Fixed Tripod Astronomy Pictures
Featuring: Newer Star Trail Pictures
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Planet Alignment Pictures here

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

This is my star trails page.  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.

• Planetary Alignment Pictures

• Planets & Astronomy NHAC Neal Site

• NHAC - 4/30/2005 Orion Setting over the Pond

• Basic Astrophotography

• Oct. 2003 Starry Nights Fixed Tripod Astronomy Pictures, Images

• Planets (not fixed tripod!)

Astronomy Pictures: Dick Locke's Astrophoto Gateway page....

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