What did you see in the sky tonight?

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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Fred the Cat » Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:17 pm

I'm happy we both had a clear view. I'd like to invest in a phone/binoccular adapter because that sight was splendid. :thumb_up:
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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Fred the Cat » Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:09 am

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I was taking a photo of the full moon tonight.
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After dinner, I looked up to our second story window
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and saw dessert. :ssmile:
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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Ann » Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:01 am

Fred and Chris, you've shown us such superb pictures lately! :D Love your Moon shot with the Lady in the Moon showing so clearly, Fred. And Chris, your portrait of galaxy M63 is just wonderful!

But, hey - we are all allowed to post our little efforts here, aren't we?

So here goes. This is the first time I've managed to photograph a thin crescent moon and made it look actually thin! Wo-hoo!!!

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Crescent Moon and Venus against dark sky.jpg

As the sky grew darker, I just couldn't make the crescent Moon look so thin. Talk about pixel bleeding!

Oh, and... I have to show you this... :oops:

The Pleiades from my balcony (2).jpg

Can't you see? It's obviously the Pleiades! :lol2:

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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Fred the Cat » Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:47 am

Ann wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:01 am
Can't you see? It's obviously the Pleiades! :lol2:

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Sometimes it's hard to know what a photo can be made to realize.
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When I was trying to photograph Jupiter and Venus from inside our house, an out-of-focus image seemed to contain unexpected detail of Jupiter.
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This post and the others were very helpful to alleve my wishfulness. It does make me curious how much detail a skilled digital reconstructionist could glean from a flawed image. :?:
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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Ann » Wed Mar 29, 2023 5:10 am

Fred the Cat wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 3:47 am
Ann wrote: Fri Mar 24, 2023 7:01 am
Can't you see? It's obviously the Pleiades! :lol2:

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Sometimes it's hard to know what a photo can be made to realize.
IMG_6229 (3).JPG
When I was trying to photograph Jupiter and Venus from inside our house, an out-of-focus image seemed to contain unexpected detail of Jupiter.
IMG_6219 (2).JPG

This post and the others were very helpful to alleve my wishfulness. It does make me curious how much detail a skilled digital reconstructionist could glean from a flawed image. :?:

Looks fine to me, Ron! :D


Only problem is... The light-colored stripe across the face of Jupiter in your picture is found just where the dark North Equatorial Belt is supposed to be located!

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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Ann » Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:25 pm

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Okay, crappy picture. And not a very impressive display. But I did see some noctilucent clouds last night.

I woke up at midnight, having been asleep since about ten. I stumbled out into my kitchen, took a quick peek outside, noticed a brightening at the horizon which shouldn't be there, grabbed my mobile, took a picture and stumbled back to bed again.

And some noctilucent clouds were there alright!

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Re: What did you see in the sky tonight?

Post by Rauf » Wed Jun 07, 2023 6:12 am

Ann wrote: Mon Jun 05, 2023 6:25 pm Noctilucent clouds June 4 to 5 2023.jpg


Okay, crappy picture. And not a very impressive display. But I did see some noctilucent clouds last night.

I woke up at midnight, having been asleep since about ten. I stumbled out into my kitchen, took a quick peek outside, noticed a brightening at the horizon which shouldn't be there, grabbed my mobile, took a picture and stumbled back to bed again.

And some noctilucent clouds were there alright!

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A beautiful picture! I love the mixture of clouds with the sky, Some people prefer to have an all clear sky for observing, and for a good reason, but the presence of a couple of clouds make me feel I'm actually on Earth, and I'm looking at this giant universe from my small planet (If you know what I mean)
I love your picture, but I guess a power outage would have made it even prettier :ssmile: