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Skyscapes & Constellations

Note: All images in this gallery are copyrighted by the photographers and may not be reused in any form without their permission.

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

dougzubenel@gmail.com

Location

Flint Hills - Kansas.

Date

May 4, 2008, 10:01 pm, CDT

Equipment

This is a 3 minute exposure with a Canon Rebel XTi (Hutech modified) and a 24mm Nikkor lens @ f/4 and a Tiffen Fog2 filter at ISO 800.

Description

After being reminded of the alignment of Mars with Pollux and Castor in Gemini, I made this image after photographing Mercury and the Pleiades. The glow in the bottom right of the pic is from the zodiacal light.
 

Photographer

Richard S. Bell

Location

Kalamazoo, MI

Date

May 6, 2008 @ 8:37 pm EDT

Equipment

Canon 300D and Sigma 70-300mm zoom lens set at 214mm.

Description

The eastern-half of North America was treated to a nice conjunction of the Waxing Crescent Moon and Mercury on the evening of May 6. The weather turned out to be near-perfect in West Michigan that day so I was able to capture the scene above. The only thing that's missing is a gentle spring breeze and the sound of geese "honking" in the distance. Mercury can be found about 2 degrees below and slightly to the left of the 2% illuminated Moon.
 

Photographer

Alex Conu

E-mail

alex.conu@gmail.com

Location

Pauleasca, Romania

Date

July 12, 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 30D with Canon EF 50 f/1.4 at 2.2, 30s at ISO 3200. I used a convex mirror to emulate the effect of a fisheye lens

Description

The image shows the summer sky in all its splendor. The Summer Triangle is high in the sky and the Milky Way is visible from horizon to horizon.
 

Photographer

Alex Conu

E-mail

alex.conu@gmail.com

Location

Pauleasca, Romania

Date

July 12, 2007

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D with Canon EF 17-40 f/4L at 17/5, 2x160s at ISO 1600. Manually guided with a Vixen 60/900 refractor on a motorized EQ5 mount.

Description

Wide field image of the Summer Milky Way: from Sagittarius to Cepheus.
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Cimarron Co., Oklahoma, USA.

Date

Oct. 21, 2001, just before morning twilight

Equipment

This is a 30 mionute exposure with a 16mm Nikkor fisheye lens @ f/5.6 on a Mamiya 120 back with Fuji Provia 400F pushed to ISO 1600.

Description

The zodiacal light, or "false dawn," is joined by the rising of Venus. Farther west on the ecliptic is brilliant Jupiter and saturn. Faint bands of green airglow can be seen paralleling the horizon on the right.
 

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

nzubenel@kc.rr.com

Location

Linn Co., Kansas, USA.

Date

7-17-07; 02:50 UT

Equipment

Canon Rebel XTi with an 85mm Nikkor lens @ f/4. 60 second exposure at ISO 100.

Description

Regulus, the "Prince" of Leo, is honored by a gathering of Queen Venus, Queen Luna, and King Saturn. Note 31 Leonis just to the right of Venus, and Eta Leonis in the upper right of the frame.
 

Photographer

Richard Luben

Location

El Capitan State Beach, CA

Date

30 June 2007, 8:21 pm

Equipment

Camera: Canon 20Da Lens: Canon EF 24-70 L at 24 mm, f/2.8, 8 sec exposure ISO 400 Original Resolution 3504 x 2336 Processed in Photoshop CS3 (curves and contrast)

Description

This shows Venus and Saturn in their conjunction the evening of June 30, with the stars of Leo appearing above the conjunction in the post-sunset twilight.
 

Photographer

Ali Norouzi

E-mail

ali_nu2@yahoo.com

Location

Abyaneh,Iran

Date

11/8/2007

Equipment

Canon 350d,sigma 17mm lens @ f/2.8 at Iso1600,45s.

Description

The Summer Milky Way in a Dark Sky.
 

Photographer

Laurent Laveder

E-mail

laurent.laveder@laposte.net

Location

Lesconil, Bretagne, France

Date

September 5, 2007, 11:00 PM

Equipment

Canon 30D + Sigma 30mm at f/1.4 on a tripod. 10 s at 1600 ISO. 14 pictures (processed in DxO Optics) used to realize this panoramic view with PTGui. Then color correction, contrast, and luminosity adjustments in Photoshop.

Description

Wednesday, I was on the Beach. There, during last Full Moon, someone has built a strange tribe of stone characters with rocks picked up around. Nobody knows who he is, but the result is fantastic! In the pictures, those odd creatures seem to contemplate the Milky Way. On the right, Jupiter is reflecting in the ocean. In this gallery, you'll see many other pictures taken that night.
 

Photographer

alan r grillo md

Location

beaver island, michigan

Date

july 18, 2007 03:30

Equipment

canon digital rebel, iso 400, 10 min exp, 18 zoom, auto white balance, 4.5 apature guided piggy backed, polar mount, meade lx 90 emc contrast/brightness adjusted in photoshop

Description

this is one of my first attempts at piggy backed guided astrophotgraphy. central milkyway galaxy, sagitarius on horizon m-8, m20, m-17
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