The Stars (Gallery 1)

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Grand Canyon Full Moon Hike

Night of June 26-27, 2010

Hopi Point and Venus looking down-canyon 9:14 p.m.	Polaris over South Kaibab Trail 9:20 p.m.	Venus and Leo 9:30 p.m.	Cepheus and Deneb over trail 9:34 p.m.

Cepheus and Deneb over trail 9:39 p.m.	Below Skeleton Point 9:59 p.m.	Saturn-Mars-Regulus-Venus in line 10:05 p.m.	Leo and Mars 10:14 p.m.

Cassiopeia 10:33 p.m.	Cassiopeia 10:36 p.m.	Cassiopeia 10:39 p.m.	Cassiopeia over North Rim 10:45 p.m.

Coma Berenices over cliffs 10:53 p.m.	Self-portrait at Tonto Trail junction 11:12 p.m.	Ursa Major over Colorado River 11:23 p.m.	Cassiopeia over Sumner Butte 11:28 p.m.

Photography on the Edge at The Tipoff 12:17 a.m.	Big Dipper over Isis Temple 12:20 a.m.	Andromeda over Zoroaster Temple 1:08 a.m.	Shadow Ghost at Skeleton Point 1:46 a.m.

Jupiter rising looking up-canyon 1:58 a.m.	Polaris over O'Neill Butte 2:54 a.m.	Bootes over Cedar Ridge 3:14 a.m.	Big Dipper from Cedar Ridge 3:20 a.m.

All photos taken with Canon EOS Rebel XSi digital SLR, 18-55 mm zoom lens at 18mm, f/3.5 to 5.0, ISO 800 to 1600, 15-30 second exposures.

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California

March 20, 2010

Ursa Minor
over Campfire
9:13 p.m. PDT
f/5, 20 second exposure

Coma Berenices, Virgo
and Saturn over Tent
9:18 p.m. PDT
f/3.5, 77 second exposure

Sirius Major
over Tent
9:25 p.m. PDT
f/3.5, 34 second exposure

All photos taken with Canon EOS Rebel XSi digital SLR, 18-55 mm zoom lens at 18mm, ISO 1600.
The foreground was illuminated by a campfire and a thick crescent moon.

South of Ajo, Arizona

January 2 - 3, 2010

Jupiter in Zodiacal Light
6:55 p.m. MST

Orion
7:12 p.m. MST

Cepheus and Draco over camp
10:34 p.m. MST

Cetus and Pisces over camp
10:37 p.m. MST

Cassiopeia, Cepheus
and Lacerta
10:47 p.m. MST

Pegasus and
Andromeda
11:01 p.m. MST

Bootes, Corona Borealis
and Serpens Caput
4:38 a.m. MST

Draco and Hercules
over mine dump
4:58 a.m. MST

All photos taken with Canon EOS Rebel XSi digital SLR, 18-55 mm zoom lens at 18mm, f/3.5, ISO 1600, 15-30 second exposures.
In the last 6 photos, the foreground was illuminated by a gibbous moon.

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