Ad Astra Observatory

Those are awesome!

There is a light near the upper right-hand corner (about 2 x 1 in)
that shows. Any idea? a distant town?

Amazing how bright it looks under a full moon.

-A

On Nov 25, 2007 1:19 PM, Jimbo S. Harris <jimbo@jimbo.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> We’re back from our trip to the Grand Canyon. There are daylight photos to

> process yet, but I wanted to share my “astronomy” photos from the trip.
> Friday night was clear and cold (low 20’s F; the dogs’ water bowl froze in
> about 20 minutes), with a full moon blazing away. So of course I felt
> compelled to go and shoot the canyon with some stars.

>
> I had a minimalist rig with me; just a camera and a tripod. Since I was
> without a laptop, I had to wait to see what I captured until I got back to
> CA, just like in pioneer times. (:
>
> There’s a fine line between exposing detail and having an image that’s
> convincingly “shot at night”, especially when the moon’s that bright.

>
> My results are up on http://www.jimbo.net/astro/category/long-exposure-photography/widefield/
>
> Enjoy.
>
> Jimbo
>
>

–
Anthony

IN CARNARI FUMIDUS VICTUS