I setup to shoot C/2019 and waited too late - pieces. So I chased the nearby Panstarrs for a bit.
May 5, 2020 21:29:17 #
Clouds and rain have been more the rule than the exception for Stepping Beyond and myself. I was hoping C/2019 Y4 would be lighting up the sky about now but .....the sun did it's number on it and now it is in pieces. I imaged Panstarrs - nearby and fairly bright. I was put the Hyperstar on the Edge SCT and was too lazy to remove it ...so I ended up with a every widefield - hard to see short GIF timelapse of the comet. I am not sure they it will play on the HOG but will give it a go. The early part of the run was screwed up with a crazy lyrids meteor shower so I ended up deleting a bunch of subs ...which explains the jump in the video as it begins.
May 6, 2020 10:54:56 #
Love it, Ed!
Ya know, that little "stutter" at the beginning helps attract the viewers eye to the main subject, IMHO!
It's like, What's that? and then your brain and eyeballs are zeroed in.
And don't fuss with trying to make stars twinkle. Stars don't twinkle. Our atmosphere make it look like they do.
Ever look up from under the water and see the effect of the ripples on the Sun?
There's your twinkle. It isn't the Sun twinkling.
Ya know, that little "stutter" at the beginning helps attract the viewers eye to the main subject, IMHO!
It's like, What's that? and then your brain and eyeballs are zeroed in.
And don't fuss with trying to make stars twinkle. Stars don't twinkle. Our atmosphere make it look like they do.
Ever look up from under the water and see the effect of the ripples on the Sun?
There's your twinkle. It isn't the Sun twinkling.
May 7, 2020 11:08:57 #
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