wanderingrichard
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I love what he said about Avi Loeb.
Stuff in the Sky
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Kinda surprised nobody has posted photos of the recent Blood Moon lunar eclipse.
The moon was too low over the horizon here in Central Italy when the eclipse started, so I was only able to get photos of the exit, and no Blood Moon either, so I want my money back.
Lacking a scope I used my phone (a Samsung S24 Ultra) to take the photos, so I apologize in advance for the crappy images. If anything, they are a clear demo of the limits of taking moon shots with a phone, even if Samsung throws a bucket-load of AI at them.
Kenneth
The moon was too low over the horizon here in Central Italy when the eclipse started, so I was only able to get photos of the exit, and no Blood Moon either, so I want my money back.
Lacking a scope I used my phone (a Samsung S24 Ultra) to take the photos, so I apologize in advance for the crappy images. If anything, they are a clear demo of the limits of taking moon shots with a phone, even if Samsung throws a bucket-load of AI at them.
Kenneth
No eclipse here in North America, was a nice and very bright full moon though.Kinda surprised nobody has posted photos of the recent Blood Moon lunar eclipse.
The moon was too low over the horizon here in Central Italy when the eclipse started, so I was only able to get photos of the exit, and no Blood Moon either, so I want my money back.
Lacking a scope I used my phone (a Samsung S24 Ultra) to take the photos, so I apologize in advance for the crappy images. If anything, they are a clear demo of the limits of taking moon shots with a phone, even if Samsung throws a bucket-load of AI at them.
Kenneth
Ah, that explains it 
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Kenneth
.Kenneth
wanderingrichard
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And, complain all you want, those are great pics taken with your phone.Ah, that explains it
Kenneth
wanderingrichard
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@Canuck from Kansas,
By chance did you catch the ISS last night?
www.pennlive.com
By chance did you catch the ISS last night?
How and where in Pa. to view Sunday night’s International Space Station flyover
Central Pa. residents will get another chance to see the International Space Station on Sunday night.
www.pennlive.com
Nope, but wasn't really looking for it - have seen it several times - always interesting though, too high to be a plane (and no blinking navigation lights), too slow to be a meteor, and too steady a straight of a path to be a UFO.@Canuck from Kansas,
By chance did you catch the ISS last night?
How and where in Pa. to view Sunday night’s International Space Station flyover
Central Pa. residents will get another chance to see the International Space Station on Sunday night.
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This popped up in my news feed yesterday. Interesting stuff.
SF
www.cbsnews.com
SF
NASA says solar activity is increasing after decades-long lull: "The sun is slowly waking up"
The sun has become more and more active over the last 16 years, in a turn that surprised scientists and could affect space weather, NASA said.
www.cbsnews.com
wanderingrichard
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Also saw that a large coronal hole has appeared recently too
Some pretty cool solar images from amateur astrologists can be found on Telescopious (among many other cool astrophotography images):
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Comet Alert: No, this is not an update on C/2025 A6 (Comet Lemon), it is in fact another new comet discovered earlier this month. Comet 2025 R2 SWAN, was discovered by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly. It has apparently been hiding behind the sun for some time, eluding earlier detection. C/2025 R2 SWAN is still largely obscured by sunlight, but is predicted to be more viewer friendly in October and possibly visible to the neck-ed eye with a hoped-for magnitude of +4.
www.universetoday.com
Like C/2025 A6 Lemon, Comet R2 SWAN is predicted to present a wonderful astrophotography opportunity, with the Eagle Nebula (M 16) in the same photographic field with a scope or telephoto lens (about 400 mm) n the evening of 17 October:
Projection from SkySafari 6 Pro.
Cheers to Clear Skies
New Bright Comet SWAN Could Perform a Surprise October Show
A new comet approaching from sunward could make a fine dusk appearance in October. There was chatter on the boards this past Friday September 12th, about a comet seen in the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) images near the Sun. Tentatively named SWAN25B and now formally designated as C/2025 R2...
Like C/2025 A6 Lemon, Comet R2 SWAN is predicted to present a wonderful astrophotography opportunity, with the Eagle Nebula (M 16) in the same photographic field with a scope or telephoto lens (about 400 mm) n the evening of 17 October:
Projection from SkySafari 6 Pro.
Cheers to Clear Skies
Comet Alert: No, this is not an update on C/2025 A6 (Comet Lemon), it is in fact another new comet discovered earlier this month. Comet 2025 R2 SWAN, was discovered by Ukrainian amateur astronomer Vladimir Bezugly. It has apparently been hiding behind the sun for some time, eluding earlier detection. C/2025 R2 SWAN is still largely obscured by sunlight, but is predicted to be more viewer friendly in October and possibly visible to the neck-ed eye with a hoped-for magnitude of +4.
