Astronomy Picture of the Day
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by SPMaximus » Jan 30, 2012 6:12 pm
it also covers half the globe apparently 
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1622 by newolder » Jan 30, 2012 8:31 pm
2nites aurora mite cover moar of teh globe... lukin 4werds 2 2morrows spaceweather vewz... 
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1623 by THWOTH » Jan 30, 2012 8:50 pm
I'll be looking north later. Just in case. 
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1624 by newolder » Jan 30, 2012 9:12 pm
i'll keep as good a watch as teh skies permit...Welcome
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1625 by crank » Jan 30, 2012 11:30 pm
redwhine wrote:crank wrote:How was that shot taken?
Does this help?...
http://valerie.desnoux.free.fr/pano/pano_en.html
(It goes WAY over my head!)
Thanks redwine, that stuff is pretty cool, found another free panarama software, the MS tool is cool, but I don't think it can do all that vertical stitching like this one does. And,
, I thought I relied already, I think I got lost in the noodling about and forgot about a partially written response, its tab getting carelessly tossed along with a typical vast sea of tabs i always end up with.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1626 by crank » Jan 31, 2012 12:24 am
MattHunX wrote:Just torrented the FULL version of Universe Sandbox with all the features.
That looks amazing, so what the fuck is steam, it only costs $10 if you are on steam, but I couldn't immediately find out what that costs, so I lose patience real quick. I don't do games, but if this is a game, I might start. One of only two games I've ever played more than once or twice was this orbiting earth thing, where you had a satellite and the only controls were forward or backwards thrust and rotational thrust. You could dick around with the orbit, can't remember much, it's been 25 years or so ago since I've seen it. I think this one is a wee bit more advanced.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1627 by mraltair » Jan 31, 2012 8:00 am
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1628 by Made of Stars » Jan 31, 2012 10:18 am
mraltair wrote:North America is a lot browner than I expected.
That's just the Full of Shit Belt you're looking at - it's greener elsewhere.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1630 by redwhine » Feb 01, 2012 8:35 am
2012 February 1 - Red Aurora Over Australia
Scene into.
A time-lapse video highlighting auroras visible that night puts the picturesque seen in context.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1631 by crank » Feb 01, 2012 1:57 pm
I'm afraid the Full of Shit Belt has grown into the Full of Shit Straightjacket.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1632 by The_Metatron » Feb 01, 2012 7:48 pm
- Luna
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- Luna
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- Luna
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The forum limits the number of attachments to three. It was bloody cold, and bloody windy out there tonight. No deep space objects possible, even though the skies are clear.
Here are three shots of Luna. All of these are eyepiece projection at magnification 100X through my 7" Mak-Cas.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1633 by The_Metatron » Feb 01, 2012 7:51 pm
- Luna
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- Luna
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Another two using eyepiece projection.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1634 by The_Metatron » Feb 01, 2012 7:54 pm
And finally, the last two of Luna tonight, these are prime focus.
I hope you enjoy them. Distribute them freely, but give me credit.
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- Luna
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1635 by klazmon » Feb 02, 2012 12:21 am
Nice work The_Metatron. Strangely some of the eyepiece projection ones look sharper than the prime focus shots, which are effectively lower magnification. Maybe better focus with the eyepiece projection??
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1636 by MattHunX » Feb 02, 2012 8:33 am
The_Metatron wrote:And finally, the last two of Luna tonight, these are prime focus.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1637 by Made of Stars » Feb 02, 2012 9:13 am
You're coming along in leaps and bounds Jesse!
What were the exposure times on those shots? That, and the wind, might have affected focus, but they're looking great!
What were the exposure times on those shots? That, and the wind, might have affected focus, but they're looking great!
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1639 by newolder » Feb 02, 2012 6:04 pm
luverly pics, The_Metatron... feeling up 2 a challenging night soon, 
spaceweather.com wrote:ASTROPHOTO-OP: Astrophotographers, ready your cameras. On Friday morning, February 3rd, Comet Garradd (C/2009 P1) will pass approximately 0.5 degrees from globular cluster M92 in Hercules.
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Re: Astronomy Picture of the Day
#1640 by THWOTH » Feb 02, 2012 7:17 pm
Great shots T_M.
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