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Londoner. Lots of varied interests including natural wildlife of all kinds, astronomy, global travel, opera, music, culture, sport and entertainment. Family Man. I share my photos. Politics free zone.
In case you wondered, this is as good as these small scopes are when imaging Jupiter. Obviously the moons disappear with the brightness reduced.
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Probably filtered by the heavy atmosphere and light pollution.
Even through high level clouds it's easy to photograph bsky.app/profile/pete...
Definitely. I have an 8 inch Dobsonian which is far too bulky to move around but it's brilliant for visual observation
Time for that jigsaw!
It's a Dwarf3 smartscope. Not really designed for planetary imaging (more for deep sky objects) but it's handy for this as the line up shows up well.
The Stellarium graphic key
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A clear view of Jupiter and its 4 big moons this evening. L to R (Callisto, Io, Mother, Europa, Ganymede)
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Ah, the Leo Triplet. I got my smart scope to capture it the other night. Well placed at this time of year!
You're welcome and good night.
Well, I'm very capable of writing dissertations and prose however posting here doesn't involve in me sharing my inner thoughts or anything personal though I recognise some go into lots of introspection
I only concentrated here because it felt worth sharing stuff that I enjoy and hope would interest others. I almost never post text only material as I have little to say!
You need a new hobby or address!
I had a great first post when Bluesky was just taking off.
People like animals. Always works!
I only post photos, never repost other's efforts.
Here's the galaxy collections without the unrelated stars removed. #astronomy #astrophotography
Billions of Stars!
Two well known (at least to astronomers) galaxy collections. The Markarian Chain in Virgo and The Triplet in Leo.
Images from last night with non related stars 'removed'. Only 3 hours worth due to clouds.
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Stellarium graphic key
Tonight's Jupiter/Moons line up! L to R: Callisto, Ganymede, Europa, Io, Mother!
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3+14+11 for me!
Yes, but it is latency, ie speed of response as you ping to the site which gets you into the FCFS state. Very fast broadband is made of a number of factors more than the advertised speed.
Assuming it's a random queue position, no difference, anyway, it's less about speed, more about latency and stability.
Here's the Stellarium graphic to compare
I'm back! So is a brief clear patch so here's Jupiter this evening and all 4 Galilean Moons (l to r) Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa
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Thank you. I've just spent a beautiful afternoon with my family.
Sunrise from a day ago, just after the Saharan dust arrived and just before the clouds and rain! #loveukweather
It's a fabulous evening target this time of the year.
I love seeing images of the Trapezium. So many overblown shots which hide these gems.
This morning's sunrise through the Saharan dust.
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