M104 galaxy, 28 million light years away, as seen with an 8" LX200 telescope at ~f/5. Recorded with a modified Samsung SDC-435. Clouds moved in towards the end. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj_S6Ag_So4
Earth from the position of STEREO Ahead spreadsheet:
http://dropcanvas.com/nhcs7
Astrometry of an old STEREO Ahead COR2 image gives us a more accurate figure for the angular resolution to go by (14.7 arcseconds per pixel instead of the rounded figure of 15), giving the spreadsheet an even better match to the actual images:
http://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/566023#annotated
The revised 14.7 figure is now used for the spreadsheet available in the first link.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRJgbqy0vOA
Yes, it is still just Venus, and the math proves it. Venus coordinates spreadsheet (based on equations that go back to Simon Newcomb in the late 19th century, not NASA):
http://dropcanvas.com/tfe1t
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FgKH2fV6DE
Launch of OA-6 with the Cyngus cargo vehicle "SS Rick Husband." Tracked with an 8" Meade LX200 Classic and Canon T5i camera @ f/10 using fully automatic closed-loop tracking with my new software.
Thanks to Reds Rhetoric for the use of some of his footage as well. Check out Red's channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHsrhLqowsAIYbaNE7GcBg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWxwdmeK12k
Comet Siding Spring will be making a close pass by Mars on October 19th, so close that NASA is taking steps to protect their spacecraft orbiting Mars from a potential increase in micrometeorite strikes. Here's what C/2013 A1 Siding Spring looked like yesterday as seen from the iTelescope.net T30 telescope in Siding Spring, Australia. It passed by several galaxies including NGC 1316 and NGC 1317 in the top right corner, and NGC 1310 in the bottom right corner. Another small galaxy, ESO 301-8, is just above the comet. These are R filtered 60 second exposures.
Full resolution stacked image:
http://h.dropcanvas.com/sysrw/sidingspringcompositestack.jpg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0ulqdS_Zps
Annotated SDO:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJAoKCBmXcRY406OIBSo_Jg
TLE data from this morning's observations:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XWmbhFQukuW0R5At2N1lfGvyeehD-kGX/view?usp=sharing
Music: The Divine Cosmos by Stellardrone
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwDAqac_ALk
Music: Rendezvous with Rama by Stellardrone
Highlights of launch day at the SpaceX CRS-8 NASA Social which culminated in a successful launch and first stage landing of the Falcon 9.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDy9sSx3Hh8
September was a busy month with a great deal of spectacular Hubble image data released. I've once again processed some of the best raw fits files into useful color images. Here are is a zip file of the full resolution processed images:
http://dropcanvas.com/g8ueo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gui97w6zwXg
A brief webcast tonight from the final night of the 2016 Chiefland Fall Star Party at the Chiefland Astronomy Village.
Stacked images from night 2:
http://dropcanvas.com/9hyow
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wruv9zlVa4Q