Imaging and Interpretation of Astro-Photographs
Where I had hoped to leave you with in Part 2 is the view of a compressed molecular hydrogen cloud with the individual molecules orbiting a black hole with individual molecular angular momentum such that the outward centrifugal force on
Ou4 (The Squid Nebula) represents a nice challenge to astrophotography and I find myself going back to it almost annually to try another technique and see if my skill and available processing tools have improved. As part of my new
In Part 1 of our Galactic Spiral Structure story, we discussed two necessary ingredients that we need to bring together to create our galaxy – a relatively small, but substantial piece of condensed matter (a neutron star or black hole
As my first topic on my website, I wanted to tackle a subject that I believe hasn’t been given due attention elsewhere – why are there spiral galaxies and why do so many galaxies present themselves as spirals? To form