Planetary Timelapse : stars, the moon, mars and venus

Best watched in HD/full screen!: Here's a planetary timelapse: stars (Hamal and Sheretan, two stars from the Aries (Ram) constellation), the moon, mars and venus rising above the town hall of Sandvika, Norway. This was a rare event! Next similar opportunity in 3 years time in 2012.

Hamal and Sheratan are among the stars nearest to our sun, another star (not visible) is "Teegarden", one of the closest to our sun. Already 5 so-called extrasolar plantes have been found in this constellation - life is out there....!

Video was taken 17-jul-09, it was a test shoot for the 18th when the moon was even more crescent, but unfortunately then it was cloudy. The quality of this clip isn't optimal, I shot at 400asa, which made it way to noisy. Also towards the end I managed to move the camera a bit (mocks up the venus annotation). This is really a shame since the next opportunity for a similar shot will not before august 2012 (!) when it is venus and jupiter (and moon).

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• time
• lapse
• timelapse
• moon
• mars
• venus
• aries
• raw
• hamal
• sheratan
• stars
• twinkling
• sandvika
• norway
• clouds
• animation

[captincaveman08]

nice mate another good one....

[lenny4d]

thx - there will be one more opportunity 8/17/09, then I will make sure I am fully prepared to shoot the best, lets hope it is clear sky...

[KCASOKC]

ha one dislike

[chris7777777777777]

Lenny4d you bastard! Next time get a 24 hour time lapes of the dame thing! haha j/k but seriously. I want to see lucifer fall from heaven as the sun rises and sets. I am guessing it got too bright?

[labaizs]

awesome :)

[harry3734]

nice. you should try to go somewhere where there is no light pollution and shoot with high exposure. You'll see everything more clearly.

[Elleivier]

Brilliant!