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Astro Photos in the Digital Age

Astro photography has dramatically changed in the digital age. The ph ...

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There are many scenes that evoke emotion because they are beautiful, exciting, peaceful or reach the viewer at some level. Each viewer will see something different and respond in their own way. Photography is a way to capture these scenes, preserve them and share them with other people. These photos give insight to the photographer’s interests as it shows what he is willing to spend time and work to capture.

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Rick Albrecht
Cumming, Georgia

Albrechtphoto@comcast.net

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America is GREAT

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Updated: Jul 04, 2012 5:12pm PST

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MAMMALS

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Photography

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10-VG5302 This mount supports two digital still cameras with long focal length lenses and one HD video camera. Both digital still cameras can be operated with one hand with the aid of a cable release.

The Double Cluster with Comet Hartley (fuzz ball) about half way to right edge of photo. This photos was taken on an unguided clock drive mount with a 400mm f/2.8 Canon lens about 20 miles east of Santa Fe NM (October 2010). This image was processed by stacking 9, 20 second images.

This video shows the launch of the Shuttle Atlantis. Note that the Shuttle clears the launch tower in about 2 seconds. It takes about a minute for the rocket sound to reach us from 12 miles away. About two minutes into the video there is a slight budge in the smoke trail. This is the point that the Solid Rocket Busters (SRBs) flame out and small rocket motors are pushing the rocket casings away from the shuttle. Then SRBs tumble slowly away from the shuttle.

03-CS2912 This image of the Great Blue Heron-White Morph was taken on Sanibel Island, FL. Note the yellow legs and lack of the long thin feathers on the back that the Great Egret has.

The main instrument in this setup is a 155mm Astro Physics with 1100mm focal length increased to 2200mm with a 2X tele-extender. A crude drive mechanism was used to generally follow the motion of the sun as it was setting.

13XA7294 Comet PanSTARRS March 12, 2013: 400mm f/5.6, 1/2sec, ISO 3200, full frame.

This composite image shows five positions and times for the Venus transit.

$Atmospheric refraction changes the apparent position of objects low on the horizon. For observers at low altitudes objects close to the horizon are actually about a half degree lower than they appear. The Sun is about a half degree in diameter so when it appears to touch the horizon it’s actually just below the horizon.$

13XA7524-B March 13, 2013 (19 minutes before setting) Comet PanSTARRS take with 1100mm f/7, 1sec, ISO 6400. This image is cropped to about half of the original full frame. Note the star just to the right of the comet head.

Jupiter with moons: Arrows point to moons. (same as previous image).

P56, Andromeda Galaxy: This is our largest neighboring galaxy.

P54, The Pleiades Open Star Cluster: This is a photo of a 14” square film plate (converted to a positive image) that was exposed in the 48”Schmidt Camera. The Pleiades star cluster has dust surrounding the stars and it’s this dust that reflects star light to produce the wispy light around the larger stars.

12DA5637 This photo was taken March 25, 2012 with 130mm focal length. The moon in lower right is showing some Earth Shine and Jupiter is the small spot in the lower left. Venus is at the top of the image.

Lagoon Nebula 11-09-24BRc The photos use to make this image were taken with a 400mm f/2.8 Canon lens used at maximum opening. Six images each at 6 second exposure and ISO 4000 were stacked and processed to produce this final image. The Lagoon Nebula is in the lower left and the Trifid Nebula is in the upper right.

11DA9386: Notice that the chick is still in the shape of the egg.

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