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Celestial Scenes
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PhotographerScott TullyLocationCherry Springs State Park, PADate4/19/2012 at 5:00 am EDTEquipmentCanon T2i (550D) 18-55mm lens at 18mm, 30 sec exposure, ISO 1600DescriptionI made my first trip to Cherry Springs State Park, PA in April and found this dark sky preserve absolutely beautiful. It was an extreme privilege, and great pleasure to view the night sky there. The Milky Way glows brightly across the sky In this photo. A scene not many people get to see, especially in the north east due to the abundant light pollution. I loved watching it rise over the tree tops and seeing it stretch across the sky. I like how it seems to be shining out from the opening in the tree line. Stars and nebula spill out across the sky from below the horizon flowing through this magical opening! |
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PhotographerRandy ShivakLocationLake Pleasant , AZ USADateApril 29, 2012EquipmentSkyWatcher 100mm with Daystar filter detuned, and Flea3 ccd video camera.DescriptionAs the sun sets I captured the buzzards circling sunspot group 1471 along a catus lined mountain top. |
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PhotographerRobert HortonLocationWhite Mountain, CADateMay 2002EquipmentRapid Omega with 180mm lens, guided 20 minutesDescriptionThis photo of the central region of Scorpius was taken with a medium format camera using Ektachrome 200 film and a 20 minute exposure. |
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Photographerasadollah ghamarinezhadLocationSanandaj,Kurdestan,IranDate2012/5/8Equipmentcanon 60d camera 100-400 l-canon lens manfrotto tripodDescriptionmoonrise from Kurdestan mountains! |
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Photographerbader alameeraLocational-salmy desert north kuwaitDateDate 3-5-2009 Time 2:30amEquipmentlense 300 mm f 2.8 canone camera 10d 2mX12 iso 800 no filter with lxd75 mead mount.DescriptionPhotography in the desert al-salmi good location away from the homely 170km Thank you Bader |
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PhotographerCharlie SzaboTothLocationPort Elgin, Ontario, CanadaDate5 & 6 May 2012EquipmentThe images were taken with a Canon 7D mounted at the prime focus point of a TMB9L refractor on an Astrotrac Travel Pier. ISO 400, 1/4000s for the Moon and 1/6400s for the Sun (filtered, of course, with a homemade Baader film filter). The levels were gently adjusted in Photoshop and the Sun's image was colourized (I'm not fond of the Baader blue).DescriptionI took an image of the "SuperMoon" on Saturday night and then a few test shots of the Sun the next day. I thought I would compare the relative apparent angular sizes of the two, with a very large perigee moon that will turn into a very small apogee moon in two weeks during the annular eclipse. The contrast shows the ellipticity of the Moon's orbit - a Moon which is "larger" than the Sun at one extreme of its orbit, and "smaller" than the Sun at the other, two weeks later. I have higher resolution images if needed. |
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PhotographerCraig & Tammy TempleLocationHendersonville, TN, USADateMay 5, 2012 @ 8:52pm CSTEquipmentCamera: Nikon D40 on fixed tripod Exposures: Trees & Sky = .62sec at ISO400 @ f/6.3; Moon = 1/80sec at ISO400 @ f/6.3 Lens: Trees & Sky = Nikkor 18-55mm @ 38mm; Moon = Nikkor 70-200mm @ 200mmDescriptionOn May 5, 2012, when this image was taken, the Moon was near perigee (its closest approach to Earth). Because of this, it appeared brighter and larger than it will any other time this year giving it the designation of a super Moon. This is a composite image...one shot was taken for the trees and sky and another shot for the moon, then the two were merged together for the final result. |
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PhotographerTheofanis N. MatsopoulosLocationSounio,GreeceDate5/5/12EquipmentCamera:Nikon D700 Lens:Nikon 70-300DescriptionThe temple of Poseidon was constructed in 444-440 BC, over the ruins of a temple dating from the Archaic Period. It is perched above the sea at a height of almost 60 m. The design of the temple is a typical hexastyle. Only some columns of the Sounion temple stand today, but intact it would have closely resembled the contemporary and well-preserved Temple of Hephaestus beneath the Acropolis, which may have been designed by the same architect. |
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Photographermohammadreza ghorbanzadeLocationiran,babolDate2012/04/22Equipmentfuji film finepix s4000Descriptionmoon and venus on sky |
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PhotographerRon LuxemburgLocationPasadena, CaliforniaDateMay 12, 2012 @ 11:01am PSTEquipmentCelestron C14 at prime focus with 8 inch off axis white light solar filter from Celestron. Original fork mount with Byers C14 retrofit drive base. Camera: Nikon D3s at ISO 2000, exposure was 1/320th. File was 14bit uncompressed raw file processed in ACR 6.7 and further in Photoshop CS5DescriptionSunspot group 1476 |
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