Western Veil Nebula

The Western Veil is an astronomical photo printed as a photopolymer gravure or etching and is a combination of hi-tech and low-tech processes. The nebula is a remnant of a star which cataclysmically exploded some ten or twenty thousand years ago leaving behind huge trails of ionised gas. It can be observed in a telescope in the right conditions where it displays the beauty of its textures and intricate woven strands of hydrogen and oxygen. The telescope and camera makes the invisible visible and reveals the enormity of the sky above so often ignored from our human perspective and the increasingly pervasive light pollution under which most of us live. The hand printing captures the delicacy and subtlety of the celestial light.

Medium: Photopolymer gravure
Paper: Hahnemühle Etching White 300g
Date: 2024
Image size: 40cm x 18cm
Size unframed: 56cm x 40cm / 22in x 15in
Price unframed: £100
Edition size: 10