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- Tue Feb 08, 2022 5:57 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2022 February
- Replies: 87
- Views: 124909
Re: Submissions: 2022 February
Dear Editors, Greetings from Guatemala. Image details: April 26, 2021 - Holy Grail Timelapse integration - Canon 6D Mark 2 - iso 3200 -125mm I attached an APOD Submission, this image was captured last year during full moon over Temple 4 of Tikal National Park in Peten, Guatemala. UNESCO HERITAGE SIT...
- Thu Mar 23, 2017 6:25 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2017 March
- Replies: 143
- Views: 79428
Re: Submissions: 2017 March
[ENGLISH] The lunar halo is an optical phenomenon in the form of a disk around the moon. The halo is caused by suspended ice particles in the troposphere that refract light and generate a spectrum of colors. In this case I was lucky that it was triple, an extremely rare event. [SPANISH] El halo lun...
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:19 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6394
Re: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
A wonderful image. Also a slightly illusory picture as the ship in the front is pointing left, toward the big ship on the sky: the constellation Argo Navis with Canopus. Nowadays you don't talk about Argo Navis as it is so big and one instead speak about the constellations Carina, Vela and Puppis. ...
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:17 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6394
Re: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
neufer wrote:geckzilla wrote:
I wonder why the caterpillars bothered you.
that´s the face I made when I saw the field full of them, I don´t know, maybe it was living that kind of hell tale movie jajaja
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6394
Re: APOD: Milky Way over Shipwreck (2016 Nov 30)
no photo, I don´t like caterpillars. jajageckzilla wrote:Got a pic of one of the caterpillars, Sergio? The panorama is beautiful, but I wonder why the caterpillars bothered you.
- Tue Jun 07, 2016 11:17 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 June
- Replies: 122
- Views: 50048
Re: Submissions: 2016 June
Path to the Stars
Image showing the walkig path to the hill where all the telescopes are located in Observatorio Astronómico Felix Aguilar (OAFA), Argentina, San Juan.
Image showing the walkig path to the hill where all the telescopes are located in Observatorio Astronómico Felix Aguilar (OAFA), Argentina, San Juan.
- Mon May 02, 2016 4:03 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 May
- Replies: 173
- Views: 313456
Re: Submissions: 2016 May
Dramatic Night Scene
The Eruption happened on January 3th/4th 2016.
Guatemala, Central America. Volcán de Fuego.
The Eruption happened on January 3th/4th 2016.
Guatemala, Central America. Volcán de Fuego.
- Sat Apr 23, 2016 5:49 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Andromeda on the Rocks (2016 Apr 19)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 13456
Re: APOD: Andromeda Rising over Colombia (2016 Apr 19)
the congress was in Medellin colombiamexhunter wrote:The autor has already acknowledged that the picture is a composition and has offered apologies to the Apod editors. This happened in a congress in Buenos Aires. Link in spanish: https://www.facebook.com/sigmas57/posts ... 4261122979
- Tue Mar 22, 2016 2:03 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 March
- Replies: 146
- Views: 55213
Re: Submissions: 2016 March
colorful conjunction
The Moon & Jupiter
march 21 2016
HDR
1 x 3.2s
1 x 0.6s
1 x (1/640s)
The Moon & Jupiter
march 21 2016
HDR
1 x 3.2s
1 x 0.6s
1 x (1/640s)
- Sun Feb 28, 2016 7:59 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 February
- Replies: 156
- Views: 67643
Re: Submissions: 2016 February
Spaceship My first Milky Way shot from this season was from an Airplane on my way back to Argentina. The image was shot over Argentina, I used a manfroto 055 and waited until the lights went off to capture this amazing view of the Milky Way over some Argentinian towns, after several shots to find a ...
- Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:17 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 February
- Replies: 156
- Views: 67643
Re: Submissions: 2016 February
Jupiter the Moon behing a Lunar Corona
I enhanced the color of the corona and the brightness of Jupiter to increase the dinamic range. The glow in the sky or atmosphere belongs to led light from a nearby football stadium.
As seeing from Guatemala.
Best Regards,
I enhanced the color of the corona and the brightness of Jupiter to increase the dinamic range. The glow in the sky or atmosphere belongs to led light from a nearby football stadium.
As seeing from Guatemala.
Best Regards,
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 7:25 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2016 February
- Replies: 156
- Views: 67643
Re: Submissions: 2016 February
The Moon, Venus & Mercury on a Friday Morning
Image, Feb 5th 2016
Image, Feb 5th 2016
- Sun Dec 20, 2015 12:35 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 December
- Replies: 176
- Views: 96214
Re: Submissions: 2015 December
Traveling under a galaxy of fireflies in this Moontrailscape. It's really nice to see how they shine during twilight.
This was shot before Geminids on Dec 13. That night it went cloudy.
Sony A7 /50mm/ f4.5/iso6400 / 72 x 1.3s / Dec 13th. 2015
Atalaya, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina
This was shot before Geminids on Dec 13. That night it went cloudy.
