Album Stars from Steve Paxton

Conjunction of planets

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 08 Jan 2025 02:31:06 +0000

Sadly Venus got tangled up in the TV ariel I took the two great grand children out to see the planets.. last night they where even further apart.

You have a preview of what is still a work in progress now completed. on the scope.

The Rock

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:27:15 +0000

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I had to buy a new lens for night work as my old one has decentered. This is first try with the lens . I think the lens is better suited on my old D600 24M pixels than the D810 35M pixels as the pixels are very close and very small. The D600 I should be able to increase time with far less movement in the stars across the pixels of the camera as they are bigger.....

I would rather get the time above 10 sec than around 8 sec and less stars trailing . This is pure trial work out under the stars while the photo detail is good the stars at the edges are very slightly trailed to get that fixed is drop the exposure time to 5 sec or go to Bigger pixel size so less movement between pixels.

Boulder Rock..

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:27:03 +0000

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The closest part next to the city I can go to to test out the new lens. The panorama worked out not so bad as the photos get cropped when they join each other. A lot of detail from the Samyang 14mm F2.4 AE lens. Next trial will be D600 as I did not think to take it with me.

This is a summer bow far left you have Perth far right there is Southern Cross and Carina area, you cant miss Orion in the very center sitting as the Pot.

Fine Night.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:19:27 +0000

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After a day of working under clouds just as I was about to go to bed I looked outside The clouds Cleared. This is the house behind my parents home just to back is the Manakau Harbour and Auckland central to the left. all lighting is provided by the street light at the front of the house. this shot is well with in the city limits.

Orion from my back yard.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 13:11:13 +0000

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Dead center of the shot you can the start of the night Orion . The horse head nebula is on the bottom right corner of the Pot. At this stage you will have to wait till Saturday sunday to see the result but so far its looking quite amazing.

Planets and Moon the last of the conjunction

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 12:45:01 +0000

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As the heavy clouds where closing in I tried to get a shot of the three Planets and moon clears but not quite to be. the moon is further away from the planets and quite a bit fuller the very last of the daylight.

Final shot of the conjunction.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 14:29:04 +0000

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Its was no easy shot just as it had been predicted Clouds. I had to wait till it was clear enough to get a shot. Venus is next to the street light bottom left. Saturn is next to the tree Jupiter is under the moon, at least I did get a shot.

night three of the conjunction

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 12:54:10 +0000

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clouded last night , clouds building rest of the week, I took this just in case. Friday the moon is the other end of the line of planets from Monday.

Conjunction Moon and Planets.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:11:49 +0000

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The shot was taken between the two houses to hide from the light on the street and to try and hide away from the howling winds. take note on the movement in the tree in front in the 1.3sec.
Bottom is a very small crescent moon, Next bright start in a line to the right and up is Venus, Saturn is next but quite a bit dimmer and at the top of the line Jupiter.
1.3sec ISO1600 24mm

Last Light Bow.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:38:22 +0000

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The very last of the Sundown light can be see on the left hand end. The other two where together setting up by the time I had finished my First Bow. On my way around I noted 5 police/ambulance on the the high way all in the same place at what looked like the entrance to the turn off the red and blue light the right side. we all guessed an accident but we saw no evidence of any thing when we went home after 11. They where there a very long time.

This was also shot with the Clear night filter I kept some of the Blue in the shot.

Guilderton Light house two up.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:17:45 +0000

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The day after my father passed away I had organised weeks before to go out and shoot the last of the Milky way. I did not tell the other two of what happened with my father till we where well on the way. I told them I wanted to go out and enjoy the night and for a few hours Forget of my father Passing and enjoy something he enjoyed.

This photo is for my father.

This is one of those Two ups the ground is exposed for 5 min untracked and the sky was 3min exposure with the tracker turned on. Then the long blend in Photoshop to make the two one.

this was a night to show the other two how to set up a tracker and take the photo.

lighthouses.org.au/wa/guilderton-lighthouse

Milky Way.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 11:47:23 +0000

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While I got us at 4 am this is moon set 5:30 am and matched with Sunrise at 6:30am so there was no time at all to get a dark bow.

I kind of set out to do the impossible but here it is that impossible a bow. to the left sunrise to the right moon set..........................................

Kokerby Field

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 05:34:26 +0000

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I went out to try deep space photography(you can see the computer screen in the trees on the right) and to be able to get the Milky Way on the Western track. You certainly cant miss the Perth Light plume.

Elise Followed me out as I took the shots but was surprised to see her in the shot.

Road to the Stars.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 06:41:23 +0000

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Just before I went to bed I did a final walk about, Lit this two shot vertical panorama by light painting the road under the camera.

Sky Full of Stars- a shot for those who do not see stars what you are missing out on!

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:10:10 +0000

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It was so black out here I could not resist a 360 degree shot of just the heavens and all those stars.

If you look to the trees on the Right you can see the red light on the battery back for the mount and the car in front where I slept. Do Look FULL SCREEN.

In A Galaxy Far Far Away

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:07:12 +0000

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This is the night it all came true it was a trial under the moon. the computer program all worked so I just let it run. I was after NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy. It was off so just a star field but finally we have all the parts working perfectly. Next clear moon less night it will be the target.

I cant wait for a black night no moon like this night. None the less there are a lot of very small Galaxies in this shot well past my lens limit of 600mm more 1500mm or better.

Carina

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:39:44 +0000

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After Last night attempt I thought I would try again in the city from home.

I was foiled by clouds 36 shots 3 min subs ISO 500 and back files Edited in Lr. these are not guided YET just set up and tracked. finally feel I am getting some where.

PIP shows where Carina is in the sky.

Milky Way Core

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 05:49:40 +0000

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One of the single shot too see the capability of the camera. With the Clear night Filter

Milky Way Bow.

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 21 May 2020 08:34:24 +0000

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Just before I left At 5 AM in the morning I set my camera up as horizontal and took 4 photos of the whole bow with the 14 mm lens. The bow is sitting South to North and the Center Due West . Bottom right hand corner are the lights of Two Rocks, this is just 20 min from home. There are plenty of PIPs that come from my use of a tracker in the night sky.

According to aboriginal Legend this Emu has found his mate and is protecting the Egg, hence the Emu looking out into space watching what comes, bottom left end of the bow.. In summer time the Emu is hunting for a mate hence looking down at the ground

The PIP that shows the whole Bay is at 3 am when the bow is very high in the sky This shot is sitting much lower in the sky.

Fenced In

nobody@ipernity.com (Steve Paxton) — Thu, 19 Mar 2020 12:50:42 +0000

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The long walk home.