Thought I'd kick this one off for this year. Simplified the name a little.
The Memsahib and I sat out last night, joining thousands across the country in Aurora Borealis watch. We were sat on a bench, on a rise, next to the 17th Tee of a local golf course we walked to. How considerate of them to place a bench there for us to use.
Sadly, no Aurora Borealis was spotted as we sat there gazing until 23:15. We got good views of Aurora Wokinghamis, though.
Bored stiff with the waiting around, I played about with my Canon R7 and Sigma 18-300mm lens, to see what it could do. Tripod mounted, naturally. Lazy as ever, I left it in Program mode, pressed shutter release and left it to get on with its own thing.
Here is its rendition of the Plough. Note the streak.
About 10 seconds later. I think the streak is a satellite. The ISS passed over earlier, bright as a candle.
Aurora Wokinghamis.
Just for a laugh, I pointed my camera at the crescent moon.
Very surprised how there was sufficient light to show the dark side (not far side, obviously) of the moon.
Much pleased with what the R7 could do with no effort on my part, I wanted to photograph Orion. It was not yet visible in the sky. One for another day.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Linda257 said:Bet you never seen it change colour as no doubt yous were all sleeping
I forgot to comment on this (but I did make sure it got the 'Like' click), while whizzing through catching up on the gossip. Starting with, nice crisp clear photos of the lunar scape.
The moonrise and moonset colouration can be very similar to sun rises and sunsets, depending on how near the moon is to the earth, which for a super moon, is often close, plus, how near it is to the sunrise/sunset times.
I had that lesson from a local near to where I was staying recently.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Got this recently. I love the R7 and the 100-500 zoom. My best one yet. Would love to see how it copes with the Orion Nebula.
Very nice Ed.
Excellent shot Ed ...
Nothing like having the Aurora overhead your house. Unfortunately the neighbour's outside light was on most of the evening. It helped light paint some of the garden.
Amazing Ed! ...
My first Comet. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) photographed from my back garden on 14/10/2024. Anyone else had a go at getting this one? Not a great picture but a good start for me.
I reckon it's a very good shot. Well done Ed ...
Ed D said:My first Comet. C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) photographed from my back garden on 14/10/2024. Anyone else had a go at getting this one? Not a great picture but a good start for me.
I think a brilliant start, and well done.
The last comet I managed to photograph was Hale Bob back in 1996/7, using a film camera, which came out very clear. Subsequent comets have been observed whilst driving to work in the small hours, not something I'd achieve today if I was still working, with all the artificial lighting.