Twinkling Sirius spins its spectrum into a rainbow

Amateur astrophotographer Syed Roshaan created the photo by focusing a telescope sharply on Sirius, and then moving the telescope around while taking a long-exposure photograph with a DSLR camera.

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Ausgirl said:

coastal, here's a smaller pic for the moment. So pretty!!!!

Pity it's cropped, it's the best I could find tho.

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Ausgirl said:

It really is!!! I love things like this.

I had to put a ban on myself visiting the Hubble site every day, too many hours spent staring into space, haha.

There's some amazing things on there though. It's truly addictive.

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bessie said:

You mean images like this one?

I'm a bit of an addict, myself. Love the Hubble Site!

http://hubblesite.org/

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