#stargazing
forest green or ocean blue? chilly sunrises or warm sunsets? empty country roads or small town main streets? wheat fields or groves of apple trees? lemonade or iced tea? late night stargazing or early morning walks? camping with friends or staying in alone? sunny days or rainy afternoons?
Stargazing in Central Oregon. Daniel & his father Walter swing on the bench & pick out the constellations in the midnight sky. It was the Summer of 1941 & in just a few short months, Walter would be called to service. Directed by Tim Cash & written by @pennanbrae, The Astronot streams on @primevideo below with the 11-song soundtrack on all music platforms.
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So darn close I can almost taste it!!!
Make sure to come by this Friday to @helikongallery and see the painting all done!
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#Repost @solophoto1
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Star Charge
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Sometimes, after a long night of shooting, I do a long exposure like this to relax and recharge under the stars.✨
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ISO 100 16mm f/6.3 6,235sec
Touched up in lightroomV5
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#eclectic_shotz #star_shootz
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#Repost @astrofellow
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2019-10-04 Pleiades (M45)
— Equipment I used:
Nikon D7100
WO Z61
iO SkyGuider Pro
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Blue & Gold!
I’d like you all to meet The Seven Sisters, an open star cluster containing B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. My personal favorite open cluster. I really wanted to shoot the Pleiades and couldn’t wait until they were in the sky earlier in the night, so I shot this on a night where they would be high enough starting at 22:30; it turned out to be a pretty late night. It was also the night before my birthday, so I spent the early morning of my birthday accompanied by The Seven Sisters; Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone. Along with their parents, Atlas and Pleione.
Enjoy!
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A little about this object:
The Pleiades were formed within the last 100 million years. They’re about 444 light-years away from us. Around the brightest of the stars, you see the reflection nebulae; clouds of interstellar dust which reflect the light of nearby stars. There are two theories about the nebulae; that it could be leftover material from the formation of the cluster, or that it could be an unrelated dust cloud in the interstellar medium through which the stars are currently passing. There is an origin of the name Pleiades, as well as some very interesting folklore and mythology. Look into it!
Also, astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.
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Clear skies,
— M. Norcia
103 light frames x 60-seconds @ ISO 800
20 dark frames
20 flat frames
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A design inspired by EXO Baekhyun’s “UN Village”
See it on many products in our Redbubble store —> ValAndVanya
My final entry to the OC seasons challenge on instagram. Prompt was dungarees, stargazing and berry tart color scheme
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Stargazing in London… now that’s Magic
‘His stars’- Misfits Request!
This is a Nathan Young imagine from the show Misfits, Nathan is played by Robert Sheehan!
I hope you enjoy this! Requested by: @jessefandomunited
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“Something soft and squishy, how about you both happen to be at this party for like a mutual friend of someone’s parents and you’re out there dancing with all the old people and he thinks that you’re just super funny and cute and asks to dance with you, You end up stealing some alcohol and going outside to sit on the grass and Star gaze”
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You stare at your hand, picking your nails half assed as the slow rendition of ‘jailhouse rock’ by Elvis plays in the low quality speakers, you didn’t care for this party at all, you didn’t even want to be here. It just so happened that a couple of months ago you were caught stealing a pair of roller skates from a car boot sale, you didn’t have money to buy them, you just wanted them. So you took them, who would’ve guessed that old man wanted his £5 so much? So now, here you were, doing your role in community service, with five other utter crackhead teenagers, at a party in a nursing home.
Trying to avoid making eye contact as much as possible you hummed at the floor quietly, but failed as the next thing you knew you were looking into the eyes of some 80 year old man, slowly walking towards you, his wrinkly left hand tightly clutching his walking stick as he struggled to get close to you. You eased yourself back awkwardly, not wanting to dance with him, and tried to find your way out of the situation. You looked around until you saw the perfect distraction, Nathan. Out of all of the people who you you ‘worked’ with, you and Nathan were undoubtedly the closest. Your entire relationship consisted of friendly banter and purely platonic flirting, at least platonic is probably what he considered it.
You laughed quietly under your breath as you watched him, he was dancing with an old lady, as she happily swayed to the beat he was there with the most bored look I’ve ever seen on a human being, he didn’t want to be there, and you didn’t want to be here either, so you decided to be nice and take him away from his obviously awkward predicament.
On the way, you stopped at the drink table in the corner, and grabbed the bottle of clear white vodka by the neck of the bottle, it was probably brought here by Kelly, but it was yours now. As you got to him his back was turned, and you tapped him on the shoulder, he turned around and grinned once he saw you, and his grin largened when he saw the liquor clutched in your right hand. Before he could even exscuse himself you had already grabbed the green fabric of his shirt and forcefully yet playfully dragged him away.
