Just thought I’d share this with everyone.
We’ve always enjoyed astronomy and love it when there’s a new moon and we can get a good look at the night sky.
In Belmont, we’re pretty close to the city (San Francisco) and get a lot of city light which tends to wash-out the night sky.
If we look south-south-west however it’s much darker as we’re looking towards the Santa Cruz mountain range.
When I got up early this morning I had to grab my camera and capture one of my favorite constellations—Orion.
This was taken today, October 9th 2010 just after six in the morning.
I used our Nikon D70 with a shutter speed of 30†at f4.8 and ISO of 1600.
Hmmmm Great! I wonder how you got up in this early morning October and took this photo. Seriously lazy people like me would have missed this unusual beauty of nature. Thank you 🙂
Getting up at 5:00 a.m. is easier than you think when you can’t fall back asleep…
Since we only get one new moon each month, October’s is particularly interesting because the nights are relatively warm when compared to the other months of clear-sky nights–November through April.
Tonight should be another excellent night for star gazing.
I did a blog a few years back on the different moons for each month if you are interested…
http://beautifulmountainblog.typepad.com/beautiful_mountain_blog/2007/10/hunters-moon–o.html