 years at an average distance of 19 AU. Among the 11 nights between July and August that I spent shooting the Flying Bat nebula to acumulate the total time exposure of 39.5 hours, I had a great luck for being capturing on the night of 5 August 2023 around UT23h, and using the Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm from Player One. Because I was able to capture Ha and OIII at the same time, allowing the green coma of the comet to turn visible in my filtered light for being emitting in the same wavelength where OIII emission lies in the G and B channels. If it was only Ha, I would miss it because it was totally invisible in this narrowband red channel. Close to the left edge, are lying nebulas VdB 140 and LDN 446. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal, with a Poseidon-C Pro Camera.
PT: Um retrato amplo do céu profundo captado em comprimentos de onda diferentes entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB, apresenta uma grande nuvem avermelhada de gás hidrogénio brilhante a Sh2-129, conhecida como nebulosa do Morcego Voador (Flying Bat Nebula) com um diâmetro físico de 271 anos-luz, parece ter incorporado uma lula gigante azulada que se estende pelo centro por 50 anos-luz de comprimento. Descoberta em 2011 pelo astrofotógrafo francês Nicolas Outters, e localizada na constelação de Cepheus, a forma bipolar muito ténue desta nebulosa planetária (estrelas como o nosso Sol transformam-se em anãs brancas ao libertarem o seu gás exterior) distingue-se aqui pelo azul esverdeado resultado da emissão de átomos de oxigénio duplamente ionizados. A imagem revela ainda uma estranha bola difusa esverdeada, visível perto das asas avermelhadas da nebulosa do Morcego Voador, não é um novo tipo de nebulosa fancy, mas um raro encontro com um visitante do sistema solar. O tímido cometa solitário C/2023 E1 Atlas, brilha com uma fraca magnitude de 14.7, orbitando o Sol a cada 85 anos a uma distância média de 19 UA (1 Unidade Astronómica – é o equivalente da distância entre a Terra e o Sol). Das 11 noites entre Julho e Agosto que dediquei à captação da nebulosa Flying Bat para acumular o tempo total de exposição de 39.5 horas, tive a sorte por uma destas ter sido a noite de 5 de Agosto de 2023 por volta das 23h UT, e por estar a usar o filtro Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm da Player One. Isto porque consegui captar Ha e OIII ao mesmo tempo, permitindo que o Coma verde do cometa ficasse visível na minha luz filtrada por estar emitindo no mesmo comprimento de onda, onde recai a emissão de OIII, apenas visível nos canais verde (G) e azul (B). Se fosse apenas Ha, eu teria perdido esta passagem do cometa porque era totalmente invisível neste canal vermelho de banda estreita (R). Perto do extremo esquerdo da imagem, encontram-se ainda as nebuloas VdB 140 e LDN 446. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, com uma Player One Astronomy, a Poseidon-C Pro Camera.
Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image, as well as the image without the presence of the comet to appreciate only the nebulas and starfield presented in landscape and portrait, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. At Last, a quick video animation of the transit over 30 raw inidividual calilbrated frames, taken with Green and Blue channel extracted from the OIII and lighten up with low opacity of the Red Ha channel to reveal an hint of the Flying Bat shape.
PT: Em baixo: A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem, assim como uma versão da imagem sem o cometa para se apreciar melhor as nebulosas e o campo estelar nela envolto, em formato de paisagem e retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Por último, uma animação vídeo do trânsito a partir de 30 frames raw calibrados individualmente, captados nos canais Verde e Azul do OIII, posteriormente misturados com o canal vermelho do Ha, com uma opacidade muito baixo para revelar subtilmente os contornos da nebulosa Flying Bat.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 39,5h (35 in HaOIII + 4,5h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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IC 410 and IC 405 Shines in a Colorful Deepsky Portrait of HaOIII and RGB Light
A deepsky wide portrait captured in different wavelengths between Ha, OIII and RGB light, features two large emission nebulae complexes lying in the constellation of Auriga. At left (or up on the portrait version), IC410 also known as Tadpole Nebula, located at about 12,000 light-years away, is a cloud of glowing gas with 100 light-years across, sculpted by stellar winds and radiation from embedded open cluster NGC 1893, shinning near the dark dense cloud at the center of the star-forming nebula. Not faraway, two dense streamers of material can be noticed, trailing away from the nebula’s central regions. These cosmic tadpole, are potentially sites of ongoing star formation with about 10 light-years long. Bright colorful stars from Auriga constellation are shining in the center of this cosmic portrait, between the two main large nebulas. Visible on the right side of the landscape version (below on the portrait one), The Flaming Star nebula, IC 405, lies at about 1,500 light-years away. Glowing in red, convoluted clouds of hydrogen and filaments of atomic gas, are energized by hot, young variable O-type star AE Aurigae, which illuminates the nebula while its blue starlight is scattered by interstellar dust. While retracing the star’s motion through space, astronomers have conclude that AE Aurigae is a blue runaway star that is believed to have been ejected from the Orion nebula some 2.7 million years ago. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal, with a Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy, and the new Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band (Ha+OIII) 3nm.
PT: Um retrato amplo do céu profundo captado em comprimentos de onda diferentes entre a luz Ha, OIII e RGB, apresenta dois grandes complexos de nebulosas de emissão, situados na constelação de Auriga. À esquerda (ou acima na versão retrato), IC410, também conhecida como Nebulosa do Girino, localizada a cerca de 12.000 anos-luz de distância, é uma nuvem de gás brilhante com 100 anos-luz de diâmetro, esculpida por ventos estelares e radiação de um aglomerado aberto embutido na nebulosa, NGC 1893, que brilha perto da nuvem escura e densa no centro desta nebulosa de formação estelar. Não muito longe, podem ser observadas duas densas correntes de material, afastando-se das regiões centrais da nebulosa. Esses “girinos” cósmicos são potencialmente locais de formação estelar contínua com cerca de 10 anos-luz de comprimento. Estrelas coloridas e brilhantes da constelação de Auriga, destacam-se no centro deste retrato cósmico, separando as duas grandes nebulosas principais. Visível no lado direito da versão de paisagem (abaixo na versão retrato), a nebulosa Flaming Star, IC 405, fica a cerca de 1.500 anos-luz de distância. Brilhando em tons de vermelho, nuvens convolvidas de hidrogénio e filamentos de gás atómico são energizadas pela jovem e quente estrela variável do tipo-O, AE Aurigae, que ilumina assim a nebulosa enquanto a sua luz estelar azul é espalhada pela poeira interestelar. Ao retraçar o movimento da estrela através do espaço, os astrónomos concluíram que AE Aurigae é uma estrela azul em fuga que se pensa ter sido ejectada da nebulosa de Orion há cerca de 2,7 milhões de anos. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal, com uma Player One Astronomy, a Poseidon-C Pro Camera e novo filtro Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band (Ha+OIII) 3nm.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 11,5h (8 in HaOIII + 3,5h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2024. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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SOLAR Chromosphere Time Lapse Shows the Sun Activity in Motion on October 2023
On 12th of October 2023, I took a solar time lapse of an entire full disc of the sun, showing a lot of interesting features in motion, such as eruptive prominences, filaments, active regions with minor flares, small spicules dancing like hair in the wind, and a delicate waved line of plasma floating hundreds of kilometers above the sun’s surface, stuck by the strong magnetic fields, until has been released into space in a blink of an eye. The video shows the chromosphere while the sun is rotating over the course of 3 hours. The time lapse sequence was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory with a Player One Saturn-M SQR camera and a Lunt telescope LS100, generating 3TB of data. The final result is a 5K high resolution solar movie comprising 246 images over the course of about 3h, between UT11h05 and UT14h08..
