Low Horision Pairings
Low Horision Pairings
The parking lot of the local municipal golf coarse in Taunton at 3:45 this morning made for a low horizon. The pairing of Venus and the thin crescent moon made for some fun images. Below are two shot with a Cannon DSLR and a 300mm telephoto lens. The camera was mounted on Orion's small tracker, although at only 2 seconds exposure was probably not needed. Processing was in Photoshop.
I like trying to image these groupings. And this was just practice for July 5 & 7 when the pairing of the moon and Mars and Saturn will be very much closer. I suspect with a quarter moon it will also be much more difficult to get exposure time for both objects.
Don
I like trying to image these groupings. And this was just practice for July 5 & 7 when the pairing of the moon and Mars and Saturn will be very much closer. I suspect with a quarter moon it will also be much more difficult to get exposure time for both objects.
Don
"When I was 18, my father was the dumbest man I ever knew.
When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
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When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
Orion 120mm F/5 Refractor
Celestron 8
Explore Scientific 80 Triplet
Explore Scientific 102 Triplet
Orion 8" Astrograph
Re: Low Horision Pairings
Don, What a beautiful image! Thanks for posting. Do you have a link to a higher res version I can use for my desktop?
Andy
Re: Low Horision Pairings
Andy, Probably, only I don't no how to make it available. It was shot in RAW and then to a JPIG(?). But it took me several weeks to learn how to post and size the images.
Don
Don
"When I was 18, my father was the dumbest man I ever knew.
When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
Orion 120mm F/5 Refractor
Celestron 8
Explore Scientific 80 Triplet
Explore Scientific 102 Triplet
Orion 8" Astrograph
When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
Orion 120mm F/5 Refractor
Celestron 8
Explore Scientific 80 Triplet
Explore Scientific 102 Triplet
Orion 8" Astrograph
Re: Low Horision Pairings
Really great image, Don! Love the earthshine and how evenly exposed the whole image is. Obviously you're a member of the "wee hours observing group". I'm glad somebody is up to catch these things for me!
Mike M.
Mike M.
"The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens." - Anaxagoras
Re: Low Horision Pairings
Very nice, Don!
I mirror Mike's words!
Bill G.
I mirror Mike's words!
Bill G.
Comets:40, Best Meteor shwr: Leonids '01, Best Aurora:Oct. '03.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Total.Sol.Eclipse,7/10/72 from Nova Scotia.Annular Sol. Eclipse '94,
Trans.of Venus 2004&2012.,ShoeLevy crash into Jupiter '94.
4/25/66 fireball-9 mag.,SN2011fe,N2012aw,DelphN2013.
Re: Low Horision Pairings
Hey Don,
I don't know if you go to these sites, but the Venus/Moon pairing has been the HOT TOPIC of the past couple of days!
From APOD today; http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
And from LPOD yesterday; http://lpod.wikispaces.com/June+25%2C+2014
By the by, if you keep shooting the moon you may want to consider submitting your work to LPOD. It's a relatively cozy but worldwide community of Lunar enthusiasts and you've got a great chance of seeing your stuff published.
Mike M.
I don't know if you go to these sites, but the Venus/Moon pairing has been the HOT TOPIC of the past couple of days!
From APOD today; http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
And from LPOD yesterday; http://lpod.wikispaces.com/June+25%2C+2014
By the by, if you keep shooting the moon you may want to consider submitting your work to LPOD. It's a relatively cozy but worldwide community of Lunar enthusiasts and you've got a great chance of seeing your stuff published.
Mike M.
"The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens." - Anaxagoras
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Very nice job, Don.
Tom
Tom
Tom H
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"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence." - Louis Pasteur
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Thanks for the comments guys. As for being in the "wee hours observing group" I am retired and one of the perks is that these images were taken at 3:45 am and I can assure you I was sound asleep at 5 am.
Don
Don
"When I was 18, my father was the dumbest man I ever knew.
When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
Orion 120mm F/5 Refractor
Celestron 8
Explore Scientific 80 Triplet
Explore Scientific 102 Triplet
Orion 8" Astrograph
When I was 21, I could not believe how much he had learned in 3 years." --- Mark Twain
Orion 120mm F/5 Refractor
Celestron 8
Explore Scientific 80 Triplet
Explore Scientific 102 Triplet
Orion 8" Astrograph