Our Beautiful Universe - Photos and Videos

[DennisN]

Here's an image of Uranus. Uranus is at opposition on 2020, October 31st.

I am very impressed that you got Uranus, congratulations!
According to Stellarium, the apparent diameter is 0°00'03.74''.

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Meanwhile on Mars, Curiosity took a selfie:

It was curious ...

 

[Andy Resnick]

Here's an image of Uranus. Uranus is at opposition on 2020, October 31st.

Nice!

Here's a combination shot of Uranus during October and November 2016 that I put together:

I'm able to detect 2 of the moons (not sure which ones)- these are images (200%) taken on different dates, one of them trying to detect motion of the moons by imaging at about 8pm and again at midnight:

 

[Andy Resnick]

The Pleiades are in a good viewing location (for me) this time of year- this stack is about 5 hours @ 400/2.8:

 

[DennisN]

The Pleiades are in a good viewing location (for me) this time of year- this stack is about 5 hours @ 400/2.8:

Gorgeous!

 

[bruha]

Hi I send my attempt of sun with green filter 58-(part of image- supposing facuales).. .

 

[Andy Resnick]

Neptune and its largest moon Triton, also imaged during Oct/Nov 2016 (100% scale):

And finally, Pluto, daily images taken July 27- July 31 2017, 300% scale . Still a planet :)

Pluto's images were taken at 400mm and no tracking mount- no sightline was available for polar alignment. Visible trailing even with only 0.8s exposure duration.

 

[DennisN]

Info:

Just after sunset on the evening of Dec. 21, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth's night sky than they have been since the Middle Ages, offering people the world over a celestial treat to ring in the winter solstice.

Article: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-december-jupiter-saturn-planet-middle.html

Thanks to @fresh_42 who started a thread about it here.

 

[bruha]

Hello,
Mars (still sharp focusing problem-not sure why is squared..) , Sun (processing defect on the left) and Moon ..

 

[bruha]

o ..

 

[bruha]

Its just simple southern sky image in Bohmerwald -6 sec.exp. (Orion, Pleaides are recognizable...)

 

[DennisN]

I changed my mind and just bought a bluetooth remote control; I chose this one, which had good reviews and was recommended: CamKix Bluetooth Remote Control (about $7). I bought it on German Amazon, so I won't have to pay shipping/import fees. Instead of buying one of those dreaded selfiesticks , I instead bought a https://www.amazon.com/dp/B087JQW8TM/?tag=pfamazon01-20 for my camera when doing normal (i.e. non-astro) photography.

Brief review:

The Camkix Bluetooth remote control for smartphone photography works excellent. The only "downside" is that it is so small that it is easy to misplace/drop. But I've tied a small red cloth stripe to it, so it can be more easily found.

The K&F Concept tripod is excellent. Full size (up to 177 cm in height), but incredibly light. And very quick to set up. I am very pleased with that buy .

I also bought a good, sturdy https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06Y5C4DRV/?tag=pfamazon01-20, and a quite https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WC99RTF/?tag=pfamazon01-20 for future photography trips. The backpack is not specialized for photography, but it will work fine for me; I wanted a comfy, mediumsized backpack with many pockets, and the Mardingtop fit the bill (there are other backpacks specifically designed for DSLR photography, like this one (Lowepro)).

 

[chemisttree]

NASA has published a fairly significant e-book on smartphone astrophotography. It’s free!

192 pages, baby!

 

[DennisN]

NASA has published a fairly significant e-book on smartphone astrophotography. It’s free!

Thank you! I've downloaded it. Perfect info for me, and it's probably a great read during cloudy times .

 

[davenn]

06/12/2020 -- Jupiter and Saturn, getting closer together by the day
Canon 6D, exp - 50th sec, 70-200mm @80mm pic1, 200mm pic2, ISO 2500
In Pic2, the small bright point just above Jupiter is Jupiter's moon Ganymede, Saturn is much further to the upper right

cheers
Dave

 

[bruha]

Hi, its very nice and illustrating.. just is it left /right turned? because here in Czech by the evening Saturn is upper left
Have nice days and nights

 

[bruha]

Hello,
do you have somebody experience with eyepiece camera SVBONY SV105? ( I just bought it, because my old camera Bresser got damaging.) My first shot of Mars was overlighted and with strange blurring on the margins..
Thank you

 

[chemisttree]

I get that too when the image is overexposed. Try a faster frame rate and/or lower gain?
Good luck and keep trying!

