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Category: Photography
Jupiter and the Moon.
I almost left it too late. But there is Jupiter, a tiny speck of light, under the last vestiges of the moon.
These photographs taken in the early morning of September, 8th.
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Two other images of the eastern sky here at home.
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Continuing yesterday’s theme on Being Happy.
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The Lunar eclipse of August 28th.
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It is so marvellous that these days all one has to do is to find a good sharing website and download the images!
Just a few photographs I have selected.
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Pictures of the 2026 Solar Eclipse.
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Just the three, but I thought they were the best.
Memories of past weather here at home.
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These were taken in 2018.
Just three photos of the deer in our back garden, and then the moon.
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Now to the moon, taken last Friday.
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It was impossible to resist taking these photographs of the moon.
A stunning photograph, courtesy of EarthSky.
I hope that I can republish this photograph. I shall provide all the details.
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On 07/17/2026 11:00 pm by Enrico Modica | Website | Portopalo di Capopassero, Sicily, Italy
The photograph was captured at approximately 11:00 PM (23:00 CEST) on July 17, 2026, near Isola delle Correnti, the southernmost point of Sicily, Italy, where the Ionian Sea meets the Mediterranean Sea.
The image depicts the Galactic Centre of the Milky Way rising above the island, with the lighthouse beam reflecting across the sea and naturally guiding the viewer’s eye toward the star-filled sky. The bright central bulge of our Galaxy lies in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, approximately 27,000 light-years from Earth. Also visible are several prominent summer constellations, including Scorpius (with the bright red star Antares), Ophiuchus and Aquila (with Altair).
Camera: Nikon D750 (full-frame DSLR)
Lens: Samyang 14 mm f/2.8
Mount: Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer 2i Pro (star tracker)
Sky
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: Samyang 14 mm
Star tracker used
30 stacked exposures
ISO 800
Aperture: f/3.2
Exposure time: 45 seconds per frame
Foreground
4 untracked exposures
ISO 400
Aperture: f/4
Exposure time: 30 seconds per frame
Processing
The sky images were calibrated, aligned, and stacked using DeepSkyStacker to improve the signal-to-noise ratio. The RAW files were then developed in Adobe Lightroom Classic, while the final image was completed in Adobe Photoshop, where the tracked sky and the static foreground were blended and refined to achieve a natural representation of the scene while preserving the finest details of the Galactic Centre.
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It is a stunning image.
It takes me back many years to when I was living on Songbird of Kent, a sloop, in Cyprus, and using the summers to cruise. I will never forget the night skies at sea, far from lights from the land.
Beautiful!
Just some beautiful pictures.
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These photographs were taken by Ethyn.
More will be shown in a week’s time.
And I heard more about where they were taken: “They were taken June 6th 2025 at the Rocky Mountain national park The statue was taken in Estes Park, outside the Stanley hotel.”
A mother and her two fawns were photographed yesterday morning.
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It was a question of taking the photographs but not getting too close to the family.
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