A Meteor, Pleiades Star Cluster and Mars Over an Hermitage in Mértola
When spending a few nights enjoying the wonders of a starry sky, you can suddenly be surprised with a sporadic meteor or a fireball. Don’t forget to make a wish, or simply scream “wooow” and smile to the sky above with your friends or loved ones. The image shows a bright golden one captured in a single frame near Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Amparo in @darkskyalqueva Mértola territory. Above it is visible part of the winter Milky Way while at the center Pleiades star cluster is shining in blue. At the top right corner, the bright orange hue light belongs to planet Mars.
PT: Ao passar algumas noites apreciando as maravilhas de um céu estrelado, o leitor pode ser surpreendido repentinamente com um meteoro esporádico ou uma bola de fogo. Não se esqueça de fazer um pedido ou simplesmente gritar “uau” e sorrir para o céu com seus amigos, pois são sempre momentos surpreendentes. A imagem mostra um meteoro dourado e brilhante captado em um único disparo perto da Ermida de Nossa Senhora do Amparo no território Dark Sky® Alqueva em Mértola. Acima é visível parte da Via Láctea de inverno, enquanto no centro o aglomerado de estrelas Pleiades brilha em tons de azul. No canto superior direito, a luz laranja brilhante pertence ao planeta Marte.
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A Bright Perseids Meteor Crossing the Heart of Milky Way Galaxy
Captured from @montimerso Skyscape Country House, in Dark Sky® Alqueva, the image features a bright meteor from Perseids meteor shower which crossed the heart of Milky Way galaxy. Seen in a greenish-orange color, shortly shined above the observatory dome from the rural hotel. Below is a timelapse sequence of the entire scene.
PT: Captada a partir do @montimerso Skyscape Country House, nos céus do Dark Sky® Alqueva, a imagem revela um meteoro brilhante pertencente à chuva de meteoros das Perseidas que cruzou assim o coração da Via Láctea. Visível numa cor laranja-esverdeada, brilhou repentinamente acima da cúpula do observatório que se encontra disponível para os clientes deste hotel rural. Abaixo é possível ver uma sequência timelapse.
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Perseids Meteor Shower Scratching Andromeda Galaxy above Montimerso in Dark Sky® Alqueva
Captured during an event with @darkskyalqueva and @montimerso Skyscape Country House, with a picnic under the stars to enjoy the Perseids meteor shower, the image features a composite of 11 bright meteors which crossed the sky during a two hours sequence of consecutive exposures. Luckily, one of the meteors fired near Andromeda Galaxy, the faint oblong shape seen in the upper right corner. In the middle of these scene feeling like a small sky party, is also visible the faint path of “winter Milky Way” with the Heart and Soul nebula shinning near the Double Cluster of Perseus, not far from the Radiant, the single point in the night sky where all these shooting stars seems to appear.
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Perseids Shooting Stars as Seen from Montimerso Skyscape Countryhouse
Captured during an event with @darkskyalqueva and @montimerso Skyscape Country House, with a picnic under the stars to enjoy Perseids meteor shower, the image features a composite of 2 bright meteors which crossed the sky during just a few minutes. They can appear from anywhere in the sky, but as the Radiant is located in Perseus constellation looking to East or Northeast can give good results.
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All Sky View of Geminids Meteor Shower and Comet 46P/Wirtanen
A fisheye full dome view from headquarters of Dark Sky® Alqueva reserve, in Cumeada, shows a moonlight night after the peak of Geminids meteor shower. This composite shows the radiant of Geminids, located in Gemini constellation and near the star Castor, is combining 8 images where meteors were captured during a period of about 3h. Comet 46P/Wirtanen is also visible in Taurus constellation, making an historic close approach to Earth. The beautiful greenish-blue coma is very well visible even in this ultra wide-field view. High in the sky, and not faraway from 46/P Wirtanen, is shinning bright the blueish cluster of hot and young stars known as Pleiades (M45).
PT: Uma visão fisheye full dome captada a partir da sede da reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, na Cumeada, mostra uma noite de luar após o pico da chuva de meteoros Geminídeas. Este compósito mostra o radiante da chuva de meteoros localizado na constelação de Gémeos, perto da estrela Castor, combinando 8 imagens de meteoros captados durante um período de cerca de 3h. O cometa 46P / Wirtanen, é também é visível na constelação do Touro, fazendo uma aproximação histórica à Terra. A tonalidade azul-esverdeada do coma – a nuvem de poeira e gás que circunda o núcleo de um cometa – é bem visível nesta imagem “all sky” ultra grande-angular. Alto no céu, e não muito longe do 46/P Wirtanen, brilha ainda em tons de azul, o aglomerado de estrelas quentes e jovens conhecidas como Pleiades (M45).
