They at least have an ISS live stream going most of the time, but it's pretty boring at night or when they lose coverage
RIP my home button whenever my SE3 bites the dust
Good ol magnesium shit-rate
Wasn't expecting much with the last night's geomagnetic storm, but seeing the aurora come in on the camera was definitely an "oh shit" moment for me and my wife, especially when it got overexposed. The initial burst in the gif was very noticeable to the naked eye, despite our light pollution. Sadly it died down a bunch, but seems to have come back (although not as strong) after 3am (video timestamp is in UTC). Tonight definitely wont be as strong, but I'm hoping the camera might pick something up on another timelapse. Captured on May 10th, 2024 from Atlanta, GA
(probably) Better quality version on youtube
Places where I host my other images:
Equipment:
- ASI290mc + the all sky lens it comes with
Acquisition:
- looped 15" exposures at gain 160
Capture Software:
- Sharpcap
Processing:
- just PIPP to debayer and handbrake to convert it
Hello, OP! Please include ALL acquisition and processing details.
Hello, OP! Please include ALL acquisition and processing details.
Timestamp is UTC
Hi, OP! Please include ALL acquisition and processing details
Was any processing done to this?
Omega Centauri is the largest globular cluster in the sky and contains about 10 million stars, but it's generally considered a southern hemisphere target since it's at -47 declination. It was right at the meridian for me while waiting for it to get completely dark out, so I tried shooting it at just 9 degrees up. Had to do short exposures without guiding, because even the dim flashlights of the other campers with me would overwhelm my guide camera. Captured on June 7th, 2024 from a Bortle 3 zone (Deerlick Astronomy Village)
Places where I host my other images:
Instagram | Flickr
Equipment:
TPO 6" F/4 Imaging Newtonian
Orion Sirius EQ-G
ZWO ASI1600MM-Pro
Skywatcher Quattro Coma Corrector
ZWO EFW 8x1.25"/31mm
Astronomik LRGB+CLS Filters- 31mm
Astrodon 31mm Ha 5nm, Oiii 3nm, Sii 5nm
Agena 50mm Deluxe Straight-Through Guide Scope
ZWO ASI-120MC for guiding
Moonlite Autofocuser
Acquisition: 12 minutes (Camera at half Unity Gain, -15°C)
Lum - 20x10"
Red - 11x15"
Green - 13x15"
Blue - 12x15"
Flats- 30 per filter
Capture Software:
PixInsight Processing:
BatchPreProcessing
StarAlignment
Blink
ImageIntegration
DrizzleIntegration (2x, Var β=1.5)
DynamicCrop
DynamicBackgroundExtraction
Luminance:
BlurXTerminator (correct only mode)
ArcsinhStretch + histogramtransformation to bring nonlinear
RGB:
ChannelCombinaiton to combine monochrome R, G, B stacks into color image
BlurXTerminator (correct only mode)
SpectroPhotometricColorCalibration
HSV Repair
MMT for large scale chrominance noise reduction
ArcsinhStretch + histogramtransformation to bring nonlinear
Nonlinear:
LRGBCombination with stretched L as luminance
Several CurveTransformations to adjust lightness, contrast, colors, saturation, etc.
DeepSNR Noise reduction
HistogramTransformations
More curves
Resample to 70%
Annotation