![]() ![]() This class of celestial object receives scant attention from astroimagers, who predominantly target objects that emit or reflect light. However, the sky offers ample opportunities to capture beautiful images of regions of darkness that actually are something: dark nebulae. Ultimately, astrophotographers produce beautiful images of … well, mostly nothing. But that doesn’t change the fact that most of a typical image will consist of dark background sky. Oh sure, the intended subject will be a star cluster, nebula, or galaxy. While the goal of photography is to capture light, the majority of what astrophotographers capture in their images is utter darkness. Credit: Rodney PommierĪstroimaging involves a profound irony. The dark nebula crossing the left side is part of LDN 889. It is surrounded by numerous other fascinating dark dust structures, all silhouetted by the emission nebula IC 1318 in Cygnus. The author found this uncataloged dark nebula while perusing the Aladin Sky Atlas. ![]()
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