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During the night of last Thursday to Friday I have been shooting at the stars with an astro friend on a bridge above a highway at the south of Tours (France). The aim? Catching nice car trails with the Milky Way above.
The least I can say is that it has been amazing! One single shot has been enough to produce stunning car trails (given the high numbers of cars that night). After the astronomical twilight, the sky was CRAZY : the heart of our galaxy is here very clear, plenty of stars are visible while nebulae (such as Trifid or Lagoon) and star clusters shine bright - and I had the good surprise to see (when developing the picture) that a superb green shooting star has been crossing the heart of the Milky Way!
Nikon D610 + Sigma 35mm Art
Foreground: single shot @ 20s, f/8, ISO100
Sky: stacking of 61 shots @ 8s, f/2, ISO1600
Same gear, same place, shots taken all in a row
The Milky Way over the Palouse River Canyon. Press L to view this in the lightbox!
In the summer, the falls are pretty weak; so I wanted to focus on what, to me, is the most interesting part of the scene without the falls raging - the canyon.
Plus, the lens I had at the time wasn't really wide enough to compose the full scene the way I wanted, and I'm too lazy to stitch long exposures.
Full disclosure: this is a blend of an exposure taken at twilight for the foreground at ISO 100, and then the Milky Way from the same spot later at ISO 3200.
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A jellyfish galaxy with trailing tentacles of stars hangs in inky blackness in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As Jellyfish galaxies move through intergalactic space they are slowly stripped of gas, which trails behind the galaxy in tendrils illuminated by clumps of star formation. These blue tendrils are visible drifting below the core of this galaxy, and give it its jellyfish-like appearance. This particular jellyfish galaxy — known as JO201 — lies in the constellation Cetus, which is named after a sea monster from ancient Greek mythology. This sea-monster-themed constellation adds to the nautical theme of this image.
The tendrils of jellyfish galaxies extend beyond the bright disc of the galaxy core. This particular observation comes from an investigation into the sizes, masses and ages of the clumps of star formation in the tendrils of jellyfish galaxies. Astronomers hope that this will provide a breakthrough in understanding the connection between ram-pressure stripping — the process that creates the tendrils of jellyfish galaxies — and star formation.
This galactic seascape was captured by Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a versatile instrument that captures images at ultraviolet and visible wavelengths. WFC3 is the source of some of Hubble’s most spectacular images, from a view of Jupiter and Europa to a revisit to the Pillars of Creation.
[Image description: A spiral galaxy lies just off-centre. It has large, faint, reddish spiral arms and a bright, reddish core. These lie over two brighter blue spiral arms. These are patchy, with blotches of star formation. Long trails of these bright blotches trail down from the lower spiral arm, resembling tendrils. The background is black, lightly scattered with small galaxies and stars, and a larger elliptical galaxy in one corner.]
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gullieuszik; CC BY 4.0
Milky way on the southern coast of Crete, Greece.
Panorama consisting of 15 shots taken with Sony FE 85mm 1.4 GM on Sony A7rII with PocketPano Vario XL panoadapter.
Yet another look of lake Tipsoo. This was taken right at the edge of blue hour as the sky was beginning to lighten. The gold on the horizon is light pollution. The tiny dots on the mountain itself are various groups climbing Mt. Rainier, from both the Disappointment Cleaver and the Emmons Glacier routes.
Easily one of the greatest designs for clones I've seen. I've always wanted to make one ever since I was little, and saw a lot of potential to make one when CAC released his backpack. Painting the new(ish) Lego helmet, I've made what I like to consider one of the most detailed Galactic Marines in Lego.
His arm decals go over the shoulders themselves, capturing the full aesthetic of dark red upper body armor. Like all my clone customs, he features wrap around decals that cover all surfaces of the figure from head to toe. I left his eyes black out of personal preference, as I like that appearance more than the green. He's topped with a modded CAC backpack and MMCB cloth gear.
Keep an eye out for new content ~ More EP3 customs on the way ; ) As always, expect more, and I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Most of the population living in the cities and towns lost completely connection with the night skies. Some people probably never star gazed and have no idea of how beautiful the nigh sky full of celestial objects are. In Poland after midnight street lanterns goes off at least in villages and one can appreciate twinkling starts. Absolutely enjoyed it.
Although I live in the city of Patras for three and a half years now, I've only been to Panachaiko mountain with its wind turbines at daytime. I've always wanted to go there at a moonless night to see if I could capture the galaxy, despite the light pollution of the city nearby.
What I discovered was a very large playground !
The Milky Way galaxy can be seen with a naked eye, and a lot of possible places for amazing shots !
Simply, my new favorite place !
More to come soon !
