Astrophoto thread (your own photos please)
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LadyCroussette
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Only learned about the solar storm earlier today and only realized it would lead to polar lights like thirty minutes ago. We should have some in Quebec, but right now I don't see anything. I do hope I haven't missed my chance to see them (or worse, that the light pollution of the city will hide them!)
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September 17-18 Lunar Eclipse
02:00UTC
The Moon photographed in Bahía Blanca, Argentina with a Kodak AZ361. Image quality reduced to avoid uploading heavy images to the O-F server.
I will be uploading images of the eclipse every half hour...
02:30UTC
Eclipse near maximum.
03:30UTC
Eclipse ends.
02:00UTC
The Moon photographed in Bahía Blanca, Argentina with a Kodak AZ361. Image quality reduced to avoid uploading heavy images to the O-F server.
I will be uploading images of the eclipse every half hour...
02:30UTC
Eclipse near maximum.
03:30UTC
Eclipse ends.
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GLS
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Blipping finally!!! 
After having clouds at the wrong moment, and in the wrong place, every single day for 2 weeks or so, I finally managed to see the comet of the moment last Sunday, and take some decent photos on Monday!
The image below is a hand-made stack of 2 photos, plus a bump up in contrast.
Still have a few more photos to stack, so a better result is expected.
After having clouds at the wrong moment, and in the wrong place, every single day for 2 weeks or so, I finally managed to see the comet of the moment last Sunday, and take some decent photos on Monday!
The image below is a hand-made stack of 2 photos, plus a bump up in contrast.
Still have a few more photos to stack, so a better result is expected.
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I saw my second eclipse today (the first being last year's)! Since the peak of the eclipse in Quebec City was at 6:35 in the morning, I left home at around 6:20 to go see it. Since sunrise was at 6:30, I only had a brief window to see the best the eclipse could offer.
Unfortunately, I live in a city, which means that there are buildings and trees around that can hide sunrises. But, fortunately, there is a farm field near a store I went once or twice. Even better: the field is lower in altitude than the shop, and it is shaped in a way that ensures the buildings on the other side won't get in the view!
So, I left home some 10-15 minutes before the sun was set to rise over the horizon, which is about the time it took me to get there. And, I saw I wasn't the only one who thought of that spot!
There were about 4-5 cars all parked, along with these two astronomers and their telescopes there when I arrived. So I went and stood on the right side of the trash container near the guys with telescopes and waited.
Once the sun rose, I tried to get my first pictures. But, my method of photography is iPhone 11 Pro Max with a 10x digital zoom, with cheap eclipse glasses placed over the cameras. As you can expect, my first shots weren't great at all.
A few minutes later, and with frozen fingers bits, I managed to take this shot. While grainy as hell, we can see a crescent!
Then one of the guys with the telescopes must have taken pity on me, because he offered me to look through his telescope! I said yes (obviously) and then used the opportunity to grab a picture through the objective. It is much clearer like that!
And after that some clouds moved in and, since the eclipse was already less and less prominent, I decided to leave.
So yeah, that's it. It was a fun morning
Unfortunately, I live in a city, which means that there are buildings and trees around that can hide sunrises. But, fortunately, there is a farm field near a store I went once or twice. Even better: the field is lower in altitude than the shop, and it is shaped in a way that ensures the buildings on the other side won't get in the view!
So, I left home some 10-15 minutes before the sun was set to rise over the horizon, which is about the time it took me to get there. And, I saw I wasn't the only one who thought of that spot!
There were about 4-5 cars all parked, along with these two astronomers and their telescopes there when I arrived. So I went and stood on the right side of the trash container near the guys with telescopes and waited.
Once the sun rose, I tried to get my first pictures. But, my method of photography is iPhone 11 Pro Max with a 10x digital zoom, with cheap eclipse glasses placed over the cameras. As you can expect, my first shots weren't great at all.
A few minutes later, and with frozen fingers bits, I managed to take this shot. While grainy as hell, we can see a crescent!
Then one of the guys with the telescopes must have taken pity on me, because he offered me to look through his telescope! I said yes (obviously) and then used the opportunity to grab a picture through the objective. It is much clearer like that!
And after that some clouds moved in and, since the eclipse was already less and less prominent, I decided to leave.
So yeah, that's it. It was a fun morning
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GLS
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Those are nice! 
Now I'm ashamed of the results of my pinhole camera box + cellphone...
Instead of that I could have an almost full-frame image of the Sun, but I couldn't find a filter in time...
Now I'm ashamed of the results of my pinhole camera box + cellphone...
Instead of that I could have an almost full-frame image of the Sun, but I couldn't find a filter in time...
Well, it was about 20ºC here, so I guess not all was bad.
GLS
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No, old Portugal.
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Finally had a window to go looking for A6 and R2, darkest sky available aka looking west by the ocean. R2 was nowhere to be seen with the available gear (cheap monocular and a phone). Best I could manage of A6:
Far from ideal setup but still a bit disappointing, not sure if it has peaked yet. Last year's (A3 I think?) was definitely more interesting even with a worse camera, same spot:
Far from ideal setup but still a bit disappointing, not sure if it has peaked yet. Last year's (A3 I think?) was definitely more interesting even with a worse camera, same spot:
GLS
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Not mine, but too good not to post:
