Monday, August 22, 2011

Astrophoto: Aurora Borealis by Tony Cellini

Astrophoto: Aurora Borealis by Tony Cellini:






Astrophoto: Aurora Borealis by Tony Cellini


Aurora Borealis. Credit: Tony Cellini



Who wouldn’t love to see this showcase of colors on a night sky? Definitely worth a click!




It was during a solar maximum in the mid-1990s when Tony Cellini took this nice photo of the Aurora Borelis in Bloomington, Illinois.





“This was one of most intense aurorae I’ve ever seen this far south and the image doesn’t beging to capture its extent. Even during a 1st quarter moon, the green tendrils were visible straight overhead, and the red coloring was very obvious to the naked eye which is unusual from this location.”



If you would like to know how he came up with this photo, Tony also mentioned the camera and settings he used.





“The camera used was a fully manual Pentax K-1000. The lens was a standard 50mm lens to which I threaded a fisheye “converter” that gave an almost 180 degree field of view. The cheap converter is what caused the concentric rings artifact in the center of the photo.”



See more of Tony’s photos at: http://www.dwfoto.com/blogs



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