“Hey! Not a cool move, Glinda and I were really hitting it off back there” you laughed at his sarcasm as he loosely slung his arm over your shoulders, waking side by side, you sneaked your way outside the doors, into the dark car park. Luckily, there were hardly any cars parked, due to it being around 9pm, so you both decided to lay down in the middle of the vast empty parking spaces, supporting yourselves with your arms. The moon glistened down on you both, and you happily laid your head on Nathan’s shoulders, your legs entwined.
Nathan watched in awe as you stared up at the sky in concerntration, he looked up confused, trying to see what you were obviously so interested in, but all he could see were the endless twinkle of stars littering the sky, eventually he just had to ask.
“What on earth are you looking at?” You didn’t reply, but instead just nodded your head up to the stars.
“The stars?” His Irish accent became stronger with his confusion, but as he looked up at the stars with you once again, he suddenly realised the reason why you were so in awe. The stars became the second most beautiful thing in the world to him, and he studied the constellations, but eventually his gaze turned back to you, and he smiled softly as he watched you. You were so beautiful to him, you were his everything. You were his stars.
None of you even realised you were both slowly leaning into each other, and suddenly you were connected. You were one, and it couldn’t have been a better moment and time for you both to share.
Slowly you pulled away from him, and clasped your hands together as you both turned your attention back to the sky, occasionally sipping on your vodka. Who would’ve guessed that a crappy nursing home party would lead to such a precious moment? Nathan didn’t, but he surely didn’t regret it, after all, you were his stars.
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I really hoped you enjoyed this! I really loved writing this and I think this idea was so adorable and wholesome <3
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Seagull Nebula - This portrait of the cosmic bird covers a 1.6 degree wide swath across the plane of the Milky Way, near the direction of Sirius, alpha star of the constellation Canis Major. Dominated by the reddish glow of atomic hydrogen, the complex of gas and dust clouds with bright young stars spans over 100 light-years at an estimated 3,800 light-year distance.
Camera: ASI1600MC-C
Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Mount: NEQ6
Exposure: 36x 5mins, 3hrs total
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Lower’s Nebula - The HII region Sh 2-261 is often called Lower’s nebula because it appears on a photographic plate taken by the father-and-son team of Harold and Charles Lower in 1939. The Lowers were amateur astronomers, accomplished telescope makers and pioneering astrophotographers from San Diego, California.This is one of the faintest and most difficult objects I’ve shot so far. It’s a very dim, deep red, characteristic of hydrogen alpha light. I do love that colour very much though and it was a fun challenge to shoot and process. Taken last night at Mount Burnett Observatory.Camera: Canon 5D3
Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Mount: NEQ6
Exposure: 21x 5mins, 1:45mins total
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Lunar Eclipse in Three Stages - And finally here’s my last Lunar eclipse photo. This time from the points where the edge of the shadow of the Earth is at the middle of the moon upon entering and exiting eclipse, and one photo at the eclipse maximum against the stars at that time. These photos are each HRD images created from selected images in an auto exposure bracket sequence.Camera: Canon 5D3
Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Mount: NEQ6
Exposure: 251 frames ranging from 1/125sec to 30sec, f4 ISO100
Processed in Lightroom
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The Crab Nebula - 964 years ago Chinese astronomers looked to the sky and saw a bright new star in the constellation of Taurus. In 1731 English astronomer John Bevis discovered a small faint smudge in his telescope in the same spot of the sky. This then became the first ever seen nebula counterpart of a visually observed supernova. Located 6500 light years from Earth, this rapidly expanding explosion is now 11 light years across, an incredible distance for the shock wave to have travelled in less than 100 years!
Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Camera: ZWO ASI1600-MCC
Mount: NEQ6
36x2min - 1:12hrs total exposure
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Cat’s Paw Nebula - At 5,500 light years distance in the constellation of Scorpius, the Cat’s Paw Nebula is an emission nebula containing a star forming region with many massive, young stars within.
As usual, winter has been challenging to try and take night sky photos! Not only has it been very cloudy, but there have been a lot of windy nights, as was the case on this night. As such, the stars aren’t quite as tight and round as I’d like, but I’m still satisfied with how this photo came out. For now! I’ll hopefully try it again in the future after I’ve further improved my skills and equipment.
Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Camera: ZWO ASI1600-MCC
Mount: NEQ6
40x5min - 3:20hrs total exposure
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Stargazing at MBO - It was a cold night with a bright moon, but that didn’t stop members at Mount Burnett Observatory getting outside and enjoying the winter night sky. This tiny planet panorama shows the observatory’s two domes and a close up of one of the smaller dobsonian telescopes.
