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Visto che sei di Torino te lo spiego in italiano; io ho vissuto per anni in pieno centro con vista su Superga; decine di volte ho visto la Luna sorgere da dietro la Basilica, la luna come si sa ha estensione di circa 30' ed è più piccola della Basilica, entrambi questi oggetti sono 'fermi', cioè a ...

I also live in Turin, and not knowing the place from which you can see the alignment does not allow you to say this shot is fake. Listen my advice: take a walk/ride/drive towards Castagneto Po in a beautiful day and see for yourself :ssmile: Visto che sei di Torino te lo spiego in italiano; io ho v...

I live in Turin (Torino) where Superga's Basilica is; only one who does not live in Turin can be supposed to think that this shot is true; it's only a tremendous fake. I also live in Turin, and not knowing the place from which you can see the alignment does not allow you to say this shot is fake. L...

Mars with the two most famous open clusters in the sky: Iades and Pleiades!

Canon 6D astro mod
70 mm, f/3.5, 1600 ISO
Total integration time: 88 minutes

Mars, Pleiades and Iades
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Clouds are one of the recurrent nightmares for people trying to take pictures of the sky. But not this time. It was a clear evening on Jan, 25th on the Italian side of the Alps: Jupiter and the Moon, in conjunction, were slowly setting towards Mount Viso, one of the iconic peaks of the Western Alps....

Valchiusella, Italian Alps. Looks like Orion the Hunter, tired from the path made along the sky, wants to immerse himself in the waterfall to relieve his tired feet. Canon 6D IR modified Samyang 24 mm f/1.4 ISO 3200, 15 s, f/1.4 Diffusion filter Moonlight and a bit of headlamp to lit up the shadows ...

It only happens with Straberry Moon. Turin, North Italy. Only in June it happens to see the full Moon, the historic Basilica of Superga and the pyramidal silhouette of Mount Viso a few degrees away from each other. But it is a parallax illusion: from where the picture was taken Superga is 11 km away...

Turin: the Cappuccini Mount between the waxing crescent Moon on the left and Jupiter and Saturn almost in conjunction on the right. Canon 6D 400 ISO, 1/2 s 200 mm, f/8 shot at 5:30PM CET 17/12/2020 https://cosmoedintorni.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/luna-giove-saturno-monte-dei-cappuccini-1920.jpg ht...

Mount Viso and Mars https://cosmoedintorni.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/mount-viso-and-mars-1920.jpg mount-viso-and-mars-1920[1].jpg Mars (almost) at the opposition! The Mount Viso (italian Alps) and the planet Mars in the moonlight at the end of the night. Single shot, 50 mm closed to f/3.2, 10&quo...

Strawberry Moon: penumbrual eclipse The Moon rises above the plain and Sacra of San Michele (tha place that inspired the novel "The name of the rose" by Umberto Eco) just before the eclipse maximum. luna-e-sacra-eclissi-penombra_h1920[1].jpg https://cosmoedintorni.files.wordpress.com/2020/...

Thanks MarkBour for having found the right place. The problem with composite images is that sometimes the result is messy: the MIlky Way orientation doesn't look right for the place and anyway good luck if you try to spot the MW center int the first part of the night ("over three hours, just af...

Hi Neufer, I thought that a line on a photo can go anywhere (=perspective), but a reflection can only point straight at you. Anyway, I love he confidence of those guys parking their white cars. A "line of reflection" of a bright light source, as seen from the point of view from a small ca...

Contemplation Orion Going high doesn't allow you to reach the stars, but sometimes it's all about feelings. Contemplating Orione at dusk from above the steep valley of the Elva in the Italian Alps. Techincal details: Canon 6D IR modified 24 mm, f/2, 1600 ISO , 13 seconds panorama of 2 shots with so...

madtom1999 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:09 am It really doesnt look right.

I completely agree.

The first Full Moon of the 2020 (Wolf Moon) sets behind the Mount Rocciamelone and the Sacra of San Michele (the iconic sanctuary that probably inspired Umberto Eco for "The name of the rose") at sunrise: https://vimeo.com/384184110 Canon 6D Canon 70-200 mm f/2.8 + extender x2 ISO 200, 1/3...

The rest of the Hunter http://www.cosmoedintori.wordpress.com Copyright: Emanuele Balboni https://cosmoedintorni.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/restofthehunter_forsubmitting1200.jpg Time: 20 april 2015 at 21.40 CEST moments after the moonset Location: Valle Po (Italy) Venus and the winter constellatio...