Astrophoto from Brooklyn New York, NYC and astrophotography tourism. I like astronomy, astrophotography and nightscape, starscape photography. I like to record the finest details of the Moon, planets, the Sun, the Milky Way and beauty of the night sky.
Telescopes: Celestron NexStar 4SE, Coronado Solarmax II 60.
Digital Cameras: Canon EOS Ra, 60Da and 40D. CCD: NexImage, NexImage 5.
Lens: Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto USM
There are photos from my trip to Puerto Rico. Arecibo Observatory is one of the famous radio observatories in the world. I still remember photos of the radio telescope in astronomical books which I saw when I was young.
Arecibo Radio Telescope - Puerto Rico
The Receiver of the Arecibo Radio Telescope
Flowers and Arecibo Radio Telescope
Anatomy of the Arecibo Radio Telescope
Arecibo Observatory Logo
Galaxy Shop
Arecibo Observatory visitor center
Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center inside
Observatory Visitor Center inside
Star planetarium
Milky Way Model
Poster
Observatory Flags
Arecibo observatory and Angel Ramos Foundation Visitor Center
This is my first test of iOptron SkyTracker. Orion Nebula M42 is in the list of top 10 deep sky objects for amateur astronomers. So I choose it for first test. I tried exposer 15 seconds. For fixed tripod with Canon Telephoto Lens EF 200mm f2.8 L II USM it gives star trails. With iOptron SkyTracker even without precise alignment stars looks like points. Weather was good but NYC light pollution, plus it was 3 / 4 Moon near Orion nebula. So I use small ISO (Urban astrophotography). There are results:
M42 Orion Nebula one single file from NY City
Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens, Exposure 15 sec; f/2.8; ISO 320, New York City
Using DeepSkyStacker stacked multiple images. Every Canon Row CR2 image first updated in Canon Row 7 saved as Tiff file and later stacked in DeepSkyStacker. Post processing after that was done in Photoshop.
Orion Nebula M42 from New York City Backyard - 8 photos iOptron SkyTracker Canon 60Da
Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens; f/2.8; ISO 320; Exposure 15sec x 8 - Total time 2 min, New York City
Canon 60Da, Canon EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM Telephoto Lens; f/2.8; ISO 320; Exposure 15sec x 36 - Total time 9 min, New York City, Messier 42 or NGC 1976
Equipped with his five senses,
man explores the universe around him
and calls the adventure Science.
--Edwin Hubble
My dreams happen in reality and I got iOptron SkyTracker! Still using piggy pack of the Celestron 4SE I can track sky by camera at home but it too heavy to get the telescope to the long trip. The SkyTracker is pretty compact and not so heavy and can do the same – follow the rotation of the sky. So fly by air plane to places with dark sky I can get more stars, the Milky Way during one shot, increasing camera exposure. iOptron SkyTracker pretty much can handle Canon 60Da with Wide Angle EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM or Telephoto EF 200mm f/2.8 L II USM lens.
Astrophotography Equipment iOptron Sky Tracker Canon 40D Canon EF 16 35mm f2.8L II USM
Do you believe that the Milky Way was not created by a geyser?
Night Sky Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful geyser and
Milky Way - Nightscape Astrophotography
Old Faithful Geyser located in Yellowstone National Park,
Wyoming. Green colors of sky near horizon also does not result of the geyser, this is sky Airglow.
Milky Way over Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful geyser Night Sky Landscape Astrophotography Canon 60Da
Canon 60Da, Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Exposure 30 sec; f/2.8; ISO 3200- Yellowstone Night-scape Astrophotograpgy
There are a lot of legends about origin of the Milky Way all over the Word. Every culture spoke about the Milky Way in terms of allegories that have special meaning to each individual culture. Definitely it should be legend about Milky Way from Yellowstone. However Yellowstone was very special land for Native Americans and they don’t trust white people and don’t like that they know about it. So only little Yellowstone myths we know now. Last year my daughter learned about Native American and I asked her to write the “missing” legend about geyser and the Milky Way. There is the legend.
The geyser, crow, corn, and the Milky Way
During fall the Native Americans were harvesting corn. One day a crow came, it wanted back some of the corn it gave to the Native Americans. It kept stealing the corn until the village made noise shakers and scared the crow away. While the crow was flying away holding corn in its beak, a geyser erupted and the corn kernels flew out of the crow’s beak. The crow chased it into the sky. From this day forward the corn kernels became the stars, and the dust has become the Milky Way.
Pretty much it is very close to what you see on picture above.
Interesting, recently, astronomers founded giant geysers in the center of our Galaxy. So such legend about connection the Milky Way and geysers even make sense but only on other level of understanding of the nature.
There is supervolcano night sky video on youtube. A supereruption of Yellowstone volcano will affect all word. Nobody knows when it happens. Geyser eruptions show that the Yellowstone giant volcano is still active, it just sleeping under wide and starry sky.
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
The beauties of sky in the absolute silence of one of the dark place in the word - Grand Teton National Park. Nightscape or starscape astrophotography Canon 60Da, Colter Bay Village
Grand Teton National Park Nightscape Astrophotography Colter Bay Village Starry Sky Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 20.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Night Sky Grand Teton - Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 8.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Grand Teton Starry Night Sky
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 20.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
UFO Cloud and Milky Way Grand Teton Astrophotography Night Sky Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Starry Sky Reflection Grand Teton Astrophotography
One more photo from Yellowstone National Park trip - Eruption of Old Faithful Geyser. Eruption was so strong that take most space on photo with wide angle lens. Dew was so big after eruption that it took some time to heat the lens to start photography again after that photo.
Yellowstone Night Landscape Geyser eruption Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Yellowstone Geyser eruption and the Milky Way
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Yellowstone night sky Geyser astrophotography Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 15.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 3200
Yellowstone night photography - black and white - Old Faithful Geyser
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Milky Way Galaxy Over Yellowstone National Park Starry night Sky Astrophotography Canon 60Da
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 4000
Yellowstone Park Milky Way Galaxy Geyser Airglow Night Sky Landscape Astrophotography
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 30.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 3200
Yellowstone eruptions and Pleiades seven sisters M45 Astrophotography
Camera Canon 60Da; Wide Angle Lens EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM; Exposure 15.0 sec; f/2.8; ISO 3200
Pleiades and geyser Yellowstone night starry sky landscape Canon 60da
Yellowstone starry night astrophotography Canon 60Da
