#Space | It took over a decade and 1,000 hours of photography to create this picture of the #MilkyWay
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@pabsgill Finnish astrophotographer, JP Metsavainio, took on the daunting task of creating a mosaic of the #MilkyWay back in 2009. It took him twelve years to get the whole picture which is around 100,000 pixels wide and has 234 individual mosaic panels stitched together.
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@pabsgill "The reason for a long time period is naturally the size of the mosaic and the fact that the image is very deep. Another reason is that I have shot most of the mosaic frames as individual compositions and published them as independent artworks.," Metsavainio wrote on his blog.
@pabsgill While Metsavainio is an astrophotographer by profession, this project was a pet project. All of the mosaic work was done on Photoshop. “I think this is the first image ever showing the #MilkyWay in this resolution and depth at all three color channels,” he told PetaPixel.
@pabsgill The California Nebula, also called NGC 1499, was discovered by EE Barnard in 1884.
The nebula is located around 1,000 light years from Earth. Because of its low surface brightness, it is one of the most difficult astronomical objects to observe.
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The nebula is located around 1,000 light years from Earth. Because of its low surface brightness, it is one of the most difficult astronomical objects to observe.
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@pabsgill The #BubbleNebula, around 11,000 light years from Earth, can be seen as a tiny pearl-like formation in the middle left.
The #CaveNebula, which is relatively close at only 2,400 light years from Earth, is located on the upper right area of the photo.
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The #CaveNebula, which is relatively close at only 2,400 light years from Earth, is located on the upper right area of the photo.
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@pabsgill #Cygnus is one of the most recognisable constellations in the sky. It contains one of the brightest stars in the night sky called Deneb.
“Constellation Cygnus is an endless source of celestial wonders, both scientifically and aesthetically,” said Metsavanio.
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“Constellation Cygnus is an endless source of celestial wonders, both scientifically and aesthetically,” said Metsavanio.
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@pabsgill Within the Cygnus constellation, resides the #TulipNebula. The object is also located next to the black hole, or microquasar, called Cygnus X-1.
In the bigger mosaic, the Tulip Nebula can be spotted at the centre right.
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In the bigger mosaic, the Tulip Nebula can be spotted at the centre right.
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@pabsgill The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396, seen in the image above.
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@pabsgill Metsavanio conducts his photography from his own observatory in #Finland.
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