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·Hoping it's not cloudy tomorrow for the solar eclipse.
Edit: cleared up enough to see an outline of the eclipse.
Daughter in Austin sent this, a photo of the shadows of trees on a road. They had a clear sky.
Edit: cleared up enough to see an outline of the eclipse.
Daughter in Austin sent this, a photo of the shadows of trees on a road. They had a clear sky.
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·I'm trying to decide what to do for the full solar eclipse in April. Do I pony up for a big trip to TX to get a longer duration and likely clearer skies.... or drive up upstate NY and stay with family to save money?
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·I came across this today. Definitely worth going through. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2023/09/winners-2023-astronomy-photographer-year/675446
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··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceTook a drive to southern Utah and was not disappointed.
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·We only had a 95% Totality last week but still got a few timelapse images.
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··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceNothing spectacular but it did clear a little in Dallas. High thin clouds made for a pretty soft image but what the heck. Unedited jpeg straight from the camera.
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·Taken with my Telescope.
M42 The Great Orion Nebula and the Running Man
M42 The Great Orion Nebula and the Running Man
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··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritance
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··Happily spending my daughter’s inheritanceLet's add the Horsehead Nebula
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·The Pelican Nebula
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·What kind of rig are you running for these?
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·What kind of rig are you running for these?
These are the three Scopes. The largest one (center pic) fully setup weighed 86lbs. Too much for me to lug around the house and property now. I sold it and the smaller one (left pic) with the camera attached. Those are now gone. The fully automated one on the right is what I use now.
All my pics now come from the Stellina Telescope (Pic Below). It only weighs 20lbs and makes astrophotography, especially for us who are (less mobile and aging) to still enjoy nice astro images. The company that makes the Stellina has several other telescope options so it's a nifty little telescope for those who aren't old school or enjoy all the tedious set-up and work involved with the more manual scopes. Its a fully auto-focus, fully tracking and computer-locating target telescope. Just what I need to still be able to enjoy taking images with ease.
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·When I was younger and healthy I had a nice range of telescopes. (See attachment). Those three covered plenty of varying sizes and distant targets. But with age, two heart procedures and disability in my legs, I had to resort to a much lighter yet useful Telescope.
These are the three Scopes. The largest one (center pic) fully setup weighed 86lbs. Too much for me to lug around the house and property now. I sold it and the smaller one (left pic) with the camera attached. Those are now gone. The fully automated one on the right is what I use now.
All my pics now come from the Stellina Telescope (Pic Below). It only weighs 20lbs and makes astrophotography, especially for us who are (less mobile and aging) to still enjoy nice astro images. The company that makes the Stellina has several other telescope options so it's a nifty little telescope for those who aren't old school or enjoy all the tedious set-up and work involved with the more manual scopes. It's not as versatile as those bigger set-ups but for what I enjoy, it works great.
Cool! Thanks for sharing. I have a friend who bought one of those robotic telescopes, and he's been having a great time looking at things with his kids. I don't think it's as fun as knowing that some tired old photons just hit your retina after billions of years of traveling through space... But it's just so much more practical.
I, on the other hand, have a 8" dob that is fun for 10 seconds before my 6-year-old bumps it off something that I just spent 10 minutes finding and dialing in, lol.
I am a photographer and I've been thinking doing a rig similar to the smaller scope and DSLR setup that you had, but it does seem to take some real time and commitment that I may not have right now. Until then, I'll steal some time on my friend's scope. 😀
I hope you get lots of clear skies!
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·I love to look at these photos. Whether you a believe in science, religion, or both, they are simply awe inspiring and fire the imagination. In one sense these images make me realize how insignificant I am when compared to the vastness of the universe, but there's a part of me that can't help but feel that I am part of something greater that I don't fully comprehend.
