Moon pics

[freakofnature]

There was a lovely crescent moon out at sunset this evening so I went out and took some pics.

Taken during twilight


Taken after it had gotten dark


This shot it cool, though slightly out of focus. The bright "star" by the trees is Venus. The little dipper thing is the Pleiades. I didn't even realize the Pleiades were there until after I'd taken the picture.


The moon (over exposed) with the Pleiades. I kinda like this one too.


I wish I'd been able to get some pictures yesterday and the night before. The night before the moon was a very thin sliver and fairly close to Venus. Would have made for some nice pictures right at sunset. Yesterday the Pleiades were just above the moon. Ah well, some other time...

 

[Siphorous]

I like the last two shots best :thumbup

Here's the thing - I know jack about constellations and what's out there. I could perhaps point out... the moon Impressive if you're a star-gazer who knows the name of stuff out there.

 

[freakofnature]

I like the last two shots best :thumbup

Here's the thing - I know jack about constellations and what's out there. I could perhaps point out... the moon Impressive if you're a star-gazer who knows the name of stuff out there.

I LOVE astronomy. When I was working nights in Kentucky I bought a book about astronomy and constellations and spent many a night sitting outside the barn looking at the sky. I would love to do astrophotography but that requires equipment far beyond my price range.

The Pleiades isn't actually a constellation. It's a star cluster. To the naked eye it appears as a fuzzy patch in the sky close to the constellation Taurus. Those with good eyesight or binoculars (or a DSLR camera, apparently :ninja) can pick out the dipper formation of the brighter stars in the cluster.

Actually, I just realized this now. Do you see that V of stars by the tree in the last picture? That is the head of Taurus! :eek I didn't realize I'd gotten a constellation in my picture! :willy_nilly: The brightest star at the top of the left side of the V (between the branches of the tree) is Aldebaran...the eye of the bull. Oh, I'm tickled pink now!

 

[Abcinthia]

Wow I love those pictures! The crescent moon shots look amazing.

 

[skyblue]

looks like someones been having fun

 

[AUFred]

nice job

 

[freakofnature]

looks like someones been having fun

It would be so much more fun if I could hook up a telescope to my camera.

 

[skyblue]

It would be so much more fun if I could hook up a telescope to my camera.

you can

 

[freakofnature]

you can

Well, yes, I know it's possible but I can't afford the equipment.

 

[Siphorous]

I LOVE astronomy. When I was working nights in Kentucky I bought a book about astronomy and constellations and spent many a night sitting outside the barn looking at the sky. I would love to do astrophotography but that requires equipment far beyond my price range.

The Pleiades isn't actually a constellation. It's a star cluster. To the naked eye it appears as a fuzzy patch in the sky close to the constellation Taurus. Those with good eyesight or binoculars (or a DSLR camera, apparently :ninja) can pick out the dipper formation of the brighter stars in the cluster.

Actually, I just realized this now. Do you see that V of stars by the tree in the last picture? That is the head of Taurus! :eek I didn't realize I'd gotten a constellation in my picture! :willy_nilly: The brightest star at the top of the left side of the V (between the branches of the tree) is Aldebaran...the eye of the bull. Oh, I'm tickled pink now!

All this knowledge. I love it, and I do see that bright one aye

 

[skyblue]

well that throws open some possibilities.....you being so knowledgable in atronomy

 

[skyblue]

what camera do you have by the way?

 

[freakofnature]

well that throws open some possibilities.....you being so knowledgable in atronomy

What kind of possibilities?

what camera do you have by the way?

Nikon D40

 

[AnitaBeer]

Neato!

 

[cam elle toe]

WOW Zirc....I love the last shot too.......I love star gazing also...would love to look at the northern sky one day.

 

[darkangel]

Great pics! I love the last one too.

 

[Ryder]

Beautiful.

 

[MoonOwl]

How cool! I can't get stars w/mine..... Me's jealous

 

[freakofnature]

It's partly cloudy tonight and the clouds are moving fairly fast. It made for some interesting effects. I took a number of pictures and came away somewhat satisfied with a few.

 

[freakofnature]

Oh, I forgot to say what settings I used. Shutter speed was 1 second, f-stop of 5.6, ISO was 400 and focal length was 200mm but I cropped those two pics a bit after I took them.