Hawaii astronomical society held their monthly public star party at Dillingham Airfield near Kaena Point last Saturday. Dillingham is a very dark site, one of the few left on Oahu. The airfield only has 1 runway for light aircrafts.
Usually, about 15-20 club members and about 30 or so general public will show up at the [...]
A friend of mine loaned me his Canon XTi for the weekend so that I could try out a DSLR camera before I make my purchase. I plan to head out to some dark skies on Saturday but I couldn’t wait to test out the camera. So I set it out on my balcony and [...]
Here are more pictures from another night of observing in Montana. First, a scenic moon shot to pass the time.
The next thing I wanted to do is to take a picture of a constellation closest to the North celestrial pole to see if it would minimize star trails. The obvious target is the little dipper [...]
I was in Yellowstone for a week and stayed in West Yellowstone most of the time. They did not exaggerate one bit when they call Montana “Big Sky” country. The skies are blue, cloudless and you almost see from one end of the horizon to the other end. I spent a few nights outside with [...]
There is a branch in astrophotography call wide field fixed tripod astrophotography. It is probably the simplest form of astrophotography there is. The target of wide field fixed tripod astrophotography are, well, big objects like constellations and the Milky Way. All you need to start fixed tripod astrophotography is a tripod and a camera that’ll [...]