Search Blog Posts
Subscribe to Blog via Email
Join 20 other subscribersPopular Posts
-
Recent Posts
Tags
- africa
- buffalo
- Butterflies
- butterfly
- Butterfly Exhibit
- Butterfly Show
- Canada
- Carleton University
- Carleton University Butterfly Show
- Christmas
- copyright all rights reserved
- cycling
- elephant
- Fire hydrant
- Florida
- image
- images
- impala
- Kanata
- kenya
- leopard
- lion
- Masai
- Nepean
- New England Trip 2012
- New York State
- night photography
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- ottawa ontario
- Ottawa River
- photo
- photograph
- photographs
- photography
- photos
- pictures
- RJHay
- Ron Hay
- safari
- tanzania
- travel
- weather
- zebra
- ©rjhay
Blog Stats
- 233,668 views
Search Blog Posts
Popular Posts
-
Recent Posts
Tags
- africa
- buffalo
- Butterflies
- butterfly
- Butterfly Exhibit
- Butterfly Show
- Canada
- Carleton University
- Carleton University Butterfly Show
- Christmas
- copyright all rights reserved
- cycling
- elephant
- Fire hydrant
- Florida
- image
- images
- impala
- Kanata
- kenya
- leopard
- lion
- Masai
- Nepean
- New England Trip 2012
- New York State
- night photography
- Ontario
- Ottawa
- ottawa ontario
- Ottawa River
- photo
- photograph
- photographs
- photography
- photos
- pictures
- RJHay
- Ron Hay
- safari
- tanzania
- travel
- weather
- zebra
- ©rjhay
Blog Stats
- 233,668 views
Tag Archives: big dipper
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster
ISS Flyby & Hercules Cluster Tonight was a clear night with several visible ISS flybys. Using the GH2 for the first time I mounted it on my telescope mount to track the stars so that only the ISS itself was … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Home and About
Tagged amp, astrophotography, big dipper, constellation, europe, flybys, GH2, hercules cluster, iss flyby, jitter, Lumix GH2, north america, northern sky, russia, telescope
3 Comments
Startrail Photography
Startrail Photography We will start with the Star Trail photos, all taken in Cobden Ontario as Ottawa, Arnprior and Renfrew were clouded over. We had gone out hoping for auras which didn’t materialize, but ended up with several star trail … Continue reading
Posted in Astrophotography, Ontario
Tagged astrophotography, auras, big dipper, caption, clouds, cobden, cobden ontario, drift method, fence posts, Manfrotto, minute exposures, night photography, north star, photography, polar scope, polaris, reference point, rush, star polaris, star trail, trail photos, tripod
Leave a comment
Night of Astrophotography
Night of Astrophotography Now that I have my new set-up and dark skies (moon is down and I’m at a remote location outside of Ottawa), I’m able to start to seriously test out the scope/mount abilities (sans Auto-Guiding). The above … Continue reading
Posted in Almonte, Astrophotography
Tagged 100ED APO Refractor, alkaid, alnitak, astrophotography, big dipper, dark skies, flame nebula, galaxies, galaxy m101, galaxy m51, great orion nebula, HEQ5-pro, hi1, hit list, horse head nebula, M101, M51, Messier, ngc objects, NGC2024, NGC2237, NGC2238, NGC2244, NGC2246, NGC4263, NGC5198, NGC5422, NGC5473, NGC5474, NGC5477, NGC5485, NGC5486, NHC2239, night photography, night sky, nikon d90, periodic error, pinwheel galaxy, rosette nebula, Skywatcher, star cluster, stars, whirlpool, whirlpool galaxy, worm gear
1 Comment