August 24, 2008

Who Says You Can't Have It All?

image by John Doukoumopoulos, Aegina Island, Greece

Today is my 44th birthday! I am on Aegina island for
summer holidays and I was about to capture some
deepsky image last night, but I was also thinking that
moon light would be quite enough...
Therefore, I was trying to get some sleep... But I was
somehow ...nervous, thinking that I am getting older and older...
A couple of hours ago, I got around for a walk
and I could not help throwing a glance to the night sky. And there was it.
A peculiar view, with a bright moon quarter surrounded by a small halo
but at the same time I could easily see all constellations around
fully shaped, with very bright stars, even by moon's neighbourhood.
In the end I thought that the sky view was so clear, not disturbed by
the moonlight, that I could have even tried to pick some deep-sky images.
I tried to capture this view. Of course moon is like a very bright lightsource
in this image, but it is 10 whole seconds capture, where one may see
a considerable part of 48x32 degrees of night sky !
Actually it is not a moon image, but an image which shows that
moon would not prevent deep sky view, even at a quarter's phase.
I hope you like it.

John Doukoumopoulos

Technical Details
Aug 23, 2008 04:30 local (=UTC+3). Canon EOS300D - 18-55lens @18mm - 10sec f/4 ISO400 raw

Related Links
John's astro website

Yesterday's LPOD: A Hole in the Wall

Tomorrow's LPOD: The Dark of the Moon

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