Astrophotography by Anthony Ayiomamitis

Image of the Week

The summer solstice represents the sun's highest point in our skies and is a feat accomplished on or around June 21st of each year. We also enjoy days which are much longer than the corresponding nights and observe little motion of the sun from day to day. In contrast, the sun reaches the lowest point in the sky during winter solstice six months later on or about December 21st of each year where nights are longer than days. Of course, each spring and fall we have the equinoxes when the day and night are of equal duration at twelve hours each.

Image Details
Summer Solstice Sunset 2002
Imaging Details
Body:
Sun

Mass:
332,900 x Earth

Mean Eq Diameter:
109.1 x Earth

Distance:
152 million km

RA / Dec:
06h 00m 14s /
23° 26'

Diameter:
31.48'

Magnitude:
-26.8


Date:
Jun 21, 2002
16:55:00 - 20:40:00 UT+3

Location:
Athens, Greece

Equipment:
Canon EOS 3
Canon 28-105 USM II
      @ 28mm / f11
Fuji Superia 400
Baadar Solar Filter ND5

Exposures:
1/125 sec
15 min between exposures
14 multiple exposures +
01 foreground exposure

Software:
Photoshop V6

Processing:
Cropping / Resizing
JPG Compression


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