Photographer

Krzysztof Targowski

Location

Kawienskie Blota, Poland

Date

25-08-2006

Equipment

Canon EOS 20D with a 50mm f/1.8 lens Camera was mounted on a homemade equatorial platform.

Description

Cygnus - central region. 5 minute exposure.

Photographer

Antonios Pantelidis

Location

Florina, Greece

Date

August 1, 2006, around 5:00 am

Equipment

Nikon D70, 18-70mm lens set to 18mm, 54 sec exposure.

Description

A man waves at the rising contellation of Orion, herald of the long northern hemisphere winter nights to come...

Photographer

Patrick Taschler

Location

Puela, Ecuador

Date

16.08.2006

Equipment

Canon D20

Description

The photo was taken the night before the major eruption of 18-08-2006 that destroyed villages on the western slopes of the Volcano.

Photographer

Patrick LaFreniere

Location

Tuckerman Ravine, Mt. Washington, NH

Date

January 29,2005, 11p.m.

Equipment

Canon Digital Rebel and a Sigma 28mm lens

Description

Orion above Tuckerman Ravine on Mt. Washington, NH. Tuckerman Ravine is a very famous place for hiking and skiing.

Photographer

mike forster

Location

Spokane Valley, WA

Date

aug.12, 10:30pm

Equipment

Sony DSC F717 digital camera, 2x zoom on a homemade equatorial platform

Description

I was trying to get a sky shot of the Sagitarius region with some background trees and my son-inlaws observatory in it. A cloud pattern emereged, reflecting the glow of forest fires near us.

Photographer

Nicole Laporte

Location

Rigaud, Quebec, Canada

Date

July 9th, 2006 9:15 pm

Equipment

A Nikon Coolpix L1 camera was mounted on a tripod.

Description

The rising moon low in the horizon, one day before the grain or fruit moon, gives this celestial object an orange color. The cloud trail from a jet forms a moustache on the moon.

Photographer

rojgar hamid

Location

Erbil, Iraq

Date

Mars approaching opposition, 2005

Equipment

Minolta camera with a 50mm lens, Konica 100 ASA film.

Description

Mars near M45 from Iraq.

Photographer

Rojgar Hamid

Location

Erbil, Iraq

Date

January 21

Equipment

SLR Minolta camera 50mm lens on fixed tripod

Photographer

Gradient Lok

Location

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date

February 12, 2005

Equipment

28-mm lens

Description

Scorpius between the Petronas Towers in Malaysia

Photographer

Jason Carlson

Location

Table Mountain Star Party, Washington

Date

August 2005

Equipment

24-mm lens on a digital camera set to ISO 1600. Three minute exposure

Description

Table Mountain Star Party image showing Milky Way.