 

[bruha]

Thank you

 

[chemisttree]

Thank you

I’ve read on Astro forums about the SV105. A variable density filter is recommended to bring the brightness into range since the camera has a limited maximum frame rate of about ~ 1/30th sec? That filter is great for the Moon as well.

 

[bruha]

Hi, and thank you very much for advise- I try to get this one. Yes camera has maximum frame rate 0.033 s.

Thanks and lot of succes

 

[davenn]

Finally, a small break in the clouds to the west ...
5 mins later and they were gone into the next approaching storm clouds
Last evening, 17 Dec 2020 Moon, Jupiter and Saturn
Canon 6D, 70-200mm lens @200mm, Exp. 40th sec, ISO 2000
So much closer than when I last photo'ed them on the 6th Dec

 

[bruha]

Hello, very nice and interesting (dark moon contour), where you from -what is place of shooting?

Have nice nights :)

 

[davenn]

Hello, very nice and interesting (dark moon contour), where you from -what is place of shooting?

Have nice nights :)

Thankyou

I am in the inner west suburbs of Sydney, Australia

 

[bruha]

Hello, almost globe opposite to my (Prague, Czech Rep.) I was there few years ago- beautiful city. and Blue Mountains as well what about light pollution)-. Prag is bad but hope this evening on Bohmerwald (our cottage) it is better and should be clear

 

[davenn]

almost globe opposite to my (Prague, Czech Rep.)

Yup

I was there few years ago- beautiful city. and Blue Mountains as well

Not too bad as far as big cities go I do get up into the Blue Mt's occasionally some good photographic scenery

what about light pollution)-. Prag is bad but hope this evening on Bohmerwald (our cottage) it is better and should be clear

pretty shocking at home, I can only see the planets and brightest stars

For deep space viewing and photography, I have to travel at least an hour to get away from the worst of the city lightscheers
Dave

 

[bruha]

Oh, here in Bohmerwald I must offen travel to upper places due to inversion. Unfortunately this week
was inversion too high...

 

[Stavros Kiri]

Finally, a small break in the clouds to the west ...
5 mins later and they were gone into the next approaching storm clouds
Last evening, 17 Dec 2020 Moon, Jupiter and Saturn
Canon 6D, 70-200mm lens @200mm, Exp. 40th sec, ISO 2000
So much closer than when I last photo'ed them on the 6th Dec

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I saw them around that time too (same semi-cloudy conditions). What about today?! (Dec 21, 2020) Anyone with no clouds to capture the big event of the giant conjunction?
All clouded up here.
Anyone? Anywhere? [Even yesterday or tomorrow perhaps?]

+ Don't miss checking out today's doodle ... It's hilarious! ...

 

[Stavros Kiri]

I saw them around that time too (same semi-cloudy conditions). What about today?! (Dec 21, 2020) Anyone with no clouds to capture the big event of the giant conjunction?
All clouded up here.
Anyone? Anywhere? [Even yesterday or tomorrow perhaps?]

+ Don't miss checking out today's doodle ... It's hilarious! ...

Cf. 1) https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/space-stuff-and-launch-info.879196/post-6433582
2) https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/space-stuff-and-launch-info.879196/post-6433862

 

[Tom.G]

Photographer Captures ISS Passing Between Jupiter and Saturn
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https://petapixel.com/2020/12/22/photographer-captures-iss-passing-between-jupiter-and-saturn/
The article has several links in it that may be of interest. One is a video of the above.


Cheers,
Tom

 

[bruha]

Hello, its Moon halo from yesterday... nice to see from Prag...

 

[bruha]

Hello, yesterday , I realize one sunspot

 

[Devin-M]

andromeda galaxy (2.5 million light years) - 8p 12/31/2020, northern california, stacked 20x lights (300mm, f/4.5, 2.5sec, 12600iso) + 10 darks (lens cap on) + 10 flats (white plastic bag over lens), no tracking / no equatorial mount, bortle 5:

post processed:

preprocessing:

astrometry.net

 

[bruha]

Hi, excelent

 

[DennisN]

andromeda galaxy (2.5 million light years) - 8p 12/31/2020, northern california, stacked 20x lights (300mm, f/4.5, 2.5sec, 12600iso) + 10 darks (lens cap on) + 10 flats (white plastic bag over lens), no tracking / no equatorial mount, bortle 5:

post processed:

Gorgeous!