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Stacked/Blended/Tracked

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I was looking for a Tajinaste, one of the iconic symbols of the Canary Islands, and I was lucky enough to find it beneath the famous Mirador de Los Andenes. In front of me, a volcanic landscape rises above a sea of clouds that gently blankets the villages below, while one of the most breathtaking night skies in the Canary Islands unfolds overhead.

• Sky: Canon R + Canon 6D | 3-panel panorama | 120s | f/2.8 | ISO 1600
Ha 6x120 s| f/2.8| ISO 3200
• Foreground: 180s | 1/2.8 | ISO 3200

This was taken from the Kagga Kamma Remote Observatory and is a small section of a larger 21-panel mosaic that I did in collaboration with my friends Dave and Chris. I recommend checking out the better resolution image on Astrobin: https://app.astrobin.com/i/pdxs0b

Some additional info on my website: https://www.naztronomy.com/gallery/image/900/vela_supernova_subsection_filaments

This is actually a mosaic itself, sections of 5 different panels totaling about 30 hours of data (if my math is correct). We wanted to get more data but due but Vela is setting faster and faster and the weather in the winter has been getting poorer. Hope to retry next year in mono!

Here is the equipment list:

- Telescope: Askar SQA85
- Camera: QHYCCD QHY268 Pro C
- Mount: Proxisky UMi 20S
- Filter: Antlia ALP-T Dual Band 5nm 2"
- Software: NINA, PixInsight, Siril (mosaic processed using my OSC PP script)

I've been going back and forth on the color, I think I want to do the whole 21 panel mosaic a little differently but wanted to show off this section of Vela. 

If anyone's interested, I interviewed the observatory owners here: https://youtu.be/xgea5UQlhY4

It's not a professional grade photo but i think you guys would appreciate it in a way.

It's easily the most noticeable thing in the night sky besides the moon.

I shared this over on r/spaceweather a little while ago and the response was overwhelmingly positive, so I thought some people here might enjoy it too.

I’m a software engineer and space weather enthusiast, and over the past few months I’ve been building an interactive visualization of coronal mass ejections as a passion project. The goal wasn’t to build another forecast site, but to make it easier to understand what’s actually happening between the Sun and the planets.

It uses real NASA and NOAA data to visualize CMEs moving through the inner solar system, along with the planets and the spacecraft that observe them. I recently added an Events section where you can replay historic storms like the Carrington Event, the 2012 Carrington-class near miss, and the 2024 Gannon Storm.

I put a lot of work into making the science as accurate as I could while keeping it approachable for anyone who’s just curious about space weather.

If you check it out, I’d genuinely love feedback, especially if you spot something that could be improved or explained better.

https://www.cmetracker.ai

Sou completamente iniciante no assunto de astronomia, mas estava deitado aqui em casa e há uma pequena brecha para o céu. Acabei observando um ponto luminoso isolado no céu, ao passar um tempo observando realmente me pergunto o que é isso?

Pela câmera do celular não consigo captar bem.

A olho nu parece ter luzes piscando, mas tenho certeza de que não é um avião pois está a muito tempo no mesmo local e muito menos uma torre de sinal pois é muito alto. Como sou amador no assunto fico me perguntando se uma estrela/planeta fica "piscando" a olho nu. Outro detalhe que posso acrescentar é que após cerca de 10 minutos observando vejo que há momentos em que a luz emitida é muito mais forte e outros momentos bem mais fraca. Alguém poderia me ajudar a saber o que é isso?

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) spacecraft passed within close range of the 450-meter-wide asteroid’s center at around 6:30 p.m. Japan Standard Time while traveling at approximately 5 kilometers per second — or 18,000 kilometers per hour — relative to Torifune

Single exposure image unedited. M6 ii and 100-300mm at 100mm.

Hey r/space!

A good friend of mine told me to share my latest design here. I’m Matt - a watch designer by day, and space nerd by night.

Space exploration and watchmaking has always gone hand in hand, from Scott Carpenters Breitling Cosmonaut as one of the earliest watches in space, to the iconic Omega Speedmaster worn on the moon during Apollo 11.

Having always wanted a Speedmaster, but without the funds to justify one, I set about creating my own space themed watch.

Whilst watching a documentary about the overview effect, I was inspired to create a watch that focuses on Earth. I chose the Blue Marble photograph from Apollo 17 as a starting point, imagining myself looking out the window at our Earth. After some testing, I was able to find the right materials to create a transparent disc that shows the Earth as the seconds hand, orbiting around the subdial.

As a slight nod to my favourite movie, the dial and markers were inspired by the millennium falcon cockpit.

I’d love to get your thoughts if you have time, how did I do with this design? Do you have any feedback?

I’d love your honest opinion, as I’m at a bit of a crossroads. The watch market hasn’t taken to this design as well as my previous designs, and I’m deciding between doubling down on this, or to shelve it after this production run and move in a different direction.

Thank you!

Matt