A Shy Meteor from Perseids over Punta Cana Beach
For many people enjoying the night sky is an holiday experience, although, the artificial lights coming from the neighbor cities can disturb this experience. So a beach could be a good option, specially by the time of Perseids Meteor Shower, increasing your chance of catching a falling star, like the one timidly visible behind the left side of this coconut tree from Bávaro Beach, in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Centred in the background sky of the image, is also visible a small cluster of stars known as Pleiades. Below is available a short time-lapse sequence with moving clouds.
PT: Para muitas pessoas, apreciar o céu noturno é uma experiência de férias, embora as luzes artificiais provenientes das cidades vizinhas possam perturbar essa experiência. Assim, uma praia pode ser uma boa opção, especialmente na época da Chuva de Meteoros Perseidas, aumentando as suas hipóteses de ver e captar uma estrela cadente, como a que timidamente se tornou visível atrás do lado esquerdo deste coqueiro da praia de Bávaro, em Punta Cana, República Dominicana. Aproximadamente ao centro da imagem e em pano de fundo, é possível distinguir um enxame de estrelas conhecido, as Pleiades, também popularmente designadas por Sete Irmãs. Abaixo é possível ver uma sequência time-lapse com o movimento das nuvens.
A Golden Meteor
When spending a few nights enjoying the wonders of a starry sky you can suddenly be surprised with a sporadic meteor. You can make a wish, or simply scream “wooow” and smile to the sky above. The image shows a bright gold one captured in a single frame taken in Noudar Park, Alqueva Dark Sky® Reserve, from a total sequence of shots of about 4h. At the right side of the tree, a faint white light from the Milky Way is also visible.
PT: Ao passarmos algumas noites desfrutando das maravilhas de um céu estrelado, por vezes podemos ser repentinamente surpreendidos com um meteoro esporádico brilhante. A imagem mostra assim um desses momentos, em que um brilhante meteoro dourado foi captado num single frame obtido no Parque de Natureza de Noudar, Reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, a partir de uma sequência total de disparos de cerca de 4 horas. Em pano de fundo e à direita da árvore, é ainda visível a suave presença esbranquiçada da Via Láctea.
A Bright Meteor from Geminid above Monsaraz
As the Earth was passing through a stream of gravelly debris from “rock comet” 3200 Phaethon, I´ve captured a bright meteor above Monsaraz, Dark Sky® Alqueva reserve, in the night before the expected peak of annual Geminid meteor shower.
PT: À medida que a Terra passava pela rota de detritos deixados para trás pelo “cometa rochoso” 3200 Phaethon, foi possível captar um meteoro brilhante acima de Monsaraz, Reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, na noite anterior ao pico esperado da chuva anual de meteoros Gemínidas.
Bright Meteor and Planet Jupiter above Alqueva
In this winter scene of a cloudy night, a bright and fast meteor have crossed the sky near Arcturus while at the right side planet Jupiter were shinning near the blue star Spica. Below, in the small lagoon from the rural hotel Naveterra, in Alandroal, northern part of Dark Sky® Alqueva Reserve, two horses were spotted near the water that is reflecting the greenish color of the sky.
Perseids Meteor Shower in the Sky of Mourão
Some meteors crossing the sky of Mourão in Dark Sky® Alqueva reserve, against the background of Milky Way galaxy as seen just 1 day after the predicted peak, on 13th August. Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle. The Perseids are so called because the point from which they appear to come, called the radiant, lies in the constellation of Perseus. The background image is a single exposure with one meteor captured, the other seven meteors were combined as a result of a sequence of consecutive exposures to show the radiant of Perseids.
PT: Alguns meteoros cruzando o céu de Mourão na Reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva, contra o fundo da Via Láctea, um dia após o pico previsto a 13 de Agosto. As Perseidas são uma chuva de meteoros muito intensa, associada à passagem do cometa Swift-Tuttle. As Perseidas são assim chamadas porque o ponto a partir do qual elas parecem radiar, o radiante, encontra-se na constelação do Perseus. A imagem de fundo é uma única exposição com um meteoro capturado, os outros sete meteoros foram combinadas como resultado de uma sequência de exposições consecutivas para mostrar o radiante da chuva de estrelas mais activa do ano.
Perseids in Noudar Park
Some meteors from Perseids shower captured one week before the peak predicted to 12 August, above the landscape of Noudar Park, in Alqueva Dark Sky® Reserve, Barrancos. In the foreground an Olive Tree is at the left side of Milky Way.
