Astronomy Picture of the Day

[AstronomyUkraine]

I'm very pleased to congratulate Backyard Astronomy member Hannah Rochford, on winning her first APOD with this image of Thor's Helmet.

 

 

To see the full description, click on the link.

 

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

 

[Hannahgrace]

6 minutes ago, AstronomyUkraine said:

I'm very pleased to congratulate Backyard Astronomy member Hannah Rochford, on winning her first APOD with this image of Thor's Helmet.

 

 

To see the full description, click on the link.

 

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

 

Thank you so much Brian!! 💜

[TerryMcK]

Wow well done Hannah. You must be one of the very few people in the UK to have got an APOD.

[AstronomyUkraine]

2 hours ago, Hannahgrace said:

Thank you so much Brian!! 💜

My pleasure Hannah. ❤

[Hannahgrace]

4 hours ago, TerryMcK said:

Wow well done Hannah. You must be one of the very few people in the UK to have got an APOD.

Thank you Terry! Very surreal! 💫🙏🏼

[P Holdsworth]

Congratulations Hannah truly outstanding 👍 

[Hannahgrace]

8 hours ago, P Holdsworth said:

Congratulations Hannah truly outstanding 👍 

Thank you so much 😊 

[Carastro]

Wow, really well done.  
 

Carole 

[mightymonoped]

Congrats Hannah! That's some first light! 😀

 

Tony

[Hannahgrace]

15 hours ago, Carastro said:

Wow, really well done.  
 

Carole 

Thank you so much Carole 🙂 

[Hannahgrace]

8 hours ago, mightymonoped said:

Congrats Hannah! That's some first light! 😀

 

Tony

Thanks Tony!! Aha I nearly threw the data away before I processed it 🙈 (got 8 hours out of 20+, really bad seeing and the gain settings were not ideal, but it worked out in the end 😊) 

[MartinS]

Congratulations Hannah, an amazing image of a low challenging target.

 

 

[Hannahgrace]

5 hours ago, MartinS said:

Congratulations Hannah, an amazing image of a low challenging target.

 

 

Thank you so much Martin! It was a struggle to get good data indeed! I had to scrap over 50% of it!! Thanks again 💜

[Carastro]

I have yet to get a decent result on this target even imaging at Bortle 4.  What is your Bortle scale Hannah, indeed where are you located?

 

I think this is probably the best Thor's Helmet I have seen, so much detail.

 

Carole 

Edited December 22, 2022 by Carastro

[Hannahgrace]

58 minutes ago, Carastro said:

I have yet to get a decent result on this target even imaging at Bortle 4.  What is your Bortle scale Hannah, indeed where are you located?

 

I think this is probably the best Thor's Helmet I have seen, so much detail.

 

Carole 

I’m bortle 4 (well 3.53 technically!) the narrow Ha and Oiii filters definitely helped. Thank you so much that’s incredibly kind 💜💜💜 it’s my third edit and I’ve learnt so much since the first time I tried editing it! 🙂 my camera (2600mm) picks up a lot of detail, I adore it! 
It was taken with a 127mm refractor, FL 952mm. 
 

Hannah