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Trifid Nebula - After a three month break due to bad weather, illness and injury, it was great to get under the stars again last night! This time I tried one of the most popular winter winter targets: Messier 20, the Trifid Nebula. This emission/reflection nebula pair sits in Sagittarius towards the Milky Way core at a distance of 5200 light years.Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Camera: ZWO ASI1600-MCC
Mount: NEQ6
40x5min - 3:20hrs total exposure
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Centaurus A - One of the brightest galaxies in the sky, Cen A is also the brightest radio source in the night sky. A huge and unusual galaxy it is extremely active in all wavelengths from radio to gamma rays. The distinctive dark dust lane is visible even in a powerful pair of binoculars. At a distance of 10-16 million light years, it is believed to be the result of the merger of two galaxies and now contains a supermassive black hole 55 million times the mass of the sun at its core.This is my second attempt at this object, the first being two years ago. In that time I have improved every aspect of my astrophotography and an very pleased with the sharp detail I captured in the dust lane as well as some of the subtle structure in the outer shells of stars far away from the centre.Telescope: 8“ f4 Newtonian
Camera: ZWO ASI1600-MCC
Mount: NEQ6
43x5min - 3:35hrs total exposure
Processed in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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Milky Way at MBO - The Milky Way rises behind two telescope domes and a trig point at Mount Burnett Observatory while members observe and photograph the stars.
Camera: Canon 5D3Lens: Canon 24-70mm f2.8 @24mmSettings: 30sec f2.8 ISO3200Processed in Lightroom
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Running Chicken Nebula - Camera: ASI1600MC-C
Telescope: 8“ f4 reflecting newtonian
Mount: NEQ6
Guiding: Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Control software: Sequence generator pro
24x5min exposures, 2hrs total
Bias and flat calibration frames used
Edited in Pixinsight and Lightroom
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going on late night drives, looking at the stars, watching the sunset, light warm breezes, soft radio noise, and closing your eyes and being happy with where you are at that moment.
Commission illustration for Sarah Tilgner (@edelblume)!
Featuring Iris a.k.a. variant!Penny and James Ironwood. In this scene, which happens in Atlas park, James points out one specific star – Hiems, the winter star – that’ll let Penny find her way home wherever she is.
The following below is a snippet from a work-in-progress AU, based on the loose premise of someone from our world winding up in Penny’s body. This particular bit, and the commission, takes place about two years before Volume 1.
Iris’ gaze flitted to the countdown, nestled ever-present in the corner of her vision, steadily ticking away the precious time she had left. Four months over two years. Only four months over two years to find a way to save Vale. To prevent the fall of Beacon. To, somehow, beat Salem at her own game.
And after, if there wasan after…
Shoulders sagging, she sought out that star. Iris wanted to be suspicious of the General’s motives in pointing it out to her, she really did, and yet, she couldn’t find it in her. It wasn’t just something to lead her to the Academy, a place to be kept, and it wasn’t as though it insinuated that she should think of Atlas as home — at least, not yet. It had been kind, and gentle, and a sort of understanding that was painfully personal. It was a promise, she supposed. Of safety, and belonging, and of somewhere to simply always come back to, if she needed it. A reminder that she wasn’t so alone in Remnant as she’d firmly believed. Staring through the haze of the aurora, the towers of Atlas Academy standing like silver sentinels against the night sky, Iris realized that, for the first time, she truly, earnestly didn’t feel like she was.
God help her, what was she going to do?
Beacon, first, she thought. Everything else, later. And then, taking a deep breath, she turned away from the stars, and the city skyline, and the cold she was suddenly rather happy not to notice.
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Commission for Rilwen: Stargazing – RivkaZ 2014
Forhighkingfinwe – Finwë/Elwë.
Before the sun and moon were made, you could still pass the time watching the stars move over the waters of awakening.
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The prompts “Chris and Wesker” and “Stargazing” resulted in this. LOL–Wesker, maybe pick a date idea that isn’t at night so the shades look less suspicious.
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It’s the last day of #MerMay for the year so these mermaids are stargazing until the next time they can resurface. Hope you guys had an awesome month of May, graduation, or finishing the school year and let the summer fun begin! ✨
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Day 8:
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I love stargazing
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My last drawing from 2018, as my timezone just passed midnight.
This evening I spent inspired by Mass Effect. That damnsad song from the third game. (But due to me never playing the end EVER AGAIN everyone will live and be happy and everything is good).
More feelings, not as much character. But still, due to base and inspiration:
Female Shepard (custom) / Mass Effect © Bioware
Let’s hope for happiness in the new year.
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