tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17268807392959707762023-06-20T05:21:11.182-07:00Deep Sky AstrophotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-42772559843388330582007-12-29T07:48:00.001-08:002007-12-29T07:48:13.762-08:00Orion The Hunter<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838915/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2111/2145838915_e7ed1de5c7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838915/">Orion The Hunter</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-64434495352082130042007-12-29T07:47:00.001-08:002007-12-29T07:47:08.748-08:00Orion The Hunter (Connected)<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838921/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2145838921_2713b281ff.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838921/">Orion The Hunter (Connected)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-91612015785833041782007-12-29T07:46:00.001-08:002007-12-29T07:46:32.820-08:00Mars Close<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838927/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/2145838927_ebd71395a3.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2145838927/">Mars Close</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-38773760542794720412007-11-14T12:30:00.001-08:002007-11-14T12:30:19.937-08:00Cepheus (Connected)<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890519/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/2019890519_08e1fd8f0c.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890519/">Cepheus (Connected)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> A 30-second exposure of the constellation Cepheus. The constellation has been drawn in and the named stars have been labeled.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-4879149109262166442007-11-14T12:29:00.000-08:002007-11-14T12:33:11.161-08:00Cepheus<div class="flickr-frame"><a title="photo sharing" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890515/"><img class="flickr-photo" alt="" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2418/2019890515_9bd683d831.jpg" /></a><br /><span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890515/">Cepheus</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div><p class="flickr-yourcomment">A 30-second exposure of the constellation Cepheus.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-41647041017708518522007-11-14T12:28:00.003-08:002007-11-14T12:28:55.027-08:00Ursa Minor (Connected)<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890557/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2227/2019890557_22db3ea5c7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890557/">Ursa Minor (Connected)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> 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.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-55796300077915850332007-11-14T12:28:00.001-08:002007-11-14T12:28:34.083-08:00Ursa Minor<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890581/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2112/2019890581_d85eafa861.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890581/">Ursa Minor</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> A 30-second exposure at f/2.8 on ISO400 of the constellation Ursa Minor, otherwise known as the Little Dipper.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-47919897369759495802007-11-14T12:27:00.001-08:002007-11-14T12:27:50.116-08:00Venus Through The Trees<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890589/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2133/2019890589_fffa3e2681.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/2019890589/">Venus Through The Trees</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> 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.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-88411246765173408252007-11-09T09:46:00.003-08:002007-11-09T09:46:51.353-08:00Pleiades by Moonlight<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153382/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/1806153382_ce76e16a9a.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153382/">Pleiades by Moonlight</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> 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.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-29107861171174644772007-11-09T09:46:00.001-08:002007-11-09T09:46:23.104-08:00Yellow Moon<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153398/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/1806153398_5c7804e1ef.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153398/">Yellow Moon</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is moon that was drowning out 17P/Holmes' nebulous "fuzz". Still got a good shot as it was coming up over the horizon.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-56065821666754944192007-11-09T09:45:00.001-08:002007-11-09T09:45:05.988-08:0017P/Holmes Field<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153364/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2024/1806153364_9e129c25ae.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153364/">17P/Holmes Field</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Unedited photograph of the location of 17P/Holmes in Perseus.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-46276896939758694542007-11-09T08:55:00.001-08:002007-11-09T08:55:59.418-08:00Moon #1<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1673306685/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2115/1673306685_33a7386e19.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1673306685/">Moon #1</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> This is the best picture of my first attempt at moon photography.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-61400451278818300112007-11-09T08:53:00.003-08:002007-11-09T08:53:59.233-08:00Small Pleiades<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1673306721/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/1673306721_689079e7f0.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1673306721/">Small Pleiades</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> 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.)</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-49299715968100614962007-11-09T08:53:00.001-08:002007-11-09T08:53:19.123-08:00Cassiopeia<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998805/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/1842998805_642ae0627d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998805/">Cassiopeia</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's a 30-second exposure photograph of the constellation Cassiopeia.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-67981687763902940832007-11-09T08:52:00.001-08:002007-11-09T08:52:26.515-08:00Hyades<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998859/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2181/1842998859_78c701d281.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998859/">Hyades</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here's a picture of the open cluster, Hyades.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-51121640868753533432007-11-09T08:51:00.001-08:002007-11-09T08:51:44.887-08:00Orion by Moonlight<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998869/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2245/1842998869_614b984a50.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998869/">Orion by Moonlight</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> A little too much moonlight drifted into this pic, but I thought it looked cool, so here it is on Flickr.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-88996577007591824692007-11-09T08:50:00.001-08:002007-11-09T08:50:36.059-08:00Venus Over Treeline<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998935/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2191/1842998935_93e9fb29fd.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1842998935/">Venus Over Treeline</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Here is Venus, the "morning star", as it rises over the treeline on my property.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1726880739295970776.post-76548017834449885002007-10-30T15:25:00.001-07:002007-10-30T15:25:06.567-07:00Pleiades<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153416/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2326/1806153416_28a52ef17d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/81902057@N00/1806153416/">Pleiades</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/81902057@N00/">rick.tiffini</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> 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).</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0