PT: Em 12 de outubro de 2023, captei um time lapse do disco solar completo, mostrando muitas características interessantes em movimento, como proeminências eruptivas, filamentos, regiões activas com pequenas flares, espículas dançando como cabelos ao vento e uma delicada linha ondulada de plasma, flutuando centenas de quilómetros acima da superfície do Sol, presa pelos fortes campos magnéticos, até ser liberada para o espaço em um piscar de olhos. O vídeo mostra ainda a cromosfera solar enquanto o sol no seu movimento de rotação, girou ao longo de 3 horas. A sequência de lapso de tempo foi captada a partir do território Dark Sky® Alqueva com uma câmara Player One Saturn-M SQR e um telescópio Lunt LS100, gerando 3 TB de dados. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 5K composto por 246 imagens ao longo de cerca de 3h, entre UT11h05 e UT14h08.
Above are a still shot presented in monocrhome version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 246 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 5K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 3h of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão monocromática com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 246 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 5K que condensa cerca de 3h20 de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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The Crescent and Soap Bubble Nebula Shining in a Wide Scene from Ha and OIII Emission
The image shows an HaOIII wide field where NGC 6888 also known as the Crescent Nebula, seems to be immersed in. Even looking similar to a supernova remnant, The Crescent is indeed a relatively rare nebula that surrounds WR136 (HD 192163) a Wolf-Rayet dying star in the constellation of Cygnus. The gigantic bubble of gas it was formed by the stellar wind. The central star is releasing massive amounts of gas and UV irradiation, exciting oxygen and hydrogen to emit in the blue and red wavelength illuminating the nebula. The Wolf-Rayet star will probably end up exploding as a supernova within the next 100,000 years. Shinning against the background sculptured by a massive cloud of hydrogen from Cygnus region, is visible another small bubble, known as the the “Soap Bubble” a planetary nebula (PN G75.5+1.7) very faint visible in filtered OIII light. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal. This was also the “first light” from my new combo system from Player One Astronomy, the Poseidon-C Pro Camera and the new Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band (Ha+OIII) 3nm filter and it works incredibly well!
PT: A imagem revela um campo amplo e profundo de HaOIII onde a NGC 6888, também conhecida como Nebulosa Crescente, parece estar imersa. Mesmo parecendo semelhante a uma supernova remanescente, a nebulosa Crescente é de facto uma nebulosa relativamente rara que circunda a WR136 (HD 192163), uma estrela “moribunda” Wolf-Rayet na constelação do Cisne. A gigantesca bolha de gás foi formada pelo vento estelar. A estrela central vai assim libertando grandes quantidades de gás e radiação UV, estimulando a emissão de oxigénio e hidrogénio no comprimento de onda azul e vermelho, que ilumina assim a nebulosa. A estrela Wolf-Rayet provavelmente acabará explodindo como uma supernova nos próximos 100 mil anos. Brilhando contra o fundo esculpido por uma enorme nuvem de hidrogénio da região do Cisne, é visível outra pequena bolha, conhecida como a “Bolha de Sabão”, uma nebulosa planetária (PN G75.5+1.7) muito fraca, visível na luz filtrada OIII (Oxigénio). A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, Portugal. Esta foi também a chamada “first light” do meu novo sistema substituto da DSLR, um combo perfeito da Player One Astronomy, a Poseidon-C Pro Camera e novo filtro Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band (Ha+OIII) 3nm que se revelou verdadeiramente incrível!
Above: Left image: The monochrome version visible in Ha light only. Right image: The monochrome version visible in OIII light only. Below: The final starless image.
PT: Acima: Imagem à esquerda: A versão monocromática visível apenas na luz Ha. Imagem da direita: A versão monocromática visível apenas na luz OIII. Em baixo: A imagem final sem estrelas.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F3.6 – EM200 auto-guided in N.I.N.A| Poseidon-C Pro Camera from Player One Astronomy | Sub Exp. 5 min with Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band Filter 2″ (Ha+OIII) 3nm from Player One Astronomy | Total integration of 21h (18,5h in HaOIII + 2,5h in RGB). Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2 and Photoshop CC 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Blueish Reflection Nebula VdB 152 Shining in Wolf’s Cave Region
A wide field view from Wolf’s Cave region, located in Cepheus constellation, shows the faint blueish reflection nebula VdB 152, shining at the tip of the long dark nebula Barnard 175, lying at a distance of 1,400 light-years away. Not far way to right, shines the colorful planetary nebula Dengel-Hartl 5. The wide field scene also covers the dense dark nebula, known as LDN 1221, visible at the top edge. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Official Observatory, in Portugal, with my Canon 6D modified and comprise 25h of exposure in RGB light, and is a result of the first light while testing the Omegon 76ED Apo triplet. I had a technical issue with my Ha lights, so I was not able to use it and properly reveal the supernova remnant arc this time. Hope you enjoy it!
PT: A imagem revela um campo amplo e profundo da região da Caverna do Lobo, localizada na constelação de Cepheus, e mostra a ténue nebulosa de reflexão azulada VdB 152, brilhando na ponta da longa e escura nebulosa Barnard 175, situada a uma distância de 1.400 anos-luz de distância. Não muito longe, à direita, brilha a colorida nebulosa planetária Dengel-Hartl 5. Este cenário celeste também cobre a densa nebulosa escura, conhecida como LDN 1221, visível na borda superior. A imagem foi captada no Observatório Oficial Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal com minha Canon 6D modificada e compreende 25h de exposição em luz RGB, e é resultado da firstlight durante o teste do Omegon 76ED Apo triplet. Devido a um problema técnico com as minhas em Ha, desta vez não foi possível integrá-las adequadamente para permitir revelar o arco da supernova remanescente. Espero que gostem!
Above: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image.
PT: Acima, A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem.
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Omegon 76ED Apo triplet + Canon 6D modified | ISO2500 – Exp. 240 seconds x 387 RGB lights | Total integration: (1548 min) 25h. Mount EQ6 Pro – Asiair Pro. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-2, photoshop CC 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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All Sky VR 360º – Milky Way and Zodiacal Light During Perseids Meteor Shower 2023
A full dome and 360º Virtual Reality nightscape scene reveals a mosaic of single shots with a composite of 100 meteors star aligned captured in 4 consecutive nights during Perseids meteor shower 2023. The image shows the Radiant located in Perseus constellation, the single point in the sky where all meteors seems to appear due to the perspective. The background starry sky shows the path of Milky Way, as well as the Zodiacal light shining above Pleiades star cluster and against the bright light of planet Jupiter, while all the sky is fulfilled by meteors. The image was captured from Monte de Palaios, during our event at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. For another rotated version, click here. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
PT: Um cenário All Sky e de Realidade Virtual 360º revela um mosaico de fotos individuais com uma composição de 100 meteoros alinhados cuidadosamente com as estrelas, captados ao longo de 4 noites consecutivas durante a chuva de meteoros Perseidas 2023. A composição mostra assim o Radiante localizado na constelação do Perseu, o ponto singular no céu de onde todos os meteoros aparentam radiar por uma questão de perspectiva. O céu estrelado em pano de fundo, mostra o caminho da Via Láctea bem como a luz zodiacal brilhando acima do aglomerado de estrelas das Pleiades e cruzando o caminho do planeta Júpiter, enquanto todo o céu é preenchido por meteoros. A imagem foi captada no Monte de Palaios, durante o nosso evento dedicado às Perseidas 2023 no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Para ver uma versão com rotação diferente, clique aqui. O leitor pode assim experienciar esta Realidade Virtual em alta-resolução 7K usando o seu desktop ou smartphone com giroscópio. Uma ótima experiência “in loco” pode ser alcançada se usar óculos de realidade virtual.
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4 Nights Comprised in One Epic Scene to Reveal the Show of Perseids Meteor Shower 2023
The image is the result of a fair amount of work while star aligning and combining 8 folders of 300 GB from different cameras that I setup for 4 consecutive nights, during Perseids meteor shower 2023. I caught exactly 100 meteors in total from the brightest ones, to the faintest streaks. The composite shows the Radiant located in Perseus constellation, the single point in the sky where all meteors seems to appear due to the perspective. The background starry sky shows the path of Milky Way, as well as the Zodiacal light shining above Pleiades star cluster, while all the sky is fulfilled by meteors. The image was captured from Monte de Palaios, during our event at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. I have more images to share with different projections, as well as a VR360 scene. So stay tuned and don’t forget to subscribe my newsletter.
