Starship Asterisk*

Land of the Yankee Fork http://www.ericbenedettiphotography.com Copyright: Eric Benedetti https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4199/34817731092_cb423f335e_b.jpg This was shot Saturday night during the incredible aurora display, taken on a hillside above the Yankee Fork Valley in central Idaho. The airglow...

Constellation Orion
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Peak of the 2016 Perseid Shower https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/13C0J7 Copyright: Eric Benedetti https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8814/28839760162_aff71ddf1c_b.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/75706432@N02/28839760162/ https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8814/28839760162_d0d65b6837_h.jpg https://c1....

starsurfer wrote: This is amazing, you really get a feel for the dust in this area! Not only is there the Rho Ophiuchi area but there is also the giant Zeta Ophiuchi emission nebula above it.

Thanks, it really is my favorite part of the night sky, so colorful and full of spectacular objects to wonder at.

Milky Way Core and Rho Ophiuchi Complex Nebulosity URL of website: https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/oU3591 Copyright: Eric Benedetti https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7060/26749146232_5591653a26_b.jpg Shot with my NIkon D600 and Rokinon 85mm f1.4 lens on an iOptron Skytracker, 6 panels stitched t...

Gate to the Sawtooths URL of website: https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/ocddG2 Copyright: Eric Benedetti Link to fullsize image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/75706432@N02/26904994224/in/photostream/lightbox/ This is a shot taken just outside Stanley, Idaho looking towards the Sawtooth Mountai...

Milky Way and Rho Ophiuchi https://www.flickr.com/gp/75706432@N02/tLjU14 Copyright: Eric Benedetti https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7060/26749146232_079297f2fe_b.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7060/26749146232_8fd067411d_h.jpg Shot from Rockport Reservoir, Utah (about 30 miles from Salt Lake City)...