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The Orion Nebula (M42) this long exposure (10 hrs) was taken using luminance and narrowband filters, my Explore Scientific ED 102 mm telescope, and a dedicated astrophotography camera in my backyard.
The Heart Nebula IC 1805, located about 7500 light-years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia.
Scope-Explore Scientific 102mm FCD 100
Astro Camera-ZWO ASI294MC Pro
Mount-iOptron CEM25CE
Guide Scope-Apertura 60 Guide 60mm
Guiding camera -ZWO ASI120
Nikon D7000, tamron 17-50 f2.8, tripod, 100 photos (1600iso, f4.0 x 30'' for every photo) and stratrails program..
Il ponte Pietra è un ponte di Verona sul fiume Adige, l'unico rimasto di epoca romana. Il ponte si colloca in un punto che fin dalla Preistoria doveva presentare un guado, punto d'incontro cruciale tra diverse vie di comunicazione a cui si deve la nascita della città di Verona.
The Pietra bridge is a bridge of Verona on the Adige river, the only one left from the Roman era. The bridge is located in a point that since prehistoric times had to present a ford, a crucial meeting point between different ways of communication to which we owe the birth of the city of Verona.
The Crab Nebula AKA, M1 (Messier 1), NGC 1952, Taurus A is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.. It is about 6,500 light-years from earth and contains a pulsar neutron star, which would explain the brightness of the cloud. I took this image using narrowband filters over many nights for more than 11 hours of exposure time.
I haven't been able to post much lately, but today I had a little time to revisit some past adventures.
This is a beautiful walk day or night.
A view of the Exhibition building from one of its beautiful ponds. Hoping you have a wonderful weekend Melbourne, Cheers Rob
The Flame Nebula (NGC 2024) with a photobomb by the Horsehead Nebula (Upper right) found in the Orion constellation and part of the Orion Nebula. The Large bright star above the Flame Nebula Is Alnitak the easternmost star of Orion's belt. This image is a composite using a one-shot color camera (RGB) combined with H alpha narrowband with about 4 hours of data collected.
Decided that I needed to get going with some new images as I been pretty lazy of late. This is an image of some of Melbournes most iconic buildings, Australia 108, Eureka Tower, Crown Casino on a cloudless sunset. The Boatbuilders Yard was great for a top up refreshment as well.
I really liked the sunset along the Santa Rosa Sound last night. It was of the best I've witnessed in a while.
"A sunset is the sun's fiery kiss to the night." ~ Unknown
This old barn doesn't look like much during the day but it certainly lights up under a starry sky against the distant lights of the city.
With the ban on artificial lighting in Arches National park set to take effect in 2020, we figured this was our last chance to see this beautiful arch light painted with our galaxy.
Thank you to the photographers who worked with me and gave feedback until we had the lighting just right.
I spent most of last week in Moab Utah where I got to do some shooting at night.
I love this park and love this old tree. I was very happy to get a chance to capture its rugged beauty under the night sky.
We sure are lucky to live in a state with such great dark skies.
Kay and I went adventuring in Southern Colorado this weekend. The first location I had in mind for a night shot didn't work out, so we just kept driving along empty backroads until we stumbled upon One Stop.
One piece of advise, if your looking for abandon buildings on a moonless night in a remote area, Forensic Files is not the best program to listen to on the radio.
As a bonus to our workshop we set up two star trackers and let everyone have a turn capturing images on them. While they were waiting we captured images of this great little tree under the heavens.
The best angle was very low. I felt a few things crawl across me while I had my head on the ground. I probably would rather not know what they were.
On the way home from Moab, we stopped off in the Badlands. We used our newly acquired Gaia GPS skills to navigate our way around. This is a very strange and beautiful area. It really comes alive when the sun gets low.
Duel Exposure - We got up very early on our last day in Yosemite to catch the Milky Way over Yosemite Valley.
Tech Info: I used the app "Exposure Calculator" to determine the proper long exposure for the foreground. It's a free app that is very easy to use.
Sky Exposure: - ISO 4000, 20 sec, f 2.0
Foreground - ISO 2500. 127 seconds, f2.
The long exposure really brought out the light in the center of the canyon. Not sure if it is the first bit of sunrise or ambient light from a far away city/town.
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Snowy Range has some very cool trees, usually clumped together in little tree islands. We thought they might look cool under the Milky Way. The setting moon provided a great way to light them. I'm not sure what caused the bright orange glow on the horizon. A friend pointed out it is in the general direction of Ft Collins.
We hosted an American Photo Treks workshop this weekend at Rocky Mountain National Park. We couldn't have asked for better night sky conditions. The reflection on this lake was as good as any I have ever seen.
Tech Info: STACKED and BLENDED. This image is a combination if seven images stacked to remove the noise from the sky, then blended with a separate exposure for the foreground. The sky images were taken with the Sigma 14mm Art lens, ISO 6400, F2.0, 20 seconds). The foreground was ISO 2500 at 4 mins 13 seconds, which I determined using the app Exposure Calculator.
I love this time of year. The Milky Way arches like a rainbow over the eastern horizon. There is a small window to catch it before dawn, but then you can transition to sunrise shots. Then go to bed. :)
We took a trip to the top of Cottonwood Pass last night. The night sky was as clear and bright as I have even seen. We weren't too sure of the ground/snow bank we were standing on, but faint heart...
Ken expertly drove around the switchback without using breaks to create this cool light trail.
This Wednesday we got up really early and captured a night sky image of the Valley View in Yosemite. the snow added a nice accent to the scene.
Last night Kay and I returned to Ouray to watch the 4th of July Fireworks. We had a great vantage point to watch a great show. This is such a beautiful mountain town.
After scouting the area earlier, we returned to the badlands at night. There were low clouds moving through the sky, reflecting light and creating some beautiful scenes.
As I was capturing this image, I imaged the Star Ship Enterprise emerging from the cloud and hitting light speed into the heart of the Milky Way. Yeah, I'm a ScFi nerd.
However, this scene was created naturally by low clouds in the valley below Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park.