Eric Pals: Landscape Astrophotography

Los Angeles Valley College, Observatory and Planetarium, July 22, 2020
Houses a 16-inch Celestron telescope
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
14mm, f/2.8, ISO 100; foreground 2 seconds; nightsky 30 seconds

Three Rivers, California, July 6, 2020
Milky Way, Saturn, Jupiter, Teapot asterism, Ptolemy’s cluster, M6, Lagoon Nebula, M25
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
Left: 13mm, f/3.5, ISO 3200, 20-second exposure
Right: 16mm, f/3.5, ISO 3200, 6-second exposure

Night Sky, Sherman Oaks, California, July 27, 2019
Saturn, Teapot asterism, Lagoon Nebula, Ptolemy’s cluster, Jupiter, and the constellation Scorpius
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
12mm, f/2.8, ISO 400, 46-second exposure
Foreground: Composite of two exposures
Vixen Super Polaris 80mm f/11.4 with 6x30 finder, Polaris equatorial mount

Milky Way, Yachats, Oregon, July 5, 2019
Some persistent clouds (bottom, middle) illuminated by downtown lights
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
15mm, f/2.8, ISO 3200, 30-second exposure
Foreground trees: 2.5-second exposure

Full Moon over Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, January 20, 2019
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
16mm, f/4, ISO 200, 1.3-second exposure

Lunar Eclipse over Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, January 20, 2019
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
11mm, f/5.6, ISO 200, 4-second exposure

Cold Creek Canyon illuminated by the Cold Moon, December 22, 2018
Yucca Trail, Santa Monica Mountains, Calabasas, California
Mars, Circlet of Pisces (top, center), Aquarius
Tokina AT-X Pro DX lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
13mm, f/2.8, ISO 400, 20-second exposure

Point Vicente Lighthouse, Rancho Palos Verdes, California (October 7, 2018, 8:06 pm)
Saturn, Teapot asterism, Milky Way (faint)
Sony SAL 1855 lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR, 18mm, f/3.5
Foreground: Composite of two photos
Nightsky: Six photos stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker

Mt. Pinos: Milky Way, Mars, Saturn
Sony SAL 1855 lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
18mm, f/3.5, ISO 3200, 30-second exposures
Five photos stacked in Starry Landscape Stacker

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (foreground, lower left), San Gabriel Mountains, and the constellation Cassiopeia
Sony SAL 1855 lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
18mm, f/3.5, ISO 3200, 20-second exposure, Hoya Red/Light Pollution Filter, Adobe post-processing

Teapot asterism with Saturn overhead. To the right is the constellation Scorpius, with the palm tree sticking up through its tail and stinger.
Sony SAL 1855 lens, Sony SLT-A55V DSLR
18mm, f/3.5, ISO 3200, 13-sec exposure, Hoya Red/Light Pollution Filter, Adobe post-processing

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