One star in the sky

Sirius, also known as the Dog Star, α Canis Majoris (Alpha Canis Majoris), or Canicula, is the brightest star in the night sky. It lies at a distance of 8.60 light years (2.64 parsecs) from Earth, in the constellation Canis Major, the Greater Dog.

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I like doing photography that pushes boundaries, but is tasteful. If you have a crazy idea for a photoshoot, LET'S GO FOR IT! I specialize in conceptual photography, macro/upclose photography and portraits, but I am not limited to these three. I have a wide variety of photography: couples, senior portraits, family portraits, landscapes, night photography, pets/animals, children/babies, seniors (elderly) I can do retouching and special editing, such as smoothing skin, black and white with…

Venus, Mars and moon. Image credit: Peter Barvoets

View On Black Yay, this appeared to be my third front page explore! =) I saw the satellite in the photo also with my bare eyes during the exposure. At home I did a quick search and according to my location, the time stamp, flying path and direction of the object I can say that it is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite named: Terra. For those who are interested, I can recommend the site: www.heavens-above.com/ Just fill in your location and you'll get the data of visible…

From 2:20am at the peak of the 2009 Leonid Meteor Shower. The radiant seems correct for Leo rising in the east. There is a rare amount of meteor detail in this shot. A particle streaks ahead of an awesome double afterglow and colorful train. ISO 1600, K20D with an old Super Takumar m42 50mm 1:1.4 open all the way for 6 seconds and continuous. I didn't crop or reframe the photo at all. The train even hung around for the the next exposure that started over 6 seconds later. 50mm isn't that big…

Moon and stars