Welcome to the Daily Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light, a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other publications offer you a daily horoscope. At Ars Technica, we’re going to take a different route, finding inspiration from very real images of a universe that is filled with stars and wonder.<\/p>\n
Good morning. It\u2019s February 2, and today\u2019s image concerns an emission nebula about 5,000 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation.<\/p>\n
Discovered more than 230 years ago by William Herschel, astronomers believe the Crescent Nebula is formed by the combination of an energetic stellar wind from a Wolf-Rayet star at its core, colliding with slower-moving material ejected earlier in the star\u2019s lifetime. Ultimately, this should all go supernova, which will be quite spectacular.<\/p>\n
Will you or I be alive to see it? Probably not.<\/p>\n
But in the meantime, we can enjoy the nebula for what it is. This photo was captured by Ars reader 1Zach1 with an Astro-Tech AT80ED Refractor telescope. It was the product of 11 hours of integration, or 228 exposures each lasting three minutes. It was taken in rural southwestern Washington.<\/p>\n
Have a great weekend, everyone.<\/p>\n
Source: 1Zach1<\/p>\n
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