SonnyE
Loc: Communist California, USA
DickC wrote:
Those are some amazing statistics, I'll keep that list!! As a retired Atmospheric Chemist I worked with the very small, but was always fascinated with the large! Thanks for your info!
These are very tiny, Dick, and invisible until their faint light stimulates the digital sensor.
Our eyes and brain cannot compute what is out there. Nor how truly large these anomalies are.
To our equipment, we can gather the images because the camera never blinks and builds the image.
To me, it is mind boggling to think what was consumed and destroyed in the making of these super nova remnants.
And we are only recording a moment in time. I believe these things are still changing and we are seeing our tiny snap-shot view in the window that is our telescopes.
We are but mold on an orange. Amazed, for sure. But still just mold.
DickC
Loc: NE Washington state
SonnyE wrote:
These are very tiny, Dick, and invisible until their faint light stimulates the digital sensor.
Our eyes and brain cannot compute what is out there. Nor how truly large these anomalies are.
To our equipment, we can gather the images because the camera never blinks and builds the image.
To me, it is mind boggling to think what was consumed and destroyed in the making of these super nova remnants.
And we are only recording a moment in time. I believe these things are still changing and we are seeing our tiny snap-shot view in the window that is our telescopes.
We are but mold on an orange. Amazed, for sure. But still just mold.
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And they may not be there anymore or morfed into a different structure!
nikonshooter wrote:
I had three nights with clearer skies. I took 70, 3 minute Ha, 70 3 minute Sii, and 100, 3 minute Oiii. 30 Darks, 100 Bias, and 50 flats for each NB filter used. So 12 hours of exposure total. I used Sequence Generator Pro for the heavy work and PSCC for layering, blending, and noise reduction.
I also took R, G, and B lights - 20 each all 3 seconds for the stars but I haven't added those yet. I will eventually eliminate the stars in this photo and replace with the RGB ones.
Gear: Stellarvue refractor, wide field SV70T - ASI1600MM-C cooled ~-20 with .80 reducer/flattener - Atlas Pro Mount.
I had three nights with clearer skies. I took 70... (
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Are you sure that just isn't smoke that we are sending you from California? Just kidding. Outstanding image.
Regarding the CA fires. I just got back to the Bay Area from a drive down to San Diego and back. Haze everywhere. Even a mountain just 1 mile away looks like a view through fog. Saw actual flames in only one area coming down I5 into the area near Sonny.
JimH123 wrote:
Are you sure that just isn't smoke that we are sending you from California? Just kidding. Outstanding image.
Regarding the CA fires. I just got back to the Bay Area from a drive down to San Diego and back. Haze everywhere. Even a mountain just 1 mile away looks like a view through fog. Saw actual flames in only one area coming down I5 into the area near Sonny.
So far our little piece of property at Frazier Park has been out of harm's way! But what a calamity for so many - loss of life - loss of possessions - sorta puts things into perspective! We have no complaints here! Praying for all of you west-coasters!
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