10/8/13: Milky Way and Aurora from Loveland Pass

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Re: 10/8/13: Milky Way and Aurora from Loveland Pass

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Jim Davies wrote:
Love the pictures. More, please. :mrgreen:
Here's one for you, no Milky Way, but unique just the same. Can anyone name the constellation?
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Similar, and in yesterdays news:
"Time-lapse videos capture stunning S.D. skies"
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2013/10/17/2999137/
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upside down big dipper
from an island in the med?
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TallGrass wrote:Similar, and in yesterdays news:
"Time-lapse videos capture stunning S.D. skies"
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2013/10/17/2999137/
That guy at DakotaLapse has been doing some stunning work for years, great stuff!
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Re: 10/8/13: Milky Way and Aurora from Loveland Pass

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Cape Town?
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FFLpilot wrote:
Here's one for you, no Milky Way, but unique just the same. Can anyone name the constellation?
To looker's right, I'd guess Corona Borealis (looks like C) and Hercules, the box. Those two constellations are usually directly overhead in Colorado. Does that mean the pic is in the Southern Hemisphere? I like that Cape Town guess.
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I should have kept my subscription
to National Geographic.
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lodgling wrote:Cape Town?
Ding ding ding!

And it's 'Crux', or better known as the Southern Cross.
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Here's one more image I worked on yesterday, also captured at Turquoise Lake this August (during the Perseid meteor showers). It's kind of an alternate view of our galaxy, and illustrates some of the discussion above in relation to what we see in the night sky.
Milky Way Galaxy from Turquoise Lake
Milky Way Galaxy from Turquoise Lake
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If you'd like a little further background on what the image shows (and doesn't), more discussion here:

http://jeffwarnerphoto.com/2013/11/12/1 ... ur-galaxy/
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