Sony A7 /50mm/ f4.5/iso6400 / 72 x 1.3s / Dec 13th. 2015
Atalaya, Provincia de Buenos Aires. Argentina
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 4:54 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires (2015 Dec 15)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8962
Re: APOD: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires (2015 Dec 15)
It's a panorama, sadly we have a lot of power lines all over the place, almost impossible to get rid of them.KryptoCleric wrote:Why are some of the Power Lines that cross the image bent?
Was this a panorama of some type?
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 3:01 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires (2015 Dec 15)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8962
Re: APOD: Colorful Arcs over Buenos Aires (2015 Dec 15)
Thank you for your kind words Ann!Ann wrote:That's really beautiful!![]()
And congratulations to Sergio Montúfar, one of the stalwarts of the Recent Submissions forum, which he graces with so many fine pictures!
Ann
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Sergio
- Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:22 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 December
- Replies: 176
- Views: 96214
Re: Submissions: 2015 December
Clouds & Planets.
Jupiter, Mars, The Moon, Venus.
Conjunction 12/07/2015
Image taken with a sony a7 14mm, General Belgrano, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Jupiter, Mars, The Moon, Venus.
Conjunction 12/07/2015
Image taken with a sony a7 14mm, General Belgrano, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:57 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 November
- Replies: 182
- Views: 60009
Re: Submissions: 2015 November
Scattered
Erupting Volcán de Fuego, the sunbeams are probably made by the ashes in the atmosphere.
Taken on February 19 2015. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Fuego: Nikond5100 f18 / 1/500s / iso 100 / 200 mm
Fuego2: f18 / 1/800s iso 100 / 80mm
Erupting Volcán de Fuego, the sunbeams are probably made by the ashes in the atmosphere.
Taken on February 19 2015. Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Fuego: Nikond5100 f18 / 1/500s / iso 100 / 200 mm
Fuego2: f18 / 1/800s iso 100 / 80mm
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:32 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 November
- Replies: 182
- Views: 60009
Re: Submissions: 2015 November
Andromeda & Triangulum + Airglow over La Isla de Los Pájaros
Out of 13x20s f3.5 / iso 12800 @ 28mm (sony a7)
16/10/2015
Out of 13x20s f3.5 / iso 12800 @ 28mm (sony a7)
16/10/2015
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:02 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 November
- Replies: 182
- Views: 60009
Re: Submissions: 2015 November
The Rise of the summer skies (south)
Península Valdés, Chubut, Argentina.
Airglow, M31, M33, Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds.
Orion's arm.
Península Valdés, Chubut, Argentina.
Airglow, M31, M33, Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds.
Orion's arm.
- Sun Nov 01, 2015 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 November
- Replies: 182
- Views: 60009
Re: Submissions: 2015 November
Andromeda the Dragonfly The star trail image was build using the stack of 70 images over Isla de Los Pájaros at Península Valdez. This is how the northen hemesphere looks like, from 44 degrees latitude south. I found Isla de los Pájaros a lovely place to mix with my astrophotography, The camera not ...
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 5:06 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 October
- Replies: 196
- Views: 67687
Re: Submissions: 2015 October
The Eye in the Sky
After Sunset, sat 17th. Punta Ameghino. Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
The Eye is the Milky way crossing the sky.
After Sunset, sat 17th. Punta Ameghino. Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
The Eye is the Milky way crossing the sky.
- Wed Oct 21, 2015 1:14 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 October
- Replies: 196
- Views: 67687
Re: Submissions: 2015 October
A rocky field, we couldn't get rid of the clouds, we travelled more than 150kms and finally found some not too good weather conditions but we where able to see the stars after a week of crappy weather, the Souther pole looks pretty high from -43 latitude. Next to Laguna La Amarga, on a small town ca...
- Mon Oct 19, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 October
- Replies: 196
- Views: 67687
Re: Submissions: 2015 October
Punta Ameghino After Sunset, the crescent Moon was near the Milky Way, in this place, the night colors are so amazing, even affected by light polllution from Puerto Madryn (lights on the left) you can still have an amazing view of the night sky. The cliffs, cold water, birds and whales pass by aroun...
- Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:06 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: Submissions: 2015 October
- Replies: 196
- Views: 67687
Re: Submissions: 2015 October
Stellar Travel Travelling isn't easy, I had to take a bus, to travel more than 24 hours for my next astrophotography site. I was at Cordoba, Bosque Alegre Observatory last week, but I couldn't do any image since it was a cloudy week, an unpredicted weather. I really hope clear skies this time, trave...
- Fri Oct 02, 2015 5:15 am
- Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
- Topic: October/November Planetary Conjunction
- Replies: 31
- Views: 101964
October/November Planetary Conjunction
Planetary conjunction is upon us! Please post your pictures in this thread. Please see this thread before posting images; posting images demonstrates your agreement with the possible uses for your image. If hotlinking to an image, please ensure it is under 400K. Hotlinks to images over 400K slow dow...