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Post by katydyd5 on Aug 15, 2022 15:29:34 GMT
I've just rented a house on the ocean in the Outer Banks of NC for next summer for a family vacation. I know I'm way too excited for the length of time we will have to wait to go, but in my one previous experience there, the night sky was stunning. I'm hoping it hasn't gotten too commercial now and that the stars will still be fully visible. The last time we were there, my children were young and shocked to see all the stars. It was hard for them to understand that we had the same sky at home, just too many lights to see it. I'm hoping my grandchildren will be able to see the wonder of the night sky for the first time too.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Aug 15, 2022 16:38:24 GMT
I've just rented a house on the ocean in the Outer Banks of NC for next summer for a family vacation. I know I'm way too excited for the length of time we will have to wait to go, but in my one previous experience there, the night sky was stunning. I'm hoping it hasn't gotten too commercial now and that the stars will still be fully visible. The last time we were there, my children were young and shocked to see all the stars. It was hard for them to understand that we had the same sky at home, just too many lights to see it. I'm hoping my grandchildren will be able to see the wonder of the night sky for the first time too. Sounds great! As you say, a long time to wait!
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Aug 15, 2022 21:28:30 GMT
I've just rented a house on the ocean in the Outer Banks of NC for next summer for a family vacation. I know I'm way too excited for the length of time we will have to wait to go, but in my one previous experience there, the night sky was stunning. I'm hoping it hasn't gotten too commercial now and that the stars will still be fully visible. The last time we were there, my children were young and shocked to see all the stars. It was hard for them to understand that we had the same sky at home, just too many lights to see it. I'm hoping my grandchildren will be able to see the wonder of the night sky for the first time too. wow! one to look forward to. katydyd5 - you can check how good the sky is by checking the exact location on the Bortle Scale. In essence this is the Bortle Scale with 1-3 being great, 4-6 being acceptable and 7-9 being a struggle even on better nights ♦ Class 1: Excellent dark-sky site - Zodiacal Light, Gegenschein, and Zodiacal Band Visible. ♦ Class 2: Typical truly dark site - The summer Milky Way is highly structured to the unaided eye ♦ Class 3: Rural sky - Slight signs of light pollution along the horizon. ♦ Class 4: Rural/suburban transition - Fairly obvious light-pollution domes apparent over population centers. ♦ Class 5: Suburban sky - Light sources are evident in most if not all directions. ♦ Class 6: Bright suburban sky - The sky within 35° of the horizon glows grayish white. ♦ Class 7: Suburban/urban transition - Strong light sources are evident in all directions. ♦ Class 8: City sky - The sky glows whitish gray or orange. ♦ Class 9: Inner-city sky - The entire sky is brightly lit, even at the zenith. you can check most locations here: www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=1.60&lat=19.3367&lon=-1.9881&layers=B0TFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
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Post by katydyd5 on Aug 15, 2022 23:23:17 GMT
Thanks for the info Brenski! I Googled the Bortle scale for the Outer Banks and it looks like we might be in luck for sky viewing! Now I'm twice as excited. I'm so hoping to see the wonder that I saw in my sons' eyes repeated in my grandchildren. I would say we are a Class 5 here at home.
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Post by Ryan Newton on Aug 21, 2022 22:23:33 GMT
Jupiter and the four Galilean Moons (L-R: Ganymede, Io, Jupiter, Europa, Callisto) August 21st 2022, 1:21 CST Taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T3. ISO-400, f/11, 1", EF 75-300mm Telephoto Lens. Photo by Ryan Newton.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Aug 22, 2022 5:31:36 GMT
really nice shot. Jupiter was really bright [here] last night around 11pm - unfortunately its direct line of sight was blocked by trees
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 26, 2022 14:39:07 GMT
Black Wings Chief Mouse ThomasQuinn georg jon_innuendo HelloDelilah Chopin1995 pg emrabt The Real Wizard Lord Fickle Raf katydyd5 ted Steve CuppaJo Mad4Metal Egietje velizar Mustapha Ibrahimwell, as Milky Way Season comes to an end for 2022, I thought I'd share this one with you: I spent the weekend away at a Dark Sky site in Herefordshire with my local Astro Society. My wife, son and daughter-in-law came along too. It was a nice weekend under generally clear skies, with some extremely knowledgeable and helpful folk - who made my family very welcome. A good time was had by all, and the sights included; nice detailed views of Jupiter (& 4 moons), and some of its moons, Pleiades, Dumbbell Nebula, M13, Andromeda and many more. I'll just share one of my distinctly average Milky Way grabs with you. This one is of it emerging from some passing cloud.
