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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Canon 60Da Tripod astrophotography - Catskill Mountains New York

Astrophotography Canon 60Da - Fireflies and stars - Summer night in Catskills
Fireflies and starry night - Canon 60Da, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Exposure time 26 sec, F2.8, ISO-12800

Canon 60Da Astrophotography  Catskill Mountains New York - Stars and Clouds
Catskill Mountains Astrophotography - Canon 60Da, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Exposure time 120 sec, F4.0, ISO 400

Astrophotography  Big dipper and little dipper - Canon 60Da Catskills
Big and little dippers Astrophotography Canon 60Da, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Exposure time 26 sec, F2.8, ISO-12800

Cloudy Night Sky Astrophotography Catskills - Canon 60Da
Upstate NY Astrophotography - Andromeda rise
Catskills Monticello night sky Astrophotography


Sunday, June 15, 2014

Canon 60Da Astrophotography - Brooklyn NYC


This is my first photo by Canon 60Da. Roses and night sky (Saturn and Libra, Scorpius, Ophiuchus constellations).

Sky and roses Canon 60Da Astrophotography Brooklyn NYC
Canon 60Da astrophotography
Canon 60Da - Astrophotography Camera

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Golden Gate Bridge on Astronomy.com

Golden Gate Bridge Photo on Astronomy.com

Golden Gate Bridge Photo on Astronomy.com - battle with the Light pollution
 Night Landscape Golden Gate Bridge Astronomy.com - astronomy gallery Cosmic Creations

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Explore Scientific 82° Series 8.8mm Eyepiece

I bought Wide angle  Eyepiece. Every time kids complain that they not able to see planets or stars in the telescope but later find right angle of view confirm that it is OK. I hope that now with wide angle Eyepiece problem will solved.

The  Explore Scientific has very nice box :)

Explore Scientific 82deg Series 8.8mm Eyepiece Box

Explore Scientific 82 Series 8.8mm Eyepiece Open Box
Constellation box of Explore Scientific 82 Series 8.8mm Eyepiece


Celestron 4SE and Explore Scientific 82 Series 8.8mm Eyepiece
Explore Scientific Eyepiece and Celestron 4SE
Explore ScientificWide Angle Eyepiece

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Brooklyn at night

Night Photography - Brooklyn, night sky, stars

Brooklyn at night - Sheepshead Bay boats and sky
Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn night sky - NYC Astrophotography
Night Brooklyn - Sheepshead Bay boats and starry sky - NYC Astronomy
Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn New York night Sky

Urban Astronomy Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn NYC Reflection of stars

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Removing Light pollution Astrophotography Urban Astronomy

The moon and the stars no longer come to the farm. The farmer has exchanged his birthright in them for the wattage of his all-night sun. His children will never know the blessed dark of night.

 — Leslie Peltier in his autobiography

Comparison of original image and final one after removing of the light pollution – night photo of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California.

Light pollution Astrophotography Urban Astronomy

Photoshop instruction:

Step1: Select the Layers panel and then  duplicate the layer
Step 2: Filter -> Noise -> Median… (about 50 px)
Step 3: Filter-> Blue -> Gaussian Blue… (about 30px)
Step 4: Select original layer
Step 5: Image -> Apply image (Blending: Subtract; Offset: 40)
Step 6: Delete the duplicate layer

See for example video in my other post Comet 103P/Hartley 2 from New York City

Note, that Astronomy Tools has more sophisticated methods to remove light pollution, or you can do some variations of such methods (it depends from size of you original image). You also can apply it only for part of original image.

The other way to remove light pollution is using multiple images, see for example my other post M42 Orion Nebula using iOptron SkyTracker in NYC

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Astronomy Green Laser Pointer

Astronomy Green Laser Pointer is very useful tool to pointing out stars on the sky for lecture on night sky. It makes easy to share the sky knowledge with others during the stargazing.

Astronomy Green Laser Pointer
Green laser pointer
Laser pointer for astronomy
Laser pointer
Laser Pointer astrophotography Canon 60Da Cassiopeia constellation

Friday, May 9, 2014

Moonlight Astrophotography

Spring moonlight. This photo made during lunar eclipse in Brooklyn.

Spring Moonlight Astrophotography
This photo made in Iceland

Moonlight Northern Light Orion Astrophotography
Total lunar eclipse

Total Lunar Eclipse and Starry Sky
Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. - W. Clement Stone

Supermoon wide field astrophotography canon 60da