Eclipsed Moon, Sprites, Antares-Rho and The Blue Horsehead
In this photo we have the Eclipsed Moon, Antares-Rho Cloud Complex, the Blue Horsehead and some special visitors... Sprites!
This is a composition of two stacks. One stack of 5, 30-seconds, F3.2, 3200-ISO at 85mm for the starfield and one stack of 5, 2-seconds, F3.2, 3200-ISO to expose the Moon properly.
Underneath the frame of view, several Thunderstorms in Central/Eastern Oklahoma were putting on a Lightning show. I was lucky to capture two sets of Sprites in my long exposures and saw a third set of Sprites "naked eye" just out of frame.
I believe being at a Bortle-2 dark sky location made the difference in capturing the rare and faint Sprites.
5-15-22, 10:35pm.
Nikon D750a, Nikon 70-200mm F2.8, Ioptron CEM26 mount, processed with Photoshop, Pixinsight, and Registar.
Packsaddle WMA, Oklahoma.
Eclipsed Moon, Sprites, Antares-Rho and The Blue Horsehead
In this photo we have the Eclipsed Moon, Antares-Rho Cloud Complex, the Blue Horsehead and some special visitors... Sprites!
This is a composition of two stacks. One stack of 5, 30-seconds, F3.2, 3200-ISO at 85mm for the starfield and one stack of 5, 2-seconds, F3.2, 3200-ISO to expose the Moon properly.
Underneath the frame of view, several Thunderstorms in Central/Eastern Oklahoma were putting on a Lightning show. I was lucky to capture two sets of Sprites in my long exposures and saw a third set of Sprites "naked eye" just out of frame.
I believe being at a Bortle-2 dark sky location made the difference in capturing the rare and faint Sprites.
5-15-22, 10:35pm.
Nikon D750a, Nikon 70-200mm F2.8, Ioptron CEM26 mount, processed with Photoshop, Pixinsight, and Registar.
Packsaddle WMA, Oklahoma.