Locomotoring

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First photograph of a nebula

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Orion nebula, 1500 light years away. Captured as a single 30 sec exposure with a Sony DSLR and a 400 mm lens, from Bortle 1 sky at Panamint Valley. The image is cropped. On a moonless night, in dark sky, the nebula appears as a fuzzy patch by the Orion’s belt.

There are probably a million photos of galaxies and nebulae that look astounding. So why take another one, an amateur one at that?

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November 2, 2025 at 9:34 am

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