#firstlight mit meinem Weihnachtsgeschenk #seestar50 in Form von #m51 kurz vor der Morgendämmerung und unseren #Mond am Abend durch eine leichte Wolkendecke.
"James Webb telescope captures clearest-ever image of Whirlpool galaxy
(...) This mesmerising picture...is a composite image from the telescope’s NIRCam and MIRI instruments. Both devices are built to capture the distant universe by decoding infrared light signals emanating from faraway stars and galaxies. The end result is the Whirlpool galaxy in never-seen-before detail.
The dark red regions trace the filamentary warm dust permeating the medium of the galaxy. The red regions show the reprocessed light from complex molecules forming on dust grains, while colours of orange and yellow reveal the regions of ionised gas by the recently formed star clusters.
#Astronomy#M51#Whirlpoolgalaxy
Did i show you my last image? I counted photons nearly 4 hours - on my -30°C cold camera mounted on my 10 Inch Schmidt-Newton. Focal length 2m
This Galaxy is very special to me. In 2005 i met my wife on the Observatory while imaging this Galaxy and the Supernova within. Now 18 years later - my wife is still there and the star which was so bright is not visible anymore.
Our love is still brighter than ever and brighter than any star can explode ❤️ ❤️