I spent another interesting evening at the Stone Barn property of Allens Pond Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary in the company of my son and grandson, who are both photographers (my grandson is learning) photographing the nights sky. Leaving home to travel out to Westport/Dartmouth, the sky had become very cloudy and overcast, however, arriving in Westport, there were only occasional clouds around. An interesting fact is that driving down the road, prior to turning into the road leading to the Stone Barn, we were in Westport, Massachusetts, and once we got onto the road leading to the barn, we were in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
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| Gibbous Moon |
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| my son observing the sky, and Venus |
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| Venus surrounded by clouds |
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| the sky at nautical dusk |
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| Orion and Venus |
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| Venus in the Pleiades |
We arrived just after sunset and in the sky was a large waxing gibbous Moon (the full Moon will be in 2 days) that was lighting up the sky. By the wayhe Moon light the buildings and scenery so I did not have light paint.
In the Western sky, Venus was brightly shining, but there was a bank of clouds coming in out of the Northwest. The clouds gave an interesting affect to the sky, especially during nautical dusk and the clouds intermittently covered Venus and the Moon. The clouds continued to rule intermittently through the area, however, we still had extremely great views of the sky, the stars and constellations.
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| Big Dipper and Polaris above the Stone Barn |
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| Star Trails |
I would have liked to spend at least an hour, killing start trails, but because of some time constraints and the bright moon, I was only able to do a 20 min. exposure of the Big Dipper and Polaris over the top of the Stone Barn
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