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"CassioWpeia"



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The constellation Cassiopeia. Taken with a 50mm lens. Cassiopeia is visible in the north eastern sky before midnight this month. The milky way roughly follows the diagonal from lower left to upper right.

(for the astro-geeks, that's the double cluster in the lower left )

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Oct 11, 2008 at 04:07 AM
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Full size astro-photo-processed version which shows part of the pacman plus the double cluster is available here

Oct 11, 2008 at 04:13 AM
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"W"orldly. Nice take on the assignment and well executed.

Oct 11, 2008 at 07:14 AM
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p.1 #4 · #314 CassioWpeia


Andrew,
Wow - You sure went large-scale to find a letter in nature!
I've never done any of this type of photography. Creative take on the assignment.


Oct 11, 2008 at 10:09 PM
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Hi Andrew,
Have to agree with Carrol here i doubt anyone will come up with a shot that will beat that for size. Would have never had looked in that direction for a shot but that is what is good about the WA you never know what to expect.
Take care
Mark

Oct 11, 2008 at 10:29 PM
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Thanks folks, I was initially disheartened, since I didn't think I was going to find a nice butterfly or other macro-y letter in nature in mid-October in the north east USA. But then I remembered this constellation, and I always try to find a way to work my main photo-hobby-love of astrophotography into the WA or any photo contest for that matter It helped I had clear weather AND the time to do it, even though there was a 3/4 full moon glaring away.

Oct 12, 2008 at 03:50 AM
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Oh yeah, neat little tidbit about Cassiopeia-- if you traveled on a space ship to Alpha Centauri (the nearest star to the Sun, ~4 light years away), then looked back, the Sun would appear to be part of Cassiopeia, completing a zig-zag pattern on the left side of my image. Of course the Sun would be brighter than the stars seen here (mag 0.5, about as bright as the stars in Orion), but overall not as bright as Vega (Mag 0.0) or Sirius (Mag -1.1).

Oct 12, 2008 at 04:00 AM
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Hello Andrew,
This is a great take on the WA and a super nice shot. The stars of the constellation are very prominent and the "W" really stands out against the background stars. Did you have to do and special filtering or post processing to achieve this? I ask because when I've tried similar shots in the past and found it's often hard to make out the constellation because of all the other stars. I was using a much wider focal length so maybe that's it. Can you share any tips?
Thanks
-Nick

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Oct 12, 2008 at 04:12 PM
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Andrew,

Very interesting shot. Love the "W". I also would like to know how you captured the stars so prominently in your shot. If it was the shot itself or PP. Hope you are willing to review your secretes.

Good luck this week - Karen

Oct 12, 2008 at 09:38 PM
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A very nice take on the theme. I've tried to capture stars, but have yet to succeed. Unfortunately the city lights brighten the sky too much here--and I can't seem to get the exposure right anyhoo.

A Grand shot,
Chad

Oct 13, 2008 at 06:32 AM
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p.1 #11 · #314 CassioWpeia


You certainly have the biggest letter this week

Oct 13, 2008 at 04:04 PM
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p.1 #12 · #314 CassioWpeia


Now thats more like it, Stars, only no Moon. Great shot.

Norm

Oct 14, 2008 at 08:17 PM
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Andrew........this is very unique and well done!!!!

Love it!!

Patty




Oct 15, 2008 at 03:12 AM
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ruuskan wrote:
You certainly have the biggest letter this week

Am I compensating for something

I wonder how many light years across this is... probably a lot.

Oct 15, 2008 at 03:46 PM

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