Category Astronomy

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Summer Stargazing & Astrophotography in Pecan Island, LA

It was clear skies, relatively cool outside for Louisiana, and the moon was at 3% with an early setting time. A great night for stargazing. So we head out to Pecan Island, Louisiana for some night hammocking and astrophotography. Saw…

Hunter Trahan
April 29, 2020

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First Spring camping trip with friends at Indian Creek, Louisiana

As the Earth rotates along her axis, the stars appear to move across the sky. After capturing over an hour of light, that movement appears as the star trails you see here.

Hunter Trahan
March 31, 2019

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The Orion Constellation & Barnard’s Loop taken with a DSLR

I wanted to capture my first deep sky object and the Orion Constellation is a beautiful and easy target. The scale of this object is unimaginable. The entire span of our solar system would barely register as a pixel in this image.

Hunter Trahan
January 8, 2019

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My first Milky Way photograph

The conditions were near perfect for astrophotography so I head out to my family's camp in a dark zone with some friends. We could see the Milky Way's outer arm with the naked eye.

Hunter Trahan
January 7, 2019