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Too Little Too Late
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 08:57:01 2010 UTC
The aurora was visible from dusk to dawn on this April 10, 2010 night.
Here, above Birch Lake, located southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska, we see a
glowing band begin to brighten and move but it is ultimately lost in the
growing twilight of dawn. Perhaps next season will bring an increase in
solar activity and the auroras that come with it.
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Lights Over Arctic Man
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 08:34:02 2010 UTC
Every year in the Central Alaska Range a small temporary town appears on
the map. Thousands of Alaskans gather for the annual Arctic Man
competition. This extreme event is a race envolving skis and snow
machines. They don't compete against each other but rather work as a
team. For part of the race a skier is pulled behind a snow machine at
speeds reaching 90 miles per hour! I call it the Crazy Man! The northern
lights were dancing low over the mountains but the race enthusiests were
oblivious to them while bathed in all that man-made light.
I used a home-built 6x7 medium format camera equipped with a 38mm
wide-angle lens and Kodak E100G film for this 30-second exposure taken
on April 10, 2010.
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Sub-Visual Red
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Thu Jul 15 02:10:01 2010 UTC
2010 was starting out like 2009 ended. Auroral activity was minimal as
the sun was stuck in the quietest period for about 100 years. I did
manage to see some activity during our times of darkness but not much.
Here we see a modest display from Alaska's Kenai Peninsula in the early
morning hours of January 20, 2010. There is some red visible abobe the
green which was not vivsible to the eye. Human vision suffers color
blindness at night but the film does not so a faint aurora might not
appear very colorful visually. I used a home-built 6x9 medium format
camera with a 98mm f1.4 lens and Kodak E100G film for this 8-second
exposure.
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Trifid Nebula / M20
Submitted by:
Dave Miller at Thu Jun 17 19:29:01 2010 UTC
Trifid Nebula / M20
Takahashi FSQ-106ED..
@ F5 / 530mm..
Losmandy G11...AutoGuided..
Canon 20D ISO-800...
22 x 360 sec (2hrs 12 minutes), 10 Dark frames, 20 Flat frames..
Ohio, Stillwell Site, 6/17/10...
Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3..
Copyright (c) 2010 Dave Miller.
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Comet C/2009 R1 McNaught
Submitted by:
Dave Miller at Tue Jun 15 14:59:01 2010 UTC
Comet C/2009 R1 McNaught...
Takahashi FSQ-106ED..
@ F5 / 530mm..
Losmandy G11...Unguided
Canon 20D ISO-800...
15 x 90 sec, 10 Dark frames, 20 Flat frames..
Ohio, Stillwell Site, 6/09/10...
Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3..
Copyright (c) 2010 Dave Miller.
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Lagoon Nebula / Messier 8
Submitted by:
Dave Miller at Thu Jun 10 22:51:01 2010 UTC
Messier 8, Lagoon Nebula...
Takahashi FSQ-106ED..
@ F5 / 530mm..
Losmandy G11...AutoGuided
Canon 20D ISO-800...
15 x 360 sec, 10 Dark frames, 15 Flat frames..
Ohio, Stillwell Site, 6/09/10...
Processed Images Plus V 3.5a, CS3..
Copyright (c) 2010 Dave Miller.
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Circumhorizon Arc - 26 May 2010
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Mon May 31 16:06:01 2010 UTC
I had never seen a circumhorizon arc, but conditions were right even
though the photos and appearance wasn't fantastic. I'm pretty sure it
was a circumhorizon. At one point I could see it further along the
horizon in other cirrus clouds, and noted it was flat. (Reference:
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/cha2.htm) Photo taken about noon EDT on
26 May, 2010 from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Copyright (c) 2010
Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Venus, Crescent Moon and Mercury
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:24:01 2010 UTC
Venus, new crescent moon with earth shine and Mercury setting over West
Kelowna and Okanagan Lake.
Nikon D80, ISO 400, 70 m.m., f/4.5, 8 seconds.
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Sun Dog
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Sun dog over Cathedral City, California.
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 70 m.m., f/8, 1/1500 sec.
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Setting Crescent Moon
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Setting crescent moon over Okanagan Lake.
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 38 m.m., f/8, .5 sec.
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Halo
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Solar halo around a Joshua tree blossom in Joshua Tree National Park,
California
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 18 m.m., f/8, 1/320 sec.
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Lunar Halo and Mars
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Lunar halo and Mars taken from Cathedral City, California.
Nikon D80, ISO 200, 18 m.m., f/3.5, 3 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Lightning Over Kelowna
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Lightning over Kelowna, British Columbia
Nikon D80, ISO 320, 24 m.m., f/7.1, 15 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Lightning Over Kelowna
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 03:02:01 2010 UTC
Lightning over Kelowna, British Columbia.
Nikon D80, ISO 320, 24 m.m., f/7.1, 15 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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Iridium Flare
Submitted by:
Greg Dean at Sun Apr 25 02:38:01 2010 UTC
This is a -7 magnitude Iridium Flare taken April 15, 2010 from Cedar
Creek dog park in Kelowna, British Columbia.
Nikon D80, ISO 100, 18m.m., f /3.5, 13 seconds
(c) Greg Dean gregdean@shaw.ca
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aurora
Submitted by:
Tony Travaglia at Wed Apr 7 05:48:01 2010 UTC
The Aurora Australis makes a welcome return and this one was a good starter.
