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foolsgold said:
Beek-a-Boo. Very nice captures Eric.
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Thanks! Captured some frames of Venus and Jupiter tonight. Will see if anything turns out. I should do some star collimating but swinging this 10" reflector is a constant source of frustration. Every time I do planetary I dream of a shorter (in length) scope.
 
Planets from last night.

Jupiter


Venus


Mars


Telescope: 254mm f/4.7 reflector + Televue 2X barlow + ZWO IR cut filter
Camera: ZWO ASI 678 MC
Captured using FireCapture, stacked using AutoStakkert, wavelet processing using Registax and final processing using PixInsight
 
Goldhedge said:
3 years of Solar Orbiter imagery of the sun time-lapsed with flares sonified
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Would have been much cooler if the video was 2 or 3 times longer with more frames (slower time lapse acceleration). Still pretty neat though.
 
another interesting vid

The Deepest We Have Ever Seen Into the Sun | SDO 4K​

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pmbug said:
"very useful cover"
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It is so annoying. I usually forget about it until I go to use it the next time so I haven't come up with some fix.

foolsgold said:
Nice demonstration of the work that goes into capturing images Eric.
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Thanks! I could make it look even less easy if I recorded me trying to focus up on a step ladder or reaching around the tube in uncomfortable positions to lock the position while struggling to hold my head in a position to see through the finder.
 

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There was an alignment of the planets, the photo shows that the planets are practically aligned, Saturn, Mars, Venus, Jupiter and the crescent moon will be completely aligned from 24/01 2025, which will cause a profound change on planet Earth.

I SWEAR I'VE SEEN THIS ALREADY In 1999 all the planets were aligned I went to the observatory then I was little .I still remember the words of the curator clearly since all visitors could look through a real telescope it was summer and a clear night I think it was June. He said This is how it happens every 5000 years. Even the famous Copernicus did not see this alignment during his lifetime. Now you have the honor and privilege to see this phenomenon during your lifetime. The only difference between 1999 and now is the number of planets that were aligned in 1999. I saw them all coming out one after the other like in this video just add more but the crescent moon was not talked about then which means we have very similar events 26 years apart feel free to check this part for 1999 I was personally present and looked through a telescope then I didn't even I knew about the flat earth, grew up watching sci-fi movies, and dreamed of one day sitting on the ENTERPRISE with the Captain ŻAN LUK PIKARAD and no, I'm not ashamed and to this day I love sci-fi movies and series, but only BLOCKBUSTERS, because since 2012 some completely different narratives have been filmed, now I know why

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Utter Bullsh!t.
As you can see from the screenshot from planetarium software, Saturn and Venus are way over in the western sky. Uranus and Jupiter are overhead and Mars is low in the eastern sky. People should check the veracity of the things they post, because they piss those of us that know better off. The planets are always located on (near) the Ecliptic, if you even know what that is.
My neighbor asked me to get a picture of this also and I had to explain it to him also. Who starts these BS rumors?

 

Not yet but perhaps some day I may build something like that. I do already have a 1.42 Ghz LNA and an old dish. I used to want to get a very large dish and point it South and change the elevation every week and then use math to convert the position to RA/DEC to make a heat map of the galaxy.

So far the only radio astronomy I've been very successful with is radio meteor detection.
 

I hate it when these "line up of planets" make headlines. For some reason it gets more reach than much more interesting events like the lunar occultation of Mars. At least this time many of the planets are in good positions for viewing so maybe it gets some people out looking but if they get interested enough to keep looking they will figure out nothing particularly special was happening.

Similarly I remember many people asking me if I saw the "supermoon" when none of them had any idea about a partial solar eclipse a couple weeks later.
 
I like the convenience of Astrosurface but I never seem to get as good of results as I do when using AutoStakkert for stacking and Registax for wavelet processing. It's probably more to do with my lack of experience. Like you I rarely do planetary.

On an unrelated note, my Sony A7s III bit the dust last night. I sent it in for repair. Only had it a little over 6 months so it is under warranty. Not going to like going without it for however long it takes. That's what I use for capturing video of meteors.
 
I am sorry to hear about your camera, hopefully they repair or replace it quickly.

BTW I just got back from the community college, I am taking an adult learning (free) Astronomy intro course.
 
Goldhedge said:
I certainly don't follow the stars like the wonderful folks here do, so posting it here kind of does that don't you think?

I wouldn't know where to start...

Thanks for debunking it.
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Don't feel bad I have seen dozens of stories on social media about the "phenomenon". It may be motivated by the creators of the astronomical software for phones that spread the rumors.

Edit: Stellarium for phones is free with ads (I think). As long as you have your GPS feature active, you should be able to hold up the phone in the vicinity of the sky you want to identify and it will display a representaion of the objects. It works well.

The screenshot in post#660 is a screenshot from the full feature computer version of Stellarium which is totally free and very powerful.
 
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foolsgold said:
I am sorry to hear about your camera, hopefully they repair or replace it quickly.

BTW I just got back from the community college, I am taking an adult learning (free) Astronomy intro course.
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That's pretty awesome. Will find it interesting if you learn anything new you want to share.

A little over 20 years ago my sister acquired some free college level books for me that otherwise would have been disposed of. I read the astronomy one through twice. It was very interesting. Especially all the details about stars/spectra in that particular book.

That said, the more I learn the less I think I know.
 
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