Image Title: MWP1 and ALV1

Copyright: Alexandros Filothodoros

Date image was taken: July 29, 2026

Location: Zielona Góra, Poland

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: MWP1 is an ancient and unusually large bipolar planetary nebula in Cygnus, located roughly 4,500 light-years away. Its estimated age is around 150,000 years, much longer than the typical lifespan of planetary nebulae. ALV1 is another faint planetary nebula in the same field, featuring an asymmetric shape likely caused by stellar winds.

Capturing this signal presented extra challenges, as the data was acquired during summer's "white nights," and the Ha shots, in particular, were taken under an almost full Moon.

Exposure Data:
Ha: 62 x 600 sec (10.3 hours)
OIII: 46 x 600 sec (7.6 hours)
Total Integration Time: 18 hours
Equipment:
Telescope: Askar 65PHQ
Camera: Player One Poseidon-M Pro
Mount: Pegasus Astro NYX-88 Harmonic Gear Mount
Filters: Antlia 3nm Ha Antlia 3nm OIII
Filter Wheel: Player One Phoenix Wheel 7x36mm

Name: Alexandros Filothodoros

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/alex.filothodoros

Image Title: The Deer Lick Group (NGC 7331) & Stephan’s Quintet (HCG 92) in a Sea of IFN — LRGB from Vermont

Copyright: Michele Bayliss

Date image was taken: August 14, 2026

Location: Weybridge, VT

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: **Integration:**
L: 16h 25m
R: 8h 40m
G: 9h 10m
B: 7h 30m
**Total: 41h 45m**

**Image Description:**
This two-year project captures NGC 7331 and the Deer Lick Group immersed in the extremely faint galactic cirrus and integrated flux nebula surrounding the field. The image also includes Stephan’s Quintet (HCG 92). Data from the first season captured Type Ia supernova SN 2025rbs near the center of NGC 7331, and its signal remains within the final two-year integration.

Name: Michele Bayliss

Website, Instagram or Facebook Profile: @captured.cosmos

Image Title: Saturn: Enceladus in transit and a cross-checked white spot

Copyright: Makrem Larnaout & Hafedh Driss

Date image was taken: July 31, 2026

Location: Tunis, Tunisia

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: A bright feature in the northern hemisphere, confirmed on two independent setups with matching position and morphology.
Telescope 1: SkyWatcher Dobsonian 16" + GreatStar ADK (modified eADK, Arduino based auto correction/autopilot) + Televue Powermate x4 + Player One C II (color) + Baader UV/IR cut filter + Player One M II (mono) + Sloan S'. 30 min integration.

Telescope 2: Celestron C14 EdgeHD + GreatStar ADK (modified eADK, Arduino based auto correction/autopilot) + Televue Powermate x2 + ZWO ASI462MM (mono), IR 642nm and Sloan R' filters. 30 min integration.

2 telescopes, 3 cameras, 4 filter configurations, consistent detection across all of them. IR642 penetrates deeper into cloud opacity layers, R'/S' are more sensitive to high altitude Rayleigh scattering; presence across both bands points to a vertically extended structure rather than a simple albedo variation, consistent with a small scale convective cell/storm tied to seasonal NH activity.

Rings: the B ring shows fine internal structure with faint radial spokes, alongside a clean, well defined Cassini Division separating it from the A ring.

Moons: Enceladus in transit, Tethys and Mimas visible to the east.

by Makrem Larnaout, Daniel H. DRISS

Published: Aug 2, 2026

Total integration: 6m 40s

Integration per filter:
- UV/IR Cut: 1m 40s (10000 × 0.01")
- Planetary: 1m 40s (10000 × 0.01")
- Photometric R: 1m 40s (10000 × 0.01")
- Baader SLOAN/SDSS-z_s' 1.25": 1m 40s (10000 × 0.01")

