UAE astronomers capture giant cloud from star explosion after 33 hours of filming
What will happen when our sun dies? During the sun's death the explosion creates a colorful nebula and leaves behind a small dense star. Through their cameras UAE astronomers recorded the Medusa Nebula which developed from a star explosion near our sun's size.
Scientists from Al Khatem Astronomical Observatory shot this photo during their 33-hour filming session at their Abu Dhabi desert location. The explosion's gases made the star's red and blue colors while leaving it as a small blue white dwarf.
Astronomers found the nebula in 1955 and it exists 1,500 light-years from Earth. The Medusa Nebula exists in our Milky Way galaxy with an 8-light-year span. The space agency Nasa defines one light-year as the distance light travels during Earth's one-year cycle which amounts to 9 trillion km. A trillion appears as 12 continuous zeros in sequence.
With a 14-inch telescope and monochrome camera the scientist took 673 pictures of the nebula which needed 3 minutes each. They took 271 photos with a hydrogen filter for 13.5 hours and 402 photos with an oxygen filter for 20 hours.
Comments