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Jupiter from Rocky Gap State Park Amphitheater, Flintstone, Allegany, Maryland, USA (2022-09-08). www.nicolesharp.net/
It was cloudy on the 10th but moonrise on the 11th looked pretty good. 1/8 second exposure with Canon XSi and 75-300 lens at 300mm.
Neptune from Rocky Gap State Park Amphitheater, Flintstone, Allegany, Maryland, USA (2022-09-08). www.nicolesharp.net/
I have been obsessed with putting the Cosmos into some kind of comprehesible perspective for some time now. And, after a few years of pondering this, this is what I've come up with. All the items on this table are to scale. In this model, the Earth is .25"(1/4") in diameter, which makes Jupiter 2.80" in diameter, Saturn 2.36" in diameter, and The Sun 27.28" in diameter! When I was finally able to grasp the relative size of our world compared to the rest of the Cosmos, I understood the importance of protecting our environment. We are alone in the vastness of space; This planet is the only hospitable rock for many light years in any direction. We should all be taking much better care of it.
To get a better sense of scale, check out the Hi Rez version.
Camera: Nikon D50
Exposure: 16 X 1/150s
ISO: 200
Focus Method: Prime focus
Telescope Aperature/Focal Length: 150mm×1800mm
Mount: LXD75
Telescope: Orion 150mm Maksutov-Cassegrain
Adjustments: cropped/leveled in Photoshop
Location: Flintstone, GA
Uranus 287 meters from the chalk sun; 2.87 billion kilometers from the real Sun.
Just before 89th street. Four blocks from the Sun.
Notice the 4th speed bump on the way to Neptune.
Birthday cake for a friend. Inspired by all the other planets cakes that are on flickr. :-)
Inside: chocolate cake, decorations made of marzipan. and lots of sugar colouring. *lol*
Took me ages to prepare but I'm pleased with the final result.
This picture was taken in a hurry in the last second before the guests arrived.
It's funny that this is my most viewed picture. :-O
Fuzzy from hand holding the point and shoot to the eyepiece of our telescope, but great views this morning, including of the Orion Nebula, which I will try to photograph soon.
William Optics FLT 132 Apo Triplet
Tele Vue 4x Powermate
ZwoASI178MC Planetary camera
Captured in July of 2018
Saturn from Rocky Gap State Park Amphitheater, Flintstone, Allegany, Maryland, USA (2022-09-08). www.nicolesharp.net/
My first attempt at taking a monochrome with DMK. First shot with no previous practice doesnt seem that bad. The interesting thing is that if I increase contrast you might see one of Jupiter's moons on the upper right angle of the photo. Taken using Imaging Source DMK on a Celestron C11 SCT with Ultima Barlow. The obvious contrast is huge compared with a color camera.
Gregg is287 meters from the camera. Even with the zoom lens he is almost too far away to see. Use Flickr to see the full size image -- you can see Gregg at the 3rd speed bump.
In space Uranus is 2.8 billion kilometers from the Sun.
I found this old photo from 2001. C14 at prime focus, frame grabs from video. The next day things got a lot more complicated.
Jupiter with a very pale Great Red spot taken on 4th March 2013 at 10pm. Using Olympus FE-4030 compact digital camera in video mode, attached to my 8" reflector telescope. Video is 120 seconds at 30fps and used best 25% of frames. Frames aligned and stacked using Registax6.
A gas giant, planet Uranus is 20 times farther from the Sun than is the earth, and though it appears tiny in this image, its diameter is nearly 4 times that of Earth. Only planet Neptune orbits farther away from the Sun. This image was created by stacking 1500 frames shot at 1/5 sec exposure, using a Neximage planetary webcam with a Celestron SC8 f/10 telescope... on a -20C winter evening.
Une géante gazeuse, la planète Uranus est 20 fois plus éloignée du Soleil que notre Terre. Et bien que minuscule dans cette image, le diamètre d'Uranus fait 4 fois celui de notre planète. Seule la planète Neptune est plus éloignée du Soleil. Cette image a été créée par l'addition de 1500 clichés de 1/5 sec d'exposition chacun, réalisés avec une webcam planétaire Neximage et un télescope Célestron SC8 (200mm) f/10... lors d'une soirée d'hiver par -20C.
William Korthof, System Designer for Energy Efficiency Solar of Pomona teaches the details of the photovoltaic system during the Sustainable Workshop Series with the Solar Living Institute at Cal Poly Pomona's Lyle Center, Thursday, July 17, 2008. Eric Reed/photographer
