Wonderful Moon this morning through telescope Nikon D80 and Hyperion

Photos below are taken this morning by astronomical telescope and Nikon D80, some with no eyepiece, others with Hyperion 10 mm.
I woke up at 3 am and I first mounted camera Sony CX130, then I shot with Nikon and the telescope, with and without Hyperyon of 10 mm.
The sky was clear and acceptable atmosphere quality.

Above, are focal photos of the Moon, without eyepiece 1/8-1/100 sec at ISO 320 and F1
Below, are afocal photos of the Moon, with Hyperion 10mm eyepiece 1/20 sec at ISO 250 and F1

Telescope: Celestron 8 inch Newtonian
Mount C5/EQ5
Camera: Nikon D80 with T ring 
Ocular: Hyperion 10 mm with T ring 
Filter: no
Date: September 10, 2012
Time: 3:58 to 4:24
Location: Baia Mare, Romania

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Venus, Mars, Saturn, Casiopeia, Orion, Ursa Major The Sky photographed. Pictures with Nikon D80

Above: Venus and Jupiter

Above: The constellation Orion.

Above: The constellation Casiopeia.

Above: Big Dipper (Ursa Major).

Above: Mars.

Above: Saturn.

These photos were taken on the outskirts of Baia Mare as usual. The sky was caught here by a friend of mine, with my Nikon D80, while I shoot Mars through the 8" telescope.

The first photos are captured the planets Venus and Jupiter setting down. Earlier Venus I was just filmed down my block when it was high enough to catch clean images of this planet, but processing will take some time. Venus will be more closer to the Pleiades then now, on April 3, 2012, (the peak of the meeting). Venus has a cycle of transits by the Pleiades every eight years until 2060.

Below are the pictures of the Big Dipper, or Ursa Major, the stars with each of their names. They are seven in number, and are called Merak, Dubbhe, Phad, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar and Alkaid.

In the last photos, Saturn, ( I also filmed it that night), was almost the same horizontal level with the star Spica.

 It was enough light pollution because there lights on passing cars, but also because at the northeast is a shopping center.

Above:
Name: The sky on March 24, 2012
Photographer: Gabi Chiver
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 03/24/2012
Time: 9:32 p.m. to 10:50 p.m.
Telescope: No
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55mm
Exposures: 10, 15 and 25 sec
Aperture: F5, 6
ISO: 640
Edit: FastStone

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Casiopeia constellation DSLR images Nikon D80

 Casiopeia constellation Nikon D80 DSLR pictures. Cassiopeia is a constellation of the northern sky, and was named after Queen Cassiopeia in Greek mythology, who was an unsurpassed beauty. Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy who lived in the second century, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations of today. It is easily recognizable because of the distinctive shape of "W", consisting of five bright stars. It borders on south, Andromeda, Perseus on south-east and on north is Cepheus. It opposites the Big Dipper, and is most clearly seen in early November in the northern hemisphere.

Above:
Name: Constellation Casiopeia
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 26/02/2012
Time: 19:40
Telescope: No
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-35mm kit
Exposure: 30 sec, manual
Aperture: F5, 6
ISO: 400
Edit: FastStone

Above:
Name: Constellation Casiopeia above parachutists Tower
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 04/03/2012
Time: 20:37
Telescope: No
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-35mm kit
Exposure: 30 sec, manual
Aperture: F3, 48
ISO: 500. last to ISO 1000
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Jupiter and Venus conjunction Pictures Nikon D80 DSLR

Above:
Name: Venus and Jupiter
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 04/03/2012
Time: 19:40
Telescope: No
Eyepiece: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55mm
Exposures:  image 1: 20 sec, images 2 and 3: 15 sec, image 4: 13 sec
Aperture: F5, 6
ISO: 400
Edit: FastStone

If you get asked at this time in March 2012 which are the two bright stars that you see every night on the west, here's what they are.
During this time, Jupiter and Venus are in conjunction. Jupiter is on the right of Venus, and Venus, from what I've noticed, every evening, had a change of position. From March 4, until March 15, Veus is now above Jupiter, as shown in pictures below . I say Venus, not Jupiter, because Jupiter is much farther from Earth than Venus, and Jupiter is moving slower. Venus moves faster in our sky.
The two planets are at the 'hooves' of constellation Aries.

Above:
Name: Venus and Jupiter
Location: Baia Mare, Romania
Date: 04/03/2012
Time: 7:36 p.m. to 8:06 p.m.
Telescope: No
Eye: No
Camera: Nikon D80, 18-55mm
Exposures: Figure 1: 10 sec-20 sec
Aperture: F4 to F22
ISO: 500-1600
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Astro calendar 2012: Astronomical calendar-astronomy events in 2012 .
Next astronomical event in 2012: April 30, 2012 Venus is at -4.5 magnitude

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