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 January 6, and today\u2019s image features a newish star cluster in the constellation Cepheus.<\/p>\n
The stars in this cluster are relatively young, estimated at an age of about 4 million\u201312 million years old. The cluster is formally known as NGC 7380, and the feature is known more informally as the Wizard Nebula. It was first reported by German astronomer William Herschel, who said it was discovered by his sister, Caroline Herschel, in 1787.<\/p>\n
The Herschels were born in Hanover, Germany, so fittingly, today\u2019s submission comes from an amateur astronomer in Hanover, George Amanakis. He described his process, with a total integration time of 36 hours, as follows, \u201cI acquired RGB for stars for a more star-full composition. So the process was: SHO->starless->starless+RGB stars. I used a 5-inch triplet apochromatic refractor and a monochrome camera.\u201d<\/p>\n
It certainly looks like a wizard\u2019s magic to me.<\/p>\n
Source: George Amanakis<\/p>\n
Do you want to submit a photo for the Daily Telescope? Reach out and say hello.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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