Equipment:
- Optics: Celestron EdgeHD 14", Sky-Watcher DOB 16" SynScan
- Cameras: Player One Mars-C, Player One Mars-M II, ZWO ASI462MM
- Mounts: JTW Astronomy Trident GTR, Sky-Watcher Dobson telescope N 305/1500 Skyliner FlexTube BD DOB GoTo
- Filters: Astronomik ProPlanet 642 BP IR-Pass 1.25", Baader SLOAN/SDSS-r' 1.25", Baader SLOAN/SDSS-z_s' 1.25", Baader UV/IR Cut / Luminance 1.25"
- Accessories: Greatstar ADK, Tele Vue 2x 1.25" Barlow (BLW-2125), Tele Vue 4.0x 2" Powermate (PMT-4201), ZWO EAF, ZWO EFW 7 x 2″, ZWO EFW mini (5 x 1.25″ / 5 x 31mm)
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Emil Kraaikamp AutoStakkert!, Grischa Hahn WinJUPOS, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Torsten Edelmann FireCapture

Name: Makrem Larnaout

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/makrem.larnaout

Image Title: The Dragon Has Returned to the Universe

Copyright: Ando Anderso

Date image was taken: July 22, 2026

Location: Georgetown, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, Earth

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: NGC6188 - The Fighting Dragons of Ara. In Narrowband SHO.
Sub Frames - RGB used to get the correct star colours.
Red 138 x 10sec
Green 144 x 10sec
Blue 150 x 10sec
Sub Frames - Narrowband, to get the nebula gas colour separation
Ha 364 x 60sec
S2 599 x 60sec
O3 726 x 60sec
Total subs 1761mins or 29.5hours.
Captured from the 14th of July to the 22nd of July 2026.
Telescope - RASA 1100V2 620mm focal @ F2.2
Camera - ZWO ASI6200MM-PRO 62mPix full frame
Mount - EQ6R-PRO
Processed in Pixinsight and Affinity.

Name: Mark Anderson

Website or Facebook Profile: http://theNAS.com.au

Image Title: Full Moon

Copyright: Raffaele Calcagno & Francesco Nesca

Date image was taken: July 29, 2026

Location: Faggiano (TA) Italy

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details:  Full Moon

 On the night of July 29, 2026, while chatting and enjoying a few beers with Francesco Nesca, we came up with the idea for a new project. We decided to dedicate the entire night to our natural satellite, creating a high-resolution lunar mosaic that ultimately reached 425 GB of data, spread across 30 videos of 4,000 frames each, from which 1,500 of the best frames were selected and stacked for every single panel.

It was also the perfect opportunity to capture the first light of this fantastic SVBONY MK127 at its native 1500 mm focal length. The Moon was about 25° above the horizon, the night was pleasantly cool, providing moments of steadier seeing, and under these conditions we successfully completed the acquisition.

From there, the longest and quietest part began: processing every single video, frame by frame, until the final assembly of the mosaic, which was entirely processed by me.

I hope you enjoy it!

 Technical Data

Telescope / Mount: SVBONY MK127 on HEQ5 Pro
Camera: ZWO ASI224
Filter: SVBONY UV/IR Cut 1.25”
Acquisition Software: SharpCap
Location: Faggiano (TA), Italy
Bortle Class: 6
Acquisition Date: July 29, 2026
Processing Software: RegiStax, Photoshop
Type: Lunar Mosaic
Panels/Videos: 30
Frames per Video: 4,000
Stacked Frames: 1,500 per panel
Gain: 150
Exposure: 3.0 ms
Total Data Size: 425 GB

Name: Raffaele Calcagno

Image Title: Seahorse nebula - Barnard 150

Copyright: Azathoth Pics

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Date image was taken: July 19, 2026

Location: Lanuéjols, Gard (France)
Nuits du Causse Noir 2026

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Picture taken during the NCN2026 event
Bortle 3 sky
59 images of 300 seconds
No filter used

Name: Maxime Senes

Email: azathoth.pics@gmail.com

Website or Facebook Profile: https://app.astrobin.com/u/AzathothPics#gallery

Image Title: GigaVeil: 1 billion pixels, 300 hours, 35 panels, and 5 contributors on the Veil Nebula