Christophe Anagnostopoulos
The lazily winding spiral arms of the spectacular galaxy NGC 976 fill the frame of this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This spiral galaxy lies around 150 million light-years from the Milky Way in the constellation Aries. Despite its tranquil appearance, NGC 976 has played host to one of the most violent astronomical phenomena known — a supernova explosion. These cataclysmicly violent events take place at the end of the lives of massive stars, and can outshine entire galaxies for a short period. While supernovae mark the deaths of massive stars, they are also responsible for the creation of heavy elements that are incorporated into later generations of stars and planets.
Supernovae are also a useful aid for astronomers who measure the distances to faraway galaxies. The amount of energy thrown out into space by supernova explosions is very uniform, allowing astronomers to estimate their distances from how bright they appear to be when viewed from Earth. This image — which was created using data from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 — comes from a large collection of Hubble observations of nearby galaxies which host supernovae as well as a pulsating class of stars known as Cepheid variables. Both Cepheids and supernovae are used to measure astronomical distances, and galaxies containing both objects provide useful natural laboratories where the two methods can be calibrated against one another.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Jones, A. Riess et al.; CC BY 4.0
An amazing weekend at Joshua Tree for my Insta-Meet/Teaching Clinic a while ago. It's always fascinating to get away from the city and to stay up all night under the Milky Way capturing it, and teaching others how to. It was a great turnout and the city outside of Joshua Tree is incredible. Though it was in the 100'sthe heat did not keep anyone away. I actually wanted to head to arch rock (which is what's on the other side) at the time I took this shot, but couldn't due to the big amount of photographers that were there. So I started to look for Joshua Tree's to shoot. If you would like to purchase this image with no watermark or have any inquiries send me an email: Muhammad.elarbi13@gmail.com. Shot in Joshua Tree National Park, CA
Nel cuore della Via Lattea, là dove il Cigno spalanca le sue ali, un fiume di stelle scorre tra veli di gas e polveri cosmiche. Le nebulose che circondano γ Cygni sembrano danzare in un intricato ricamo di luce e ombra, un arazzo celeste che racconta la nascita e la trasformazione delle stelle. È uno dei panorami più incantevoli del nostro cielo, capace di stupire chiunque vi posi lo sguardo.
Parte tecnica: questa immagine è stata realizzata con un rifrattore 72ED, camera ASI 533 MC e filtro SV220. Nonostante soltanto un’ora di integrazione, la ricchezza di dettagli e la profondità delle nebulosità emergono con forza, a testimonianza della straordinaria densità di strutture presenti in questa regione galattica.
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Nikon D800E w/ SIGMA ART 50mm F1.4 DG HSM
I created this composition last year. I've seen many people already copying the composition without giving credit to the original creator. Perhaps that's how the cookie crumbles and I should be proud of the fact that my creation became a standard. But, honestly speaking, I want people to pay a bit more respect to the original creator. I changed the focal length to 50mm and emphasised the "lava stream" part of the composition as I'm not interested in doing the same thing again and again every year.
"Tales of Fuji | New Era"
Aug 2 (Sat) to Aug 15 (Fri)
Island Gallery, Tokyo
In late summer the galaxy is clearly visible to the naked eye from the Drakensberg. If you are fortunate enough to have clouds below, blocking out the lights of the settlements at the foot of the Escarpment, then you can have an outstanding view. In this case I could hardly have chosen a better location to have optimum conditions for astrophotography.Drakensberg Photography Workshops: www.alexnail.com/workshops/ shared with pixbuf.com
"Bow" lake is the location I took this photo back in October, 2013. My last photo trip in the canadian rockies. It finally give me some opportunity to shoot the clear night sky on the last night of my trip!! Most of the time were cloudy during the trip. So I ended up with making a time lapse shorts called"The Rocky Clouds".
Thanks for viewing!
This old "abandoned" barn in Oregon's Summer Lake Wildlife Area is still used to store hay bales, judging from what was inside it (they were fresh). I didn't see the pair of owls that I saw in the spring when I last visited, just a rat, a bat, and a scorpion about 2 feet from my foot - Gaahhh! (My first scorpion encounter "in the wild"!)
This is a stack of 15 frames at 50mm, f/2, ISO 8000, 8s each, no tracking. One additional shot was taken with a small LED light panel placed inside the barn and blended using the Lighten mode in Photoshop. That same LED panel was used (hand held) to dimly illuminate the outside of the barn during the exposures.
Moab, Utah
The bright light near the galactic core is Jupiter.
The image is post-processed in DxO PhotoLab 3, which I really like for night sky images. The software has a very good "Prime" noise reduction function for high ISO captures.
Thank you for your views, comments, and faves.
Taken on July 18th, 2017 with my Rokinon lens at one of my favorite places on the beach at Ocean City, NJ.
