Recent comments in /f/space
Apologetic_Kanadian t1_jb2d7ya wrote
>I am trying to conduct some research so I need some community feedback
You mean getting reddit to do your homework. This is not research 😄
BoboIsALiar t1_jb2d4iy wrote
Post this to /r/ufos, they'll call you a debunker and insist you're a CIA plant paid to discredit the UAP movement.
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EduardoVrd OP t1_jb26bvn wrote
Reply to comment by 223specialist in Untracked Milky Way shot, using a basic DSLR camera + kit lens at 24mm by EduardoVrd
You can look for ASTAP and DeepSkyStacker. Those are another programs to stack images.. i use windows, i am not sure if Mac runs those programs
223specialist t1_jb25xbn wrote
Reply to comment by EduardoVrd in Untracked Milky Way shot, using a basic DSLR camera + kit lens at 24mm by EduardoVrd
Fantastic work, looks really great. What platform is the stacking program on? Windows? I couldn't find "Sequator" with a quick google
EduardoVrd OP t1_jb25nyf wrote
Reply to comment by 223specialist in Untracked Milky Way shot, using a basic DSLR camera + kit lens at 24mm by EduardoVrd
Yes friend, i used to take single pictures of 10/15 seconds of exposure and the milky way looked nice. BUT, the more exposure time you have... The more details and the more bright, the milky way looks. So, stacking images is the best if you want to get a WOW picture. I have 4 minutes of exposure in this image.. imagine the ones who take 10 minutes of exposure
223specialist t1_jb24r2p wrote
Reply to comment by EduardoVrd in Untracked Milky Way shot, using a basic DSLR camera + kit lens at 24mm by EduardoVrd
So do the individual pictures just look like a normal picture of the sky with like a smartphone? And you don't get that crazy exposure until you stack them?
TbonerT t1_jb21siu wrote
Reply to comment by South_Barnacle_9760 in Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
No. SpaceX goes to great lengths to minimize visibility of its satellites. I’ve tried several times to spot one and have l not succeeded in the last couple of years.
fireburner80 OP t1_jb1yq67 wrote
I took this sequence of images at 23:52:52 over the course of about half a second.
The images were stacked using paint.net. Each frame was aligned and used to darken the layer below since the space station is effectively black compared to the moon.
Telescope: Celestron 6SE
Camera: Nikon D3300
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/4000 s
I saw that someone else had a significantly better transit from a different location on the same date, but I'm still pleased with what I was able to capture. My setup is about half the size of his and this was my first attempt at using my telescope to capture the CSS. I hope you enjoy!
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EduardoVrd OP t1_jb1y7dn wrote
60 pictures shot at 4", ISO 800, F/4. Equipment: Canon T6 + 18-55mm kit lens. Pictures stacked on Sequator and post processed on Lightroom Mobile. Shot in Chile 🇨🇱
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Reply to the sun in hydrogen alpha by Solar-G2V
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Solar-G2V OP t1_jb1qwke wrote
Reply to the sun in hydrogen alpha by Solar-G2V
as seen through a h-alpha telescope. I'm a visual observer and usually sketch my studies - but today I took a picture through the lens. not high res but it gives some idea of what I can observe with my telescope :) all the best
johnny_51ma t1_jb1oh2u wrote
The color gradient reminds me of the old-school PowerPoint backgrounds.
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herrbdog t1_jb17hy9 wrote
super awesome pic!
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and i love pics like this, so i can blow it up and trace the CURVE of the earth
it's 2023, i should have to, but yet there are dummies who still don't get it
simcoder t1_jb178i8 wrote
Reply to comment by BeerPoweredNonsense in Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
>No one's dismissing it
Yes...they are.
In fact the other guy just said that whatever collateral damage happens is just the sad wreckage we'll need to leave in our wake to move up the technological ladder.
It's pretty scary to be honest. All the things that the SpaceX fanbase is willing to sacrifice to achieve Elon's goals.
simcoder t1_jb16mkh wrote
Reply to comment by RavenchildishGambino in Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
Hmmm. Well I think you might need to do a better job convincing the Chinese that potentially sacrificing their station is just a necessary step down the road of progress.
I don't think they are going to buy your theory.
cubes158 t1_jb0ypau wrote
Reply to comment by DBDude in Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
You're using facts, logic, reasoning, and law to argue points with people who believe in none of those things.
RavenchildishGambino t1_jb0wbhh wrote
Reply to comment by simcoder in Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
The answer is to not do anything and progress.
The first time the USA made a nuclear reactor they almost melted it down.
The first time they set of a nuclear bomb they weren’t 100% sure they wouldn’t light the atmosphere on fire.
The ISS is old and near end of life.
Hubble is beyond its End of Mission date, though still useful.
5-10 years of no progress would be unfortunate, but there was more than 10 years of America unable to launch their astronauts to space. It’s not that long.
That’s why these things should be tried, but tried in LEO, where the mess will clean itself up within a generation.
Space is huge, and while I think Elon is a turd burger of a human, having 100,000 large-ish objects up in the sky (which is a huge place) can be handled with our current level of technology.
quantyd t1_jb08kly wrote
Reply to Half of all active satellites are now from SpaceX. Here’s why that may be a problem by ye_olde_astronaut
I have no problem with Starlink. The potential for spreading education all around the world is enormous. As well as the potential for spreading ideas of equality.. Can you imagine being in Sudan and having the world opened up to you? The potential for revolutionary change is there. Hubble can go blow me a big bubble.
FlingingGoronGonads t1_jb06a5t wrote
Reply to comment by tghuverd in Canadian rover to help in global search for frozen water on dark side of the moon, in a future planned mission by thawingSumTendies
>people are talking about making rocket fuel out of it
Fair point. It's actually the carbon (as CO2) that worries me in that case - hydrogen should be replenished (albeit very, very slowly), but the carbon is probably from comets, making it acutely precious on Luna. Some have been concerned with preserving the purity of the ice, but you may be right - we can't entirely bootstrap the exploration of the solar system with such a limited resource.
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TIK_GT OP t1_jazz5qb wrote
Reply to comment by BornAgainTristan in Snapped a picture of Venus and Jupiter while on a flight by TIK_GT
Thanks!
Yeah, the view was amazing.
Mentalfloss1 t1_jb2dbq1 wrote
Reply to what do you think chance of life out of earth exists? by n-o-b-i-t-a
Given the size and age of the universe it’s impossible for life to not exist many other places.