Imaging and Interpretation of Astro-Photographs
Although the same subject as a recent image post, this is actually a new image taken with my Televue 127is telescope, and processed to highlight the eddies and turbulence that exists within the molecular cloud. In this case, the primary
(Full Res in RASC Zenfolio, or full res mouseover in Astrobin) (Full Res in RASC Zenfolio, or full res mouseover in Astrobin) SH2-155 or Caldwell 9: The Cave Nebula in Cepheus Askar 151phq; AP Mach2 GTO; ASI6200MM, – Chroma Broadband
Sh2-135 – Eddies in a Cepheus Molecular Cloud (click to view full screen)Askar 151phq; AP Mach2 GTO; ASI6200MM, – Chroma Broadband and 5nm Narrowband FiltersH,O,S: (49,35,45 x 720s, Bin 1, Gain 100); R,G,B: (28,21,27 x 180s, Bin 1, Gain 100)Total
The standard textbooks indicate that the start or conception of a new star formation is the collapse of a molecular cloud. But my background in thermodynamics, heat/mass transfer and fluid mechanics leaves this superficial explanation ungratifying (at least to me?)