Tag Archives: Moon

May 24 2012

Moon & Venus and the Medieval Castle of Grinzane Cavour

Crescent Moon (showing lovely earthsine) and blazing Venus captured shortly after sunset in the evening of 23 May, 2012 as the pair was setting next to the medieval Castle of Grinzane Cavour. The massive castle is located in the Langhe region, famous for its wines, about 50 km southeast of Turin. The Moon is moving away from the Sun wheras Venus is preparing for the upcoming 5-6 June transit on our star.

Tech details: Canon Eos 5D Mk II, focal lenght: 117 mm; Exp: 1/5 sec.; F/10; ISO: 1600 + cross star filter

Tech details: Canon Eos 5D Mk II, focal lenght: 147 mm; Exp: 1/4 sec.; F/5.6; ISO: 4000

May 6 2012

Super Moon of May 5, 2012

The 5th of May Super Moon captured among fast moving clouds that acted as natural filter during the exposure and created a beatiful colorful corona.

La Super Luna “catturata” fra le nuvole che hanno funzionato da filtro naturale creando una corona colorata nel cielo notturno. 

Canono Eos 5D MK II; Exp: 1.6sec; F/7.1; ISO:250

Apr 24 2012

Moon and Venus over Turin

This image, captured after sunset from the vantage point of the Cappuccini hill, shows the crescent Moon and super bright Venus putting on a magnificent show over Turin. On the right is easily recognizable the Mole Antonelliana, symbol of the city.

Tech details: Turin (Italy), April 24, 2012, Canon EOS 5D Mark II; EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens set @24mm; Exp: 0.3 sec; F/4; ISO: 1600

Apr 23 2012

Young Moon and Jupiter over Rocciamelone peak

 

I took the photo above last evening (April 22, 2012) from Turin (Italy): it shows a 36 hours old crescent Moon pairing with a bright Jupiter setting behind the peak of Rocciamelone (3,538 m -11,608 ft), a mountain of the Graian Alps. A great way to celebrate Earth Day :-)
 
Tech details: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 150-500mm lens set @ 438mm; Exp: 1.6 sec; f/9; ISO: 2000

Apr 8 2012

Easter Moon-Viso

This morning to celebrate Easter I moved to Pecetto (few km from Turin) and captured the waning gibbous Moon setting behind the Alps. In the two images below the Moon appears together with the peak of Monviso (3,841 m – 12,602 ft), so I decided to call the session: “Easter Moon-Viso” ;-)     

Tech details:

  • Photo #1 – Canon 5D Mark II; Sigma 150-500mm lens set @518mm; Exp: 1/500; f/9; ISO: 250
  • Photo #2 – Canon 5D Mark II; Sigma 150-500mm lens set @150mm; Exp: 1/200; f/7.1; ISO: 250
  • Photo #3 – Canon 5D Mark II; Sigma 150-500mm lens set @289mm; Exp: 1/200; f/7.2; ISO: 250
Mar 25 2012

Contemplating the conjunction

The image shows the crescent Moon (with a beautiful earthshine), three planets (Earth, Jupiter and Venus)…and three kids (one of them is called Miranda…another Moon): what a great conjunction!

Technical details: Turin (Italy), 25 March 2012, Canon EOS 5D Mark II,  Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens set @ 70 mm; Exp: 0.5 sec; F/5.6; ISo: 1600

Mar 25 2012

The young Moon meets the old Sacra

The image shows the two days old young Moon setting “close” to the Sacra of San Michele (Saint Michael’s Abbey, located some 30 km from Turin, Italy). The monument, sitting high on top of Monte Pirchiriano (at some 1,000 mt), is one of the largest religious complexes in Europe, with its construction and subsequent enlargements carried out over the last 1000 years, since 983. According to legend, Hugo de Montboissier was advised by angels that the mountain would be a superb place for an abbey which was built and entrusted to five Benedictine monks.
 
Tech details: March 24, 2012. Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma lens set @ 614mm, Exp: 1.3 sec; F/9; ISO: 2500

Mar 18 2012

My new video “The Sky over Turin”

Enjoy my new video showing images I took in Turin and its surroundings ;-)

Clicking the links below you will find more info on some of the images included:

Mar 12 2012

One of my images used for the NASA video: “The Super Moon of May 2012″

As shown in the NASA‘ s video (click on the image above to watch it), the perigee full Moon in May 2012 will be as much as 14% bigger and 30% brighter than other full moons of 2012. I had the honour to have one of my images included in the NASA‘ s video (see @1:40 of the video).

The video also appears on the NASA web site: HERE and HERE