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Portrait of Gugurmin
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OzEclipse »
Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:28 am
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Gugurmin, the Wiradjiri country name of the dark constellation more commonly known as the emu or celestial emu. Taken from my property in Wiradjiri...
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Just a great image Joe. Congrats on winning today's APOD.
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Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:40 pm
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Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:14 pm
My Comet Neowise chasing journey
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jon.s »
Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:38 pm
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For over three weeks in July, my life was completely taken over by planning and photographing Neowise, learning about it, and sharing my images and...
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Thank you helicon and TheButcher !
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Thu Dec 31, 2020 4:50 am
Oscillation of R Draconis
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Pikaia »
Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:57 am
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R Dra 20 loops ezgif.gif
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The long-period variable R Draconis, photographed August 20, 2020 at maximum brightness of mag 6.5, and...
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Nice animation! a gif?
Yes, it is a gif.
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Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:52 pm
Jupiter and Saturn on Dec 15
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StargazerQ »
Sat Dec 19, 2020 5:55 pm
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Forecast doesn't look good for the whole week so looks like this is as close as I'm going to capture.
Blend of a 30 s exposure for the sky and 80 s...
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That's a nicely composed image Stargazer.
Thanks! That place is a bit of a drive but very much worth the trip.
Hi Francois. You did a great...
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Sun Dec 20, 2020 2:20 am
Jupiter and Saturn Dec 5th
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Baurice »
Sun Dec 06, 2020 12:17 am
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They are now closing in rapidly. DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure, as I usually use for Jupiter's moons.
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Now added Dec 12th and 15thL
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Last post by Baurice
Fri Dec 18, 2020 2:16 pm
Milky Way Project Update
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sdbodin »
Sat Dec 12, 2020 4:05 pm
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Started this in summer, image the spine on the Milky Way with my ancient 28mm f2.8 lens of '60s vintage in both Ha and RGB with the ASI1600MC-cool...
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Coming along nicely, Steve! The North American Nebula certainly stands out, maybe because it is so close to the center?
Bob
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Last post by bobharmony
Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:10 pm
Leonids - 2020
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Ed217 »
Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:08 am
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Three images from this weeks (11/17/20) Leonids meteor shower. These are from about 1000 pictures taken with a Nikon D5600. Exposure for each was 8...
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Nice captures! Where in Virginia?
Dave
Roanoke area
If you ever get up my way (Culpeper), let me know. We have a great privately owned...
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Fri Dec 04, 2020 11:27 am
Starry Night: Star Trails Above the Pod
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jrkirkham »
Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:53 pm
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I took a star trail shot over the barn earlier this year. This shot includes my POD and warm room. It's off the grid. I use rechargeable batteries...
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Amazing bright star trails. Perfect!
Congrats on the APOD.
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Last post by Ruud
Mon Nov 23, 2020 8:49 pm
The Pleiades (M45)
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gcisko »
Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:44 pm
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The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the north-west of...
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nice capture .
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Last post by messier 111
Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:05 pm
Christmas tree
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StargazerQ »
Sat Nov 14, 2020 9:37 pm
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While shooting DSO with my tracking mount I noticed how perfectly positioned Vega was relative to that tree.
Blend of three shots: 1 X 60 s iso 400...
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That is a wonderful shot if only because the outline of the tree is just as beautiful as the night sky.
Congrats on the APOD award.
BABO
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Last post by BABOafrica
Mon Nov 16, 2020 6:20 am
Moonlight influences aurora (green Vader)
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Kanadalainen »
Wed Sep 30, 2020 2:56 pm
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Back at it!
Hunting down aurora as the sun's activity in ejection of material also increases.
This image was done in a rush as the moon had not...
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Love it! Thanks.
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Last post by Ruud
Sat Nov 14, 2020 6:10 pm
Orion and Taurus
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I Am Marsha »
Sat Aug 29, 2020 3:13 pm
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Took this shot of the Orion and Taurus constellations just before sunrise. Nice to see stars with a blue sky. Screen shot of app to show what's...
