A 2min Total Exposure. Stacked with DSS. Finished in LR/PShop.
Showing posts with label Night sky. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Night sky. Show all posts
Monday, 21 July 2014
Friday, 11 July 2014
Neon Skies
Neon skies over Jaipur.
A 30sec photograph at Nahargarh. A a map of the constellations was overlaid and the Photo corrected for distortions.
Friday, 16 May 2014
Constellation Lyra
In the film Contact (Written by Sri Carl Sagan) the message intercepted by Jodi Foster's character is coming from Vega, the brightest star in the Lyra constellation
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Finding your way in the Night Sky. Locate Pole Star
Locate the Pole Star. That's it.
You can do that by-
Finding out the general GPS coordinates(the first two digits) of the area u live it, eg. North India it's between 20 to 30degrees North and Jaipur is 26North, 75East or 26N75E.
This means the Pole Star is 26degrees over the horizon (ground level) (forget the East part)
To get an idea of how much is 10degrees, close u hand into a fist and raise it to your eye level, and stretch out your arm as much as you can.
The area that gets covered by all the knuckles is 10degrees (Field of View)
Generally the Pole Star is just above the tree-top level or 3fists above the ground level, on a terrace of a building, the place you standing is considered to be the ground level.
An easier way is to locate the constellation Big Dipper or the "cooking pot with handle" looking bunch of 7 bright stars, (never on top of ur head) always in the Northern Hemisphere.
The two stars at the edge of the pot/dipper point towards the Pole Star.
You can do that by-
Finding out the general GPS coordinates(the first two digits) of the area u live it, eg. North India it's between 20 to 30degrees North and Jaipur is 26North, 75East or 26N75E.
This means the Pole Star is 26degrees over the horizon (ground level) (forget the East part)
To get an idea of how much is 10degrees, close u hand into a fist and raise it to your eye level, and stretch out your arm as much as you can.
The area that gets covered by all the knuckles is 10degrees (Field of View)
Generally the Pole Star is just above the tree-top level or 3fists above the ground level, on a terrace of a building, the place you standing is considered to be the ground level.
An easier way is to locate the constellation Big Dipper or the "cooking pot with handle" looking bunch of 7 bright stars, (never on top of ur head) always in the Northern Hemisphere.
The two stars at the edge of the pot/dipper point towards the Pole Star.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Map the Night-Sky.
I think I will try to "do the Obviously impossible", count the stars!
Well now will Digital Imaging becoming so accessible and the tools been in Public Domain, ie. FREEWARE, (Thumbs up to StarStax, DeepSkyStacker)
I plan to shoot different constellations, about 88 constellations are officially recognised.
While at this, I will "try to see" if Myths-Legends from our age "fit the stars" better than say a Big Bear when all I can seed is an deep Pan-Pot-Dish
Started with the Northern Hemisphere, ie. Ursa Major, i.e. Big Bear/Dipper.
Northern Hemisphere(about 20percent of the are above the North pole, the Green Cross Hair Marks the Pole Star Polaris.
Well now will Digital Imaging becoming so accessible and the tools been in Public Domain, ie. FREEWARE, (Thumbs up to StarStax, DeepSkyStacker)
I plan to shoot different constellations, about 88 constellations are officially recognised.
While at this, I will "try to see" if Myths-Legends from our age "fit the stars" better than say a Big Bear when all I can seed is an deep Pan-Pot-Dish
Started with the Northern Hemisphere, ie. Ursa Major, i.e. Big Bear/Dipper.
Northern Hemisphere(about 20percent of the are above the North pole, the Green Cross Hair Marks the Pole Star Polaris.
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