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Post by Egietje on Sept 26, 2022 17:03:47 GMT
well, as Milky Way Season comes to an end for 2022, I thought I'd share this one with you: I spent the weekend away at a Dark Sky site in Herefordshire with my local Astro Society. My wife, son and daughter-in-law came along too. It was a nice weekend under generally clear skies, with some extremely knowledgeable and helpful folk - who made my family very welcome. A good time was had by all, and the sights included; nice detailed views of Jupiter (& 4 moons), and some of its moons, Pleiades, Dumbbell Nebula, M13, Andromeda and many more. I'll just share one of my distinctly average Milky Way grabs with you. This one is of it emerging from some passing cloud. That looks beautiful!
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Post by The Real Wizard on Sept 26, 2022 18:47:45 GMT
A good time was had by all, and the sights included; nice detailed views of Jupiter (& 4 moons), and some of its moons, Pleiades, Dumbbell Nebula, M13, Andromeda and many more. Great shot !
I'll be on the lookout tonight - this is the closest Jupiter has been to Earth in 70 years.
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Post by emrabt on Sept 26, 2022 19:35:36 GMT
Wow, that's beautiful.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 26, 2022 21:54:11 GMT
A good time was had by all, and the sights included; nice detailed views of Jupiter (& 4 moons), and some of its moons, Pleiades, Dumbbell Nebula, M13, Andromeda and many more. Great shot ! I'll be on the lookout tonight - this is the closest Jupiter has been to Earth in 70 years.
...and we're clouded up to shit here
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Post by The Real Wizard on Sept 26, 2022 22:06:33 GMT
Great shot ! I'll be on the lookout tonight - this is the closest Jupiter has been to Earth in 70 years.
...and we're clouded up to shit here And it's raining here. Boo.
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Post by ThomasQuinn on Sept 27, 2022 4:54:42 GMT
Yeah, absolutely clouded up and rainy here, too. But hey - a few days won't make much of a difference for observing Jupiter.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Sept 27, 2022 6:16:14 GMT
Yeah, absolutely clouded up and rainy here, too. But hey - a few days won't make much of a difference for observing Jupiter. yes. Jupiter & are nicely positioned
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Post by Ryan Newton on Oct 8, 2022 0:09:04 GMT
Took this pic when Jupiter was at it's closest approach to Earth on September 26th 2022. It's a composite of two shots taken about 3 minutes apart.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Oct 8, 2022 8:28:47 GMT
Took this pic when Jupiter was at it's closest approach to Earth on September 26th 2022. It's a composite of two shots taken about 3 minutes apart. really nice shot. what were your settings and equipment? for me, Jupiter and are blocked by trees until late most evenings. Mars is making an evening appearance now too,
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Post by Ryan Newton on Oct 8, 2022 22:22:18 GMT
Took this pic when Jupiter was at it's closest approach to Earth on September 26th 2022. It's a composite of two shots taken about 3 minutes apart. really nice shot. what were your settings and equipment? for me, Jupiter and are blocked by trees until late most evenings. Mars is making an evening appearance now too, Canon EOS Rebel T3, EF 75-300mm Telephoto Lens Low exposure shot: ISO-1600, f/20, 1/160" High exposure shot: ISO-800, f/9, 1"
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 12, 2022 12:03:46 GMT
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Post by katydyd5 on Nov 13, 2022 0:19:36 GMT
Stunning.
