Hopefully I will add a few more from what I got tonight.
Clear skies all.
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Showing posts with label moon. Show all posts
Saturday, September 8, 2012
The Moon Jupiter and Aldebaran
As promised I fired off a couple of shots this morning. I kind of like this one, subdued but three nice targets all in the field of view. Unsharp mask and a little color and contrast tweaking in Photoshop CS4. Canon Digital Rebel XTi, Canon 55-200mm zoom lens at 90mm f5.6, ISO 200 2.5 second exposure. Mounted on a fixed tripod, taken from the sidewalk just outside our building.
Hopefully I will add a few more from what I got tonight.
Clear skies all.
Hopefully I will add a few more from what I got tonight.
Clear skies all.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Venus, the Moon and conjunctions in September 2012.
I got a quick shot of Venus and the Moon on the morning of August 13th using my phone camera.
Of course the real photo ops I am looking forward to are coming this month (September, 2012).
On the morning of the 8th we will have a nice close conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. The pairing will rise in the eastern sky around midnight and Jupiter and the Moon will close to within 1 degree of one another by 5am PDT.
On the next morning the Moon will occult the dwarf planet Ceres. Ingress will occur at 12:27am PDT, egress at 1:27am PDT. Since Ceres only shines at 8.8 magnitude seeing it visually next to the Moons bright limb will prove difficult if not impossible especially during ingress. Imagers will certainly have better luck.
Then on the morning of September 12th a slender crescent Moon and Venus will grace the same field.
Last but certainly not least, on the morning of the 13th Venus and M44 (the Beehive cluster) have a close conjunction. Binoculars or a low power telescope view will make this the most dazzling of all.
I have my fingers crossed for clear skies so I can get some good shots and views. If I am successful you can look forward to seeing them here.
Clear skies.
On the morning of the 8th we will have a nice close conjunction of the Moon and Jupiter. The pairing will rise in the eastern sky around midnight and Jupiter and the Moon will close to within 1 degree of one another by 5am PDT.
On the next morning the Moon will occult the dwarf planet Ceres. Ingress will occur at 12:27am PDT, egress at 1:27am PDT. Since Ceres only shines at 8.8 magnitude seeing it visually next to the Moons bright limb will prove difficult if not impossible especially during ingress. Imagers will certainly have better luck.
Then on the morning of September 12th a slender crescent Moon and Venus will grace the same field.
Last but certainly not least, on the morning of the 13th Venus and M44 (the Beehive cluster) have a close conjunction. Binoculars or a low power telescope view will make this the most dazzling of all.
I have my fingers crossed for clear skies so I can get some good shots and views. If I am successful you can look forward to seeing them here.
Clear skies.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Crescent Moon over Burrard Inlet, from North Vancouver, BC
I got this shot at dusk on August 31st. I used my Canon Rebel XTi, and a 55-200mm zoom at around 100mm. ISO 400, f stop 5.0, 1/15 sec exposure. I was mounted on a Manfrotto tripod and head. Touch of white balance, a slight bit of color and unsharp mask in photoshop.
Same night but this is at 200mm, f 5.6, ISO 400, 1/20 sec exposure. Same Canon camera and lens. Both shots were off my balcony.
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