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This gigantic lens, built for NASA to record space launches, is up for sale: http://bokeh.digitalrev.com/article/gigantic-1000mm-nasa-lens-up-for-sale
I'm back + more space photos
Haven't posted in a few months, mainly because I was busy w/ school, but I also just haven't been using tumblr that much. I do want to start posting more, but I also kinda doubt I will ever consistently post. Anyways, here are some space photos that I took in november.
The Orion Nebula
The brighter images are blurry because they have to capture light for a longer time. This can be solved with a tracking mount, but I do not have one
These were taken from farther away, which makes them look clearer
The Pleiades
The brightest stars in this cluster can be seen with the naked eye, but the dimmer/further ones can only be seen through cameras/telescopes
Jupiter
You can kinda see its stripes on the dimmer photos, but its not very clear. With the brighter one, you can see its 4 Galilean moons next to it. When looking through a telescope with the naked eye, you can see both the stripes and the moon, but that's harder to capture on camera.
The moon
Not much to say, just a few photos of our moon.
I'll try to take more photos over winter break, but its kinda annoying to deal with things like bugs and neighborhood lights.
I GOT PHOTOS OF THE COMET!
It took over a week of bad weather and timing, but I finally got a few.
Target: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Telescope: Heritage 150p tabletop dobsonian
Eyepiece: 25mm (30x zoom)
Camera: Samsung Galaxy A14, ISO 3200, speed 4s
THE PHONE ADAPTER FINALLY ARRIVED
I got a phone adapter for my telescope, so I'm gonna be able to take good photos tonight.
Photos of The Orion Nebula that I took over the past few nights. I took these without a phone adapter (it's arriving on Tuesday), so they turned out surprisingly well
The first photo is orange because of the glare from a nearby light, the rest were taken in a different location and are slightly blue because it was dawn.
Edited versions of those photos:
Telescope: skywatcher heritage 150p tabletop dobsonian
Eyepiece: 25mm
Camera: Samsung Galaxy A14 camera - ISO 3200, speed 4 or 8 seconds
Some pictures of the moon I've taken over the past week! The photos aren't as clear as they could be (I don't have a phone stabilizer)
Telescope: Skywatcher Heritage 150p
Lens: 10mm or 25mm (I can't remember)
Phone: Samsung Galaxy A14