Couple of pictures from CalStar

If you went to CalStar but also went to bed early, you probably missed
these two:

1) The Zodiacal Light, Friday morning:
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/2009/09/md_2009-09-18_Zodiacal_Light_LSA2.jpg

It's a 60 seconds exposure on a tripod, so stars are trailing a bit.
It's the first time I photograph the zodiacal light. On Saturday morning
I was sleeping at the time and on Sunday it didn't happen, unless I
missed it from being badly sleep deprived.

2) Orion's belt:
http://deepskycolors.com/pics/astro/2009/09/2009-09-19_OrionsBeltV.jpg

I'll probably capture more data for this one in the coming weeks. What
you see was processed rather quickly and is just about 5 1/2 hours (L:
10x15', RGB: 6x10' each) but the darn thing was only well positioned at
3am so I couldn't capture more than 2 hours each night :-)

I have a few more images I'll post in the next few days.

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