Pole honored by NASA: The photo by Włodzimierz Bubak was appreciated by NASA. American institute On December 28, he chose it as “photo of the day”. The photograph shows the rising of the Orion constellation over Babia Góra. “Today my photographic dream came true,” wrote the author of the photo on social media.
What does the photo show? “Orion appears to rise sideways as it climbs over a distant mountain range in this deep celestial landscape. The winter scene was captured from southern Poland during the long solstice night in the Northern Hemisphere,” NASA describes this image. Włodzimierz Bubak said in an interview with PAP that “I managed to register these objects, which are usually invisible to the naked eye. thanks to an astro-modified camera and equipped with a filter passing the H-alpha band.
Behind the scenes of the photo: On his website “Trzeci Plan”, the photographer reveals that these are his “first steps with an astro-modified camera and shooting with a narrow-band filter.” He also talked about the background of the creation of the photo. “I went to the mountains on the shortest day of the year, which ultimately turned out to be the case for me the longest night in a long time. I underestimated the winter in the Beskids – on the driveway to the pass, my car (or rather my lack of skills and two-wheel drive) was covered with ice. I got off from car“I kicked the wheel, left the car in the ditch and went to the mountains,” he describes.
What is NASA's Photo of the Day? Each day, NASA's website features a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe, along with a short explanation written by a professional astronomer. This “fun” has been going on continuously since 1995. During this time, it has happened several times that photos taken by Poles have been selected in this competition.
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Sources: Third Plan [Facebook], PAP, apod.nasa.gov