How I helped discover the Andromeda Oxygen Arc

Hello everyone I hope you enjoyed this video, it has been an absolute honor to work on this project. This video is about the initial discovery process of the oxygen arc around the andromeda galaxy, a never before seen structure until now. Prints of this image are available here on my website: astrofalls.com/
Here you can find the other team members who worked on it (those who have social media):
Marcel Drechsler: www.astrobin.com/users/Marcel...
Yann Sainty: www.astrobin.com/users/yann_s...
Xavier Strottner: www.astrobin.com/users/leonberx/
You can find more of my work here: / astrofalls
The equipment I used to detect this nebula can be found here: astrofalls.com/pages/about
If you want to help support this channel, use the affiliate link here when buying telescopes: bit.ly/2BhdyjL
Some background footage was sourced from here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20344
and here: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11447
and here: • MIRI Filter Wheel (Qua...
Thank you all for watching!
#astrophotography #telescope #andromedagalaxy #pixinsight #zwo #orionnebula #milkyway #astrofalls

[@Strottner-Drechsler]

Probably my comment will be completely disappeared here ;-)

[@Thomasp671]

I also found and discovered, Pickett's Bell around Betelgeuse in 2015. Most everyone who had photographed this area had it in their photos but no one spotted the dark bell shaped ring around Betelgeuse until I shot it up close, spotted it, and called it out in my post. Then everyone started calling it, Pickett’s Bell after my last name. Everyone was stunned when they seen it for the first time even in their own images. :-) For thousands of years we think this dark bell shaped ring is mass being shed and ejected from the massive star as it begins it's death march towards a Supernova. Congratulations you guys for finding this very faint OIII nebula.. :-)

[@flavio.540]

For decades we missed this piece of Andromeda. This really is the discover of the century, I've no words.

[@amranackerman9656]

Umm someone stole your award winning pick and changed it kept the ark neb and won the award as his. Pretty sure it was stolen from your hard earned pic

[@caroliensche13]

I hope, this oxygen is indeed located next to Andromeda Galaxy. I would be happy for you guys. But to be honest, i believe it belongs to our galaxy, maybe even to our nearer neighbourhood.

[@Ryan-ct1oc]

this is incredible, WOW at a loss for words. Amazing discovery and work as always.

[@peterlaubscher3989]

Okay, I suspect that someone else has said this already, but talk about hiding in plain sight! This is astonishing. Congratulations. Amazing perseverance. Absolutely thrilled for you and your amazing team!

[@eMBO_Gaming]

Absolute cogratulations. The fact, that it was unnoticed so many years even through it's next to one of the most photographed objects is not only mindblowing, but also inspiring to research the sky for yourself. Imagine how many of such objects there must be in less popular regions of the sky.

[@steevebody449]

Congratulation man! That would have been so exciting to be part of this project. Well done

[@thevrboi]

That’s why there’s a faint blur next to andromeda when I take photos

[@KJsCosmos]

Incredible! Congrats on this massive discovery dude!!! This is huge! Just goes to show that everyone can help make discoveries in this field. So motivating! Congrats

[@stewartwilson7482]

Congratulations on the discovery, and thanks so so much for making this video. I've seen so much about the discovery in the astronomy press, but nothing in so much detail as your explanations. Really appreciate you taking the time to explain. Keep hunting!

[@tmostofi]

That was AWESOME!!!! Congratulations to you and the entire team, a lot of hard work that truly paid off, what an inspiration!

[@AstroCreation]

Hi, Bray! Great story and discovery! It is really interesting that many astrophotographers capture Andromeda, and no one had realised there is a nebula until you did!

[@jjlodgephotography]

Wow! Congratulations Bray and everyone else on the discovery. This year's APOTY winner for sure 👍 Great video also, very interesting.

[@RobertoCighetti]

Congrats Bray, you really should be proud of your wonderful job for taking part to this astonishing study

[@greenasgrass1]

Just wow! Absolutely incredible work Bray and pals. Just blown away man!

[@TheUrbanAstronomer]

Such a phenomenal find! Congratulations to you and everyone involved!

[@markoposavec9240]

Never thought such discoveries were possible with a wide field of view and amateur equipment. Ridiculously epic stuff!

[@AlanHowellphotovideo]

Simply fantasitc work Bray! I think many amateur astrophotographers can relate to dumping images they thought were ruined from gradients, now only to find out that if they had been shooting a wider field of view, they were actually capturing a small part of a nebulous region adjacent to their target. Your super wide field mosaic images give testament to this as well.