Astrophotography Blog: April 2018

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Northeast Astronomy Forum NEAF 2018

The immense distances to the stars

and the galaxies mean

that we see everything in space in the past,

some as they were before the Earth came to be.

Telescopes are time machines.

- Carl Sagan

Astronomy & Space Expo 2018 New York

NEAF 2018

Sky and Telescope Astronomy Tours NEAF 2018

America the Beatiful at Night NEAF 2018

Classic Telescopes NEAF 2018

Explore Scientific Telescope NEAF2018

Solar Filters DayStar NEAF 2018

Binocular NEAF 2018

New iOptron SkyTracker NEAF 2018

Glatter Parallizer NEAF 2018

Diffraction Spikes Telescopes NEAF 2018

Coronado Telescope NEAF 2018

Telescope NEAF 2018

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Antelope Canyon at Night - Astrophotography Arizona

Antelope Canyon at night — astrophotography from Arizona during a short and challenging visit. This image was captured during my Arizona trip, with only a single night available near Antelope Canyon. Weather conditions were far from ideal, with clouds limiting sky visibility, but even under these conditions the canyon revealed a dramatic and almost cave-like night atmosphere.

In the first image, the viewer looks outward from within the canyon. Layered sandstone walls dominate the foreground, while a small opening reveals a fragment of the night sky — creating the impression of observing the stars from inside a natural stone cathedral.

Antelope Canyon at Night - Astrophotography Arizona

Camera settings:
Canon EOS 60Da, EF16–35mm f/2.8L II USM, 30 seconds, f/2.8, ISO 6400

During the same visit, I also captured a photograph near Antelope Canyon at sunset — Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River. This second image provides a striking contrast between day and night, showing how dramatically the landscape transforms as the Sun disappears below the horizon.

Horseshoe Bend SunSet

I had only one night near Antelope Canyon, and the weather did not fully cooperate. Still, these two images represent what was possible during that brief window — a quiet night view framed by stone, and a glowing sunset over one of the most iconic river bends in the American Southwest.

Monday, April 16, 2018

Night Storm Grand Canyon Arizona Astrophotography

I had only one night at Grand Canyon. The weather was not good, but as minimum I tried. Canon EOS 60Da, EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, 96 sec, f/2.8; ISO 6400.Mather Point, South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.