@ianlauerastro.bsky.social
Astronomer, astrophotographer, & YouTuber on a mission to reconnect you to the night sky.
Two Joshua Trees dancing under the Milky Way 💫
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07.12.2024 18:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I took this photo while out in Utah with a Sony a7siii camera and star tracker. Foreground was during blue hour, sky was multiple photos tracked and stacked.
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We’ve forgotten what it feels like to stand under a sky full of stars.
Most of us have never experience that view. Light pollution has stolen it.
When you see the Milky Way, you’re literally looking at your cosmic roots.
Get under the stars and reconnect with the universe above.
No wonder so many people believe in flat earth, or think space is fake.
For the first time in human history, most people can’t see the true night sky.
That’s because they live in cities that have an insane amount of lights on at night.
Reconnect to the stars again. Get under dark skies.
Gear used was a Sony a7siii camera, redcat 51 telescope, and a star adventurer star tracker
04.12.2024 02:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I captured this photo by leaving the camera shutter open for 30 seconds.
Then I did it for another 30 seconds, continuing this process for 2 hours
Afterwards I stacked all the photos together.
You can see Orion’s Belt at the top of the image
Also captured is the famous Orion Nebula, the horse head nebula, the flame nebula, and lots of interstellar gas and dust
Here’s a close-up of what’s hiding below Orion’s Belt 👀
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The Andromeda Galaxy:
10 second photo vs 10 hour photo