Copyright: Gavin Bent, Brian Nietfeld, Hunter Outten, Kaleb Jordan, Stan Williams

Date image was taken: August 13, 2026

Location: Laurel, Delaware
Brady, Texas
Houston, TX

Data Acquisition Method: Shared Community Data

Description and Details: GigaVeil: 1 billion pixels, 300 hours, 35 panels, and 5 contributors on the Veil Nebula
by GB Astronomy, Brian Nietfeld, Hunter Outten, Kaleb Jordan, Stan Williams

The Veil Nebula is a complex that can be beautiful at all focal lengths. With narrow FOVs, you can get beautifully detailed shots of small regions like the witch’s broom or Pickering’s triangle. At wider FOVs, you can capture the whole complex, another beautiful shot. However, one thing that is rarely done is to combine the two, creating a massive mosaic to get the whole complex in detail.

This project is the culmination of that idea: A 35 panel, 1 gigapixel mosaic of the whole Cygnus Loop to capture all that detail. Not only that, but it also includes over 200 hours of a 9 panel mosaic, a 2 panel mosaic, and single panels to fish out the background hydrogen structures found everywhere in Cygnus. It even includes additional time focused on a small planetary nebula - PA28 - that is nearby to the Veil Nebula, but rarely imaged.



Published: Aug 18, 2026

Total integration: 318h 20m

Integration per filter:
- Hα: 65h
- OIII: 79h
- Multiband: 174h 20m (2092 × 300")

Equipment:
- Optics: Celestron EdgeHD 8", Rokinon 135mm f/2.0 ED UMC, Sky-Watcher Evostar 80ED / Gold Series, Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P, SVBony SV503 102ED, SVBony SV545
- Cameras: QHYCCD miniCAM8M, ZWO ASI183MM, ZWO ASI2600MC DUO, ZWO ASI2600MC Pro, ZWO ASI533MC Pro
- Mounts: Celestron Advanced VX, Celestron CGX-L, Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro, Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO, Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer GTi
- Filters: Baader H-alpha Ultra-Narrowband 3.5nm (CMOS-Optimized) 2", Baader O-III Ultra-Narrowband 4nm (CMOS-Optimized) 2", Optolong L-eNhance 1.25", Optolong L-Ultimate 2", QHYCCD miniCAM8M H-alpha 3nm, QHYCCD miniCAM8M OIII 3nm, SVBony SV220 3nm H-alpha & OIII 2"
- Software: Adobe Photoshop, Nikita Misiura DeepSNR, Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator, Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator

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Name: Hunter Outten

Email: outtenastrophotography@gmail.com

Website or Facebook Profile: http://app.astrobin.com/u/OuttenAstrophotography

Image Title: Collinder 399 - The Coathanger Cluster

Copyright: Jan Lindemann

Date image was taken: July 23, 2026

Location: Buttwil, Switzerland

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Cr339 is a beautiful object that stands out wonderfully against the Milky Way. The different star colors are particularly appealing and make the image interesting.

Image:
ZWO ASI 2600mc duo
Sharpstar 94epdh
_ with Reducer auf 414mm f/4.4
Skywatcher EQ5 Pro
ASIAIR Plus
RGB 120x60“
Total 2h
Flats und Biases

Processing:
Siril, GIMP

Name: Jan Lindemann

Email: jan.lindemann@bluewin.ch

Website or Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559515151868

Image Title: “Little Cocoon” and its dark nebulae

Copyright: Andrea Arbizzi

Date image was taken: July 25, 2026

Location: Agriturismo Vecchio Fontanile (GR) – Maremma – sqm21.1, Italy
Radici pass (MO) - 1540 m. – northern appennines - sqm 20.95, Italy
Modena (Sqm 18.5-18.8 Bortle 7,5-8), Italy

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Often called the “Little Cocoon”, SH2-82 is an emission nebula, ringed by a reflection nebula, surrounded by dark nebulae; it is set within the star clouds of Sagitta, in a rich part of the Milky Way.

