M20 and M8 (Wolfgang Promper's “Vera Rubin
challenge”)
The first-light images from the Vera Rubin telescope have
amazed astronomers all over the world. No other telescope, regardless if
on Earth or in space, comes even close to the field of view, resolution,
and light-gathering power of the new telescope with 8-meter mirror and
gigantic 3.2 GPx camera. There are
telescopes with bigger mirrors, or with better angular resolution, but
none of them offer the unique combination of all these
features.
So Wolfgang Promper’s “Vera Rubin Challenge” is not a real
challenge, but the results achieved with just 400 mm ASA (AstroSysteme Austria) wide-field astrograph
and Moravian Instruments C5
camera are amazing. Check out the wide field of the M20 and M8
nebulae captured with these instruments.
