Halloween Astrophotography - Night, New Moon, Street-Lamp and Spider Web

This photo I did in Yellowstone Lake Hotel. Just tested new Lens Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM for astrophotography. It was new Moon. All street-lamps in the hotel are open and have spider web.  Therefore I got my first Halloween Astrophoto.

Halloween Astrophotography - Night, New Moon, Street-Lamp and Spider Web

 Canon 60Da, Canon  EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens, Exposure 1/400 sec; f/2.8; ISO 3200- Yellowstone Nightscape Astrophotograpgy

Grand Teton Astrophotography Wyoming National Park

Philosophy is written in that great book which
ever lies before our eyes — I mean the universe
— but we cannot understand it if we do not first
learn the language and grasp the symbols,
in which it is written.
--Galileo Galilei

Milky way over Grand Teton National park. There is combination of three photos.

Grand Teton Astrophotography  Wyoming National Park Canon 60Da

Canon 60Da; Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000

Two interesting effect are visible on this photo. If sky stars don't have big trails, reflections of stars have pretty much visible "star roads". Actually every star reflection has its own "star path" like Moon reflection has moonpath. When stars more close to horizon than "star path" of reflection is longer. Reflection stars near horizon also looks brighter because of near horizon light from starts more parallel to water surface and has bigger reflectivity. 

Canon 60Da Milky Way Tripod Ultra Wide Angle Astrophotography Summer Triangle

Canon 60Da Milky Way Ultra Wide Angle Astrophotography Summer Triangle  Tripod Catskills Upstate NY New York

Wide Angle Canon 60Da Milky Way astrophotography. There are Cygnus, Delphinus, Lyra, Lacerta, Sagitta constellations. Also you can see parts of Cepheus, Equuleus, Pegasus, Draco, Aquila constellations. Program founded about 10000 stars in this photo. Three most bright stars are from the summer triangle – Vega, Deneb, Altair. Visible nebulas are IC 1396 - Elephant's Trunk nebula, NGC 7000 - North America nebula, IC 5070 and IC 5067 - Pelican nebula, IC 1318 - The Gamma Cygni Nebula, IC 5146 - Cocoon Nebula, IC 1311 - Sadr region nebula, Veil Nebula, Triple cave dark nebula in Aquila, Le Gentil 3 dark nebula in Cygnus, beginning of Great Rift,  Open clusters M29, NGC6885 and NGC6940, Brocchi's cluster.

 

Canon 60Da setting

Milky way - Canon 60Da, Ultra Wide Angle Canon Lens EF 16 35mm f2.8L II U, Fixed Tripod; F2.8, ISO 12800, exposure time 9 seconds for one shot, total about 20 min. Photo stacked in DeepSkyStacker.

Canon 60Da Astrophotography - Tripod, Timer Remote and anti-Dew Dew-Not

There is annotated wide field astrophoto

Wide Field Astrophotography Canon 60Da Milky Way - annotated

Canon 60Da Star Trail Astrophotography

Star Trails - Canon 60Da, Canon Lens EF 16 35mm f2.8L II U, Fixed Tripod, Dew Heater, 37 images - Exposure time 2 min , ISO 400, Aperture F4.0. Post-processing: StarStax and Photoshop, Star Spikes filter

Canon 60Da Star Trail Astrophotography - Upstate New York

For last image I used the Star Spikes filter.

StarSpikes Pro for Startrails

StarStax - Startrails

 From image easy to see that stars have counterclockwise direction of rotation. Our watch hands do not follow the star rotation direction; its follow the rotation direction of shadow of Sun. The shadow has the opposite direction to sky rotation. Even simple astro photo has a lot staff behind the scenes. This is why I like astrophotography.

Canon 60Da Milky Way Astrophotography Catskill Mountains Upstate NY New York

Now I know where the Milky Way comes from.
Canon 60Da, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Exposure time 9 sec, F2.8, ISO 12800

Canon 60Da Milky Way Astrophotography Catskill mountains

Canon 60Da, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Lens, Exposure time 15 sec, F2.8, ISO 12800

Canon 60Da Milky Way Astrophotography Upstate NY New York

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

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