Starship Asterisk*

Moon/Venus occultation as seen from England.
Nikon D600 camera, Sigma APO 400mm + 2x converter, f/9, ISO 635, 1/640 sec, 09/11/2023 – 09:20. Location: Wokingham, UK.
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Perfection!

20230929SounioTemple5km.jpg I've been chasing this photo for over a decade. I was fortunate enough to make it a reality yesterday! The shot was taken from Patroklos, a small historically significant, uninhabited island located to the west of the Temple. There was no transport available and the priv...

After years of visiting the place, it is the first time I see the Temple’s lights off, so I had the chance to capture the Temple and moonrise without the light pollution.
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This is the ‘Full Snow Moon’ taken on February 5, 2023. The smallest ‘micro moon’ of the year.
More info:
https://spacetinkerer.com/tinkering-sto ... -windmill/

12 hours – 15 minutes of shooting.
Euboea (Evia) island in Greece. Castle of Fylla.
More info:
https://spacetinkerer.com/tinkering-sto ... ar-trails/

This is a Full Mineral Moon and Mars Occultation! 20221208MoonMarsOccultationCK.jpg Moon colours are real, greatly exaggerated in post-process, indicating our satellite's geology. The glow is the actual Moonglow from an overexposed image. Image page: https://spacetinkerer.com/tinkering-story-5-lunar...

Messier 91 – NGC 4548 - HST Messier 91 (also known as NGC 4548 or M91) is a barred spiral galaxy found south of Coma Berenices. It is in the local supercluster and is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. It is about 63 million light-years away from our galaxy. It was the last of a group of eight “...

Fighting with clouds!
A small opening for a few seconds was enough to capture the solar eclipse from the cloudy London suburb.

25/10/2022 - 11:36 local time.
ISO 100
1/4000
400mm
f/18
Cropped and rotated.

It was so beautiful to watch that I nearly missed the swan that was slowly passing by at the right time. The Moon's pink colour, suitable for the occasion (as this is the Pink Moon) was unintentional. Taken at The Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham, UK Canon EOS 600D, 16/04/2022 20:22, Shutter Speed ...

Icarian spooky cave and Big Dipper.

After a battle with the clouds I manage to capture the partial eclipse. The processing technique in the black Sun image is called Solarization.
Camera Model Nikon D600, Shooting Date/Time 10/06/2019 11:15, Author Chris Kotsiopoulos, Sigma 400mm APO Macro lens

20200717CometC2020F3 NEOWISE.jpg Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE and 'Portara' (Big Door) archeological site in Naxos island, Greece. Camera Model Nikon D600, Naxos, Greece, Shooting Date/Time 16/07/2020 19:53, Author Chris Kotsiopoulos, Tv( Shutter Speed) 1/10 sec - 5 sec, Aperture Value 2.8, ISO 1600, Le...

Saturn, Jupiter and the Moon behind the Door!
Shot at 18/11/2020, Dorset, England.

Mercury transit as seen from Farnham, UK.

Combination of two exposures:
Inner part: 1/1250 - ISO 800
Glow: 1/320 - ISO 800
Details:
http://greeksky.gr/solar-system-photography/
Process:
http://www.perseus.gr/Astro-Tips-Solar-Process.htm

ikaria-island-eclipse2.jpg A 360 panorama from the beautiful village of Therma in Ikaria island, Greece combined with a partial Lunar Eclipse. Camera Model Nikon D600, Shooting Date/Time 17/07/2019 01:04 - 01:14, Author Chris Kotsiopoulos, Lens Rokinon 14mm Multiple exposures (HDR) for the eclipsed...

A partial Moon eclipse from Ikaria island, Greece.

Camera Model Nikon D600, Shooting Date/Time 17/07/2019 00:30, Author Chris Kotsiopoulos, Sigma 400mm, APO, Macro lens

Nice, sharp and informative. Well done Anthony!

The Milky Way and planet Mars from inside of a shallow cave in 'Seychelles Beach', Ikaria island, Greece.

The rough Ikarian landscape (Ikaria island - Greece) illuminated by the quarter Moon and the photographer, trying to 'touch' Polaris in this well planned shooting.

Full moon over London and a helicopter passing by.

Derwent Reservoir is the middle of three reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley in Peak District National Park, England.
This is an 180° panorama of the Derwent Dam at the south end of the reservoir with the Milky Way arching above the still water.

Amazing!
It's hard to imagine a better Solstice presentation!

Ann wrote: It is my firm belief that color is a fantastic tool...

Hi Ann. Thanks for pointing this out. I'll keep it in mind for the next HST process. I really want to represent coIors as accurately as possible.

Kind Regards,
Chris.