PT: A imagem é o resultado de muito trabalho e que envolveu o alinhamento de estrelas e combinação de 8 pastas de 300 GB, proveniente de diferentes câmaras que configurei para registarem o céu por 4 noites consecutivas, durante a chuva de meteoros Perseidas de 2023. Captei exactamente 100 meteoros no total, desde os mais brilhantes até aos mais ténues e subtis. A composição mostra assim o Radiante localizado na constelação do Perseu, o ponto singular no céu de onde todos os meteoros aparentam radiar devido por uma questão de perspectiva. O céu estrelado em pano de fundo, mostra o caminho da Via Láctea bem como a luz zodiacal brilhando acima do aglomerado de estrelas das Pleiades, enquanto todo o céu é preenchido por meteoros. A imagem foi captada no Monte de Palaios, durante o nosso evento dedicado às Perseidas 2023 no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Tenho mais imagens para compartilhar com diferentes projeções, além de um cenário em VR360. Assim fiquem atentos e não se esqueçam de assinar a minha newsletter.
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2023 Bright Perseid Meteor and a Persistent Train
A time lapse sequence captured during Perseids meteor shower 2023 from Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal, shows a fast bright meteor traveling at a speed of about 60 kilometers per second, disintegrating while passing through the thin atmosphere at high altitude. Meteors can excite green emission from oxygen atoms releasing the color we see, originated from ionized chemical elements. Blue-green is typically originated from magnesium, nickel also glows in green color, while calcium is radiating violet. Immediately after explodes, this Perseid meteor was lingering a visible orange trail, known as a persistent train, which persists visible for a few minutes. According to Nasa, “the glow emanated from atoms in the Earth’s atmosphere in the path of the meteor – atoms that had an electron knocked away and emit light during reacquisition.” The time lapse shows the initial wind-blown displacement of these bright former ions, while the “orange smoke” dissipates and drifts away in the Earth atmosphere.
PT: Uma sequência time lapse captada durante a chuva de meteoros Perseidas 2023 a partir do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, mostra um meteoro rápido e brilhante, viajando a uma velocidade de cerca de 60 quilómetros por segundo, desintegrando-se ao passar pela fina atmosfera em alta altitude. Os meteoros podem excitar os átomos de oxigénio liberando a cor verde que vemos, originada de elementos químicos ionizados. O azul-esverdeado é tipicamente originado do magnésio, o níquel também brilha na cor verde, enquanto o cálcio irradia na cor violeta. Imediatamente após explodir, este meteoro proveniente das Perseidas deixou uma trilha laranja visível, conhecida como “persistent train”, que persiste visível por alguns minutos. Segundo a Nasa, “o brilho emana de átomos na atmosfera da Terra que se encontram no caminho do meteoro – átomos que tiveram um electrão arrancado e emitem assim luz durante a reaquisição”. O lapso de tempo mostra o deslocamento inicial desses iões brilhantes, pelo vento, enquanto a “fumaça laranja” se dissipa e se afasta na atmosfera da Terra.
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Sequence of a Super “Blue” Moon 2023 Rising Over Monsaraz Castle
A sequence of single shot shows a Super Full “Blue” Moon which don’t have nothing of blue, rising above Monsaraz castle at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. Blue Moon is just called when two full moons happen in the same month. Supermoons happen when a full moon approximately coincides with the moon’s perigee, or a point in its orbit at which it is closest to Earth. This makes the moon appear larger and brighter than usual. Below is a time lapse of this singular moment, to watch with sound on.
PT: A sequência de disparos únicos, revela o caminho da Super Lua Cheia “Azul” – que não tem nada de azul – nascendo sobre o castelo de Monsaraz, no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. A “Blue Moon” é assim apelidada sempre que ocorre a segunda luz cheia no mesmo mês. As superluas ocorrem quando a lua cheia coincide aproximadamente com o perigeu, ponto da sua órbita mais próxima da Terra. Nesta alturas a lua parece maior e mais brilhante do que o normal. Em baixo é possível ver um time lapse deste momento singular, para ver com o som ligado.
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Super “Blue” Moon 2023 Rising Over Monsaraz Castle – Photo and Time Lapse
A single shot shows a Super Full “Blue” Moon which don’t have nothing of blue, rising above Monsaraz castle at Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Portugal. Blue Moon is just called when two full moons happen in the same month. Supermoons happen when a full moon approximately coincides with the moon’s perigee, or a point in its orbit at which it is closest to Earth. This makes the moon appear larger and brighter than usual. Below is a time lapse of this singular moment, to watch with sound on.
PT: A imagem de um disparo único, revela a Super Lua Cheia “Azul” – que não tem nada de azul – nascendo sobre o castelo de Monsaraz, no Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. A “Blue Moon” é assim apelidada sempre que ocorre a segunda luz cheia no mesmo mês. As superluas ocorrem quando a lua cheia coincide aproximadamente com o perigeu, ponto da sua órbita mais próxima da Terra. Nesta alturas a lua parece maior e mais brilhante do que o normal. Em baixo é possível ver um time lapse deste momento singular, para ver com o som ligado.
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Explore a Large Solar Filament 29x the Size of Earth in a Virtual Reality of the Sun in 360º
On 31th of July 2023, a huge filament was visible on the sun’s disc center. At first sight and according to the size, it seems to fit in a quarter of the solar diameter, which will probably indicates a size of around 370,000 km or 29x the size of our planet Earth. Solar filaments are clouds of ionized gas, or plasma, as seen in contrast above the chromosphere. When a solar filament is seen near the solar limb, then it is called a “prominence” instead of a filament. Prominences contain much cooler plasma and are anchored by magnetic field structure, to the Sun’s surface in the photosphere. So I’ve setup the LuntLS100 this time with a Player One Saturn-M SQR camera which is the perfect combination for this type of full disc images. The photo was captured from Dark Sky® territory, in Portugal at UT13h53m. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
PT: No passado dia 31 de Julho de 2023, foi possível observar e registar um enorme filamento visível no centro do disco solar. À primeira vista este filamento extendia-se por cerca de quarto do diâmetro solar, o que provavelmente indica um tamanho de cerca de 370.000 km ou 29x o tamanho do nosso planeta Terra. Os filamentos solares são nuvens de gás ionizado, ou plasma, visto em contraste acima da cromosfera. Quando um filamento solar é visto perto do limbo solar, ele passa a ser designado de “proeminência” em vez de filamento. As proeminências contêm plasma muito mais frio e são ancoradas pela estrutura do campo magnético, à superfície do Sol, na fotosfera. Para captar esta imagem configurei o LuntLS100 com uma câmara Player One Saturn-M SQR, que é a combinação perfeita para este tipo de imagens de disco completo. A fotografia foi captada a partir do território Dark Sky®, em Portugal cerca das UT13h53m. Embaixo o leitor pode assim experienciar esta Realidade Virtual em alta-resolução 7K usando o seu desktop ou smartphone com giroscópio. Uma ótima experiência “in loco” pode ser alcançada se usar óculos de realidade virtual.
Below are a still shot presented in monocrhome version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Em baixo está uma foto apresentada em uma versão monocromática com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Under the Nature to Enjoy the Supermoon of 1st August 2023
Sometimes all we need is an excuse to come outside and just being under the nature during nighttime while enjoying a wonderful super moonrise. Supermoons happen when a full moon approximately coincides with the moon’s perigee, or a point in its orbit at which it is closest to Earth. This makes the moon appear larger and brighter than usual. The 1st August 2023 was on of these moments. The single shot was captured in the beautiful landscape of Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal.
PT: Às vezes, tudo o que precisamos é de uma desculpa para sair e ficar sob a natureza durante a noite enquanto desfrutamos de um maravilhoso nascer da lua. Superluas acontecem quando uma lua cheia coincide aproximadamente com o perigeu da lua, ou um ponto em sua órbita no qual ela está mais próxima da Terra. Isso faz com que a lua pareça maior e mais brilhante do que o normal. O dia 1 de agosto de 2023 foi um desses momentos. A foto de um disparo único, foi captada numa das românticas paisagens do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal.
