Photographer

Miguel Claro

E-mail

miguelclaro@sapo.pt

Location

Almada - Portugal

Date

26-04-09

Equipment

Canon 400D ISO400 18mm F6.3 and exposures between 8" and 15".

Description

I went to the coast of my city, bathed by the Atlantic Ocean. I was very wind and many clouds in the sky. I went up the rocks on the beach of Costa da Caparica, in Almada, Portugal and tried to record the beautiful conjunction between the Moon, the Pleiades and the planet Mercury, one of his rare appearances. I took several photos with different exposures, in some images we can see the track of an airplane. In the Crescent Moon we also can se a strong Earthshine.

Photographer

Alex Conu

E-mail

alex.conu@gmail.com

Location

Bucegi Mts., Romania

Date

June 19th, 2009

Equipment

Canon EOS 5D and Canon EF 17-40 f/4L, 30s exposure at f/4.5, ISO 3200.

Description

Milky Way above the Sphinx in Bucegi. The Sphinx is a famous geomorphological structure in Bucegi mountains. Some people think it was carved by the Dacians and is an astronomy related monument.

Photographer

Elias Chasiotis

E-mail

eliasastro@freemail.gr

Location

Keratea, Greece.

Date

April 9, 2009, 16:49 UT.

Equipment

Bresser Skylux 70mm F10 refractor, Canon EOS 450D.

Description

Very beautiful moonrise tonight. I had noticed this nice shaped and well placed tree long ago, but this was the first time i managed to capture it inside the rising moon. The moon appeared quite dark photographically because of thin clouds and i had to work at ISO 400.

Photographer

Roy Finley

Location

10M SE of Mechanicsville, VA 23111

Date

4/27/09 8:40 PM EDT

Equipment

Canon EOS Rebel w/ 100-300mm Canon zoom lens @approx 200mm setting on fixed tripod. Camera was used in programmable auto mode w/ ISO400 selected as film speed. All that and a LOT of luck

Description

2 Photos to be considered: One shows the Moon, Mercury, and Pleiades as a wide shot w/ trees on the horizon to provide context. Second image is a tightest possible shot of the 3 with the exposure better suited to showing the whole scence (and particularly the moon) to much better effect. First image is perhaps more "aesthetically appealing" but the 2nd image is much better technically. In either event I think they're good examples of the kind of photo opportunity that your magazine informs amateurs about and that's a good thing. Sending photo #1 now - please reply to tee_whun@yahoo.com if you want the other image because it's too large to send at a decent resolution. Speaking of which, do you folks have any facility for accepting 3-4 Mb full resolution files??

Photographer

Clement Elechi

Location

Roanoke, VA

Date

4/22/2009 about 6.20 am

Equipment

Hand-held Canon Digital Rebel XSi

Description

The crescent moon and Venus rising together in the east.

Photographer

Doug Zubenel

E-mail

dougzubenel@gmail.com

Location

9 miles NW of Topeka, Kansas.

Date

April 23, 2009.

Equipment

Canon Rebel XTi (Hutech modified) with an 85mm Nikkor lens @ f/2.8; 6 second exposure at ISO 100. Wide-beam flashlight used to paint the windmill and tree with light.

Description

As I was driving north on Humphrey road in rural Kansas just northwest of Topeka, I spotted this fully intact windmill that beckoned to be the foreground for a twilight image of the planet Mercury.

Photographer

Clement Elechi

Location

Roanoke, VA

Date

4/22/09 6.20am

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel XSi, handheld. 18-55mm lens.

Description

Venus and the crescent moon have risen in the east.

Photographer

Rick Baldridge

E-mail

rickbaldridge@comcast.net

Location

Los Altos, CA, USA

Date

April 26, 2009 9:30pm PDT

Equipment

Canon XTi Rebel with 200mm F2.8 lens.

Description

Waxing crescent Moon with very bright Earthshine above the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) which are also above the bright planet Mercury. Below Mercury is the very red variable star AS Arietis.

Photographer

Michael Boschat

E-mail

aa063@chebucto.ns.ca

Location

Apartment balcony in Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada

Date

April 26,2009 at 9:30pm

Equipment

Tripod mounetd Canon Rebel 350D with 18-55mm lens set at 55mm with a 10 second exposure at f/5.6, 400 ISO.

Description

Image of cresent Moon with Pleiades (M45) and Mercury over Halifax.

Photographer

Paul Walker

E-mail

paulwaav@together.net

Location

Alto, New Mexico

Date

2008-06-03, 11:20 PM MDT to 12:05 AM MDT

Equipment

2 Canon Rebel XTi cameras with 18-55mm zooms. Homemade tracking plateform (Haig Mount) (stepper motor driven). Camera settings: 18mm (28mm efl), f/4.5, iso 1600. 4 minute exposures.

Description

2x4 image mosaic. 4 with each camera. Covers more than 180 degrees rom Little dipper on left to Scorpio on the right. Noise reduction with Noise Ninja 2, cropping and histogram stretch (modest stretch) with Picture Window Pro 2.5, auto stitching done with Panorama Plus 3 (Serif, Inc in the UK). Did an extreme historgram stretch.