Sunday, October 6, 2013

Goodnight, Moon. Hello, ISS.

We had a lovely moonset this evening just before a decent passage of the International Space Station.
Here are a few shots of how it all looked:
Canon T3i, 250 mm, ISO 3200,  f/5.6, 0.6 sec
 Canon T3i, 250 mm, ISO 3200,  f/5.6, 1.6 sec
Canon T3i, 250 mm, ISO 3200,  f/5.6, 1 sec
And finally, here's a shot of the ISS just to the lower left of Sagittarius and the summer Milky Way:
Canon T3i, 18 mm, ISO 3200,  f/5.6, 30 sec
 Yes, that's sky glow in the lower left. I enjoy reasonably dark skies from south to west to north but the glow of Tucson is significant in the southeast and east.

Canon T3i, 18 mm, ISO 3200,  f/5.6, 30 sec
Even in Tucson, which has a pretty progressive outdoor lighting ordinance, light pollution is a problem.

Look for more pics from Alaska to be posted next.

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