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Solar Time Lapse of an Entire Full Disc Shows Erupitve Prominences and Minor Flares in Motion
On 9th of July 2023, I took my first solar time lapse of an entire full disc of the sun, showing a lot of interesting features in motion, such as eruptive prominences and minor flares visible in the solar chromosphere while the sun is rotating over the course of 3 hours. The time lapse sequence was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory with a Player One Saturn-M SQR camera and a Lunt telescope LS100, generating 3TB of data. The final result is a 5K high resolution solar movie comprising 213 images over the course of about 3h20m, between UT11h40 and UT15h08.
PT: Em 9 de Julho de 2023, fiz o meu primeiro time lapse de um disco solar completo, mostrando muitos pormenores interessantes em movimento, como proeminências eruptivas e pequenas flares visíveis na cromosfera solar enquanto o sol no seu movimento de rotação girou ao longo de 3 horas. A sequência de lapso de tempo foi captada a partir do território do Dark Sky® Alqueva, com uma câmara Player One Saturn-M SQR e um telescópio Lunt LS100, gerando 3 TB de dados. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 5K composto por 213 imagens ao longo de cerca de 3h20m, entre UT11h40 e UT15h08.
Above are a still shot presented in monocrhome version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 213 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 5K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 3h20 of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão monocromática com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 213 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 5K que condensa cerca de 3h20 de imagens.
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Lunt Solar System LS100| EQ-6 Pro mount | Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Solar Chromosphere Showing a Vertical Prominence with Delicate Fine Threads
After a tough winter and spring with unstable weather finally the Summer has arrived with daily clear skies and sun, so I could finally make a solar session on June 28, 2023. The image features a nice chromosphere full of spicules visible in the limb with a vertical prominence showing delicate fine threads stuck in the strong magnetic fields. The image was captured at UT12h35 from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal. As we had a bit of dust from Canada, so I was not able to make a time lapse this time.
PT: Após um inverno rigoroso e primavera com clima instável, finalmente o verão chegou com céu limpo e sol todos os dias. A imagem é o resultado de uma sessão solar em 28 de junho de 2023. A imagem apresenta uma bonita cromosfera cheia de espículas visíveis no limbo com um proeminência vertical mostrando delicados fios finos presos pelos fortes campos magnéticos do Sol. A imagem foi captada às 12h35 (UT) a partir do território do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Como estavam visíveis algumas poeiras do Canadá, não foi possível fazer um time lapse desta vez.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
SW Esprit 120ED | NEQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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The Heart of Milky Way Embracing the Trees from the Wonderful Fields of Dark Sky® Alqueva
Behind the dusty heart of our spiral galaxy there is a giant but gentle black hole pulsating and vibrating to keep everything perfectly balanced in our island of stars named Milky Way, which I prefer to call, our cosmic Home. Taken from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal.
PT: Escondido no centro do coração empoeirado da nossa galáxia espiral, existe um buraco negro gigante, mas gentil, pulsando e vibrando para manter tudo perfeitamente equilibrado nesta nossa ilha de estrelas chamada Via Láctea, e a que prefiro chamar….o nosso Lar cósmico. A imagem é o resultado de um disparo único em modo mosaico, captado numa das elegantes paisagens banhadas pelo Grande Lago Alqueva, a partir do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal.
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Arched Milky Way Shinning Bright above the Beautiful Dark Sky® Landscape of Alqueva Lake
The beauty of the entire arched arm of our Milky Way galaxy as seen in a mosaic captured from the northern hemisphere during the summer, while the core was shining above Alqueva lake, from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal.
PT: A imagem revela a beleza do braço arqueado da nossa Via Láctea, num mosaico captado durante o verão e a partir do hemisfério norte, enquanto o coração da nossa galáxia brilhava acima do Grande Lago Alqueva, a partir do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal.
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Rare View of Markarian’s Chain Immersed in the Reddish Hydrogen Gas of Virgo Cluster
The image features a deep wide-field scene captured at 530mm and comprising 76,5h of total integration exposure (18,5h in RGB + 58h in Ha), showing galaxies at a distance of 48 million light-years away from Earth, where lies the Virgo Cluster. This collection of galaxies located in the constellation of Virgo, forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster from which the Local Group containing our own Milky Way galaxy, belongs. It’s also known that our own Milky Way galaxy has clouds of hydrogen gas within, lying between us and the Virgo cluster. The image shows more 833 galaxies visible and identified in the annotated version below, and immersed in some of these hydrogen-alpha clouds, while mixed with the clouds contained in the cluster itself. This region is also know as Markarian’s Chain, which includes the gigantic elliptical galaxy M87, the enormous elliptical galaxy M86 and M84, as well as the colorful galaxy M88. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Official Observatory, in Portugal, over the course of 17 nights between February and May 2023.
PT: A imagem revela um campo amplo e profundo captado a 530 mm e que compreende 76,5h de exposição total de integração, mostrando galáxias a uma distância de 48 milhões de anos-luz da Terra, onde fica o Aglomerado de Virgem. Esta coleção de galáxias localizada na constelação de Virgem, forma o coração do maior superaglomerado de Virgem, do qual pertence o Grupo Local que contém a nossa própria galáxia, a Via Láctea. É sabido que a Via Láctea contém nuvens de gás hidrogénio, situadas entre nós e o aglomerado de Virgem. A imagem mostra 833 galáxias visíveis e identificadas na versão anotada abaixo, e imersas em algumas dessas nuvens de hidrogénio-alfa, misturadas com as nuvens contidas no próprio aglomerado. Esta região conhecida como a Cadeia de Markarian inclui a gigantesca galáxia elíptica M87, a enorme galáxia elíptica M86 e M84 , bem como alguma mais coloridas de onde se destaca a M88. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, ao longo de 17 noites entre Fevereiro e Maio de 2023.
Above: A close-up view presented in landscape and portrait, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image like Messier; NGC-IC; PGC; ARP.
PT: Acima: Um crop da imagem apresentada numa versão de paisagem e retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo, A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem como Messier; NGC-IC; PGC; ARP.
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Taka FSQ-106ED at F5 – EM200 auto-guided in Asiair Pro| Nikon D850 modified | ISO3200 – Sub Exp. 5 min in RGB and Ha 7nm filter | Total integration of 76,5h (1110 minutes = 18,5h in RGB + 3468 minutes = 58h in Ha). The final image has 156 Millions of Pixels. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-1 and Photoshop CC 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.
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Solar Chromosphere Shows a Swirling Prominence Near Active Region 13327
After a few weeks of unstable weather with clouds and rain – very unusual for this time of the year – I could finally make a short solar session on June 5, 2023. The image features an eruptive prominence swirling near the Active Region 13327 and below, a large filament hovering over he chromosphere, captured at UT11h20 from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal. As the low dense clouds were passing by all the time, I was not able to make a time lapse. Let’s hope for better conditions in the upcoming days.
PT: Após algumas semanas de clima instável com nuvens e chuva – muito incomum para esta época do ano – pude finalmente fazer uma curta sessão solar em 5 de junho de 2023. A imagem revela uma proeminência eruptiva girando no limbo solar perto da Região Activa 13327, e por baixo desta, um grande filamento pairando sobre a cromosfera, captado às 11h20 (UT) a partir do território do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Como as nuvens baixas e densas estiverem presentes o tempo todo, não consegui fazer um time lapse desta vez. Esperemos por melhores condições nos próximos dias..
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SW Esprit 120ED | NEQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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A Mosaic from the Galactic Heart Immersed in a Colorful Cosmic Dust
A mosaic composed by 6 panels comprising an integrated total time of 29 minutes exposure per panel, captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Official Observatory, reveals a wide deep sky field near the core region of our galaxy. Besides showing a background completely full of stars and immersed in cosmic dust, we can easily recognize many well known deep sky objects, emission nebulae like Lagoon (M8) and IC4628. Reflection nebulae as Trifid M20 and many opaque dark regions that is blocking the light behind. Top left corner shows IC1284 while at the opposite edge, near the right center, the only star visible named 3 Sagittarii, stands very close to the real Galactic Center of Milky Way galaxy.
