site.btaColours of the Universe Presented in Photos at Smolyan Planetarium

An exhibition dubbed The Colours of the Universe opened at the Planetarium in Smolyan on Saturday. The display features original photographs of space objects by Mihail Mamchurov, a computer programmer in the Black Sea city of Varna who is also an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer, said the Planetarium Director, Tsvetelina Gencheva.

Twenty-two photos of various space objects are on display in the lobby of the Planetarium. Gencheva said: "When I heard about the photographer and saw his works, I decided that we should organize such an exhibition, because all astronomical objects – planets, moons, comets, nebulae, galaxies – captured by Mihail's lens are very beautiful. And the Planetarium is the right place to show them."

Each image is accompanied by a note describing the object, its location in space, the distance from Earth, the number of observation hours and the number of shots used for the image, with a QR code taking the viewer to Mihail's website.

The idea is to make it a permanent exposition which can be enlarged with more photos.