Posted on 04/10/2025 12:03:08 PM PDT by MtnClimber
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
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Would really like to see the servo mechanism that moves the scope in the precise alignment. 38 hours is a long time considering earths rotation...
The 38 hours would be over multiple days, probably weeks. Modern telescope mounts which are well polar aligned can track very well. There is also the use of a guide scope which fixates on a star or star field making slight adjustments to the mount as needed. Accuracy within a couple of pixels is possible. Digital cameras and computerization has revolutionized (amateur) astronomy such that a $500 smart scope will do better than professional rigs of 30 years ago.
It takes several days to get that much exposure. Not a cheap telescope by any means.
38 hours of accumulated data, over multiple nights. The software stacks it all. That’s a LOT of data…
hmmm... and here I always thought seeing the craters on the moon was impressive thru a home telescope!!
MS81 competing with MS13 for street cred.
The M80 group are explosive.
Wow.
M-80 was our favorite explosive as a kid.
I gather they hand wringers have outlawed them for sale now.
Cherry bombs too, no doubt.
Indeed it is! It’s also incredible what modern technology can do with astrophotography. I have a planetary camera that is capable of taking from 136 to 200 photos a second for as many seconds or minutes as you want.The computer software will pick the best (sharpest) images and “stack” them for maximum detail.
well without hi-jacking mt climber’s thread, when an opportunity arises, post some pics!! or if you got a FB, PM me a link. I dig that stuff. I do an occasional gopro time lapse(night lapse) and always catch a meteor!! knock on wood..
With apologies to mt climber, here’s a photo of the Sun I took last fall. I’m new at this, so I don’t yet have any other subjects photographed.
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Hope this works, it’s my first attempt from my iPad.
Could. You please delete my previous post? I might have inadvertently posted it wrong.
Wow... thats clear!! and big!! Next time your messing around, get one of the moon!!
Thanks! I was going to photograph the Moon one night, but by the time I had everything set up, the Moon moved behind some trees…..
I’ll get some this year…🙂🔭
This is the computer that controls my mount.
https://www.zwoastro.com/product/asiair-plus/
And this is my mount the follows the stars.
https://www.zwoastro.com/product/zwo-am3-harmonic-equatorial-mount/
And this is my telescope
https://agenaastro.com/askar-103apo-triplet-apo-refractor-telescope.html
I shot the same target last month, but didn’t get nearly as much data as the APOD picture.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=9337713106346121&set=a.3599444953506327
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