Hello again,
This time I am writing to raise your attention to a very amazing celestial conjunction, a quadruple conjunction.
The
conjunction involves each of the "waning" crescent moon, Venus
(brightest of all except for Crescent), Jupiter, and Aldebaran (alpha
Tau).
You may also consider that around the conjunction there is the Pleiades & Capella!
2012-07-02
Imaging Techniques -Part 1: Scenic Images
This post is one of a series of short posts on the three main astroimaging techniques; scenic, afocal, and prime focus. This series is also part of a larger series on the fundamentals of astroimaging which are based on a presentation was preparing a while ago. For today I will introduce you to the first, the scenic image which you naturally take quite often. As a start here's the definition of "scenic":
Scenic: Of or pertaining to scenery; of the nature of scenery; theatrical [1913 Webster]
As the definition implies, such an image is one of people or anything in the foreground along with some natural scene in the background. By natural scene I mean a scene of nature; a scene with trees or mountains or land or the horizon or anything Earthly or a combination of those.
This imaging technique is a relatively easy to use as people do it all the time, naturally; all that it requires is some perception. I chose this this particular technique for this post since a very nice imaging opportunity [1] is coming soon which you could use to both learn this imaging technique and to take a nice astroimage with relative ease. All you need is your cam and your tripod (or use your imagination & skills to position the cam on a surface with the right angle & direction; for example you could use a table mount, or an inclined book).
Labels:
astrobob,
astroimaging,
astrophotography,
beirut,
fundamentals of photography,
imaging techniques,
Lebanese Astrophotographers,
lebanon,
scenic,
scenic images
Location:
Beirut, Lebanon
Conventions
This is to make a convention between us (me astrobob & you the reader) regarding some terms I use to ease any confusion that might arise due to those terms. Here's a list of the them and what I mean by them:
Note: I'll update this list when required.
- Date & Time
- Date: 2012-06-06 (YYYY-MM-DD)
- Time (HHMM hrs)
- 0300 hrs = 03:00 AM
- 1700 hrs = 05:00 PM
- Examples
- 2012-06-06 1200 hrs = 2012-06-06 12:00 PM (i.e; mid-day)
- 2012-06-07 0000 hrs = 2012-06-06 12:00 AM (i.e; mid-night or start of new day!)
- Words
- image = photo (astroimaging = astrophotography)
Note: I'll update this list when required.
Thanks for reading :)
and clear skies!
Labels:
astrobob,
conventions
Location:
Beirut, Lebanon
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