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Zodiacal Light, The Pleiades, and the Scope

Zodiacal light, visible from very dark skies after sunset, is actually sunlight reflecting off dust!  Above you can see the zodiacal light above the tree & scope, pointing up towards the Pleiades (M45) (see below).  I used my red flashlight to paint the tree & scope for effect.  Nikon D200 camera, 30 second exposure with super-wide lens = Tokina 12-24 F4 G lens at 12mm, from Spring 2009 trip to the Davis Mountains.


The Pleiades: M45


Star Trails Over Cactus...  Wimberley, TX

 
December 2012 Star Trails Video from Wimberley, TX

The image above is from my February 2007 trip to Wimberley.


Blue Mountain 2007 Star Trails & Daylight


Star Trails over the B&B


West Texas Davis Mountains - Star Trail Pictures


Cactus Trails


Long Trails

Looks like a good 10 hours on this one, featuring the evening's astro-imaging session.

 


Blue Mountain 2007 Star Trails & Daylight


Older and many more Star Trails!


See this one toward the bottom of this page


Wide Angle Star Trails and NHAC Observing Field, 9/28/02 

New 2006: Star Trails and Orionid Meteors
 
11/2006: HAS Site Trails (another Meteor and the 2 brightest stars in the night sky)Constellation and Fixed Tripod Images - Orion Area - Pictures

The links above and below will take you to other cool star trails pictures.

 

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DSLR Star Trails Resources and References from the Web

 
http://www.diyphotography.net/your-complete-guide-for-photographing-star-trails
 
Another
http://www.astronomysource.com/2011/12/23/startrails-software/
 
stacking
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/page/startrailstacker/
 
Fill in gaps
http://www.tawbaware.com/startracer.htm
And the user manual is here
http://www.tawbaware.com/startracer_help.htm
 
 
Flicker discussion and alternative
http://www.flickr.com/groups/startrails/discuss/72157630989044730/
 
Another great article
http://www.artinnaturephotography.com/gallery/twilightarticle/
 
Wisdom from here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/39927746
Once I got done, I found if I make a separate copy in Photoshop (or whatever you use) and rotate one of the final copies a really small amount, say 0.12 degrees and then flatten them together, it gets rid of those dark "zipper-teeth" like gaps when the shutter closes and reopens.
Shur stacking action
http://www.schursastrophotography.com/software/photoshop/startrails.html