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JSBach1801 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:28 am
Another from Meteor Crater. This was 25 images taken on a full frame Sony with a 50mm lens, merged in Photoshop, and color adjusted mostly with the Camera raw filter. The final image printed at 300 dpi would print to 10 feet by 3 feet! I love panoramas!
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Smashing image Lyle!
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
JSBach1801 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:28 am
Another from Meteor Crater. This was 25 images taken on a full frame Sony with a 50mm lens, merged in Photoshop, and color adjusted mostly with the Camera raw filter. The final image printed at 300 dpi would print to 10 feet by 3 feet! I love panoramas!
MeteorCrater_003_Small.jpg
Smashing image Lyle!
I see what you did there, Jim!
Lyle In Utah
Telescopes: William Optics Zenithstar 73 III APO, ZWO 30mm f/4 Mini Guide Scope
Cameras: Sony a7IV Mirrorless, ZWO ASI120MM-MINI
Mount: Sky Watcher EQM-35i
Control: ASIAIR Plus
JSBach1801 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:00 am
This was taken back earlier this month not far from Preston, ID, along the Bear River.
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Gorgeous landscape!
The tree colors are beautiful!
Jim
Scopes: Explore Scientific ED102 APO, Sharpstar 61 EDPH II APO, Samyang 135 F2 (still on the Nikon).
Mount: Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro with Rowan Belt Mod
Stuff: ASI EAF Focus Motor (x2), ZWO OAG, ZWO 30 mm Guide Scope, ASI 220mm min, ASI 120mm mini, Stellarview 0.8 FR/FF, Sharpstar 0.8 FR/FF, Mele Overloock 3C.
Camera/Filters/Software: ASI 533 mc pro, ASI 120mm mini, ASI 220mm mini , IDAS LPS D-1, Optolong L-Enhance, ZWO UV/IR Cut, N.I.N.A., Green Swamp Server, PHD2, Adobe Photoshop CC, Pixinsight.
Dog and best bud: Jack
Sky: Bortle 6-7
My Astrobin: https://www.astrobin.com/users/Juno16/
Graeme1858 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 01, 2023 6:54 pm
A Sparrow Hawk landed in our back garden today. I don't think the Dove saw him coming!
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They are amazing to watch. We have a pair frequent our garden. The smaller male usually takes the sparrows and the larger female the doves. We have seen it being mobbed by a large mixed flock of jackdaws and rooks. Which was noisy!
Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 80ED (SW 0.85 FR/FF) on a SW NEQ6Pro
Guiding; SW Evoguide 50ED, ASI 120mm mini
Meade 8" LX200 GPS on wedge (Guided with a cheapo 50mm guidescope and a ZWO ASI 120mm mini)
Sharpstar 61EDPH II (with dedicated 0.8 reducer) with wiliam Optics 32mm uniguide
Camera: ASI2600MC pro. QHY 163M with ZWO 7nm NB filters, Canon EOS700D astro mod
Secondary mount: Skywatcher StarAdventurer
Ylem wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 1:44 am
Odd sand formations on the beach after the storms.
Notice how high the sand is, almost covering a split rail fence.
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So cool. I was struggling to read the scale till I picked out the fence. At first I thought it was huge landscape features like bluffs and canyons.
Scope: Skywatcher Evostar 80ED (SW 0.85 FR/FF) on a SW NEQ6Pro
Guiding; SW Evoguide 50ED, ASI 120mm mini
Meade 8" LX200 GPS on wedge (Guided with a cheapo 50mm guidescope and a ZWO ASI 120mm mini)
Sharpstar 61EDPH II (with dedicated 0.8 reducer) with wiliam Optics 32mm uniguide
Camera: ASI2600MC pro. QHY 163M with ZWO 7nm NB filters, Canon EOS700D astro mod
Secondary mount: Skywatcher StarAdventurer
Fleetwood UK has three lighthouses, one is a wreck out at sea but these are the other two.
Pete
Rig1. Samyang 135 F2 ED UMC, Player One Poseidon-C Pro, EQ5
Rig2. Celestron RASA 8, Zwo Asi 533 MC Pro, EQ6
APM Astrograph 107/700, Hutech/Idas filters, NINA, Pix.
lots of cables!
Sad news today that the wonderful Narran Lake nature reserve in NW NSW, Australia has bushfires burning. The lake beds are nesting grounds for tens of thousands of waterbirds, ibis, spoonbill, pelican, egrets and many more. The lake is not permanent, rather a large wetland that only fills when flood waters come down the Narran River from rains in Queensland. The birds follow the flood waters down until they reach these breeding grounds.
This photo taken on a no fires visit in 2008 of a dry claypan with large storm brewing at sunset. Narran Lake itself was about 13km from where we parked the 4wd and we were on our way walking back from the lake to my 4wd parked outside the reserve. We spent much more time at the lake than we'd expected. We saw the storm forming but were not carrying flashlights and were worried that we'd get lost in the dark. So we had this one brief 2 mins stop, to shoot the storm over this claypan at the halfway mark. We got back to my dark grey 4wd at the very end of twilight and could barely see it in the dark even when we were only metres from it. After that experience, I now make a point to always carry a small flashlight in my camera bag and some spare batteries.
Joe
Amateur astronomer since 1978...................Web site :http://joe-cali.com/ Scopes: ATM 18" Dob, Vixen VC200L, ATM 6"f7, Stellarvue 102ED, Saxon ED80, WO M70 ED, Orion 102 Maksutov, ST80. Mounts: Takahashi EM-200, iOptron iEQ45, Push dobsonian with Nexus DSC, three homemade EQ's. Eyepieces: TV Naglers 31, 17, 12, 7; Denkmeier D21 & D14; Pentax XW10, XW5, Unitron 40mm Kellner, Meade Or 25,12 Cameras : Pentax K1, K5, K01, K10D / VIDEO CAMS : TacosBD, Lihmsec. Cam/guider/controllers: Lacerta MGEN 3, SW Synguider, Simulation Curriculum SkyFi 3+Sky safari Memberships Astronomical Association of Queensland; RASNZ Occultations Section; Single Exposure Milky Way Facebook Group (Moderator) (12k members), The Sky Searchers (moderator)
I recently went to the Xmas light show at Dunham Massey, a stately home near Manchester. The highlight of the show was this installation called Mycelium Network, with large numbers of glass fungi connected by fibre-optic cables, in colours that were constantly changing.
Pikaia wrote: ↑Sun Nov 26, 2023 12:08 pm
I recently went to the Xmas light show at Dunham Massey, a stately home near Manchester. The highlight of the show was this installation called Mycelium Network, with large numbers of glass fungi connected by fibre-optic cables, in colours that were constantly changing.
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Nice place to visit on acid.
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