Went out early this morning with my friend and photo enthusiast Frank, to photograph the crescent Moon rising over the center city of Tucson.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Morning Moonrise
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Went out early this morning with my friend and photo enthusiast Frank, to photograph the crescent Moon rising over the center city of Tucson.
Went out early this morning with my friend and photo enthusiast Frank, to photograph the crescent Moon rising over the center city of Tucson.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Catching the Light
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In preparation for the exhibition of my photography, I generated a quick and dirty slide show which will be show on a 24 inch monitor during the exhibit. My exhibition will take place on July 1st at the Dakota Cafe' in trail dust town. The exhibition is called "Catching the Light". The video below is the slide show in its entirety - 33 minutes long - and contains the best of my commercial, portraiture, landscape, astrophotography and photojournalism images. So pull up a chair and get comfortable.
In preparation for the exhibition of my photography, I generated a quick and dirty slide show which will be show on a 24 inch monitor during the exhibit. My exhibition will take place on July 1st at the Dakota Cafe' in trail dust town. The exhibition is called "Catching the Light". The video below is the slide show in its entirety - 33 minutes long - and contains the best of my commercial, portraiture, landscape, astrophotography and photojournalism images. So pull up a chair and get comfortable.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Transit of Venus
"If you don't leave a comment - I don't know you were even here."
The Product of the effort . . .
click on the image for a larger view - ESC returns here.
The transit as seen in Hydrogen Alpha Light. Two frames from a video using a Lunt Solar Systems LS60T H-aplha telescope and a DMK41AU02.AS camera - One frame showing the prominences and one showing the chromosphere.
A video of the Sun setting behind the McMath Solar Telescope. I computed the position on the Earth where this event would take place in order to record this completely unique event. As you can see - I got my shot.
Tthe setup at home. We observed the first part of the transit from the backyard where I had setup two telescopes to record the transit beginning. The equipment is described here.
The setup at the location I computed for the sunset behind the McMath Solar Telescope.
The Product of the effort . . .
click on the image for a larger view - ESC returns here.
The transit as seen in Hydrogen Alpha Light. Two frames from a video using a Lunt Solar Systems LS60T H-aplha telescope and a DMK41AU02.AS camera - One frame showing the prominences and one showing the chromosphere.
A video of the Sun setting behind the McMath Solar Telescope. I computed the position on the Earth where this event would take place in order to record this completely unique event. As you can see - I got my shot.
Tthe setup at home. We observed the first part of the transit from the backyard where I had setup two telescopes to record the transit beginning. The equipment is described here.
The setup at the location I computed for the sunset behind the McMath Solar Telescope.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Eclipsed
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This morning there was a partial eclipse of the Moon. I observed it from Saguaro National Park - West. Here are a couple of images from the event.
The eclipse at maximum in High Dynamic Range.
This morning there was a partial eclipse of the Moon. I observed it from Saguaro National Park - West. Here are a couple of images from the event.
The eclipse at maximum in High Dynamic Range.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Waiting for Venus
"If you don't leave a comment - I don't know you were even here."
In just two days the planet Venus will make a transit of the Sun which can not be seen again until 2117. My plans are to video the Ingress of the planet onto the disk using two video cameras - one white-light and one H-Alpha Light. H-Alpha or Hydrogen Alpha refers to the light emitted by Hydrogen atoms which have been ionized. This is the light which structures in the chromosphere of the Sun emit - including prominences and Solar flares. I'm currently testing all the hardware involved - below are images of the setup I'm using.
Since the Sun sets with Venus still in transit, I plan on driving to a undisclosed location to film the Sun setting behind the McMath Solar Telescope located on Kitt Peak, while Venus is still on the Sun's disk. The Video should look very similar to the one below taken a year ago, with the exception that the silhouette of Venus will be visible. Clear Skies.
In just two days the planet Venus will make a transit of the Sun which can not be seen again until 2117. My plans are to video the Ingress of the planet onto the disk using two video cameras - one white-light and one H-Alpha Light. H-Alpha or Hydrogen Alpha refers to the light emitted by Hydrogen atoms which have been ionized. This is the light which structures in the chromosphere of the Sun emit - including prominences and Solar flares. I'm currently testing all the hardware involved - below are images of the setup I'm using.
Since the Sun sets with Venus still in transit, I plan on driving to a undisclosed location to film the Sun setting behind the McMath Solar Telescope located on Kitt Peak, while Venus is still on the Sun's disk. The Video should look very similar to the one below taken a year ago, with the exception that the silhouette of Venus will be visible. Clear Skies.
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