New Bright Comet SWAN Could Perform a Surprise October Show
A new comet approaching from sunward could make a fine dusk appearance in October. There was chatter on the boards this past Friday September 12th, about a comet seen in the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) images near the Sun. Tentatively named SWAN25B and now formally designated as C/2025 R2...
Like C/2025 A6 Lemon, Comet R2 SWAN is predicted to present a wonderful astrophotography opportunity, with the Eagle Nebula (M 16) in the same photographic field with a scope or telephoto lens (about 400 mm) n the evening of 17 October:
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Projection from SkySafari 6 Pro.
Cheers to Clear Skies
Pretty impressive tail
ACO 1754, MCG -02-34-055, MCG -02-34-056 and MCG -02-34-058 - astrophotography by Alessandro Carrozzi
ACO 1754, MCG -02-34-055, MCG -02-34-056 and MCG -02-34-058 - astrophotography by Alessandro Carrozzi
telescopius.com
wanderingrichard
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It's a wonder he had any clear sky in Ukraine to even open the dome. Usually it's filled with drones. (Me being a wise guy)
Is the ALSACE array the one where you have to have a PhD to even stay in their hotel ?
Is the ALSACE array the one where you have to have a PhD to even stay in their hotel ?
Not sure what that array is, never heard of it and cannot find anything on the interwebs; the ALMA array (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) in Chile?
wanderingrichard
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I believe that's the one. Sits around 12-13000 feet. It's been on TV a few times. Notorious for what I'd mentioned in my earlier post.
Does the PhD have to be in astronomy or astrophysics or would a PhD in a life science be acceptable?
Well, in anticipation of the forthcoming month of comets, the Zenithstar 80 was recommissioned, some observatory staff called back from furlough, and an imaging session scheduled. Was quite surprised how smoothly everything seemed to work.
The Galaxy Group came in for the first shift. They locked onto NGC 7331, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 7331 is about 50 million light years distant, and approximately 30,000 light years across. It is similar in size and structure to our own Milky Way. A Type Ia supernova (SN 2025 res) was detected on July 14 of this year, likely the result of a white dwarf exploding some 50 million years ago (see a nice image here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250731.html).
NGC 7331, 30 x 300 minute exposures, 30 X 300 second dark exposures; multispectrum broadband filter (note the 3 companion galaxies at about 8 o'clock):
The early morning shift the comet hunters took over, pointing the Zenithstar to the Constellation Lynx where they found C/2025 A6 (Lemon). It is currently magnitude 8.1. The imaging team had some difficulty stacking the image, it blew out when using the comet to stack, so they decided to just use stars for stacking, resulting in the the comet core looking elongated. There is also a very faint tail, but bringing it out resulted in too much color cast in the image (we will have to work on the imaging parameters prior to 6 October):
30 x 60 second exposures, 30 x 60 second dark exposures, multispectrum broadband filter:
Cheers
The Galaxy Group came in for the first shift. They locked onto NGC 7331, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pegasus discovered by William Herschel in 1784. NGC 7331 is about 50 million light years distant, and approximately 30,000 light years across. It is similar in size and structure to our own Milky Way. A Type Ia supernova (SN 2025 res) was detected on July 14 of this year, likely the result of a white dwarf exploding some 50 million years ago (see a nice image here: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250731.html).
NGC 7331, 30 x 300 minute exposures, 30 X 300 second dark exposures; multispectrum broadband filter (note the 3 companion galaxies at about 8 o'clock):
The early morning shift the comet hunters took over, pointing the Zenithstar to the Constellation Lynx where they found C/2025 A6 (Lemon). It is currently magnitude 8.1. The imaging team had some difficulty stacking the image, it blew out when using the comet to stack, so they decided to just use stars for stacking, resulting in the the comet core looking elongated. There is also a very faint tail, but bringing it out resulted in too much color cast in the image (we will have to work on the imaging parameters prior to 6 October):
30 x 60 second exposures, 30 x 60 second dark exposures, multispectrum broadband filter:
Cheers
wanderingrichard
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I think it's limited to astronomy ...
Gyrfalcon22
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Had an incredible showing of the aurora last night when there was a break in all the clouds. I was out listening to and watching barn owls when I saw the stars were out. I took a test photo north as the numbers for the aurora looked positive (well, negative numbers in some areas are needed for the effect to happen).