Canon 300D 64 sec at f3.5 ISO 800
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River Deep Mountain High
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Mon Mar 29 17:14:01 2010 UTC
6-frame mosaic of Vallis Schroeteri and surroundings shot in March 2010
with a Newton 110/440mm working at f/27, ToUCam Pro, IR-UV Cut Filter,
6 x 500 x 1/25sec from vienna, austria, europe.
(c) erwin matys, karoline mrazek
e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Moon Halo and Mars
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sun Feb 28 04:01:01 2010 UTC
My daughter saw this full moon halo through the skylight while brushing
her teeth and thought I'd like to see it. That's Mars at upper right.
Photo taken about 10:30pm EST on 27 February, 2010 from Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The tree is a dawn redwood. 4 second exposure. ISO
200. Nikon Coolpix 4500. Copyright (c) 2010 Beth Katz,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Inner-Space Festival of Lights
Submitted by:
lori at Wed Feb 24 18:21:01 2010 UTC
We had our own Light-show when we hiked behind the frozen Ice Pillars of
Websters Falls in the Niagara Escarpment. The bright sun illuminated
these huge ice column into brilliant turquoise statues.
February 21st 2010, Pentax K20D 16mm lens f:4.5 1/200s
copyright(c)2010 Lori C, King City, ON/Canada N44 W079
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Solar Spike Feb. 4, 2010
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
Ice crystals in the air are responsible for this solar spike that was
seen over the setting sun across Cook Inlet as viewed from near Homer,
Alaska on the evening of February 4, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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Mount St. Augustine and Fata Morganna
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
A layer of warm air over cold air creats a type of lensing effect known
as fata morganna. In this type of mirage distant features are seen to be
streached vertically. The distant volcano island of Mount St. Augustine
normally has gentle slopes when seen in profile but here they are
distorted into impossible cliff faces as seen from near Homer, Alaska on
January 31, 2010. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Moonset over the Aleutian Range
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:59:01 2010 UTC
After another bright moonlit night our moon, now just past full, heads
towards the western horizon as seen from near Homer, Alaska on the
morning of January 31, 2010.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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January Sunset Over Kamishak Bay
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Fri Feb 5 19:37:01 2010 UTC
Even though the aurora has been somewhat elusive from Alaska's Kenai
Peninsula, the skies have been full of color. This sunset was on January
30 and is taken from near Homer, Alaska looking SW toward Distant Mount
Douglas /Four-Peaked Volcanos on the left and Mount St. Augustine
Volcano on the right. Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax
Photography Contact at: auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit:
www.auroradude.com
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Pre-Groundhog Day Sunset
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Wed Feb 3 22:34:01 2010 UTC
Driving home past the fields of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, we
observed this gorgeous sunset. My daughter took several pictures with my
iPhone, so she gets the copyright. I'm sure there are groundhogs in
those field. The local one supposedly didn't see his shadow on February
2nd, but we had over three inches of snow on February 2-3. Photo taken
5:30pm EST on 1 February, 2010. Copyright (c) 2010 Helen Hutchens,
katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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January Rainbow - 25 January 2010
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Tue Feb 2 04:25:01 2010 UTC
We've had wacky weather. It was 62F yesterday. The rain was moving off
when I glanced out the window. There was this bit of bright rainbow. In
January. It disappeared within a few minutes. The warm weather is
fading, too. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania about 2:45pm EST on 25
January, 2010. Copyright (c) 2010 Beth Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
By the way, yes, the forum seems to be broken. I'm not sure what's being
done about it. I've reported it as best I can.
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Whirlpool Galaxy
Submitted by:
Erwin Matys at Sat Jan 23 18:38:01 2010 UTC
M51 imaged with the Bradford Robotic Telescope 2009
in Tenerife. C14, f=1880mm f/5.3, FLI ML4710-1-UV,
LRGB 4x120sec and 6x120sec. (c) Bradford Robotic Telescope
image by erwin matys, karoline mrazek
e-mail: erwin@matys.at
web: http://www.project-nightflight.net
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Orion and ISS - 22 January 2010
Submitted by:
Beth Katz at Sat Jan 23 00:06:01 2010 UTC
I grabbed the camera and family to catch a bright (-3.4) flyover of the
International Space Station. I should have noted that it would appear to
go past Orion. Drat; there are clouds. But I caught it anyway with
trees. It was about 6pm EST on Friday, 22 January 2010. This is an
8-second exposure. There are several extra "stars" because my camera has
many bad pixels. Check out Heavens-Above (http://www.heavens-above.com/)
for your opportunity to catch such moments. Copyright (c) 2010 Beth
Katz, katz@cs.millersville.edu.
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Solstice Sun Rays
Submitted by:
Dennis Anderson at Sat Dec 26 20:44:01 2009 UTC
The December solstice was at 8:47 a.m. Alaska time on the 21st but our
shortest day actually fell on the 22nd. This image is looking south from
near Homer, Alaska around local noon. We almost got to see the sun on
this short day but had to settle for some beautiful crepuscular rays as
it was being a little shy and never fully emerged from the clouds.
Copyright (c) Dennis C. Anderson Night Trax Photography Contact at:
auroradude@acsalaska.net or visit: www.auroradude.com
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