Luca Vanzella's Astronomy Page

Astronomy Photos

	Snow Moon over Edmonton Feb 18, 2011 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Harvest Moon Sep 23, 2010 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Crescent Moon over Muttart June 16, 2010 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Crescent Moon with Friends April 16, 2010 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Hunter's Moon over the Promenade November 3, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Planet Triplet & Crescent Moon October 16, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Harvest Moon October 2, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		28 Day Old Moon September 17, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Fruit Moon September 4-5, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Thunder Moon July 7, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Moon Pleiades Mercury April 26, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Dark Sky vs City Sky March 23, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella Canon 10D © Alister Ling
	Lenten Moon March 10, 2009 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Frowny Face December 1, 2008 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Full Moon Rising over Campus October 14, 2008 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Full Moon Rising (Free Fuse Stereo Pair) September 15, 2008 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella Canon 10D © Alister Ling
	33 Hour Moon June 4, 2008 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella		Crescent Moon near the Pleiades April 8, 2008 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Hunter's Moon Over Edmonton October 25, 2007 Canon Digital Rebel XTi, 120mm, f5.6, 1/100 sec. © Luca Vanzella		Harvest Moon Over Edmonton September 24-26, 2007 Canon Digital Rebel XTi © Luca Vanzella
	Total Lunar Eclipse August 28, 2007 Canon Digital Rebel XTi, 53mm, f5.6, 4 sec. © Luca Vanzella		Eclipsed Moon October 27, 2004 Canon EOS 1D, 600mm, f5.6 © Luca Vanzella
	Full Moon Rising October 27, 2004 Canon EOS 1D,  300mm, f2.8 © Luca Vanzella		Full Moon Rising September 28, 2004 Fuji Superia 400 Extra, 600mm, f5.6, 1/4 sec. © Luca Vanzella
	Total Lunar Eclipse November 8, 2003 Excellent eclipse, great weather, some camera problems. A gallery of shots. © Luca Vanzella		First Quarter Moon September 3, 2003, 22:10 MDT Canon S230 afocal on Celestron NexStar 114GT © Luca Vanzella
	5 Naked Eye Planets May 7, 2002 A great planetary alignment but a tough photo due to varying brightness. Fuji Superia 800, 28mm, f2.8, 2 sec. © Luca Vanzella		Moon & Skyline March 26, 2001 Thin crescent with earthshine above Alberta Legislature Fuji Superia 400, 210mm, f4, 4 sec. © Luca Vanzella
	Partial Solar Eclipse July 30, 2000 An unfiltered shot at very high speed. Fuji SG 100, 600mm, f32, 1/4000 sec. © Luca Vanzella		Partial Solar Eclipse July 30, 2000 Combined shot using layer masking. Fujichrome Velvia 50, 300mm, f16, 1/1000 sec. © Luca Vanzella
	Partial Solar Eclipse December 25, 2000 It was kind of cloudy so I made a montage. Fuji Superia 800. © Luca Vanzella		Lunar Eclipse January 20, 2000 We had clear skies for the entire event! Fuji 800 Pro Press, 600mm, f5.6, 1 sec. © Luca Vanzella
	Comet Hale-Bopp March 28, 1997 Caught the comet again a few days later. Fuji 800, 50mm, f1.4, 30 sec. © Luca Vanzella		Comet Hale-Bopp March 23, 1997 Photo taken near mid-eclipse during a partial lunar eclipse. Fuji 800, 50mm f2.8, 20 sec. © Luca Vanzella
	Aurora Gallery December, 1981 A memorable aurora. Kodachrome 100. © Luca Vanzella

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Total Solar Eclipse Expeditions
(Click on the Thumbnails for Full Size Pictures)

March 29, 2006	Relaxing in Egypt. © Luca Vanzella	First Diamond Ring. © Luca Vanzella	Corona at totality. © Luca Vanzella
February 26, 1998	Luxuriating on the Caribbean. © Kathryn Vanzella	Inner corona at totality. © Larry Shore	Video frame of diamond ring. © Jeff Wilkins
July 11, 1991	Roasting on a hill in Mexico. © Kathryn Vanzella	Inner corona at totality. © Luca Vanzella	Outer corona at totality. © Luca Vanzella
February 26, 1979	Freezing in a parking lot in Manitoba. © Jeff Williams	Partial Phase. © Luca Vanzella	Corona at totality. © Bill Zaffiri

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Venus Transit Expeditions

June 8, 2004

Transito da Catania, Sicilia. © Luca Vanzella

Second Contact. © Luca Vanzella

Mid-Transit © Luca Vanzella

Third Contact. © Luca Vanzella

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Daytime Sky Photos

	Crepuscular Rays Over Venice May 21, 2004 From the Ponte Academmia. Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella		Earth's Shadow November 8, 2003 Caught the Earth's shadow while waiting for the total lunar eclipse. Fuji Superia 800, 70-210mm @70mm © Luca Vanzella
	Mammatus Clouds at Commonwealth Stadium July 16, 2003 Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella		Mammatus Clouds Closeup July 16, 2003 Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella
	Double Rainbow over Commonwealth Stadium July 16, 2003 Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella		Moon over Tory Building July 9, 2003 Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella
	The Glory Over Kentucky January 7, 2003 A gallery of shots from 28,000 feet. © Luca Vanzella		The Heiligenschein 2001 The holy light on the golf course. © Kathryn Vanzella
	Sunset from Highway 2 2001 A typical sunset in Alberta. © Luca Vanzella		A Neat Cloud from Highway 2 1999 © Luca Vanzella

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Miscellaneous Photos

	Me and Ed September 30, 2007 This is Apollo 14 astronaut Ed Mitchell and I at a screening of The Wonder Of It All. Canon 600SD © Luca Vanzella
	My Scope August 31, 2003 02:06:00 MDT This is my scope in red light. Canon S230 © Luca Vanzella		North Lit Clouds June 26, 2003 23:38:39 MDT The white lighting on the left side of the cloud is from the evening sky glow in NNW sky. The yellow-orange glow on the rest of the cloud (and the house) is from Edmonton street lights. Canon S230, ISO 50, F2.8, 2 sec © Luca Vanzella

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Astronomy Links

Astronomy Picture of the Day Learn about astronomy and get cool wallpapers.	Sky & Telescope What's up in the sky? Use their interactive sky chart.
Latest Hubble Space Telescope Pictures Even cooler wallpapers.	Heavens Above Info on ISS, Satellites & Iridium Flares
Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Home Put spare cpu cycles to an interesting use.	RASC Edmonton The local astronomy club.

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