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Capturing a "deep" Image of winter's Orion constellation is a challenge for me. My winter weather is terrible. My access to proper dark sky in winter is impractical. But it's been an objective for many years!
Thankfully, Orion is accessible in Fall, if you stay up late enough. In September I set up a tracker mount w/DSLR just as Orion was rising (~1:30am) . Captured 50 2min images after clearing the horizon (while I slept!).
#TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve
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Playing around with some images captured on a clear dark night late September. One is a single 2-minute tracked image looking over some treetops in #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve.
The other is a stack of 20 of these tracked images (with the tree tops cropped out). Can "push" the processing a lot more with the stack.
Canon 6D (modified), 35mm lens, iso3200 f/2.5
Single image mostly processed in #darktable. Stack mostly in #PixInsight
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I sometimes try to capture #NightScape scenes in #TerraNovaNP campground (Newman Sound) that folks might find recognizable. And perhaps the park might find useful for promotional purposes.
Pretty happy with how this one turned out. Even captured some #Airglow.
This was captured later in September. Might not have been possible earlier in the season as the park still has work to do addressing #LightPollution generated by "uninformed" campers.
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The #MilkyWay over a small brook. Captured during late September's new-moon phase.
Didn't turn out quite the way I hoped (dim foreground). It was so dark nestled between high trees. But it sure was peaceful there.
#BigBrook #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve #nlskies #astrophotography #nlastro
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Am I addicted to Milky Way shots?
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#astrodon #AirGlow
#MilkyWay #Astrophotography #TerraNovaNP #BigBrook
#DarkSkyPreserve
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Working on improving my #MilkyWay processing. And learning the ins and outs of #darktable. Still lots to learn on both fronts!
This shot from Sandy Pond 23rd August at #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP - a #DarkSkyPreserve
Skies were pretty dark but some #LightPollution is visible over the distant hill, from a small town outside the park.
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Another glorious clear and dark night sky at #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve on Wednesday. The park still has work to do addressing #LightPollution within the #campground, but I managed to find some shadows to capture these images from.
Second image is looking up at Cygnus, the #MilkyWay and some red nebulae. Captured with a 50mm lens and the venerable Canon 6D (modified).
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Challenging times ahead.
Needed to take a break from it, so finally got 'round to processing nightscape images captured last summer (31 July) at Terra Nova National Park #DarkSkyPreserve.
Created a timelapse which has a nice surprise (ie. aurora) at the end. Too big to post on Mastodon, but you can see it here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlskies/54883433421/in/album-72157714174945456Looking forward to this year's dark sky adventures.
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Did not get to use my mobile rig so much in 2023. Weather was most uncooperative.
During the summer it was used to capture the Soap Bubble nebula. That thing is very faint! π€ͺ
It helped that this data was captured from the dark skies of #TerraNovaNP #darkskypreserve
Other images were captured from back yard.
Hopefully there will be better opportunities to use this rig in 2024.
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More 2023 astro musings ...
During the summer, I get to spend some time in my "local" #DarkSkyPreserve - #TerraNovaNP. 2023 did not disappoint.
When conditions permit, I like to use a wide field lens and take in the Milky Way and landscape. And occasionally I corral a meteor or two along the way.
If I get lucky, I sometimes snag some #AirGlow ripples or a #MeteorSmokeTrail (like the one here, captured Aug 12)!
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delinquent /dΔ-lΔngβ²kwΙnt, -lΔnβ²-/
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Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.Until this week, I was *delinquent* in not processing this data from last summer! π€ͺ
Captured in my local #DarkSkyPreserve #TerraNovaNP
If you look closely, just left of center, there is a small faint circle known as the Soap Bubble. It is a bugger to capture, so I am happy with this result!
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Another camping season is over π’
Wasn't much in it for astronomy this year, between incessant clouds and smoke from forest fires out West. πDid manage to grab some exposures on the Wizard Nebula a couple weekends ago. Not bad considering there was still some hazy smoke hanging around.
About 6 hours total exposure, split between Ha and [OIII] filters with a mono camera.
#astrodon #astrophotography
#astronomy #TerraNovaNP
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During the timelapse - I did manage to capture one decently bright #meteor. Looks to be a #Perseids
Here is a crop from that frame.
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #DarkSkyPreserve
#ParksCanada #ParksCanadaNL #TerraNovaNP #nlastro -
This weekend is my "local" dark-sky park's annual Night Sky Celebration. #RASC #astronomy club will be doing public outreach with telescopes, binoculars etc. Hope the weather cooperates!
If you have a #DarkSkyPreserve in your neck of the woods - check them out. Most will have one or more outreach events throughout the year.
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As previously described, my coyote dodging (in my own mind!) adventure netted me some nice images overlooking "Big Brook" in #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP near #NewmanSoundCampground.
I've been told by staff that the river bend is known as the "Oxbow".I turned ~5 hours of images into this #TimeLapse.
For the dark sky nerds, the SQM meter at my campsite peaked at about 21.5 mpsas that night.
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Did a short but eerie solo walk through a wooded trail last night around midnight (there have been coyote sightings recently, and it's bear country). But have been wanting to capture this scene for a couple years now. No guts, no glory (such as it is) - lol.
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #ParksCanada #TerraNovaNP #BigBrook #DarkSkyPreserve
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This is a smoke trail timelapse from a #Perseids meteor I posted previously (from Aug 12). Smoke trail can be seen drifting downward from the initial bright meteor.
Used #EZGif with ~50 images to create the timelapse. Pre-processed images using @darktable app to (try to!) colour correct the raw images.
#darktable has been working really well for me - I have cancelled my Adobe subscription.
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #meteor #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve
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Been trying out #darktable (free, open source) as a substitute for Adobe Lightroom. Pretty good experience so far. Limitation is my processing skills, not the software π€ͺ
Used it to process ~1250 images (including above smoke trails) for assembly into a timelapse using Virtualdub2.
Too big to post on Mastodon so here's a link to it on my Flickr page:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlskies/53121536160/in/dateposted-public/~45 meteors + many planes/satellites
#astrodon #astrophotography #astronomy #meteor #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve
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Cloudy skies briefly relented last night for couple hours of meteor observing. ~dozen in an hour. ~2/3 #Perseids - rest were Capricornids/Aquariids or unidentifiable.
Had 2 cameras going, one captured this decent meteor. Time-lapse shows small smoke trail (over ~4 minutes).
Once cameras were going, it was a pleasure to just lie back in a reclining chair and take in the glorious dark sky spectacle of #TerraNovaNP #DarkSkyPreserve with only naked eye.
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As with most targets of the back yard observatory this year, π this M101 galaxy and Lion nebula were captured using Esprit 150, QHY128C and 5 minute subs. Processed in PixInsight. Have been trying for longer multi-hour total integration times, to improve signal-to-noise characteristics.
May also marks the start of camping season. Lucky this year to have had a seasonal site at my local #DarkSkyPreserve π π
#astrophotography #astrodon #astronomy #nlskies2022 #TerraNovaNP #ParksCanada
