Photographer

mohammad.rahimi

E-mail

mohammad.rahimi@gmail.com

Location

Honejan , Esfahan , Iran

Date

jun 2010

Equipment

Vixen Sphinx SXD Mount , Canon 350 D Camera , Tamron 10 - 22 Wide Lens , Ha Filter

Description

I took this star-tracked photo in the mountains and forests of the border between Esfahan and Yasuj in Honejan , Iran.

Photographer

Mohammad Rahimi

E-mail

mohammad.rahimi@gmail.com

Location

Marshenan mountains at an altitude of 3500 meters

Date

jun 2009

Equipment

Vixen GPD mount , Canon 40 D Camera , Iso 1600

Description

Panorama of 5 photos with total 300 secound expousure. This photo was taken at an altitude of 3500 meters in Marshenan Mountain . This mountain is located at a distance of 40 km of Esfahan.

Photographer

Gabriel Hugo

Location

Bloemfontein, South Africa

Date

30/6/2011 06:36

Equipment

Body: Canon EOS 20 Lens: 100 - 400mm ISO 200 F 11 1/5 sec

Description

This picture of the moon and Venus was captured before sunrise, merely three hours before the birth of my grandson Gerber Hugo - a truly joyful and spectacular get-together.

Photographer

Craig Rubis

E-mail

rubicoy@hotmail.com

Location

Blue River, CO

Date

6/26/2011, 1:03AM

Equipment

Sony A55 DSLR on a Tripod

Description

At 10,000ft above sea level, Blue River, Colorado provides some of the clearest skies around. In this photo you can see Sagittarius just to the upper left of the middle of the picture. The bright glow in the middle of the picture is the central region of the Milky Way Galaxy. Partially obscured by the trees, Scorpious is relected in the water, and covers the right hand portion of the photograph.

Photographer

William Murray

Location

SE of Eugene, OR

Date

30 April 2011 21:34

Equipment

Canon XTi, 28mm FD f2 @ f2.8 (FD to EOS adapter), 75 seconds, ISO 800, piggy-back on an Alt-AZ mounted 8" LX-90

Description

The International Space Station cruises through Ursa Minor and beneath Polaris on 30 April 2011. Taken from the Eagles Rest observing site SE of Eugene, OR.

Photographer

Alex Conu

E-mail

alex.conu@gmail.com

Location

Rodna Mountains, Romania

Date

August 12th 2010

Equipment

Camera: Canon EOS 450D Baader modified Lens: Sigma 8mm f/3,5 EX DG Exposure: 8 x 420 s Aperture: 5 Sensitivity: 800 ISO

Description

In the middle of Rodna Mountains, in northern Romania, light pollution is practically inexistent. The summer sky reveals itself in all its splendor.

Photographer

G.T.Larson

Location

Moloka'i Hi.

Date

April '09

Equipment

Nikon d-90, 18-105mm Nikkor , Gitzo tripod

Description

The Moon setting over the island of Oahu, taken from the island of Moloka'i Hi. thrity miles away. Orion in the upper left.

Photographer

Thomas Nelson

Location

Ottertail Lake, MN

Date

July 4th, 2010, midnight local time

Equipment

Astrohutech modified Canon EOS 50D 10-22mm Canon zoom lens at 10mm, f/3.5 ISO 800, 3 minutes single exposure using manual barndoor tracking Processed in Adobe CS4 and Adobe Camera Raw

Description

Milky Way over Ottertail Lake, MN night of July 4, 2010

Photographer

Machefsky

Location

USA

Date

3/14/2011; 6:52PM IST

Equipment

Leica D-Lux4; f4; iso 200; 10 seconds on Tiltall Tripod

Description

Jupiter and Mercury as seen in the evening sky above the Weiss Observatory in Mitzpe Ramon, Israel. (Jupiter above, Mercury below)

Photographer

John Dvorak

E-mail

dvorak@ifa.hawaii.edu

Location

Kilauea volcano Hawaii

Date

2011 Feb 4 8:16 pm HST

Equipment

Canon EOS Rebel T1i 18 mm lens f/1.8 10 second exposure tripod

Description

Two people gazing at the stars while silhouetted against the red plume of Kilauea volcano. The red light of the plume is light reflected from a lava lake in the crater Halema`uma`u.