Micrometeorite. A particle from a distant planet under a microscope.
Photo description / processing
Found in 2024 on a flat roof near Minsk 53.754473, 27.908047
Size 260 µm, round shape, black color, metallic iron-nickel grain on the surface.
Terrestrial age (based on roof age) - up to 10 years.
Classification: porphyritic olivine.
Crystalline structure: non-oriented magnetite monocrystals on the surface.
Shooting with different depths of field in Helicon Remote.
Stacking 207 frames of 0.2s in Helicon Focus, sharpening - small wavelets in RegiStax6, color correction in Photoshop.
Technical information
- Telescope/Lens
- Olympus ULWD NeoSPlan 50x/0.55 NA Microscope Objective Lens
- Camera
- Nikon D5100
- Mount
- Microscope Zeiss Amplival
- Accessories
- Olympus NFK 2.5x PE
- Software
- Helicon Remote, Helicon Focus, RegiStax, Adobe Photoshop
- Location
- Minsk, Belarus
- Date taken
Exposure
- 207 × 0.2″ · ISO/Gain: 100 ·
Total exposure: 1 m









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