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Star lite-Star Brite
« on: September 02, 2016, 11:52:30 PM »
Don't make time to get out and shoot the night sky as often as I should. I even bought a lens more or less specifically for the purpose almost a year ago and tonight was the first time I managed to catch a clear moonless night, have the ambition and the time to play all at the same time. You might even say the stars aligned.

 



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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2016, 12:39:38 AM »
Nice the people in the city have no idea what they are missing in the night sky.
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2016, 12:51:50 AM »
I know what you mean, and My place isn't anywhere near dark enough.
I'm in the early stages of planning a trip next year to the 4 corners area where there are a number of genuine "dark sky" locations.
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2016, 12:56:39 AM »
Yeah even where I am kc lights the north sky and a few small towns are pretty bright on the clear nights.
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« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2016, 12:59:03 AM »
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2016, 02:08:56 AM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on September 03, 2016, 12:51:50 AM
I know what you mean, and My place isn't anywhere near dark enough.
I'm in the early stages of planning a trip next year to the 4 corners area where there are a number of genuine "dark sky" locations.


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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2016, 10:50:43 AM »
those are gorgeous......
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2016, 08:32:55 PM »
Did you catch a satellite pass over in the first photo? There's a short streak about 1/3 of the way down from the top . . .
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2016, 08:37:39 PM »
Quote from: bedlamite on September 03, 2016, 12:59:03 AM
http://www.jshine.net/astronomy/dark_sky/

Its a pretty good site, I've already got it bookmarked. Just for reference my location is in a green area on that map.
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2016, 08:39:30 PM »
Quote from: HankB on September 03, 2016, 08:32:55 PM
Did you catch a satellite pass over in the first photo? There's a short streak about 1/3 of the way down from the top . . .

I've got several faint lines like that on quite a few of the images I made last night. Possibly satellites, the ones I was actually able to see while taking the pics seemed too distant to be planes.
Both of the pics here were 15 second exposures.
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2016, 10:28:46 AM »
Great pics RKL!
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Re: Star lite-Star Brite
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2016, 10:25:00 PM »
Great shots of Aquila, Delphinus and Sagitta.  There is a reason this region plays an important role in my novels.  So absolutely gorgeous.
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