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by fred_76
Wed Jun 24, 2015 8:39 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2015 June
Replies: 215
Views: 93677

Re: Submissions: 2015 June

Hi, This is my first submission to the APOD as some friends told me to do it. Here is an animation made from pictures I processed from the New Horizons Lorri images taken between the 16th and 22nd June 2015. I posted it in the UMSF forum, here is a link to the discussion : http://www.unmannedspacefl...
by fred_76
Tue Feb 17, 2015 7:56 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Found Images: 2015 February
Replies: 29
Views: 13557

Found images 2015 feb 12 : Jupiter's moons

Hi! I found these two exceptional pictures/animations on a french forum called Webastro. They both show the same event, the eclipse and occultation of Io by Ganymede. - from "wilexpel" http://www.webastro.net/forum/showthread.php?t=125410 http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/833194AGRHEUREPHE...
by fred_76
Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Comet Castle (2013 Mar 22)
Replies: 19
Views: 3035

Re: APOD: Comet Castle (2013 Mar 22)

Nice picture. Gotta get me a more professional camera that can take longer exposures. The majority of these images are made with exposures of just a few seconds at most. Any longer requires active tracking. The best pictures are made with cameras having low readout noise- newer DSLRs, especially th...
by fred_76
Fri Mar 22, 2013 1:45 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submission Gallery: 2013 Comets
Replies: 286
Views: 761096

Re: Submission Gallery: 2013 Comets

Hi! This is my first submission to the Starship Asterisk*. Here is my best shot of C/2011 L4 Panstarrs, from the suburb of Le Havre, in Normandy, France. The wind was blowing and the clouds were moving fast and furious. I only had a few dozen of minutes to install my DSLR and shoot the comet. http:/...