The Butterfly Nebula

Posted September 12th, 2009 in photography, science by Shareef

The newly upgraded Hubble Space Telescope is producing some of the most detailed space photography ever seen, including this shot of the Butterfly Nebula. Previous images of the nebula were not as impressive.

If our eyes were telescopes

Posted April 15th, 2009 in photography, science by Shareef

The Big Picture

This composite image from the Nasa website shows what the sky would look like if our eyes were as sensitive as space telescopes and cameras. The initial photograph has an overlay of a nebula-rich mosaic shot with a total exposure time of 40 hours. The Great Orion Nebula, the Rosette Nebula, the Seagull Nebula, the California Nebula, Barnard’s Loop and the familiar constellation of Orion are all included.