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| pzampella | Date: Sunday, 08.11.2015, 17:05 | Message # 526 |
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| A couple pics I took 3 days ago from Caracas, Venezuela: Orion's Belt and Orion's Nebula in detail. I'll keep trying to improve my technique.
40x4s shots at 6400ISO
100x1s shot at 6400ISO
Edited by pzampella - Thursday, 12.11.2015, 15:04 |
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| Watsisname | Date: Monday, 09.11.2015, 06:19 | Message # 527 |
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| Wow, these are superb, especially the close-up! You've gotten really good. 
One suggestion might be to try taking another set of images with the same exposure but lower ISO, to get the brighter details at the center that are being blown out here at 6400. Then blend those sets together to make an HDR-like image.
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| pzampella | Date: Monday, 09.11.2015, 15:46 | Message # 528 |
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| Watsisname, that's in fact a really good idea! However, I blown up those details in post-processing so I could get more nebulisity. I'll try doing that now.
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| Watsisname | Date: Tuesday, 10.11.2015, 07:15 | Message # 529 |
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| I see your edit; really nice work! 
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| pzampella | Date: Tuesday, 10.11.2015, 17:24 | Message # 530 |
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| Watsisname, I used the same images, but protected the nebula using masks.
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| midtskogen | Date: Sunday, 22.11.2015, 20:01 | Message # 531 |
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| I found this pair of photos interesting. We see the same Taurid, taken tonight, from two different locations. First from the side:
Then almost head on:
In the second shot the meteor is going upwards in the sky and seem to increase in speed. To better see how, here's a map showing the two locations (OSL and KRI):
NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI
Edited by midtskogen - Sunday, 22.11.2015, 20:01 |
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| steeljaw354 | Date: Tuesday, 08.12.2015, 11:29 | Message # 532 |
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| Uranus and neptune
Edited by steeljaw354 - Tuesday, 08.12.2015, 11:31 |
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| Watsisname | Date: Wednesday, 09.12.2015, 00:22 | Message # 533 |
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| Impressive! What's your equipment?
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| steeljaw354 | Date: Wednesday, 09.12.2015, 00:47 | Message # 534 |
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| Meade LX600-ACF 12in Telescope F8 With Starlock & X-Wedge (Bought in 2011 off of craigslist for around 1000$)
5x barklow lens (2 of these)
Celestron eyepeice one that zooms in
Telescope camera (unknown brand)
Thats basicly all of it
Images from nevada 2013 also a view of mars
Edited by steeljaw354 - Wednesday, 09.12.2015, 00:49 |
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| Watsisname | Date: Wednesday, 09.12.2015, 02:42 | Message # 535 |
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| That's a phenomenal Mars shot. One of the best I've seen.
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| midtskogen | Date: Tuesday, 15.12.2015, 16:08 | Message # 536 |
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| Last night gave more than 100 geminids. Some where very bright, brighter than -10, and some reached altitudes as low as the lower 30's (km), which is rare fore something travelling at 35 km/s. So this is no dirty snowball!
NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI
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| midtskogen | Date: Wednesday, 16.12.2015, 10:43 | Message # 537 |
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| I've made a new "tracked" version of the above image. 108 individual exposures of meteors were reprojected putting the Geminid radiant at the centre, then stacked. I.e. compensating for the Earth's rotation. This shows how the meteors would look like if they all came simultaniously.
NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI
Edited by midtskogen - Wednesday, 16.12.2015, 12:34 |
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| Watsisname | Date: Wednesday, 16.12.2015, 11:16 | Message # 538 |
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| Awesome! Now it appropriately looks like your logo.
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| midtskogen | Date: Wednesday, 16.12.2015, 12:59 | Message # 539 |
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| This year's best Geminid as viewed from my house was this one:
It faded at an altitude of 32.9 km. It was visible for 2.6 seconds. A rough guess of its brightness is -11. The parent body of the Geminids is made of hard stuff.
NIL DIFFICILE VOLENTI
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| Watsisname | Date: Sunday, 20.12.2015, 05:40 | Message # 540 |
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| Incredible airglow photographed by Yuri Beletsky on SpaceWeather.com:
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