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by wrightdobbs
Thu Mar 03, 2022 5:06 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2022 March
Replies: 126
Views: 181956

Re: Submissions: 2022 March

A panorama I captured on the morning of February 26 out on the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge showing the Moon, Venus, and Mars rising into the sky below the Milky Way Core. Why does the moon and nearby sky look so bright for it only being a waning crescent moon 22% illuminated? Well, to capture the Milk...
by wrightdobbs
Mon Feb 21, 2022 5:57 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2022 February
Replies: 87
Views: 123282

Re: Submissions: 2022 February

I've been wanting to capture this composition for a while and had to wait for the right time of the year when the Big Dipper constellation rises between these two trees. 5 tracked (with a star tracker) images stacked at ISO 4000, f/3.5, and 60 seconds and the foreground was a single image at f/3.5, ...
by wrightdobbs
Tue Feb 15, 2022 7:16 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2022 February
Replies: 87
Views: 123282

Re: Submissions: 2022 February

Milky Way Season is beginning as the Milky Way rises in the early morning before sunrise. This image was captured on a recent vacation of mine at 5:30am in the morning on a flight north out of Jacksonville, FL on February 10, 2022. Venus and Mercury are seen in this frame (Mercury just barely above ...
by wrightdobbs
Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:00 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2022 January
Replies: 126
Views: 303148

Re: Submissions: 2022 January

Starlink Satellite launch from Florida on the evening of January 18, 2022 as they fly below the Orion Constellation. Composite image. Foreground and trail are 5 84 second images stitched together with a 20mm lens and Sony a7ii. Background is two image panorama with a 14mm lens to get the Orion Const...