Questions about photographing stars.

[shorty6049]

ok... i dont know if anyone has read this lately, but i went out tonight (like i said i would!) and took pictures of the moon/venus/pleades and i'll post them in a little bit

 

[shorty6049]

hard to get a good shot of three objects with such different intensity levels, but here it is. (in order from top left to bottom right- Venus, Moon, Pleades)

 

[MostlyDigital]

Woah. I love night sky photography. I need to get away from all the night time lights around here though! Wut would you deem as an acceptable location for photographing stars tony?

 

[shorty6049]

I too live in a very urban/suburban area, so i deal with light pollution as well. just saw you live in NJ so maybe not quite as bad. but if i go about an hour away from the cities (minneapolis/st. paul) the difference is stunning. All the photos i've posted on here are from my house though, which is in a suburb 15 minutes from the twin cities. I would love to go somewhere really dark this summer and get some shots of the milky way though possibly. To answer your question though, i would think anywhere dark and out of the way is good. anywhere you can see the sky though will work just fine. but the darker the better always

 

[MostlyDigital]

awesome thanks for the idea. i look forward to seeing more of your stuff. (and anyone else's)

 

[MostlyDigital]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070421/sc_space/meteorshowerpeaksbeforedawnsunday

meteor shower is peaking sunday