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Starry Nights in Indian Valley
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dsefcik Administrator Posts: 2609
12/23/2011
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I picked up an old used Minolta kit lens hoping to try and get better photos of the stars. It is a faster lens at f/1.7 but not very wide (50mm) but it definitly lets in more light and allows me to take shorter exposures and get more stars in the picture. My son also gave me an astronomy book he picked up at the thrift store, it is pretty good and I am still learning more about the stars. This is the book he got me
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Skywatching-Astronomers-Starhopping-Exploring/dp/0783549415
The stars only came out the last couple nights I was there, it had been cloudy the first 2 nights.
Here is a shot of Orion and a close up of the nebula. I am amazed at what the camera can pick up.
50mm, ISO 1600, f/1.7, 5 seconds
Here are some star trails above a peak just north of False Sombrero, this lens really lets a lot of light in!
50mm, ISO 100, f/1.7, 34 minutes
This is a still photo of the same hill and stars before the star trails picture (above). The bright star is Polaris. There sure are a lot of stars out there.
50mm, ISO 800, f/1.7, 15 seconds
Here is Mars above the Imperial Valley.
50mm, ISO 800, f/1.7, 10 seconds
Orions Belt
280mm, ISO 12800, f/5.6, 3.2 seconds
Saturn (middle), Spica (up to right).
300mm, ISO 12800, f/5.6, 1/2 second
I don't have a telescope, this is my star gazing kit
http://www.sefcik.com/2011/12/starry-nights-in-indian-valley-abdsp.html
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epolomsk Posts: 17
12/23/2011
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Cool pix! I'll be out there in about 7 days---yippee!
Neat thing to look for: 5 planets will be visible simultaneously the day after Xmas:
http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-venus-night-after-christmas-all-five-planets-visible
Neat thing we cannot see :-(
Theres a SPECTACULAR comet visible from the southern hemisphere
http://earthsky.org/space/images-of-comet-lovejoy-now-visible-from-southern-hemisphere
-elisha
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"Except you are kindred with those who have speech with great spaces,
and the Four Winds of the Earth, and the infinite arch of God's sky,
you shall not have understanding of the Desert's lure. ...
If you love the Desert and live in it, and lie awake at night under its
low-hanging stars, you know you are a part of the pulse-beat of the Universe,
and you feel the swing of the spheres through space, and you hear through
the silence the voice of God speaking".
Idah Meacham Strobridge in Sagebrush Trilogy
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