A Cosmic Witch Staring At Rigel

• Photographer
  Prasun Agrawal
• Technical Info
  20 Hours Of Stacked Data In Rgb And Ionised H-alpha
• Photo Date
  March 2025

When I pointed my telescope towards the bright star Rigel, it captured this awe inspiring image that looks like a with head, staring into eternity. I wanted to highlight the tapestry of colours that the universe constructs for us. Dark lanes of cosmic dust form a shape in the sea of ionised hydrogen gas, that millions of light years away, we humans can identify. Capturing these photons on the sensor of my camera allows me to bring the magical night sky to everyone