Askar 160 F5,6 (897 mm)
Zwo Asi 2600 MC Duo
Zwo AM7
Zwo AsiAir Plus

jul 2026
no filter: 103X300”
Agriturismo Vecchio Fontanile (GR) – Maremma – sqm21.1, Italy
no filter: 64X300”
Radici pass (MO) - 1540 m. – northern appennines - sqm 20.95, Italy
Tot: 13h 55’

Antlia ALP-T Ha O3 3nm: 52X600”
Modena (Sqm 18.5-18.8 Bortle 7,5-8), Italy
Tot: 8h 40’

Tot: 22h 35’

Name: Andrea Arbizzi

Image Title: Beyond Totality: The Sun’s Chromosphere and Corona

Copyright: Alessandro Ravagnin & Nicola Bizzotto

Date image was taken: August 12, 2026

Location: Menorca and Madrid

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: A composite view of the eclipsed Sun combining two normally very different perspectives of our star: the H-alpha chromosphere and prominences, reconstructed through spectroheliography, and the faint outer corona, photographed during totality.

The chromospheric data were acquired from Menorca, Balearic Islands, with the Sun only 12° above the western horizon, while the coronal images were obtained by Nicola Bizzotto from Madrid with the Sun 7° above the horizon.

The aim of the composition was to reveal different layers of the solar atmosphere in a single image, from the thin and highly structured chromosphere, with its prominences extending beyond the limb, to the much larger and fainter solar corona revealed by the natural occultation of the photosphere during totality.

To obtain an accurate geometrical match between the spectroheliographic solar disk and the eclipsed Sun, white-light images taken immediately after the beginning of totality and just before its end, close to the appearance/disappearance of Baily’s beads, were used as references for the exact apparent solar disk size relative to the Moon.

The chromosphere and corona were processed separately. The two datasets were then precisely registered using the prominences visible in both images as common reference features and finally blended into a single high-dynamic-range representation of the solar atmosphere.

Name: Alessandro Ravagnin

Website or Facebook Profile: https://astrotrex.wordpress.com/2026/08/16/total-eclipse-of-the-sun-12-08-2026/#english

Image Title: Eclipse landscape

Copyright: SteveFox

Date image was taken: August 12, 2026

Location: Butser Hill, South Downs, UK

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: A different take on the 12th Aug partial eclipse taken from Butser Hill in the South Downs.

Taken with Canon R6 with a solar filter at 1/320 sec, f/10, ISO 100 at 105mm focal length in a timelapse with a shot every 30 secs over about 2.5 hours. Every 5th frame (to get the required spacing) was then composited onto a landscape shot from the hill. Even the couple of clouds (they are real!) came along to the party.

Name: Steve Fox

Image Title: TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE 2026

Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis

Date image was taken: August 12, 2026

Location: Guadalajara, Spain

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Canon 7d mkii - Canon 70-200 f4 lens - Handmade equatorIal mount

Name: George Chatzifrantzis

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/GeorgeChatzifrantzis?locale=el_GR

Image Title: Sunset Eclipse

Copyright: Michel Kroll

Date image was taken: August 12, 2026

Location: Lüdinghausen, Germany

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Usually, clouds start rolling in as soon as any astronomical event begins at my place. This time, I got lucky! The partial eclipse was visible from start to sunset and offered truly incredible views for everyone equipped with a pair of eclipse glasses.

I had my Sony RX10 IV capturing an image every three minutes, which resulted in this stunning composite showing the changing position of the Sun and the degree of solar coverage throughout the eclipse.

We didn’t get to experience totality in Germany, but 87% solar coverage still made the lighting feel out of this world. I’ll remember this for a long time!

