Managed to capture the Milky Way "core" last night, for the first time :)

Made an 8 hours timelapse as well :). Will be part of a future video for our TROMhome channel - videos.trom.tf/c/tromhome/vide…

All with a Pixel 4a with CalyxOS, gave to me for free by @aaron :)

A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay
Video Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar
https://www.instagram.com/astropolo_/

Explanation:
If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video taken during the total lunar eclipse last week from Uruguay. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun, causing the Moon to fade dramatically. The Moon never gets completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere refracts some light. As the featured video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime and sunlit, but actually it is nighttime and lit by the glow of the full Moon. As the Moon becomes eclipsed and fades, background stars become visible. Most spectacularly, the sky surrounding the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be full of stars and highlighted by the busy plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow and its bright full glare again dominated the sky.
https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_eclipse#Total_lunar_eclipse
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250315.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211201.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html

https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/refr.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DNbkKBW0K8

http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galaxy.html
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110617.html

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250324.html

A census of OB stars within 1 kpc and the star formation and core collapse #supernova rates of the #MilkyWay: https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/538/3/1367/8024142?login=false -> Violent supernovae 'triggered at least two Earth #extinctions': https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/violent-supernovae-triggered-least-two-earth-extinctions

I took this photo last week in the Rhön.

Early in the year, the Milky Way is still flat above the horizon and is perfect for panoramas. Later in the year, the Milky Way becomes more and more vertical above the horizon.

Planetary party portrait above Paranal!

In this image, taken in early February, the planets of the Solar System appear to parade one after the other above our Paranal Observatory in #Chile. Joining the party are the #Moon, the #MilkyWay, and a special guest: comet C/2024 G3

A question we often get is whether the planets orbit the Sun in the same plane as the disc of the Milky Way. This image shows that's not the case: the plane of the Solar System –the ecliptic– is tilted about 60º relative to the Milky Way.

Read more: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2510a/

B.Haeussler/ESO

Milky Way over Kambalda, Western Australia

More about me & prints:
https://linktr.ee/steven.sandner

Aperture: f/2.8 (for maximum light intake in low-light conditions)
Shutter Speed: 25s (to capture the Milky Way’s details without star trails)
ISO: 1600 (to enhance sensitivity to faint starlight while managing noise)

#MilkyWay #NightSky #Kambalda #Nature #Landscape #Astrophotography

A grandiose view of the Milky Way stretches across a clear night sky, revealing countless stars over the quiet desert of Death Valley, California.
Single shot, December 04, 2024

Prints&Things: https://ez-lorenz.pixels.com/featured/the-grandeur-of-the-milky-way-over-death-valley-ca-ez-lorenz.html