The Milky way is starting to become visible again in the early morning skies of the Northern hemisphere. During the months of fall and winter, the visible core of the Milky Way rises too late after sunrise to be seen. However, with summer nearing, the core is now visible above the horizon roughly 1-2 hours before sunrise. Eventually the core will rise before midnight, making for ideal photography opportinities. I took the photo from within my city lights on a clear morning with a new moon. I set the camera to self-timer and stood very still during this long exposure.
Equipment/settings: Nikon d7100 and Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 @10mm // ISO 2500, f/3.5, 25sec
I am a 19-year-old photographer from the Space Coast of Florida. I take and post an original picture on my Instagram @marcuscote_photo every day as part of a 365-day photo challenge. Today is my 420th day in a row! (year 2). Subjects include rockets, space, surfing, and much more from land, air, and water.
Beautlful shot. Reminds me that I need to get out in the early mornings too. Here in Sydney, Australia, the skies are awesome a good portion of the year and being originally from the UK it now never ceases to amaze at how beautiful our skies are.. now that I can see them :) Thanks for sharing!
Edit - how do I know? Firstly just experience of years of being an amateur astronomer and I just happened to be walking back from the 7-11 last night and noticed Jupiter and Saturn, and when double checking on the internet I found I missed Mars... so I kinda knew as soon as I saw that photo that they were all there.
Set your location (doesn't have to be really accurate) and then play around with the date and move the viewing direction around with the mouse. Hover over brighter stars or planets to get the names.
marcuscotephoto on February 25th, 2018 at 00:16 UTC »
The Milky way is starting to become visible again in the early morning skies of the Northern hemisphere. During the months of fall and winter, the visible core of the Milky Way rises too late after sunrise to be seen. However, with summer nearing, the core is now visible above the horizon roughly 1-2 hours before sunrise. Eventually the core will rise before midnight, making for ideal photography opportinities. I took the photo from within my city lights on a clear morning with a new moon. I set the camera to self-timer and stood very still during this long exposure.
Equipment/settings: Nikon d7100 and Sigma 10-20 f/3.5 @10mm // ISO 2500, f/3.5, 25sec
I am a 19-year-old photographer from the Space Coast of Florida. I take and post an original picture on my Instagram @marcuscote_photo every day as part of a 365-day photo challenge. Today is my 420th day in a row! (year 2). Subjects include rockets, space, surfing, and much more from land, air, and water.
Prints and more work available at my [website] (www.marcuscotephotography.com/buy-prints.html)
steve7825 on February 25th, 2018 at 00:48 UTC »
Beautlful shot. Reminds me that I need to get out in the early mornings too. Here in Sydney, Australia, the skies are awesome a good portion of the year and being originally from the UK it now never ceases to amaze at how beautiful our skies are.. now that I can see them :) Thanks for sharing!
GoBay33 on February 25th, 2018 at 01:28 UTC »
Planets labelled:
https://i.imgur.com/JHalzTp.jpg
Edit - how do I know? Firstly just experience of years of being an amateur astronomer and I just happened to be walking back from the 7-11 last night and noticed Jupiter and Saturn, and when double checking on the internet I found I missed Mars... so I kinda knew as soon as I saw that photo that they were all there.
Here is a useful online planetarium:
https://neave.com/planetarium/
Set your location (doesn't have to be really accurate) and then play around with the date and move the viewing direction around with the mouse. Hover over brighter stars or planets to get the names.