Photographer

Dhruv Paranjpye

E-mail

dhruvparanjpye@gmail.com

Location

Pune, India (18 degree N, 73 degree E)

Date

14th Aug, 2012 7:08am IST (+5:30 GMT)

Equipment

Canon 500D camera.

Description

Today (14th Aug,2012)as soon as I woke up I saw this stunning rainbow spread over a large area in the Western skies. In fact, had the cloud cover been even better we could have seen the arc of the rainbow spread right to the bottom of the horizon!

Photographer

Vlad Dumitrescu

E-mail

vlad.dumitresco@yahoo.com

Location

Onesti, Romania

Date

14 th of july, around 4 am

Equipment

5d2 and 20-35L

Description

Superb morning show while camping,nice and quiet thing in the moutains of Romania near Onesti.

Photographer

Luis Argerich

E-mail

lrargerich@gmail.com

Location

Argentina

Date

July 15,2012

Equipment

Canon 5DII, 50mm lens, tripod.

Description

The conjunction between the Moon, Venus, Jupiter and Aldebaran with Taurus and the Hyades visible. It was a beautiful event to the naked eye. As seen from the coast of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Photographer

Amit Purandare

Location

Pune India

Date

15.07.2012 05.36am

Equipment

Canon 1100D on Tripod with f/8 iso 100 2 sec exposure with Tamron 70-300 mm Lense

Description

Jupiter Moon Conjunction

Photographer

Alireza Azadfar

Location

Varzaneh Desert , Esfahan , Iran

Date

May 24 , 2012 8:03:59 PM

Equipment

Canon 50D in 200 Iso and Canon EF28/135 mm Lens at F 5.6

Description

Night sky in Varzaneh desert that is located 110 km far from Esfahan.

Photographer

Josh Wilson

E-mail

josh@wazguys.net

Location

Mesa, AZ

Date

8:45-9:30

Equipment

Canon EOS Digital Rebel xTi, 75-300mm lens @ 300mm on standard tripod mount. Total of 101 pictures processed with Startrails program.

Description

I tried to find a more true North star other than Polaris that moves less than Polaris as Polaris is only the brightest star in the region around the North Celestial Pole. I live in a light polluted area so I wasn't able to find a true north star but anyone who doesn't live in a light polluted area, please help me in my "quest" to find a more accurate north star.

Photographer

Mark Dahmke

Location

Lincoln, Nebraska

Date

6/7/2012 11:15pm

Equipment

Celestron Onyx refractor and Nikon D200 on tripod.

Description

A few months ago I used Google Earth to determine the bearing from my house to the State Capitol Bldg (122 deg). Then I checked moon rise azimuths for the next few months and added those +/-1 degree azimuth to my Outlook calendar. This image was only processed to remove noise and sharpen it a bit... no HDR or stacking.

Photographer

Alireza Azadfar

Location

Varzaneh Desert , Esfahan , Iran

Date

May 24 , 2012 8:36:39 PM

Equipment

Canon 50D in 200 Iso and Canon EF28/135 mm Lens at F 5.6

Description

New Moon And Venus set in desert.

Photographer

William Garrett

Location

Los Angeles, CA

Date

May 27th, 20:45 PST

Equipment

10" Meade LX200 EMC, Canon Rebel T3i, iPhone

Description

Me looking at me looking at the moon.

Photographer

Josh Wilson

E-mail

Josh@wazguys.net

Location

Outside Phoenix, Arizona

Date

9-10PM

Equipment

Canon EOS Digital Rebel xTi, 18-55mm lens. Shot in monochrome at ISO 400. Processed using Startrails and GIMP.

Description

Great picture of the star trails in Arizona. I was surprised to see this many stars considering the light polluted area I live in. I shot in monochrome to increase the contrast between the stars and sky.