PT: Um mosaico de 77 milhões de pixeis composto por 6 painéis compreendendo um tempo total de integração de 29 minutos de exposição por painel, captado a partir do Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, revela um amplo campo de céu profundo perto da região central de nossa galáxia. Além de mostrar um fundo completamente estrelado e repleto de poeira cósmica, podemos facilmente reconhecer muitos objetos bem conhecidos do céu profundo, como as nebulosas de emissão da Lagoa (M8) e IC4628. Nebulosas de reflexão como a Trifid M20 e muitas regiões escuras e opacas que bloqueiam a luz por detrás. O canto superior esquerdo mostra IC1284 enquanto na extremidade oposta da imagem, perto do centro direito, a única estrela visível e chamada 3 Sagittarii, revela a posição mais próxima do verdadeiro Centro Galáctico da Via Láctea.
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Canon fixed prime lens 300mm f/2.8 set to f/3.5 + Canon 6D modified | ISO2500 – Exp. 70 seconds x 25 RGB lights per panel in a total of 6 panels | Total integration: ( 29 min x 6). Mount EQ6 Pro – Auto-guiding off. Controlled by AsiairPro. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-1, PT Gui Pro, Photoshop CC 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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Thousands of Galaxies Immersed in the Reddish Hydrogen Gas of Virgo Cluster
The image features a deep wide-field scene captured at 300mm and comprising 43h of total integration exposure, showing galaxies at a distance of 48 million light-years away from Earth, where lies the Virgo Cluster. This collection of galaxies located in the constellation of Virgo, forms the heart of the larger Virgo Supercluster from which the Local Group containing our own Milky Way galaxy, belongs. It’s also known that our own Milky Way galaxy has clouds of hydrogen gas within, lying between us and the Virgo cluster. The image shows more than 1890 galaxies visible and identified in the annotated version below, and immersed in some of these hydrogen-alpha clouds, while mixed with the clouds contained in the cluster itself. At left, we can see the M100 galaxy, while at the right center shows the upside down “Question Mark (?)” shaped by the galaxies known as Markarian’s Chain, which includes the gigantic elliptical galaxy M87, the enormous elliptical galaxy M86 and M84, as well as the colorful galaxies M90, M91 and M88. The image was captured from Dark Sky® Alqueva Official Observatory, in Portugal, over the course of 11 nights.
PT: A imagem revela um campo amplo e profundo captado a 300 mm e que compreende 43h de exposição total de integração, mostrando galáxias a uma distância de 48 milhões de anos-luz da Terra, onde fica o Aglomerado de Virgem. Esta coleção de galáxias localizada na constelação de Virgem, forma o coração do maior superaglomerado de Virgem, do qual pertence o Grupo Local que contém a nossa própria galáxia, a Via Láctea. É sabido que a Via Láctea contém nuvens de gás hidrogénio, situadas entre nós e o aglomerado de Virgem. A imagem mostra mais de 1890 galáxias visíveis e identificadas na versão anotada abaixo, e imersas em algumas dessas nuvens de hidrogénio-alfa, misturadas com as nuvens contidas no próprio aglomerado. À esquerda, podemos ver a galáxia M100, enquanto no centro direito um conjunto de galáxias que parece estar disposta na forma de um “Ponto de Interrogação (?)” invertido, e conhecidas como a Cadeia de Markarian. Deste conjunto destaca-se a gigantesca galáxia elíptica M87, a enorme galáxia elíptica M86 e M84 , bem como as mais coloridas galáxias M90, M91 e M88. A imagem foi captada a partir do Observatório Oficial Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal, ao longo de 11 noites.
Above: The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the image like Messier; NGC-IC; PGC; ARP.
PT: Acima, A versão legendada com anotação produzida pelo script do PixInsight baseado em vários catálogos reconhecidos, identificando assim os principais objectos visíveis na imagem como Messier; NGC-IC; PGC; ARP.
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Canon fixed prime lens 300mm f/2.8 set to f/3.5 + Canon 6D modified | ISO2500 – Exp. 70 seconds x 2221 RGB lights | Total integration: (2591 min) 43h. Mount EQ6 Pro – Auto-guiding off. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-1, photoshop CC 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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Solar Photagraphy with the New Saturn-M SQR Camera from Player One Astronomy
A first light on solar imaging of my newest Saturn-M SQR camera from Player One Astronomy. With a large square sensor of 9MP (1”) it gives a great field of view and much larger resolution, specially useful for producing mosaics or full discs of the Sun in a one single run. On last May 4, 2023 I captured this first light on a very unstable and cloudy day with average to bad seeing conditions and even though the results seems pretty promising, don’t you think? First image was at 10bit mode and second and third images including the black and white version, on 14bit mode. Both has a huge dynamic range but what most impressed me was the fact that I don’t even needed to adjust the tilt plate as it comes from factory, because the image is completely clear, any kind of newton rings visible and non-amp-glow, which gives a perfect clear background. Thanks Player-One-Astronomy for your constant support! No doubts that even being a planetary camera, has an incredible potential for Solar photography too. For more details and a BTS video, visit my IG page.
PT: Uma “primeira luz” da minha mais recente câmara Saturn-M SQR da Player One Astronomy, em fotografia Solar. Com um sensor grande quadrado de 9MP (1”) oferece um largo campo de visão e resolução muito maior, especialmente útil para produzir mosaicos ou discos completos do Sol em uma única sequência. No passado dia 4 de maio de 2023 captei esta primeira luz num dia de atmosfera muito instável e com núvens altas em condições de seeings “médio a mau” e apesar disso os resultados parecerem bastante promissores. Na primeira imagem a câmara estava no modo de 10 Bits e na segunda e terceira imagens, incluindo a versão a preto e branco, no modo de 14 Bits. Ambas revelam uma faixa dinâmica enorme mas o que mais me impressionou, foi o facto de nem precisar de fazer qualquer ajuste na placa de inclinação tal como vem de fábrica, pois a imagem estava totalmente nítida, sem qualquer tipo de anéis de newton visíveis e sem qualquer amp-glow, o que permite um fundo limpo e perfeito. Obrigado Player-One-Astronomy pelo apoio constante, sem dúvida uma câmara planetária com um potencial enorme também extensível ao Sol. Para mais detalhes e um BTS video, visite o story to meu IG .
Above are a still shot presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
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William Optics ED80| EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Saturn-M SQR | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average to bad seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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A Golden Full Moon After a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse
The image shows a golden full moon immersed in a layer of thin high clouds, while was rising after a penumbral lunar eclipse on May 5, which last for only a couple of minutes as it was seen from a marble exploration, in Alandroal, Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
PT: A imagem captada a 5 de Maio, mostra uma lua cheia dourada imersa numa camada de nuvens altas e finas, enquanto esta se elevava após um eclipse lunar penumbral que durou apenas alguns minutos, visto a partir de uma exploração de mármore, no Alandroal, Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal.
