Shooting Stars & Milky Way

Shooting Stars & Milky Way

Shooting Stars & Milky Way, this month has been quite the show in the heavens. There are so many shooting stars and the moon is not out as the Milky Way passes over, so the night skies are lit up even with out a camera. If you get a chance head on out and take a gander.

I took these photos last Wednesday, I knew I would be able to see the Milky Way between 3 am and 5:50 am. So I wanted to try some light painting also. I parked my Jeep at the South end of my driveway and set my alarm clock. I opened the door at 3 and I could see the Milky Way just to the front of my Jeep. So by the time I got my camera set up it was right over top of it.

Light painting is when you take a light source and just shine it on your subject when the surrounding it dark. Your camera then picks up what ever you shine the light on. So much fun.

Shooting Stars & Milky Way

Now this photo below was taken from a go pro camera facing North. The two lines across the photo are shooting stars flying pass my camera. To get this photo below, I used the night lapse mode on the go pro and shot about 70 photos and stacked them on top of each other in a program called StarStaX. This is how the stars travel when you look north.

I will be putting a video together this week to show you the results in video mode.

Shooting Stars & Milky Way

by Sandra J

50 Replies to “Shooting Stars & Milky Way”

    1. I have not heard of Deep sky stacker. But yes it is so simple, you just add how ever many photos you have and it does all the work.

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  2. How amazing what is over us in the dead of night … it makes me think I should not be wasting my time sleeping, but looking up instead. I read that the space station was overhead the night before but it was cloudy (plus a bit foggy), so not too visible to us here in SE Michigan. Here is the site given in the article to determine when it is overhead – something else to try and photograph for you the earlybird. 🙂
    https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/sightings/index.cfm

      1. You’re welcome Sandra … I know it is not nature related like the Milky Way, moon or stars, but might be a fun post for you to make.

    1. Thank you Wayne, yes that was my first time, all the lights I had were to bright, I will have to find some softer ones. It was fun to do.

    1. You are very welcome RJ, the night skies are full of shooting stars this month. Amazing to see, I sit out there and stair into space and speak with the Father, it feels like it is just the two of us sometimes.

  3. Awesome shots! It’s always so light polluted in the cities that we can’t see the Milky Way. It’s nice that you can just step out of your house and see it.

    1. Thank you, yes, I only started noticing it the last couple of years when I wanted to photograph the moon. Now I am hooked on looking for the Milky way.

  4. Fabulous photography, Sandra ~ your diverse skillset is very impressive, inspirational. Thanks for sharing, my friend & best wishes for a wonderful week ahead 🙂

    1. Thank you Phil, I appreciate that. There is just so much beauty around us, I love trying new things. Have a great week also..😊

    1. Thank you, and I only started noticing it last year, when I became interested in photographing the night skies.

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