Camera Committee - Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

A memory from the film days and contrast developing.

Science Night at Garvey Observatory

Los Angeles Astronomical Society | Science Night at Garvey Observatory | Night Sky Network Stop by Garvey Ranch Observatory on Saturday, Oct. 26th for a fun-filled evening of astronomy, science, and Halloween spirit. Los Angeles Astronomical Society will have activities and displays set up for children of all ages. Our friends from Planetary Society and Columbia Memorial Space Center will...

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Darkness Visible A new dark-sky sanctuary in rural Oregon will help protect the sight of stars

During a Camera Committee - Angeles Chapter Sierra Club outing we had the opportunity to photograph wild (feral?) horses near the California/Nevada border. The herd we photographed was incredibly mellow. Little tussles like this one were rare, and usually happened much further away from us. But I got lucky. The conflict lasted less than a second.

I found this spooky looking stuff in space: IFN or Integrated Flux Nebula. It is interstellar dust, it is very faint, not lit by stars but by integrated flux of every star in our galaxy. The star in the middle is Polaris, the North Star. The dust is so faint that I need to be in very dark sky area to photography it along with a 2-1/2 hour exposure. The sky at my cabin is Bortle 2, almost the darkest skies.

Crested Caracara