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Rare RED Aurora Display “SAR arc” over Dark Sky® Alqueva Observatory in Portugal on 24th April 2023
After checking many elements with so many coincidences I have now almost 99,9% certain that two nights ago, from 23th to 24th April, when I was over night at the official Observatory of Dark Sky® Alqueva, in Cumeada village, Portugal, capturing my latest deep sky target in a region of the sky full of galaxies known as Markarian’s Chain, I captured the rare moment of a red aurora borealis display glowing over Alqueva, as low as 38º latitude. It happened during the strong burst of activity with a severe magnetic storm reaching a geomagnetic K-index level of 8 between 00h45 and 02h15 (local time +1UT), and then decreasing to a Level k5. I had one of my cameras pointing to west region on a 300mm lens, covering a short field of view. We had a dark starry night, the sky was clear as shown on radar images. Our SQM system at the Observatory was registering the peak measurement of the red glowing light exactly at the same time that I had it visible on my images and the report from Spaceweather alert. Unfortunately I was too tired after a few consecutive nights shooting and was napping a bit between tasks and while my telescopes were working. I didn’t had my fish-eye all sky lens with me, so I had installed only one extra camera with a wide angle, which was pointing to the Milky Way – opposite direction – and started around 2AM when the level decreased suddenly, being registered only at the beginning of the time lapse. But fortunately the close-up deepsky sequence that covers the galaxy field, was showing at the end of the video an incredible red display which last for about 1h. In a question of a few minutes all the sky was fulfilled by an intense red glow coming apparently from “nowhere”, which impels me to believe that this could only be the result of an extreme aurora activity that was visible from all over northern Europe. My friend and TWAN colleague Alan Dyer pointed me to most plausible cause, an even rare type of auroras called SAR arc (Stable Auroral Red) arcs which were only discovered in 1956. Alan mentioned that “in the northern hemisphere, SARs occur south of the main aurora, and would be seen before any aurora itself appears at lower latitudes. They are almost always sub-visual but cameras pick them up easily”. I never saw something like that in my life, and it was not visible with naked-eye, I only noticed after being notified by Spaceweather alerts about the undergoing storm, and after checking if my deepsky camera was focused, but I remember to look up and think on that “weird reddish” light visible on my lcd screen, and even checked if the white balance was ok, but everything was set up properly as expected. Finally, I looked up to visually confirme if the sky was clean, and it was totally clear. Normally from Alqueva, I usual get green airglow on my photos, as red airglow is normally well seen in high altitude places, like Atacama or La Palma, and is indeed faint comparing to the level of brightness I get on histogram. We have confirmed and radar images shows that the sky was clear too, but I even checked the images from two nights before when I was capturing the same region of the sky but had a few high clouds and the appearance on the image is completely different, the image tends to be more pale white and faint galaxies simply vanish while stars shows a diffuse halo or a glow around them. And during the red aurora display the galaxies were still sharp as before and keep revealing the faint dusty oblong shape. Plus after checking Spaceweather website, I saw that an NLC camera located in Southern Spain (37ºN) captured the Northern Lights too, as well in Calar Alto Observatory.
Conclusion, I think that 24th April 2023 is probably an historic date and special moment for me, as the last confirmed reports about auroras in Portugal were from 85 years ago, on 25th de January 1938, and 66 years ago, on 21th January 1957 according to same archive news about this event, and none of them were about “SAR arc”.
The mosaic above shows single shot images from the time lapse sequence, regarding the wide field camera, and images from the left telescope lens. Centered reddish images was related with the middle of the most intense display around 01h38 (local time, with DST active is +1hUT) | PT: O mosaico acima mostra as imagens de disparo único a apartir da sequência time lapse, em relativas à câmara de grane campo e imagens do telescópio da esquerda a 300mm. A imagem avermelhada central é relativa ao meio do evento quando aintgiu a maior intensidade por volta das 01h38 (hora local, com horário de verão ativo é +1hUT).
PT: Depois de verificar vários elementos e tantas coincidências, tenho agora quase 99,9% de certeza que poderei afirmar sem grande margem para dúvidas que há duas noites atrás, de 23 para 24 de Abril, quando pernoitei no Observatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na vila da Cumeada, Portugal, enquanto captava o meu mais recente objecto de céu profundo em uma região do céu cheia de galáxias conhecida como “Markarian Chain”, captei um raro momento que poderá ficar para a história, de o aparecimento de uma aurora boreal vermelha brilhando sobre os céus do Alqueva, a uma baixa latitude de 38ºN. Aconteceu durante um breve momento de actividade extrema com uma forte tempestade magnética atingindo um nível geomagnético (K-index) de K8 entre 00h45 e 02h15 (hora local portuguesa +1UT), e diminuindo no espaço de uma hora e quase repentinamente, para um nível k5. Eu tinha uma das minhas câmaras apontando para a região sudoeste a cerca de 60º de altura com uma lente de 300 mm, cobrindo um pequeno campo de visão. Tivemos uma noite escura e estrelada, o céu estava límpido como mostram as imagens de radar. O nosso sistema SQM no Observatório que mede em permanência a escuridão do céu, registou a medição de pico da luz vermelha brilhante exactamente ao mesmo tempo em que eu a tinha visível nas minhas imagens e no relatório do alerta Spaceweather. Infelizmente eu estava muito cansado depois de algumas noites consecutivas a fotografar e sem praticamente dormir e estava a dormitar um pouco entre tarefas, enquanto os meus telescópios trabalhavam. Eu não tinha a minha lente olho de peixe de 8mm (all sky) comigo, então instalei apenas uma câmara extra com grande angular, que apontava para a Via Láctea – direcção oposta – e que começou a fotografar por volta das 2 da manhã, quando o nível caiu repentinamente, estando registado apenas no início do time lapse. Mas felizmente, a sequência de céu profundo que cobre o campo da galáxias mostra no final do vídeo uma incrível luz vermelha intensa que durou cerca de 1h. Em questão de minutos todo o céu foi preenchido por um intenso brilho vermelho vindo aparentemente “do nada”, o que me leva a crer que isso só poderia ser resultado da actividade extrema das auroras boreais visível em todo o norte da Europa. O meu amigo e colega do TWAN Alan Dyer indicou-me a causa mais plausível, um tipo ainda mais raro de auroras chamado SAR arc (Stable Auroral Red) que só foi descoberto em 1956. Alan mencionou que “no hemisfério norte, os SARs ocorrem ao sul da aurora principal, e deveriam ser vistos antes que qualquer aurora aparecesse em latitudes mais baixas. Eles são quase sempre subvisuais, mas as câmaras conseguem captá-los facilmente” acrescenta. Eu nunca vi algo assim na minha vida, e não era visível a olho nu, só notei depois de ser avisado pelos alertas do Spaceweather sobre a tempestade em andamento, e depois de verificar se a minha câmara deepsky estava focada, mas recordo-me de olhar para cima e pensar naquela luz “avermelhada estranha” visível no meu lcd, e até verificar se o balanço de brancos estava ok, mas tudo foi configurado correctamente conforme o esperado. Por fim, olhei para cima para confirmar visualmente se o céu estava limpo e estava totalmente limpo. Normalmente do Alqueva, costumo obter airglow verde (luminescência fotoquímica da atmosfera) nas minhas fotos, já que o airglow vermelho é normalmente mais comum em locais de grande altitude, como o Atacama ou La Palma, e é realmente fraco em comparação com o nível de brilho que obtivera no histograma. Confirmámos e as imagens do radar mostram que o céu também estava limpo, mas até verifiquei as imagens de duas noites anteriores, enquanto captava a mesma região do céu mas com algumas nuvens altas visíveis e a aparência na imagem é completamente diferente, a imagem tende a ser mais esbranquiçada e pálida e as galáxias fracas simplesmente desaparecem enquanto as estrelas mostram um halo difuso ao seu redor. Durante a exibição desta rara aurora vermelha, as galáxias continuaram nítidas como antes, a revelar a sua forma oblonga empoeirada e ténue. Além disso, depois de verificar o site do Spaceweather, vi que uma câmera NLC localizada no sul da Espanha (37ºN) também captou as auroras boreais, assim como o Observatório Espanhol de Calar Alto.
Conclusão, penso que o dia 24 de abril de 2023 é provavelmente uma data histórica e um momento especial para mim, pois os últimos relatos confirmados sobre auroras em Portugal datam de há 85 anos, a 25 de janeiro de 1938, e há 66 anos, a 21 de janeiro de 1957, segundo alguns arquivos de notícias sobre este evento, e nenhuma delas foi sobre um “SAR arc”.
Below are a graphic with our SQM system showing the measurments at the Observatory that night, as well as a radar infrared image with a cloud cover above Iberian Peninsula. PT: Abaixo está um gráfico com nosso sistema SQM mostrando as medições no Observatório naquela noite, bem como uma imagem de radar infravermelho com a cobertura de nuvens sobre a Península Ibérica.
