Photographer

Michal Zolnowski

E-mail

zolnowsk@mp.pl

Location

El Teide Volcano - Tenerife Island

Date

8.07.2008 Midnight

Equipment

Canon 40D unmodified, 17-85 IS Canon Lens

Description

This image was made during astroimaging in Tenerife Island at 2300 meters. Behind my Friends and me is El Teide volcano. Five Mounts is making astrophotography. Exposition time is 15 minutes. Autodark extraction is applied. ISO 1600. Except red astrolights no extra light was used to make this image. El Teide volcano and all surroundings were iluminated only by light of Milky Way, Jupiter and stars. It was new moon time. In the Sky on the left are Ursa Major startrails. In the center of the Circle off course Polaris. Better resolution is here: http://www.starrysite.com/index.php?m=Galleries&a=ShowGalleryImage&gc_id=11&gi_id=454 Higher resolution also available

Photographer

Paco Burguera Catalá

E-mail

pacoburguera@ono.com

Location

Calpe, Spain

Date

7-6-2008

Equipment

Nikon D200 10.5 DX fisheye lens base exposure 25seconds at f:2.8 ISO 100

Description

Looking south, this shot shows the stars trails over a period of 3 hours. The place is Arenal-Bol beach at Calpe (Spain). The rock on the left is Penyal de Ifac, and right most is Serra Gelada. Beside the stars trail we have on the sea shore the tails left by cleaning machines that work at night, and on the sea the trails left by boats that use the harbors of Calpe on the left and Altea on the right.

Photographer

Mario Hébert

E-mail

hebert_mario@cgocable.ca

Location

Ste-Angèle de Laval, Qc, Canada

Date

18 may 2008, 2:00 A.M.

Equipment

Canon EOS 350D on a tripod, with 50 mm F1,8 Canon lens

Description

Gibbous moon one hour before she sets down at horizon, over Laviolette Bridge and St-Lawrence river near Trois-Rivières city in province of Québec, Canada.

Photographer

Jaroslaw Smolar

E-mail

jaroslaw.smolar@gmail.com

Location

Torun, Poland

Date

13.04.2008

Equipment

Sony Alpha 700 - Soligor MT750+MPCC

Description

Beautiful conjunction of the Moon with M44.

Photographer

Dhruv Paranjpye

E-mail

dhruvparanjpye@gmail.com

Location

PUNE, IUCAA

Date

April 17, 2008, 13:58:30

Equipment

I used Nikon Coolpix 3700 3.2Mega Pixels

Description

It was almost 4 minitue pass of ISS over Pune, India. I took series of pictures of this pass. I then added three pictures in Photshop. I used screen option of Layer

Photographer

Boris Huna

Location

N.M.n.V.

Date

Nov 26th 2007, 21:18UT

Equipment

Refractor Celestron C102HD, NexImage camera

Description

According the forecast on the www.calsky.com I have tried to catch the ISS "above" the Moon. FOV was set a little bit out of center, that´s why the whole ISS has appeared only on one frame from cca 90 secondes record. The frame was processed in Registax 4

Photographer

Francis Dunlop

Location

Calgary AB

Date

22-Feb-2008 7:49pm MST

Equipment

Canon XTi, 17mm-55mm f/2.8 EF-S lense at 17mm f/4, tripod mount, ISO 400, 20 second exposure, automatic "dark" subtraction turned off so I could shoot back to back photos without a "Delay" between photos.

Description

Picture shows Orion (on right), Sirius (bottom) and flare from "Iridium 30" at mag. -2.5. Larger version of flare is inset. I got the timing info from www.calsky.com. A second Iridium (Iridium 94) flared 2 minutes later.

Photographer

Dennis McCarthy

Location

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

Date

2008 Jan 15, 5:48 a.m. EST

Equipment

Nikon E3200 mounted on a tripod. 6mm focal length, f/2.9, 1.5 seconds exposure.

Description

After observing the sun through the windows of the "garita" at Castillo de San Marcos one day, I took a chance that Venus would likewise be visible a little earlier the following morning. (Public Domain, U.S. Government image)

Photographer

Emma Hayter Henry

E-mail

EmmaHayter@aol.com

Location

Seaford, East Sussex, UK

Date

08.25UT 19 Dec 2007

Equipment

Sony Cybershot 5.1 megapixel digital camera - hand-held - automatic setting - 6.1x zoom

Description

19 December 2007 was a cold, frosty and misty morning on the East Sussex coast of England, which gave some lovely views of the sun rising above the chalk cliffs of Seaford Head.

Photographer

Tim

E-mail

Cowboybebop2488@yahoo.com

Location

From my Backyard

Date

January 20, 2008 10:00

Equipment

I took this picture with my HP Photosmart R717.

Description

This pohot shows Part of the contilation Orion and Sirius. If u Take a close look u can see the stars where the orion nebula should be.