Moon and Saturn, a photo from Valle del Cauca, North

Photographer's Note

The Moon and Saturn, a near world and a distant world here, we see appear the beautiful planet of the ring behind the moon.

Photo created from a Meade telescope RCX400™ 16" Series and 28mm angular adapter eyepiece for lens camera Sony F8-28

Photo Taken: Jan-07-2006 Camera sony f8-28 1/3.5

vonp, asajernigan, peter1892, tibervince, picardo, Serendipity, alonsote, jmcl, MadraRua, scobert, semperfisc has marked this note useful

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narpad (1050) 2007-01-31 12:36

THis picture is truly out of the world--no pun intended. Fantastic capture! TFS.

Nick

vonp (2235) 2007-01-31 12:55

Ciao Carlos!
What a wonderful "natural" B&W.
Great composition and immage quality: very well done!
Amazing atmosphere...
See you soon...
Paolo

arnoud1976 (1191) 2007-01-31 12:57

simply WOW. tfs arnoud

eshirey (325) 2007-01-31 13:17

Wow - really impressive sharpness - I can't believe you got Saturn w/ such visible rings! Nice.

shirgold (2479) 2007-01-31 13:25

Hola Carlos Alberto,
Que toma mas impresionante!
Creo que cambiemos el TrekEarth con TrekSpace - así vamos a tener mas fotos tan bellas como esta.
TFS - Shir

vevsab (150) 2007-01-31 13:57

Powerful Shot.

gibbsy (1529) 2007-01-31 14:38

Straight out of 'Star Trek'.

asajernigan (19669) 2007-01-31 14:59

Carlos,
This is an amazing photo with excellent sharpness and detail. The lighting is great as is your composition. All I can say is WOW!!!!!
TFS,
Asa

Buin (42082) 2007-01-31 15:44

Hallo Carlos Alberto!
Here one word is enough: GREAT!
Congratulations on this Photo! One of the best I've ever seen!
Greetings from Germany!
Frank

sadeik (3264) 2007-01-31 16:06

A cracking photo, first one I have seen on TE of outer space.

Simon

Stan (2770) 2007-01-31 16:26

Bonsoir Carlos,
Very nice astronomic shot! Great compo. The quality is amazing, i can see so many details on the moon. A masterpiece, congratulations!
Serge

peter1892 (1681) 2007-01-31 16:29

Superb shot. Perfectly executed, incredible clarity & sharpness. The Moon & it's craters, mountains & ridges look amazing, and of course it's complimented by Saturn off in the distance. I've seen shots similar to this before, using the same technique but not as clear as this one. Well done!

flavian (779) 2007-01-31 16:33

Thats a great shot--never seen a shot like that one before--well done!!

princesalinda07 (0) 2007-01-31 19:10

HELLO CHARLEY:

WOW!!!!QUE FOTO TAN ESPECTACULAR MUY BUENA CAPTURA SE VE MUY CLARAMENTE LA LUNA Y EL PLANETA SATURNO EN TODO SU ESPLENDOR TIENE UN NIVEL DE DETALLES MUY IMPRESIONANTE Y UNA EXCELENTE COMPOSICION.
MUCHISIMAS FELICITACIONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

neilwade (147) 2007-01-31 23:48

I'm sorry but I think this breaks the rules of TE. It doesn't tell us anything about our world. Please take it off.

Ha-ha, just kidding! Stunning photo! Is it really one picture or a combo in photoshop? The reason I ask is the edge of the moon is out of foucus but Saturn is perfect... but I don't know anything about this kind of photography...Either way, Excellent job!

PS - This IS a two photo composition! Look at how the light falls on the moon and how it falls on Saturn. I'm sorry, but I think you should make a note of that in the caption. It's still nice photography, though.

Viera (948) 2007-02-03 3:13

Hi Carlos Alberto,
this is simly excellent photo!!It´s perfect.
I like this photo very much,it´s a work of a professional.
Viera

picardo (2459) 2007-02-08 10:52

Hola Carlos,
Otra increible foto tuya!. El nivel de detalles es increible!.
TFS
Picardo

Luci (372) 2007-02-11 15:35

Hi Carlos,
amazing shot,goes straight to my favourites.
Cheers,
Lucia

Serendipity (1045) 2007-02-15 18:29

I would like to travel in a space shuttle ... Our solar system is so nice ...
Extraordinary shot, great job !
Marc

Albrecht (11279) 2007-02-19 15:36

Hi Carlos
Wonderful compo;sharp and great quality.
greetings Albrecht

pady (4800) 2007-02-19 15:48

Very nice shot of the out-of-Earth space.
It's so beautiful
Cheers
Pierre-André

jmcl (14535) 2007-03-01 22:46

Hi Carlos,

wondrous image. .. the way they sit in the frame is just tremendous .. and the near to far is amplified by the detail on the moon against the diffuse light of the distant planet.

happypoppeye (4817) 2007-07-17 16:42

Jesus....

This is friggin great.

John

CliffW (2359) 2007-07-19 21:56

No way on earth someone could top this. ;)

MadraRua (887) 2007-08-18 5:55

Excellent! Well done my friend!
Hauke

Davids (56) 2007-09-26 2:26 [Comment]

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scobert (5355) 2008-03-05 14:02

Hello Carlos,
This is an astounding astrophotography image! Having the Moon and Saturn so sharp is an amazing technical feet! This is the sharpest and most dramatic photograph of a near occultation that I have ever seen! You should have recieved 10x the comments that you have received for this fantastic shot. This is an extraordinary image which takes an astrophotography master to create (a 16" cassegrain helps)! Outstanding!
Stan

mdetay (4863) 2010-03-24 9:49

Hi Carlos,
Excellent shot. Congratulation.
Well done.
Cheers.
Michel

BrunoCH (413) 2011-03-21 2:38

Hi Carlos,
Years ago I was part of an astronomy club and we were working with TRI-X film inside an Olympus OM-1. But we never succeded in managing a shot as clear and as precise of a lunar conjunction with Saturn. You master your art. An incredible shot and a great photo. Congratulations!