My movie I made with a Canon 5D Mark II.
Spent all night from sunset to sunrise capturing data to make this movie.
Took 400 images and combined each to make this movie.
Each exposure was 30 seconds at ISO 5000 with one minute delay between each frame.
Clink the link to watch. Don't forget to set to HD 1080.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxkHF2HRBGc
Saturday, May 31, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Whirlpool Galaxy, M51
Located in the northern constellation Canes Venatici, the Whirlpool Galaxy is approximately 23 million light years away. Appearing as a face-on type galaxy, it is one of the most famous and often photographed images. In the image, there are fainter galaxies located around M51 toward the upper right.
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Mars Opposition 2014
Imaged Mars on April 8, 2014 when it was at opposition. Opposition refers to Earth being right in the middle of another planet and the sun. So when the sun sets in the west, Mars will rise in the east. And when the sun rises, Mars will set in the west. Get it? Just like a full moon. Mars will appear closer this year than it has in the last 7 years, however, it will be a mere 92 million kilometers on April 14th. That's when Mars will appear it's closest to Earth.
The image below is from a Philips Web Cam and processed with Registax 6.
The image below is from a Philips Web Cam and processed with Registax 6.
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Leo Trio
All three galaxies lie within the constellation Leo and all three galaxies are spiral galaxies. NGC 3628 (Edge on) has a thick dark dust lane that is visible. The Leo Triplet is about 30 million light years away.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Messier 82 and supernova
M82 is a distance of 12 million
light-years. It has thick areas of dust and sprays out hydrogen gas and has a bright center that creates massive star formations. The supernova is not in the central star-forming region but above the center of the galaxy. On January 21, 2014, a group of astronomy students spotted a supernova in M82. The supernova itself did not happen on January 21st, but did occur about 12 million years ago. It's light is just now reaching Earth. So, the supernova itself is ancient history, but it takes light 12 million years to travel to Earth. Located in the constellation Ursa Major (Big Dipper).
Monday, March 3, 2014
Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is a emission nebula in the constellation Orion the Hunter. Just under the star Alnitak, this nebula is 1500 light years from Earth. It's one of the most identifiable nebula due to its shape of a horses head. This is where stars are born.
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