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X-H2S, XF100-400+TC1.4x - Reed Warbler

Beautiful day at Greenridge State Forest in MD.

Just playing around with star trails. XT5, 12mm Samyang, stacked about an hour of 40 second exposures. A campfire illuminated the canopy.

I would LOVE a Medium Format GFX Monochrome camera. I'd be FIRST in line. And, I'll add that if it has the body of the 50r so much the better!

Not ‘required’, but worth it in my opinion.. Transfer speeds etc, I’m happy with mine. I wish my 100s had it!

Mineralized Worm Moon The moon shines so brightly that it seems there is no color there, just bright reflected sunlight. Not even green, if you recall that the moon is made of green cheese. 😀. Actually there is a lot of color, one technique called 'Mineral Moon' brings it out. NASA has an example: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_819.html March's full moon is called The Worm Moon, on account of the soil warms up and the worms crawl out. Worm Moon goes by quite a few other names: https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/worm.html

Sunrise From Draper, Utah. X-E3, 15-45PZ.

Auriga The Charioteer. This constellation usually shows up in the Northern Hemisphere during the late fall, early winter months. Its shape is easy to recognize and with its mainstay star Capella being so bright, it is easy to find. (constellation stars are listed in red, DSOs are listed in green.) Auriga is itself home to lots and lots of DSOs (deep sky objects --- various kinds of nebulas, galaxies, star clusters, etc.) one of these is IC 405, the Flaming Star Nebula: This is the equivalent of a 30 minute exposure. 1.) https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/auriga-constellation/ 2.) https://science.nasa.gov/ic-405-flaming-star-nebula

The Seven Sisters (almost 28 minutes)... up closer (30 minutes)... more so (50 minutes)... This one goes by many names, it is mostly known as M45 https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-45-pleiades/ or The Pleiades: https://www.space.com/pleiades.html it has a lot of history: https://naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html Edit: the older wider-field view has been replaced with a new version. It is still a wide field view, but it is crop - zoomed-in a bit. .

NGC 281 This is the equivalent of 116 minutes exposure time. NGC 281 also goes by the name of the Pacman Nebula. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/763/the-pacman-nebula/ Wocca, wocca, wocca. edit: 2022/10/24 - swapped the old image out for this new one. The time listed is for this new one.