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Solar Tornado Released into Space in a Time Lapse Captured from Portugal on 20th April 2023
On 20th of April 2023, I noticed that the solar chromosphere was featuring a gigantic prominence, so I prepared my solar telescope to start the photo session as I normally do when we have some interesting activity as well as clear and stable sky at Dark Sky® Alqueva region, in Portugal. After about 1h of images, I noticed that this prominence was growing even more which means that probably something bigger as about to happen and I couldn’t imagine that one of my dreams of capturing a Solar Tornado in motion was about to turn into reality. Due to my position on a terrace, my view at this time of the year is blocked after 4:30 PM, so I only had around 1h20m to keep capturing as much images as I could for a time lapse sequence that could show the evolution of this giant of plasma and the incredible moment when it suddenly lifted off, being released into space. According to Spaceweather.com “unlike tornadoes on Earth, which are shaped by wind, tornadoes on the sun are controlled by magnetism. Solar magnetic fields twist in a furious spiral, dragging clouds of plasma around with them. This particular tornado over-twisted, pinched off, and flew straight away from the sun. The debris will not hit Earth.” Here is the animations from NASA SDO and LASCO-c2 (Cactus CME detection) from this same day, showing the same giant as seen from the probe in Space. It seems that Cactus as detected also a CME or at least the release of this Tornado like if it was a CME. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising 290 images over the course of about 2h, between UT13h15 and UT15h07.
PT: No dia 20 de Abril de 2023, notei que a cromosfera solar apresentava uma proeminência gigantesca, então rapidamente me apressei a preparar o meu telescópio solar para iniciar a sessão de fotos como normalmente faço quando temos alguma atividade interessante e céu está limpo e estável na região do Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Após cerca de 1h de imagens, notei que a proeminência estava a crescer ainda mais o que significava que provavelmente algo maior estaria para acontecer. Não poderia era imaginar que um dos meus sonhos de captar um Tornado Solar em movimento estava prestes a se tornar realidade. Devido à posição em que estou localizado, a minha visão nesta época do ano é bloqueada depois das 16h30, pelo que só tinha cerca de 1h20m para continuar a captar o máximo de imagens possível para criar a sequência de time lapse que pudesse mostrar a evolução desse gigante de plasma e o incrível momento em que repentinamente ele “se descolou”, sendo lançado vigorosamente para o espaço. De acordo com Spaceweather.com “ao contrário dos tornados na Terra, que são moldados pelo vento, os tornados no sol são controlados pelo magnetismo. Os campos magnéticos solares giram em uma espiral furiosa, arrastando nuvens de plasma com eles. Este foi arrancado e voou direto para longe do sol. Os detritos não atingirão a Terra.” Aqui estão as animações da NASA SDO e LASCO-c2 (detecção de CME do sistema Cactus) deste mesmo dia, mostrando o mesmo gigante visto a partir da sonda no espaço. Parece que o Cactus também detectou um CME ou pelo menos o lançamento deste Tornado como se fosse uma CME. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K composto por 290 imagens ao longo de cerca de 2h, entre UT13h15 e UT15h07.
Above are a still shot presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 290 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h of images.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 290 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h de imagens.
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SW Esprit 120ED Professional for time lapse and close-up shots | William Optics ED80 for wide angle shots| EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Double Night Arch with Zodiacal Light and Gegenschein Against the Winter Milky Way Path and Comet ZTF
A panoramic scene shows a double night arch with the path of zodiacal light showing a gegenschein close to the zenith (letf top corner) and the faint winter Milky Way presence full of nebulae emission and lovely bright constellations, while an outsider visitor known as Comet ZTF was shining with a diffuse greenish glow above Alqueva lake, at Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal. Close to the horizon and almost surrounding the entire scene, a light presence of a pale green airglow is also visible. For a Virtual Reality 360º experience go here.
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Winter Milky Way, Zodiacal Light and Gegenschein with Comet ZTF Above Alqueva Lake in a VR 360º Night Experience
An all sky and 360º Virtual Reality scene features the path of zodiacal light showing a gegenschein close to the zenith (center of the image) and the faint winter Milky Way presence full of nebulae emission and lovely bright constellations, while an outsider visitor known as Comet ZTF was shining with a diffuse greenish glow above Alqueva lake, at Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal. Close to the horizon and almost surrounding the entire circular scene, a light presence of a pale green airglow is also visible. Below you can experience a Virtual Reality 360º in 7K resolution using your desktop, or smartphone with gyroscope. A great “in loco” experience can be achieved if you wear a VR glasses.
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Gigantic Solar Prominence in Motion from 29th January 2023
Captured on the 29th of January, 2023, from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity, revealing a gigantic prominence in motion. It’s possible to see a lot of interesting changes on its shape. The size of this giant is stretching around the sun’s limb for thousands of kilometres being several times larger than our planet Earth. As comparison, it has a width beyond the largest system rings of planet Saturn. We can also notice a lot of fine spicules surrounding the solar disc and a fast eruptive prominence coming out from a sunspot, while the chromosphere itself is showing a slower motion. Conditions were good, so I’ve manage to make a time lapse of about 248 images. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising around 1h20 minutes of photos.
PT: Captada a 29 de Janeiro de 2023, na região Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, uma imagem de alta resolução e sequência time lapse mostra a actividade da cromosfera, revelando uma gigantesca proeminência em movimento. É possível ver muitas mudanças interessantes em sua forma. O tamanho deste gigante se estende ao redor do limbo solar por milhares de quilómetros. Como comparação, a sua largura poderia ir para além do maior sistema de anéis de Saturno. Também podemos notar muitas espículas finas ao redor do disco solar e uma rápida proeminência eruptiva saindo de uma pequena mancha solar, enquanto a própria cromosfera mostra um movimento mais lento. As condições eram boas, por isso foi possível registar um time lapse de cerca de 248 imagens. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K com cerca de 1h20 minutos de fotos.
Above are a still shot presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 248 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 1h20 minutes.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 248 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 1h20 minutos de imagens.
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SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Planets Jupiter and Venus Shining Against the Zodiacal Light Under the Moonlight
The image shows faint Zodiacal light on a moonlight wide night scene, while planets Venus and Jupiter were still close shining in a romantic conjunction seen above the green fields from Alentejo region, inside @darkskyalqueva territory, in Portugal. Orion constellation is visible in the upper left corner while close to the end of faint light from the Zodiac are visible Pleiades blueish cluster .
PT: A imagem mostra a ténue luz zodiacal num cenário ao luar, enquanto os planetas Vénus e Júpiter ainda estavam próximos brilhando em uma conjunção romântica vista acima dos campos verdes na região do Alentejo, dentro do território Dark Sky® Alqueva. A constelação de Orion é visível no canto superior esquerdo, enquanto perto do final da luz fraca do Zodíaco é visível o aglomerado azulado das Pleiades.
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Solar Prominence Arching in Motion – Photos and Time Lapse
Captured on the 25th of January, 2023, from Dark Sky® Alqueva region, Portugal, a high-resolution image and time lapse sequence features the chromosphere activity, revealing a an arching prominence trapped by magnetic strong forces. It’s possible to see a lot of interesting changes on its shape and a fast eruptive swirling below on the sun’s limb. We can also notice a lot of fine spicules surrounding the solar disc, while the chromosphere itself shows a slower motion. Conditions were good, so I’ve manage to make a time lapse of about 383 images. The final result is a 4K high resolution solar movie comprising around 2h20 minutes of photos.
PT: Captada a 25 de Janeiro de 2023, na região Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal, uma imagem de alta resolução e sequência time lapse mostra a actividade da cromosfera, revelando uma proeminência arqueada presa pelos fortes campos magnéticas. É possível ver muitas mudanças interessantes na sua forma e um rápido redemoinho eruptivo na região inferior do limbo solar. Também podemos notar muitas espículas finas ao redor do disco solar, enquanto a própria cromosfera mostra um movimento mais lento. As condições eram boas, por isso foi possível registar um time lapse de cerca de 383 imagens. O resultado final é um filme solar de alta resolução 4K com cerca de 2h22 minutos de fotos.
