Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky.
Jam packed issues filled with the latest cutting-edge research, technology and theories delivered in an entertaining and visually stunning way, aiming to educate and inspire readers of all agesThis striking deep-sky image details a cosmic cacophony of nebulas, stars and a periodic comet with an orbital period of 85 years. The rare encounter was captured in exquisite detail by astrophotographer Miguel Claro.
A deep-sky portrait captured in different wavelengths between Ha, OIII and RGB light, features a large reddish cloud of glowing hydrogen gas from the Sh2-129, known as the Flying Bat nebula. TheDiscovered in 2011 by French astrophotographer Nicolas Outters and located in the constellation Cepheus, the very faint bipolar shape of this planetary nebula is exactly 149,597,870,700 meters , according to the International Astronomical Union .
The annotated version produced with PixInsight script, based in several known catalogues to identify the main objects in the imageAmong the 11 nights between July and August that I spent shooting the Flying Bat nebula to accumulate a total exposure time of 39.5 hours, I was very lucky to capture Comet C/2023 E1 Atlas on Aug. 5, 2023, around 7 p.m. ET using the Anit-Halo PRO Dual-Band 3nm.
to the left edge, are lying nebulas VdB 140 and LDN 446. The image was captured from Dark Sky Reserve Alqueva Observatory, Cumeada, in Portugal, with aContact me with news and offers from other Future brandsIf you would like this type of images and videos but wish to see more"behind the scenes", just follow my stories on Instagram, you can easily find me at Miguel Claro Astrophotography @miguel_claro.
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