Name: Michel Kroll

Image Title: The Sun two weeks before the total eclipse

Copyright: Alessando Ravagnin

Date image was taken: July 27, 2026

Location: Romano d'Ezzelino

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: The Countdown to Totality

With only two weeks remaining before the total solar eclipse of August 12, our nearest star continues to display remarkable chromospheric activity. This full-disk H-alpha image reveals a rich network of dark filaments suspended above the solar surface, bright active regions, and numerous prominences rising from the limb.

Such activity raises hopes that, if these magnetic structures persist, eclipse observers may witness an especially dynamic spectacle: a corona adorned with brilliant prominences extending beyond the silhouette of the Moon during totality.

The image was acquired with an MLAstro SHG700 slit spectroheliograph mounted on a 115 mm apochromatic refractor. The final image was reconstructed from approximately 3,600 monochromatic frames, preserving the delicate fibrilar texture of the chromosphere while revealing the Sun's complex magnetic architecture.

As eclipse day approaches, the Sun appears ready to deliver another unforgettable performance.

Name: Alessandro Ravagnin

Website or Facebook Profile: https://astrotrex.wordpress.com/2026/06/07/chasing-the-sun/#english

Image Title:​ Deep in the Cosmic Ocean: The Heart of the Lagoon Nebula (M8)

Copyright: Pasquale Mastroianni

Date image was taken: July 08, 2026

Location: Domus Astrae observatory,Liberi(CE)

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: This is my version of the Lagoon Nebula. This high-resolution deep-field view captures the intricate astrophysical dynamics of one of the most active star-forming regions in Sagittarius, located roughly 4,100 light-years away.
​By leveraging a broadband enhancement filter (Optolong L-Quad), my primary goal during acquisition and processing was to achieve strict scientific fidelity, true-to-life star colors, and an exceptionally high dynamic range.
The processing pipeline was tailored to emphasize:
​The turbulent interface where stellar winds carve the glowing ionized gas, contrasting the core's intense brightness against the faint, diffuse outer filaments.
​The crisp structural definition of the dense, opaque Bok globules and dark dust lanes (such as the Hourglass region) where active star formation is currently occurring.
​The spatial relationship between the gas ionization fronts and the embedded young open cluster NGC 6530.
Technical Details:
​Target: Lagoon Nebula (M8 / NGC 6523)
​Location: Domus Astrae Observatory, Liberi (CE), Italy
​Acquisition Dates: July 8, 2026
​Total Integration: 5 hours (Sub-frames: 60 x 300s)
​Telescope: Sky-Watcher Newton 254/1000 f/4
​Coma Corrector: TS-Optics GPU Aplanatic Coma Corrector
​Camera: Omegon VeTEC 571 C (Gain 100)
​Filter: Optolong L-Quad Enhance Filter (L-QEF)
​Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
​Guiding: Sky-Watcher 70/500 with ZWO ASI 224 MC
​Processing: PixInsight

Name: Pasquale Mastroianni

Website or Facebook Profile: https://www.instagram.com/pako_astrophotographer?igsh=dWlmcjFmMmdqcTI4

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Image Title: Saturn

Copyright: luigi morrone

Date image was taken: July 21, 2026

Location: Agerola -Amalfitan Coast- Italy

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: Saturn July 21th 2026

Good seeing conditions with average transparency
Setup: C14 Edge HD, Fornax52 mount, Player One Uranus-M/C , Chroma L anr R filtes, Barlow FFC Baader, ADC Pietro Astro MK3. LRG.

Uranus-M for luminance with R filter. Uranus-C for colour.
Agerola -Amalfitan Coast-Italy
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#PlayerOneAstronomy #astronomy #baader #celestron #astrophotography #edgehd

Name: luigi morrone

Email: luigi.astronomia.morrone1979@gmail.com

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.astrobin.com/users/Luigi_morrone_1979/

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Image Title: Markarian's Chain (LHRGB)

Copyright: Brent Newton

Date image was taken: June 19, 2026

Location: Starfront Observatories, Rockwood, TX, US

Data Acquisition Method: Remote Observatory (Commercial)

Description and Details: This is a 104 hour integration covering the king of Galaxy Season targets. This is the first time I have captured it under the appreciably dark skies of a remote observatory, and as such I captured much more dim background nebulosity than before as well as the Hα bridge between The Eyes and M86.

