Astrophotographer captures colourful portrait of the Lion Nebula in a glowing subject of hydrogen gasoline

Miguel Claro is knowledgeable photographer, writer and science communicator based mostly in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular photographs of the evening sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photograph Ambassador and member of The World At Night time and the official astrophotographer of the Darkish Sky Alqueva Reserve, he makes a speciality of astronomical “Skyscapes” that join each Earth and the evening sky.

This picture exhibits the Lion Nebula, also called Sh2-132, positioned at about 10,000 light-years away within the Cepheus constellation. Fashioned from expanded shells of gases, the nebula is powered by two large stars, every with a mass over 20 instances higher than our solar.