Comments on: A hole in space https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-hole-in-space/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:38:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: wayne https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-hole-in-space/#comment-1366122 Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:38:19 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89462#comment-1366122 Black Sabbath –
Live at the Santa Monica Civic Center
“Hole In The Sky” (1975)
https://youtu.be/xbyohIKIsoU
3:48

]]> By: Gary M. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-hole-in-space/#comment-1365924 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 18:45:44 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89462#comment-1365924 My observation notes of NGC 1999 using my Dobsonian 16″ f/4 telescope.

Jan 29, 2022
10:10PM
150X Magnification
NPB Narrowband filter and without
Seeing = average
Transparency = average
SQM = 21.1
Bonanza Conservation Area Missouri
Bright star with fuzzy halo. Tiny but bright nebulosity with NPB filter.

My telescope is no Hubble but I saw this with my own eyeballs in real time.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-hole-in-space/#comment-1365900 Mon, 24 Oct 2022 16:40:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=89462#comment-1365900 I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a deep-space picture that is captioned “What appears to be a starless region, is actually a dark dust cloud…”. Nice to see a real starless region for a change!

“Oh my God! It’s full of… nothing!”

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