💎 “Celestial Equestrian” by @aydinmustafa on @superrare.co 🖼 "The beautiful blue of a reflection nebula, velvety red from ionized hydrogen atoms, and dark nebula resembling a horse’s head can all be seen in this image. There are even stars with spikes caused by a reflector telescope. What a combination of celestial objects containing many rare beauties in one image! Almost every astrophotographer dreams of visiting the Atacama Desert in the Chilean Andees. It is a dream to have a telescope there, or have access to some of the telescopes there. Why Atacama, Chilean Andees? The driest place on earth, and high elevation from sea level, it is a place where NASA and ESA (European Space Ageny) have spent millions, perhaps billions, to build the largest and most advanced telescopes on earth. It is home to VLT (Very Large Telescope) Paranal Observatory, La Silla Observatory, and many more future observatories such as ELT (Extremely Large Telescope). What does this image to do with all these observatories and telescopes? No, it is not shot with one of those million-dollar telescopes, but it is shot with a telescope located in Atacama Desert, Chilean Andes. The El Sauce Observatory in Rio Hurtado, Chile stands at the elevation of 1525 meters above sea level. This is where astronomers and astrophotographers, both professional and amateur, reach telescopes in the facility remotely and use those telescopes as their window to universe. Remotely using such equipment and being able to reach to southern skies (differs from northern hemisphere skies) is a unique experience. Being able to acquire high quality raw files and to pre- and post-processing that data takes the astrophotography experience to a whole other level. The Horsehead Nebula aka Barnard 33 is a famous small dark nebula in the constellation of Orion resembling a prominent horse head. The nebula is located at the South of easternmost star of Orion's Belt, Alnitak, and is part of the much larger Orion molecular cloud complex..." #deepspace #nebula #space #star #stars #astrophotography #astro #photography #astronomy #nebulae #horseheadnebula #rare #superrare #nft #nftart #nftartist #nftgallery #nfts