Matariki Maunga Rising
Matariki Maunga Rising (Pleiades Rising over Mt Taranaki)
Taken: Fri 21 Oct 2022
Story: It was an amazing sight to see the Pleiades stars (in Maori 'Matariki') rising over the mountain after 4 months of planning and waiting for clear skies on a moonless night. (The Matariki holiday in 2022 was on the 24th of June and the mountain had been cloudy all that time on the opportunities to get the shot when the moon wasn’t out). To my unaided eyes the star cluster looked brighter and larger than usual due to the contrast of the night sky with the mountain. The blue reflection nebula around the stars wasn't visible to my eyes but the camera picked it up with a long exposure shot. While I did get a couple of single shots showing the alignment, this image is a composite of 2 shots - one for the foreground and one for the sky, and due to the light pollution (mainly from car headlights) and other problems at the actual location I took the sky shot at a different location a few kilometres away. Many people don’t realise that the apparent size of the Pleiades cluster is twice the size of the moon, and that combined with the effect of shooting the mountain with the zoom lens from a long distance away (as well as the amount of detail the long exposure shots were able to pick up) makes Pleiades really stand out in the final image.
Exif:
Camera: Canon R (astro modded)
Lens: Sigma 600mm
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 1x 4 min, f6.3, ISO6400 , 400mm
Foreground: 1x 90 sec, f6.3, ISO200, 400mm
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.
Matariki Maunga Rising (Pleiades Rising over Mt Taranaki)
Taken: Fri 21 Oct 2022
Story: It was an amazing sight to see the Pleiades stars (in Maori 'Matariki') rising over the mountain after 4 months of planning and waiting for clear skies on a moonless night. (The Matariki holiday in 2022 was on the 24th of June and the mountain had been cloudy all that time on the opportunities to get the shot when the moon wasn’t out). To my unaided eyes the star cluster looked brighter and larger than usual due to the contrast of the night sky with the mountain. The blue reflection nebula around the stars wasn't visible to my eyes but the camera picked it up with a long exposure shot. While I did get a couple of single shots showing the alignment, this image is a composite of 2 shots - one for the foreground and one for the sky, and due to the light pollution (mainly from car headlights) and other problems at the actual location I took the sky shot at a different location a few kilometres away. Many people don’t realise that the apparent size of the Pleiades cluster is twice the size of the moon, and that combined with the effect of shooting the mountain with the zoom lens from a long distance away (as well as the amount of detail the long exposure shots were able to pick up) makes Pleiades really stand out in the final image.
Exif:
Camera: Canon R (astro modded)
Lens: Sigma 600mm
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 1x 4 min, f6.3, ISO6400 , 400mm
Foreground: 1x 90 sec, f6.3, ISO200, 400mm
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.
Matariki Maunga Rising (Pleiades Rising over Mt Taranaki)
Taken: Fri 21 Oct 2022
Story: It was an amazing sight to see the Pleiades stars (in Maori 'Matariki') rising over the mountain after 4 months of planning and waiting for clear skies on a moonless night. (The Matariki holiday in 2022 was on the 24th of June and the mountain had been cloudy all that time on the opportunities to get the shot when the moon wasn’t out). To my unaided eyes the star cluster looked brighter and larger than usual due to the contrast of the night sky with the mountain. The blue reflection nebula around the stars wasn't visible to my eyes but the camera picked it up with a long exposure shot. While I did get a couple of single shots showing the alignment, this image is a composite of 2 shots - one for the foreground and one for the sky, and due to the light pollution (mainly from car headlights) and other problems at the actual location I took the sky shot at a different location a few kilometres away. Many people don’t realise that the apparent size of the Pleiades cluster is twice the size of the moon, and that combined with the effect of shooting the mountain with the zoom lens from a long distance away (as well as the amount of detail the long exposure shots were able to pick up) makes Pleiades really stand out in the final image.
Exif:
Camera: Canon R (astro modded)
Lens: Sigma 600mm
Tracker: Star Adventurer 2i
Settings: Sky: 1x 4 min, f6.3, ISO6400 , 400mm
Foreground: 1x 90 sec, f6.3, ISO200, 400mm
Printed on high quality premium photographic paper, canvas (ready to hang),
or metal (aluminium Chromaluxe, ready to hang). Framed prints include a mat border.
Prices in NZ Dollars. Foreign currencies calculated automatically at current rates after processing. Shipping if required is calculated at checkout.