Now I realize I did just use this torso in my last upload, but I definitely thought this combo was too good to pass up.
This image shows a close-up portrait of the magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 4603, which lies over 100 million light-years away in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). Bright bands of blue young stars make up the arms of this galaxy, which wind lazily outwards from the luminous core. The intricate red-brown filaments threading through the spiral arms are known as dust lanes, and consist of dense clouds of dust which obscure the diffuse starlight from the galaxy.
This galaxy is a familiar subject for Hubble. In the last years of the twentieth century, NGC 4063 was keenly and closely watched for signs of a peculiar class of stars known as Cepheid variables. These stars have a luminosity closely tied to the period with which they darken and brighten, allowing astronomers to accurately measure how far they are from Earth. Distance measurements from Cepheid variables are key to measuring the furthest distances in the Universe, and were one of the factors used by Georges Lemaître and Edwin Hubble to show that the Universe is expanding.
Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Maund; CC BY 4.0
Here is the very first picture featuring the castle of Chenonceau and the arch of the Milky Way - reflecting in the basin of Catherine de Medicis.
The large dust and star structures of the galactic disk stand clear here, surrounded by plenty of stars part of the Milky Way too - yet far closer from us than the disk of our galaxy.
A subtle red or green veil spreads everywhere. It is actually a faint airglow filling the whole sky that night.
The reflection in the basin of Catherine de Medicis is absolutely magical and full of details!
In the bottom left corner, you can notice a trail that is not visible in the sky. It is not a fake: this is the path of the ISS that occurred while I was capturing the bottom of the panorama and that was not yet here when I was shooting the top of the upper part.
As you can see throughout the universe inter connecting galactic highways roam free. Also along your journey you may encounter interstellar nebula gasses spewing throughout space and time !
This Atlantic Sea Nettle at Baltimore's National Aquarium appears to float among the stars due to the lighting and the food particles in the tank.
The Atlantic sea nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha), also known as the East Coast sea nettle or US Atlantic sea nettle, is a species of jellyfish that inhabits the Atlantic coast of the United States
The brightest area of the Milky Way is just rising above the horizon as Scorpius gains altitude.
Several nebulas and clusters are visible in this bright part of our galaxy.
Single shot, tracked.
Cala del Submarino (Submarine's creek)
Cabo de Gata, Almería, Spain.
Canon 6D + Canon 17-40.
Panorámica de 23 tomas en vertical.
Stacked Image, using Deep Sky Stacker, consisting of 12 light frames, 30 seconds each at ISO 800 @ f/1.4, 9 bias frames, 11 dark and 6 flat frames, taken with a Canon 70D, mounted on an iOptron Sky Tracker, fitted with a Sigma 50mm Art Lens. The result would look much better if not for the light pollution, and worse if not the Astronomik CLS filter. Taken from Georgina Island, Ontario, Canada.
Memo to self: move to Arizona!
Its amazing what you find when you look closely at the frozen water in your dog's outside water bowl on a winter day...
GX8 + OLYMPUS M.75-300mm F4.8-6.7 II
Focal Length: 300.0 mm (in 35mm: 600.0 mm)
1/160 sec; f/6.7; ISO 100
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Lying on a sunlounger while taking in the enormity of our galaxy and beyond. According to the App on my phone the view is of galactic central point.
In 1984 the LEGOLAND book 'Trapped in Space' by Douglas Hill was published. It featured this SHIP The Galactic Spearhead. I thought it deserved to be online.
This is a 360 degree pano taken from atop of Castle Rock at Castlepoint in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. I made the climb under darkness, which made it somewhat more challenging than normal. Castle Rock stands at a height of 162m above sea level, and the Castlepoint lighthouse is perched 62m above sea level at the opposite end of the beach below.
The galactic core of the Milky Way was rising to the east over the ocean, and the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds can be seen to the left of it. The Zodiacal Light is seen to the bottom right of the sky dome. The image consists of 32 images all shot at 24mm on a Gigapan Epic Pro.
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Here is a 45 image panoramic composite I made at the iconic painted hills overlook at night. Hope you all enjoy and thanks for any constructive comments.
Camera: 5D Mark II
Lens: Sigma Art 20mm f1.4 @ 1.4
The Milky Way galaxy core shines brightly above a picnic table in the Salton Sea on a very calm summer night.
Such a romantic spot for dining - complete with candles.
This is an art installation by "Sssippi" here at Bombay Beach. He's one of the artists responsible for the iconic swing that's also in the water nearby.
I shot this tonight - July 3, 2024 - with a Canon EOS R and Sigma 24mm Art lens at 5 sec f/1.8 ISO 4000. Single exposure. I carefully set my tripod and camera rig up in about 15" of water in order to get this shot.
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