Plaça Major de Prades, a dark night

Plaça Major de Prades, a dark night

Plaça Major de Prades, a dark night. That night all the lights from the village were turned off in order to make possible the recording of the time-lapse documentary “The Prades sky”. Darkness reached really high levels considering that the Prades village...
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 – super wide field

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 – super wide field

The Whirlpool Galaxy or M51 has had an important role in the evolution of modern astronomy history. A couple of centuries ago William Parsons, using his huge reflecting telescope, the Leaviathan of Parsonstown, described this object (initially discovered by Charles...
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51

The Whirlpool Galaxy or M51 has had an important role in the evolution of modern astronomy history. A couple of centuries ago William Parsons, using his huge reflecting telescope, the Leaviathan of Parsonstown, described this object (initially discovered by Charles...
M106 galaxy and friends, wide field

M106 galaxy and friends, wide field

The M106 galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy that can be found in the Canes Venatici constellation. It has a very active black hole in its center that emits powerful radiation. In this image of M106 we can find other galaxies. In a wider field there are hundreds...
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