Selasa, 03 Juli 2012

Watch this space: Spectacular astronomy photos featured in new book

Watch this space: Spectacular astronomy photos featured in new book

This spectacular display in the heavens looks like giant intergalactic jelly fish.

Instead they are some of the most eye catching examples of astronomical photography.

The two pictures show planetary nebulae as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope, a snap of the elephant’s trunk nebula taken by amateur astronomer Ian Sharp.

Red alert: The elephant's trunk nebula photographed by Ian Sharp

 

The images are from a new book The New Astronomy Guide, by Pete Lawrence and legendary stargazer Sir Patrick Moore.

They show some examples of photography and also the methods behind the pictures.

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