I Captured a Black Hole #shorts

Cygnus X-1 is a galactic X-ray source widely believed to be a black hole. It lies near the Tulip Nebula, so I pointed my home telescope at this location in 2020. While the black hole can't be seen because light doesn't escape from it, there is evidence of a jet stream being emitted from it causing the formation of a nearby bubble nebula.

Here is the equipment I used to capture it:

Imaging Telescope:
Celestron RASA 8-inch

Imaging Camera:
ZWO ASI1600MM Pro

Mount:
Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro

Frames:

Baader Ha: 160x120" (gain: 75, offset: 15)
Baader OIII: 334x60" (gain: 75, offset: 15)
Baader SII: 109x120" (gain: 75, offset: 15)

Integration: 14.53 hours

Guide Scope:
ZWO 60mm Guide Scope

Guide Camera:
ZWO ASI224MC

#astronomy​​​ #astrophotography​​​ #shorts

[ChucksAstrophotography]

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[amitshetty]

It's my dream to buy a house at Countryside and replace the roof with a big telescope

[RaysAstrophotography]

Awesome to just realize there's a possibility of blackhole in the picture.

[aiden]

"if there's a hole theres a goal" words told by a wise man

[mattellinger]

I'd absolutely ADORE a long-form video on this, you seem super passionate about your topics and your articulation is very understandable for me, personally!

Either way, thank you for making this video; i didn't even know what a bubble nebula was until today! o:

[jeremyjdl]

This is really cool. Really wished this hobby wasn’t so expensive lol

[thickpenguin]

Most guys have cars in their driveway that they’ve spent their money on this man has BIG telescopes

[lourimarcum]

The tulip nebula looks like the gate way to heaven

[_AA]

Black holes are the most fascinating & frightening things in space.

[Poison]

I love how everyone has galaxies and nebulas as their profile pics

[mindshiv]

Oh my gosh, you’ve got the voice of a stereotypical ‘movie nerd’ and it fits so well. Thank you for sharing this information.

[Nishiansel]

I love the way you say "Thanks for watching" in every video 😊

[kealahau]

give that man a real monster telescope...teaches you more in 30 sec than my teacher in 3 years...🤣

[ClownWorldRebel]

The thought that I may actually be looking at a black hole is almost more than my heart can stand. Space is so fascinating. I can’t get enough information about it.

[michaelvstheworld]

There is a black hole in my wife's closet.

[liamhawke]

Thats terrifying. Imagine something so powerful and deadly to massive amounts of space but invisible

[edps_littlecupcake]

The closest black hole to us you would need a 60 foot wide telescope.

[Jordan-ezgn]

I honestly had no clue Cygnus X-1 was a real thing outside of the two Rush songs

[r.fo.]

I used to have such an obsession with telescopes when I was a kid and watching your videos is reigniting that. I’m pretty excited though my wallet isn’t haha

[cjisajedi]

I love how he always flexes his telescopes at the beginning