Orion The Hunter

Orion The Hunter, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Orion The Hunter (Connected)

Orion The Hunter (Connected), originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Mars Close

Mars Close, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Cepheus (Connected)

Cepheus (Connected), originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A 30-second exposure of the constellation Cepheus. The constellation has been drawn in and the named stars have been labeled.

Cepheus

Cepheus, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A 30-second exposure of the constellation Cepheus.

Ursa Minor (Connected)

Ursa Minor (Connected), originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A 30-second exposure at f/2.8 on ISO400 of the constellation Ursa Minor, otherwise known as the Little Dipper. The constellation has been drawn in and the named stars have been labeled.

Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A 30-second exposure at f/2.8 on ISO400 of the constellation Ursa Minor, otherwise known as the Little Dipper.

Venus Through The Trees

Venus Through The Trees, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A 30-second exposure of Venus through the trees. On such an exposure, notice the brightness of Venus is enough to make appear nearly as bright as the moon in the photograph.

Pleiades by Moonlight

Pleiades by Moonlight, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

30-second exposure of the Pleiades at F/2.8. Taken with a Dimage Z1. I accidentally got a little too much moonlight in it but I thought it looked cool so here it is.

Yellow Moon

Yellow Moon, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

This is moon that was drowning out 17P/Holmes' nebulous "fuzz". Still got a good shot as it was coming up over the horizon.

17P/Holmes Field

17P/Holmes Field, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Unedited photograph of the location of 17P/Holmes in Perseus.

Moon #1

Moon #1, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

This is the best picture of my first attempt at moon photography.

Small Pleiades

Small Pleiades, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

This is my first attempt at photographing the Pleiades. This is a digitally-enhanced, 30-second exposure. The stars begin to trail; I'm not sure if this is from the rotation of the Earth, or from the fact that my cheap tripod kept wobbling (I'm thinking the latter.)

Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Here's a 30-second exposure photograph of the constellation Cassiopeia.

Hyades

Hyades, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Here's a picture of the open cluster, Hyades.

Orion by Moonlight

Orion by Moonlight, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

A little too much moonlight drifted into this pic, but I thought it looked cool, so here it is on Flickr.

Venus Over Treeline

Venus Over Treeline, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

Here is Venus, the "morning star", as it rises over the treeline on my property.

Pleiades

Pleiades, originally uploaded by rick.tiffini.

This is my first zoomed in pic of the Pleiades. When you have a 10x optical zoom on a small star cluster, they WILL trail without a tracker (I thought I might be able to get by without one; guess I was wrong).