PT: Alguns meteoros captados uma semana antes do pico máximo da chuva de estrelas anual das Perseidas, previsto para 12 de Agosto. Acima deles, é possível ver o céu do Parque de Natureza de Noudar, em Barrancos, Reserva Dark Sky® Alqueva. No primeiro plano, uma oliveira destaca-se do horizonte à esquerda da imponente presença da Via Láctea.
A Meteor tearing the sky of Alandroal
EN: One of the many meteors that sometimes show up tearing the skies of Alqueva, mostly visible in evenings of “meteor showers” | Sky Alandroal
PT: Um dos muitos meteoros – popularmente designados de “estrelas cadentes”- que regularmente rasgam os céus do Alqueva, principalmente em noites de “chuva de estrelas” | Céu do Alandroal
Eta Carinae above the Dome of Residencia
The incredibly dark and transparent sky of Paranal, in the Atacama Desert, Chile, is the perfect place to see the bright emission nebula Eta Carinae (almost in the center of the image). Below we also can see the violet-red color coming from the Running Chicken Nebula (IC2944) and below the dark band of clouds and above the horizon, is also visible the red-hued giant star Gacrux as well as the blue-hued giant star Mimosa, both from the Southern Cross constellation. The hazy atmosphere works as a natural diffuse filter, enhancing the saturation and revealing the real color temperature of each stars. More bluish they are, more hottest is their temperature. The orange-red stars, are coldest. The white dome is the Residencia for astronomers that are working on VLT Telescopes operated by ESO.
Image taken taken in 17/10/2015 from Cerro Paranal, Atacama desert, Chile.
A Perseids shooting star
A shooting star coming from the Perseids meteor shower with the peak occurring on Monday 11th August, captured in Alentejo, Portugal! Canon 50D – ISO1600 Tokina 11mm at f/2.8 Exp. 25 secs. taken in 06/08/2014 at 2:37 AM
A Bright Meteor
A bright meteor above the clouds in Caldera de Taburiente, La Palma, Canary islands. Near the top left we could see part of central region of Milky Way. | Canon 50D – ISO2500; 35mm at f/2; Exp. 20 secs. in 26/09/2013 at: 22h02 AM
Perseids Meteor shower in Black and White
Image of the meteor shower Perseids, taken from Fonte-de-Telha, Portugal. Canon 50D – ISO1000; f/4; Exp. 25 secs. with 10mm, in 12/08/2013 at 4h14 AM. Sum of 32 images.
Twilight meteor in the Moonlite
Twilight at dawn in Monsaraz with the moonlite. In the left upper corner we could see the trail of a shooting star.
Canon 60Da – ISO1600 Lens 24mm f/2; Exp. 15 secs. 06/04/2013 at 05h47
Draconids Shower
In Portugal with the moon almost full, the Draconids outburst was very faint, altough, I have registered a few meteors that escaped from the light of the moon.
Image taken from Arrábida Mountain range, in Setúbal, Portugal. 08-10-2011 at 21h11.
Canon 50D -ISO640mm 10mm F/4 Exp.30s
Above – Zoomed image
Raining Stars
Rastos de estrelas como chuva caindo sobre um pequeno pinhal na Fonte-de-Telha. Imagem obtida na noite das Perseidas em 13-08-2011 entre as 00h14 e a 01h23. Soma de 75 imagens alternadas cada uma de 25 segundos, totalizando uma integração de 31 minutos. São visiveis diversas constelações como Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Andromeda, Pegasus e o planeta Júpiter.
Canon 50D -ISO800mm a 12mm F/6.3 Exp.25s por cada imagem
Monsanto Moonset
Imagem do rasto da Lua a pôr-se ao pé da grande Antena de 70 metros da TDT – Televisão Digital Terrestre, localizada em Monsanto. Podem ainda ver-se os rastos de diversas estrelas, como é o caso de Regulus, à direita da Lua. À esquerda em cima, o rasto do planeta Saturno e da estrela Porrima, e no canto superior direito, o rasto de algumas estrelas da Ursa Maior. Imagem obtida em 11-05-2011 entre as 23h36 e a 01h11. Soma de 263 imagens cada uma de 20 segundos, totalizando uma integração de 88 minutos.
Canon 50D -ISO400 15mm F/5 Exp.20s por imagem.
Pine Tree startrails – Rasto de Estrelas
Imagem do movimento das estrelas registado ao longo da noite no dia 14 de Dezembro de 2009 entre as 2h51 e as 4h27. Para o resultado final foi feita uma soma manual de 175 imagens no CS3 cada uma de 30 segundos, totalizando uma integração de 87.5 minutos, com uma Canon 400D a uma abertura F-4 a ISO 800, com uma Lente Sigma HSM EX a 10mm. Imagem obtida na Fonte-de-Telha.