Above are a still shot presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image. Below is possible to watch the video time lapse sequence compiling 383 shots processed, each one as result of a stack of the best 200 frames from each raw video. The final result is a 4K high resolution time lapse movie comprising around 2h22 minutes.
PT: Acima está uma foto apresentada em uma versão retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem. Em baixo é possível ver o vídeo time lapse compilando 383 captações processadas, cada uma como resultado de um stack dos melhores 200 frames de cada vídeo raw. O resultado final é um filme time lapse de alta resolução de 4K que condensa cerca de 2h22 minutos de imagens.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
SW Esprit 120ED Professional | EQ-6 Pro mount | Daystar Quark Prominence filter| Player One Apollo-M Max |Focuser Sesto Senso 2 | Stack of 200 frames for each single image, captured in average seeing conditions from Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal.
Important Note | Nota Importante: Never look and point a telescope or any other optical equipment directly to the sun without a proper and specialized safty filters! It can blind you forever. PT: Nota Importante – Nunca aponte um telescópio ou qualquer equipamento óptico directamente para o sol e observe através dele sem filtros especializados e seguros. Causará cegueira irreversível!
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Venus and Jupiter in a Romantic Twilight Conjunction above Alentejo Fields in Dark Sky® Alqueva
The image shows a sky pairing in a twilight scene while planets Venus and Jupiter were still close in a romantic conjunction as seen from Alentejo fields inside Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal.
PT: A imagem revela um par celestial num cenário ao crepúsculo enquanto os planetas Vénus e Júpiter ainda estavam próximos numa conjunção romântica, vista a partir dos campos dourados do Alentejo no interior do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal.
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Pairing with Jupiter and Venus in a Romantic Conjunction Scene
Me and my wife Apolónia decided to join the sky pairing yesterday night, for a nice twilight scene while planets Venus and Jupiter were still close in a romantic conjunction illuminated by the moonlight as seen from Alentejo fields inside Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, in Portugal. Even having a little haze due to high thin clouds, I used a fog filter in front of the lens to help distinguish the little shining guys.
PT: Eu e a minha companheira Apolónia decidimos juntar-nos ao par celestial ontem à noite, para um belo cenário ao crepúsculo enquanto os planetas Vénus e Júpiter ainda estavam próximos numa conjunção romântica iluminada pelo luar, vista a partir dos campos dourados do Alentejo no interior do território Dark Sky® Alqueva, em Portugal. Mesmo tendo um pouco de neblina devido às nuvens altas e finas, usei um filtro difusor na frente da lente para ajudar a destacar os dois planetas brilhantes.
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Earth Shadow – The Beauty of a Total Lunar Eclipse in Motion
A video time lapse in 4K shows what is the deepest feeling of experiencing the incredible moment when the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow, giving the natural satellite a blood-red hue during a total lunar eclipse. The stars around the moon are again visible as the light of the moon drops drastically, giving rise to a unique moment of seeing the mesmerising presence of the Milky Way but at the same time, the shinning moon reflecting a low reddish light for being immersed inside the Umbra of the Earth shadow. The movie also intend to reveal the emotional feeling and ambience which surround us during this celestial event, when we are under the real darkness of a pristine starry sky like Mértola, in Dark Sky® Alqueva territory, Portugal. All the images were captured during the Total Lunar Eclipse of 16th May, 2022. For being near the closest point to our planet Earth, this Moon was also called a “Super Blood Moon”. According to timeanddate.com next Lunar Eclipse it will happen in 2023, on 5-6 May and will be a Penumbral Lunar Eclipse visible in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Antarctica. Close to the end of the year, on 28-29 October 2023, it wil be visible a Partial Lunar Eclipse, seen from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, Much of South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic, Antarctica.
PT: O vídeo time lapse em 4K mostra qual é a sensação mais profunda de experimentar o momento incrível em que a lua passa pela sombra da Terra, dando ao satélite natural um tom vermelho-sangue durante um eclipse lunar total. As estrelas ao redor da lua são novamente visíveis à medida que a luz da lua cai drasticamente, dando origem a um momento único, o de poder apreciar a presença hipnotizante da Via Láctea, e ao mesmo tempo, a lua brilhando e refletindo uma luz avermelhada por estar imersa na Umbra da sombra da Terra. O filme também pretende revelar de alugma forma o forte sentimento e emoção que se experiencia no ambiente que nos rodeia durante este evento celestial, quando estamos sob a verdadeira escuridão de um céu pristino estrelado, como o de Mértola, no território Dark Sky® Alqueva, Portugal. Todas as imagens foram captadas durante o Eclipse Lunar Total de 16 de maio de 2022. Por estar perto do ponto mais próximo do nosso planeta Terra, a lua também foi apelidada de “Super Luar de Sangue”. De acordo com timeanddate.com o próximo Eclipse Lunar acontecerá em 2023, de 5 para 6 de maio e será um Eclipse Lunar Penumbral visível na Europa, Ásia, Austrália, África, Pacífico, Atlântico, Oceano Índico e Antártica. Perto do final do ano, de 28 para 29 de Outubro de 2023, será visível um Eclipse Lunar Parcial, visto da Europa, Ásia, Austrália, África, América do Norte, grande parte da América do Sul, Pacífico, Atlântico, Oceano Índico, Ártico , Antártida.
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Comet ZTF and Mars Shinning close to Hyades and Pleiades Immersed in the Colorful Dusty Field of Taurus
A wide field view of the winter sky shows a duet of open clusters known as Hyades and Pleiades, involved in the faint dust from Taurus molecular cloud. Comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF) and planet Mars also joined the scene, while being visible in this region of the sky on February 13, 2023. The close-up image of Mars and Comet ZTF was taken from Dark Sky® Alqueva official osbervatory in Portugal, on this date with a 300mm lens and it was later rescaled and star aligned to perfectly match on the background deep field scene I had previously acquired and processed in 2020, which comprises 5h of long exposure integration taken from the same place with a 105mm lens to reveal the faintest dust of this colorful region of the winter sky. For that particular reason, the field unfortunately doesn’t cover entirely the area where is located planet Mars.
PT: Um amplo campo de visão revela um dueto de aglomerados abertos conhecidos como Híades e Pleiades, envolvidos na ténue poeira da nuvem molecular do Touro. O cometa c/2022 E3 (ZTF) e o planeta Marte também entraram em cena, sendo visíveis nesta região do céu a 13 de Fevereiro de 2023. A imagem em close-up de Marte e do cometa ZTF foi captada nesta data a partir do Obervatório Oficial do Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, com uma objectiva de 300 mm e posteriormente foi redimensionada e alinhada às estrelas para ser combinada com a imagem de fundo adquirida e processada previamente em 2020 a partir do mesmo local, e que compreende uma integração total de 5h de exposição, captadas com uma lente de 105 mm para assim poder revelar a poeira mais subtil e fraca dessa região colorida do céu de inverno. Por esse motivo particular, o campo infelizmente não cobre totalmente a área onde está localizado o planeta Marte.
Above is an image presented in portrait version, intended to help conduct the reader attention to the most interesting parts of the image.
PT: Acima, está uma foto apresentada em uma versão retrato com o objetivo intencional de ajudar a conduzir a atenção do leitor para as partes mais interessantes da imagem.
Technical details | Detalhes Técnicos
Comet ZTF and Mars :Canon fixed prime lens 300mm at f/3,5 + Canon 6D modified | ISO2500 – sub Exp. of 70 seconds in a total 54 images | Total integration: 63 minutes. Mount EQ6 Pro – Auto-guiding off. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.9-1, photoshop CC 2023 and Premiere Pro 2023. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
Taurus molecular cloud, including Pleiade and Hyades: Sigma Art 105mm set to f/2,5 + Nikon D810a | ISO800 – Exp. 100 seconds x 161 lights | Montagem AZHEQ5 Pro |Total integration of 161 Lights: 268 minutes. Processing on PixInsight 1.8.8-4 and Photoshop CC 2020. Cumeada Observatory from Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, Reguengos de Monsaraz.
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