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michaelstevenharris t1_isatf4n wrote

Reply to comment by PhilippRoyal in Milky Way core over La Palma [OC][1017x1600] astrorms by ruslan_merzlyakov

You won't see it looking close to that anywhere. The long exposure and subsequent editing brings out a ton of detail (and colours) that it's just not possible for us to make out.

Just googled it and reckon the photo at the top of this guy's page gives a pretty good representation of what you can see, which is still pretty awesome in my eyes (although not literally because there's terrible light pollution where I live!!)
https://www.nightskydan.com/seeing-the-milky-way-naked-eye-vs-digital-camera/

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lioncat55 t1_isd0mu8 wrote

Having been to the middle of nowhere that's fairly accurate.

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-BigMan t1_isbfsly wrote

Interesting. But I have to wonder scientifically if the blotches rifting vertically in this photo, partially obscuring the light are actually some cloud cover on the edge of Earth's atmosphere rather than gaseous phenomena around the stars millions of miles out in space? Just curious what you or the experts think.

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Wefeh t1_isbpgia wrote

It's a big nebula that is usually referred to as the Emu, the name originated from australian aboriginal cultures. One of the blotches is called The Coalsack.

To answer it more clearly, it's not part of the Earth's atmosphere at all, it's out there in the milky way

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-BigMan t1_isc1yqf wrote

No, I meant vertically in this photograph. I understand there is a designated "Great Rift" way out in outer space. But didn't know one could actually see with the eye or capture them from just a digital camera off the coast of an island on Earth. Just asking and curious.

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darrellbear t1_isdj42m wrote

It's dark nebulosity along the plane of the Milky Way galaxy, and it's many trillions of miles (many light years) away, as are the stars. See the dark cloud shaped like a pipe, just right of the Milky Way, above center? It's called the Pipe Nebula. The center of the galaxy is a little to the lower left of the bowl of the Pipe, behind the one band of dark nebulosity. The Teapot of Sagittarius is on the left side of the Milky Way, opposite the Pipe. The stem of the Pipe points right at Scorpius the Scorpion. The Pipe also forms the back leg of the Dark Horse, which extends to the upper right. You can make out its crooked front leg, neck and head.

There is a ton going on in the pic, I won't bore you with it all.

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-BigMan t1_ise6at3 wrote

No, I appreciate it. Very fascinating. I was just suprised digital cameras could pick up the dark nebulosities from this far away on Earth. The stars light energy on the other hand, I completely and obviously get showing from a great distance.

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