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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: mistericeman
Date: January 15, 2012, 6:47 am
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Cracking pictures there mate ....makes the shifting of the dome
worthwhile ehhh ;)
Glad to see you havn't posted any pictures of UrANUS ..... ;D ;D
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: stuey
Date: January 15, 2012, 9:12 am
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> Cracking pictures there mate ....makes the shifting of the
dome worthwhile ehhh ;)
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> Glad to see you havn't posted any pictures of UrANUS ..... ;D
;D
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Glad to see I'm not the only childish one ;D
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: yeti monster
Date: January 15, 2012, 6:50 pm
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My first deep space image with a DSLR, mounted on the 10" SNT of
the OLLR Observatory, here at Castle Yeti. The Orion Nebula:
HTML http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/yeti-monster/Astro/M-42II-c-1000.jpg
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: yeti monster
Date: January 15, 2012, 6:53 pm
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M-45, The Pleiades or Seven Sisters:
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: January 16, 2012, 12:58 am
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Both the last two and the individual planet study pics are
images worthy of me crawling out of my shell to doff my cap to
you, my friend. 8)
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: Dirty Girty
Date: January 16, 2012, 3:33 am
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Some fantastic Star gazing there Mr Yeti. Credit to you on the
quality of the pics........do you work for NASA?
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: yeti monster
Date: January 17, 2012, 5:17 pm
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NASA? Pah! I do my astronomology at the OLLR Observatory here at
Castle Yeti...
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[IMG]
HTML http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/yeti-monster/Astonomology/Obsy-Dobsy/OLLRObservatoryI-1000.jpg[/img]
This is my first go at stacking multiple images. 16 x 30 seconds
@ ISO 200, stacked with Deep Sky Stacker:
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HTML http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/yeti-monster/Astro/M-4217jan2012-1000.jpg[/img]
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: Devil#20
Date: January 20, 2012, 3:12 pm
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Chinese optics Yetster? You should be able to get some good
deals on your trips back to blighty I expect. What brand is the
reflector?
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: yeti monster
Date: January 21, 2012, 4:27 am
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The 10" SNT is a Meade, on a Meade LXD-75 mount. My refractor is
a 90mm Skywatcher for which I have just bought an adapter to
allow easy attachment of a DSLR for astrotografamy work.
I've bought a good many eye pieces directly from a manufacturer
in China, but haven't needed any more for a while.
I doubt I'll get chance to do any more stargazing this time
home, as I'm heading back tomorrow, so I'll be packing
everything up today I reckonses....
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Re: Astronomology
DIR By: Drew 5292
Date: February 4, 2012, 3:29 am
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Other than complimenting Yet's fantastic images, I can rarely
contribute to this thread. Yes!...I have a telescope, a great
one which our topic host kindly passed-on to me; and use it I
damned well do in the un-polluted skies I can enjoy here in SW
France. But I haven't got the bolt-on kit to take anything like
decent photographs. And just doing a naked-lens camera shot of
what might be Venus; well, it'd just be a speck of light on a
black background. So I don't bother to maintain the high quality
threshold which Davey has set.
However, science-based journals are one of my regular reads,
along with LRM, Old Glory, or any other vintage clobber title I
can get a grip of. And I don't think there's a more consistently
good science and human-interest publication that National
Geographic. It lands in my post box at the start of each month
and I digest it completely then put it on the shelf for any
future reference. But it isn't enough for me as I know the NG
Society does far more than its monthly mag has editorial space
for, which is the beauty of the internet. Equals = Drew is often
on their website, absorbing what they have (it's worth a visit
just for the free desktop wallpapers). This morning's visit
delivered to me something which I think is of incalculable
importance where astro-scientific enquiry is concerned and a
discovery which deserves a place in this 'Astronomology' thread.
Researchers have discovered an earth-like planet orbiting a
red-dwarf star, in what is casually called the 'Goldilocks Zone'
(reference to the porridge which the fictional character
eventually ate) - not to hot and not too cold. Which, in the
physics of astronomy and planetary research means it's ideally
positioned for sustaining life.
This may not sound too world-shaking to many, as there are
reckoned to be, at a conservative estimate, a billion billion
stars out there, each the hub of its own solar system. Yet, even
with such mindless odds as one billion-to-one stacked against
life or the probability of its existence, that still leaves one
billion stars which could potentially have an orbiting body
which falls within a similar 'Goldilocks Zone' to that which our
Earth occupies. Which is a narrow belt and one which also has
other factors like local elements, gasses and atmospheres to
conquer before even the most the most basic of life can be
supported. But one billion potential life platforms there are
calculated to be, and in the as yet unmeasured space that we and
other astral bodies occupy, to trip upon one with the research
technology we presently have is actually quite a feat.
Yes!...others have previously thought to have been discovered,
so it's not a new phenomenon. And research goes on to establish
the validity of these discoveries. But every time a new one pops
up, it just confirms to me the beauty of the Universe and how it
is so random and chaotic to our understanding that, perversely,
such lack of intelligent design will (and in our case has)
combine local elements to support life where it can.
If I've bored the Weetabix back out of your mouths here, I do
apologize. But it is pretty gripping stuff to Drew and as good a
breakfast as he could wish to digest.
HTML http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120202-new-planet-super-earth-habitable-zone-life-space-science/?source=link_fb20120204news-superearthfound
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