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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Orion over Mount Teide
NASA ^ | 5 May, 2026 | Image Credit & Copyright: Marcin Rosadziński

Posted on 05/05/2026 11:51:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Orion is rarely seen like this. To achieve this majestic vista, you need a camera capable of taking such long duration exposures that faint features in the night sky become revealed. Iconic nebulas that appear include the Orion Nebula, the Flame Nebula, and Barnard's Loop. For contrast, it also helps to have a volcano on the foreground, in this case the Teide volcano on Tenerife on the Canary Islands of Spain. But if you want your Teide volcano snow-covered, you also need good timing -- because that only happens, typically, for a few days each year. Good timing also includes waiting for Orion to appear just behind Teide, which occurred late last year after sunset. The featured image is the result of a series of images taken consecutively with the same camera from the same location.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa

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1 posted on 05/05/2026 11:51:08 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/05/2026 11:51:29 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 05/05/2026 11:51:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; A Navy Vet; A_perfect_lady; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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4 posted on 05/05/2026 11:52:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Wow.


5 posted on 05/05/2026 11:52:49 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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Yeah, too bad our naked eyes can never see what you see in this picture.


6 posted on 05/05/2026 11:58:42 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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I’ll try again later. I do not understand this representation. Whatever.


7 posted on 05/05/2026 11:58:50 AM PDT by thepoodlebites (and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.)
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To: MtnClimber

Awesome, makes me want to drop some $$ and upgrade to a bigger 12-14 inch scope.


8 posted on 05/05/2026 12:00:11 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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There's a new book titled "Smart Telescope" written by Al Peter (Amazon B0GWS2X1YJ) that shows what can be done with limited funds in your own backyard. It just blew me away!
9 posted on 05/05/2026 12:25:33 PM PDT by econjack
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Thank you for the book advice.

I may just break down and get a copy.

There is some rolling shutter or jitter, but I did this with my Nikon P1000 of the moon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62Hu5uDTqI


10 posted on 05/05/2026 3:38:36 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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What a fantasy-type picture. Beautiful.


11 posted on 05/05/2026 6:30:57 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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Beautiful! What software did you use for editing?


12 posted on 05/05/2026 8:13:18 PM PDT by econjack
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