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Very nice 👍
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Last post by Ylem
Fri Nov 13, 2020 5:36 am
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Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:05 am
The Constellation Cassiopeia
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gcisko »
Sun Nov 08, 2020 6:55 pm
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Cassiopeia was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations...
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Hi Greg, nice shot of one of our great location finders...
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Last post by Greenman
Mon Nov 09, 2020 1:21 pm
Harvest Startrails in Illinois
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jrkirkham »
Wed Oct 28, 2020 2:23 am
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An October nightscape facing southwest in west central Illinois. Here are the specs:
Camera: Canon 6D, tripod: Manfroto; lens: Tamron 28-75 @ 50mm;...
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Haha, you are absolutely correct. I was thinking one thing and typed another without noticing it. I was actually shooting for Orionids. Orion was...
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Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:29 am
Starnet nightscape
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StargazerQ »
Sat Oct 24, 2020 8:57 pm
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Discovering Starnet++ and trying to use it in nightscapes.
Two frame pano, top frame is 2 min exposure iso 400 with Pentax K-70 and Samyang 16mm...
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Beautiful Shot StargazerQ and congratulations on the APOD.
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Last post by OzEclipse
Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:27 am
Milky Way 10/15/20
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Ed217 »
Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:53 am
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Images of the Milky Way galaxy taken 10/15/20. Taken with a Nikon D5600, 10mm lens, ISO 6400-25000, 30 second exposure on a basic tripod mount. Post...
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Hi Ed. Very nice images of the Milky Way. Excellent framing and some good foreground too. Thanks for sharing these captures with us Ed, and...
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Last post by Makuser
Sun Oct 18, 2020 5:27 pm
My first milky way effort
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maceemiller »
Sat Sep 19, 2020 7:27 am
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Hi all.
Heres my first effort at the milky way with my new (second hand) Canon 100d with the 18mm stock lens.
As an added bonus Andromeda is there...
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Very nice! Really cool with M31 floating off the south-eastern edge of the spiral arm.
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Last post by Hankmeister3
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:59 pm
Gandalf the Green
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Kanadalainen »
Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:04 am
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September 26, 2020 - 1:45 am. The Aurora continue to be very active, reflecting some heightened ejecta from the Sun. The aurora ebb and gain strength...
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I wish we got the northern lights on a regular basis here at 40 degrees latitude. I've only seen the AB twice in the last 36 years we've lived here....
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Last post by Hankmeister3
Tue Oct 13, 2020 10:56 pm
Cassiopeia and the Andromeda Galaxy?
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helicon »
Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:18 pm
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The $10,000 question is whether I captured the faint smudge of the AG in this phone photo, 10/9/20 at 9:58 PM. I keep thinking that I can perhaps...
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The mottled sky seems to show mottle where the galaxy is, but it's the same all over, so I'm erring on the side of no!
Nice Cassiopeia though!...
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Last post by Graeme1858
Sun Oct 11, 2020 8:07 am
Black Spruce and Aurora at Wanipigow
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Kanadalainen »
Fri Sep 25, 2020 10:26 pm
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I took this Sept 23, 2020
FIrst time in a year, that I have seen good aurora. I took this while visiting the astro cabin, north of my city. I framed...
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How beautiful!
Thank you Ian, for sharing, and congrats on the APOD.
Thanks Ruud!
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Last post by Kanadalainen
Sun Sep 27, 2020 7:00 pm
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Last post by Kanadalainen
Sat Sep 26, 2020 3:16 am
Circumpolar
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OzEclipse »
Sat Sep 19, 2020 11:33 am
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In recent posts, I posted two 30s exposure frames that were part of a star trail sequence.
Here is the stitched final star trail.
Ninety four 30s...
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Lack of a bright pole star is very obvious. Also, the Magellanic Clouds are far closer to the pole than perceived by us northerners. No wonder I...
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Last post by OzEclipse
Sat Sep 19, 2020 3:25 pm
Cassiopeia
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Baurice »
Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:08 pm
This was a by-product of a meteor hunt. It was 20 frames stacked, each 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure. What I liked was that I...
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Last post by Baurice
Fri Sep 18, 2020 4:08 pm
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