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shelbydiamondstar OP t1_j5f0sfz wrote
Reply to Rare December bloom in Anza Borrego makes for a wonderful foreground to frame Orion with! (California) by shelbydiamondstar
Sky consists of about 5 mins worth of tracked data, and then blended with focus stacked foreground take at the same location. :)
More can be seen at shelbydiamondstar on IG and FB.
Zoefschildpad t1_j5f0804 wrote
Reply to Photo bombed by a plane. by DBWallz
That's definitely a time-traveling flying DeLorean
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Reply to comment by Just_Michael1138 in Not much but finally moved the the countryside and actually have a nights sky. by ProfessorEsoteric
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rtphokie t1_j5ezvlr wrote
Reply to comment by backyardspace in Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
The other is Jupiter’s very short rotational period. Take too long to get your images to stack and the red spot will smear
Just_Michael1138 t1_j5ezjy0 wrote
Reply to Not much but finally moved the the countryside and actually have a nights sky. by ProfessorEsoteric
What the hell are all those lights in the sky? Where's that sodium vapor orange glow I'm used to??
Weird.
Ceramicrabbit t1_j5ezhuy wrote
Reply to comment by CodeMotor in Photo bombed by a plane. by DBWallz
I remember laughing so hard as a kid when Keys killed those two hunters with the prongs of the drop ship
Tyflowshun t1_j5eyobw wrote
Reply to comment by CodeMotor in Photo bombed by a plane. by DBWallz
Word for word that's what I was thinking. Get out of my head
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LifelessLewis t1_j5exk0v wrote
Reply to comment by CodeMotor in Photo bombed by a plane. by DBWallz
Definitely r/mildlyhalo material
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banginthedead t1_j5ewuia wrote
Reply to Not much but finally moved the the countryside and actually have a nights sky. by ProfessorEsoteric
Get the next few meteor shower dates in your calender. April 22nd is the Lyrids
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backyardspace OP t1_j5evbqt wrote
Reply to comment by gorilla_photos in Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
My setup if you bought new would be around 6k but I've seen people get similar results with a used $400 dobsonian telescope. It just requires a lot more patience and a steady hand.
gorilla_photos t1_j5ev25y wrote
Reply to comment by backyardspace in Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
How much does the whole setup cost?
backyardspace OP t1_j5eubha wrote
Reply to comment by QVkW4vbXqaE in Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
The telescope was a 12" Meade lx200 acf ota that I had mounted to a skywatcher eq6-r pro mount and a zwo asi224mc camera. I Also use a zwo adc in my image train. I then use autostakkert for stacking and registax for wavelet processing
BringMeInfo t1_j5eu7xt wrote
Reply to Photo bombed by a plane. by DBWallz
New world record for most number of people photobombing at once.
QVkW4vbXqaE t1_j5etwey wrote
Reply to Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
May I ask how and what kind of gear did you use? Great picture!
backyardspace OP t1_j5etv6f wrote
Reply to Using specialized processing techniques, I managed to photograph Jupiter with a backyard telescope. by backyardspace
The process is known as lucky imaging where a high frame rate video is taken to provide thousands of frames in a short period of time. There are a few reasons for this. One is atmospheric distortions. The atmosphere is a very dynamic fluid that can make it look like the planet is underwater. However there will be brief moments of clarity so the more frames the more of these moments that are captured. You then stack these frames on top of each other in order to get a clearer photo. Doing this will also improve the signal to noise ratio and will reduce the camera noise (grain).
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ViciousNakedMoleRat t1_j5f0xcb wrote
Reply to comment by Eclipse489 in I imaged the moon as much as possible for a month to make this panorama of its phases, zoom in! by Eclipse489
It's a great picture, but I would make sure that all the black is actually black. There are some areas where it's possible see how it was stitched together, due to the moon's halo.