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Visitors today, 06 APR 24


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They flew a loop around town. Must be an airshow nearby.






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Tonight's Vandenberg SpaceX launch cloud, plus Jupiter.


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Test shot last evening.


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Crop of same.

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Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:19 am ~

Test shot last evening.

What equipment are you testing?

DeanD wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:12 am

Nakedgun wrote: ↑Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:19 am ~

Test shot last evening.

What equipment are you testing?

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Camera/lens combo settings.



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Desert is green and blooming this Spring.


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Some of our Bluebells.

It really is the "Devil Comet"...

I was attempting to see 12P Pons-Brooks the night before last just after sunset. Having worked out its position I started searching: and this is what I found. Guess where the exact position of the comet is?

BTW, last night I tried again, and the dastardly bat was still hanging around- but this time I managed to see the comet, just above Taurus' foot. Only a faint fuzz in twilight with a hint of a tail in my binos.

Hopefully it will maintain its brightness for a few more days as it gets higher, and the moon begins to rise a bit later.

(BTW, the bat was moving very quickly as it hunted, so I was pleased to get this image, even though it is not as sharp as I would like. Taken with a Tamron 18-300mm zoom at 242mm, ISO 6400 and 1/350 second - and even at that speed the wings are blurred!)

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From today - like riding through a cloud of perfume.


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Unusually green.
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The view from a distance...
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Saw this little guy in our suburban backyard. It is an Eastern Spinebill, but I didn't know that they hovered like a hummingbird. I had never seen one in suburbia before either. Very cool.

The piccie was taken through our kitchen window with a 300mm telephoto, so I am pleased with its reasonable sharpness. (1/350 sec)

(The flower is a "Mexican Sage")

Liverpool Central Library.

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From the front yard, today.

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This morning's 4%.


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