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Moon, Saturn, and The Twins
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| Mouse-over to see annotations. (Requires Javascript) Click to see high-res version. |
Image Details:
- Camera: Canon Digital Rebel (300D)
- Mount: None
- Scope: Canon EF 28mm - 80mm f/3.5 - f/5.6 IV USM lens
- Configuration: Prime Focus
- Additional Optics: n/a (Prime)
- Filter: None
- Effective Focal Length: 80mm
- Effective Focal Ratio: f/5.6
- Exposure: 8 x 1 sec @ ISO 100; 3 x 1/125 sec @ ISO 100
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- Date: 1/23/2005, 7:36pm PST
- Location: Saratoga, CA, USA
- Acquisition: Manual
- Focus: Manual
- Dithering: None
- Guiding: None
Processing:
- IRIS: RAW Conversion, Registration, Stacking
- Photoshop: Compositing, Levels, Image Size
Image Description:
This is a widefield shot of a 98.33% full Moon near Castor (upper left), Pollux (lower left), and Saturn (lower-right). Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in the constellation of Gemini, The Twins. Mouse-over the image above to see annotations and to see the outline of the Gemini constellation. This is a composite of a stack of 1" exposures for the background stars and Saturn, and a stack of 1/125" exposures of the Moon. Compositing was done in Photoshop. Zenith is up (North is roughly in the direction of the line connecting the Moon to Castor).