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Post by Egietje on Nov 13, 2022 1:29:21 GMT
That's beautiful!
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 13, 2022 16:25:17 GMT
Andromeda is nice and high for the next few weeks, anyone with a DSLR (or similar) grab yourself 30x 1sec images and stack them
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 19, 2022 16:44:05 GMT
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Post by Lord Fickle on Nov 19, 2022 17:53:17 GMT
Fabulous, Martin! 👍
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Post by Egietje on Nov 19, 2022 19:30:33 GMT
Nice ones!
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 26, 2022 11:05:25 GMT
Black Wings Chief Mouse ThomasQuinn georg jon_innuendo HelloDelilah Chopin1995 pg emrabt The Real Wizard Lord Fickle Raf katydyd5 ted Steve CuppaJo Mad4Metal Egietje velizar Mustapha IbrahimAndromeda Galaxy: [Messier 31] At a distance of 2½ million light years away, and visible to the naked eye on moonless nights. This spiral galaxy has for a long time considered to be bigger than the Milky Way. Our galactic neighbour is expected to collide with our own Milky Way in around 4½ billion years. I'd decided to have another go at Andromeda - with my imaging scope and astro camera. Equipment: ♦ Star Adventurer 2i EQ Mount ♦ Sky Watcher 72ED Pro refractor ♦ Zwo ASI 183 Pro Cooled camera. ♦ Stellamira ♦ Skywatcher 9x50 Right Angled Corrected Image Telescope Finderscope ♦ Optolong UHC Light Pollution Filter 2" ♦ Stellamira Field Flattener / 0.8 Reducer Andromeda - due to its apparent size does not fit inside the aperture of the 72ED - about ⅓ of it being clipped by the 72ED's field of view. Enter the Stellamira. The focal reducer/flattener serves two purposes, it reduces a target's size while flattening the outer edges of the FOV. Even with it reduced by 20% it still barely fits in the FOV and is a pig to centre with my old crap eyes. In recent weeks I'd had various niggles with the above kit, the clutches were slipping and focus issues compounded things. So last night was effectively a test run for [hopefully] better results to come. I know I've blown out the galactic core quite a bit, but a reduction in the "gain" setting next time should help that.
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Post by Lord Fickle on Nov 26, 2022 11:33:45 GMT
The numbers are just mind-blowing!
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Post by emrabt on Nov 26, 2022 11:39:40 GMT
Amazing
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Post by The Real Wizard on Nov 27, 2022 15:15:31 GMT
Andromeda Galaxy: [Messier 31] At a distance of 2½ million light years away, and visible to the naked eye on moonless nights. This spiral galaxy has for a long time considered to be bigger than the Milky Way. Our galactic neighbour is expected to collide with our own Milky Way in around 4½ billion years. Make sure you go pro at some point before that happens - you definitely have the chops and passion for this.
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Post by BrƎИsꓘi on Nov 27, 2022 16:08:32 GMT
Black Wings Chief Mouse ThomasQuinn georg jon_innuendo HelloDelilah Chopin1995 pg emrabt The Real Wizard Lord Fickle Raf katydyd5 ted Steve CuppaJo Mad4Metal Egietje velizar Mustapha IbrahimAndromeda Galaxy: [Messier 31] At a distance of 2½ million light years away, and visible to the naked eye on moonless nights. This spiral galaxy has for a long time considered to be bigger than the Milky Way. Our galactic neighbour is expected to collide with our own Milky Way in around 4½ billion years. Make sure you go pro at some point before that happens - you definitely have the chops and passion for this. going to need lots more data to get a really good image. the post above is around 70x 17s images stacked (around 20 minutes of integration). I'll need around 40mins of Andromeda to get what I want out of it. I've just revisited the data and (surprisingly) stacking again produces a slightly better result. Even the "Preview Jpeg" that the stack produces looks reasonable. perhaps the B&W result is masking some deficiencies?
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