As always, the relativistic jet from M87 is tenuously visible among its bright core, though it may be realistically harder to see due to 8bit JPG compression and without full zoom. One curious detail which appeared in the ~50 hours of Hα exposures was a second jet-like detail opposite the main blue electron beam we have all seen before. My best guess is that this is capturing outflow material from the Black Hole which has been captured in IR by Spitzer and in Radio by the VLA in past decades - though I have never seen this detail appear in amateur images until now.

TS86SDQ, 460mm, F/5.4, ZWO ASI6200MM-P, Antlia LRGB, Antlia 3nm Hα filters

L | 210×300″ | 17h 30′
R | 146×300″ | 12h 10′
G | 147×300″ | 12h 15′
B | 141×300″ | 11h 45′
Hα | 300×600″ | 50h

Name: Brent Newton

Website or Facebook Profile: http://astronewton.com

Image Title: Layers of the Cosmos in Ursa Major (IFN+Hα+Galaxies)

Copyright: Jordi Jofre

Date image was taken: March 25, 2026

Location: Àger, Catalonia

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: This image, captured in the constellation of Ursa Major, is dominated by an extensive cloud of Galactic interstellar dust located only a few hundred light-years from Earth. Despite its faint appearance, these dust structures can be recorded with relatively modest integration times.

Projected behind this nearby foreground is a remarkably rich extragalactic field containing dozens of galaxies. Several of the most prominent members belong to a galaxy group located roughly 100–170 million light-years away, while countless fainter galaxies extend much deeper into the Universe.

Nearly 50 hours of Hα integration were required to reveal the extremely faint diffuse hydrogen emission associated with the Galactic dust, adding another subtle layer to this view of our local interstellar medium.

TSOptics 94EDPH
ZWO AM5
ASI 2600MM Pro
LRGB Baader + Ha Antlia 4.5nm
80h exposure time

Name: Jordi Jofre

Website or Facebook Profile: https://www.astrobin.com/users/JJofre/

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Image Title: The Glancing Bat

Copyright: Sara Harve

Date image was taken: June 30, 2026

Location: Cork

Data Acquisition Method: Personal Telescope Setup

Description and Details: NGC 6992, remnants of a Supernova in the constellation Cygnus, located about 2,400 light-years from Earth. It is a glowing, lace-like filament of ionized hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, formed by a massive star that exploded 10,000 to 20,000 years ago. structure continues to expand at a massive speed of over 1.5 million kilometers per hour.

Telescope: Lacerta 10" f/4 Carbon Newton
Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
Mount: Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Filter: Optolong L-eXtreme 2"
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP)
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight, ZWO ASIAIR,

Dualband: 15h 45′
No filter (for stars): 20′

Name: sara harvey

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/saraharveyastrophotography

Image Title: Into the Heart of Our Galaxy

Copyright: Filippo Galati

Date image was taken: July 18, 2026

Location: Portopalo di CapoPassero - Sicily - Italy

Data Acquisition Method: Other

Description and Details: Every tiny point of light in this image is a star within the Milky Way. Dominating the center of the frame is the most densely populated and visually spectacular region of our night sky: the Galactic Center, where billions of stars, vast clouds of interstellar gas, and intricate lanes of cosmic dust converge into an extraordinary celestial landscape.
Observing this region means looking directly toward the heart of the Milky Way, approximately 26,000 light-years from Earth, where the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* resides.
To the naked eye, the Galactic Center appears as a faint milky band stretching across the sky, but long-exposure astrophotography reveals its remarkable structure and complexity—dense star fields, dark dust lanes, and luminous nebular regions—offering a profound reminder of the immense scale and beauty of the Universe we inhabit.
Sony ILCE-7M3 + Sony 85mm - 55x50s f/2.8 ISO 800

Name: Filippo Galati

Website or Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/filippogalatifotografia/

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