Starship Asterisk*

Partial Lunar Eclipse
August 7/8, 2017

geckzilla wrote:Haha, I don't think the APOD editors smoke enough weed to explain things like Sagan.

LOL! so be sure to smoke enough to be able to understand! ^.^

It's awesome!
Big "Thank You" to geckzilla and anybody who helped creating this calendar.
On my way to the printshop...

What would happen if the scientists would turn the Hubble telescope towards Earth? What would they see? NASA official Michael Moore said that if the Hubble Space Telescope were pointed at the surface of the Earth instead of at outer space, “you could see a dime sitting on top of the Washington Monu...

Guest wrote:Could a similar picture be done with HDR so that the moon's features within the crescent would not be washed out?

one of my favorites!
http://avertedimagination.com/img_pages/earthshine.html

yes, seems to match the description!
i think that's what it is. thank u ;D

I'm about to enter a physics photography contest and i thought of a picture that I think I took of an iridescent cloud. but since I was hesitant about the cloud being an iridescent, I wanted to ask wether anyone can confirm it. IC.jpg it was around 11AM if that matters and the cloud was like ~20 deg...

The perils of being a scientist?! you might end up inspiring people in some ways you may not have intended!!
http://www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=999093
lol

I was planning to capture a Panoramic Star trails picture, so on the night of the moon eclipse I put two Canon T1is next to each other and captured 290 pictures on each one, then stacked the sequences and stitched them together to form this image. there are few more trails in the picture on right, t...

I have something to say regarding Giordano Bruno's question and Ann's response. I may be wrong, but if someone asked me 'why there are no stars in the pictures taken out of the Earth? (e.g. on the Moon)' or 'why Apollo crews said they have not seen any stars?', I would've answered that because those...

Stunning Picture! Good Job.
I'm wondering if such details could be captured with a DSLR.

Startrails over Tochal heights, north of Tehran.

I believe there would be no terminal velocity on Miranda. the objects won't be traveling through any fluid or medium. because of lack of the atmosphere, there is no reason for being stopped at terminal velocity. Correct... but I think you may be misunderstanding the previous comment. The coincidenc...

I believe there would be no terminal velocity on Miranda. the objects won't be traveling through any fluid or medium.
because of lack of the atmosphere, there is no reason for being stopped at terminal velocity.

and as of February 2011: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/ISS_configuration_2011-02_en.svg/800px-ISS_configuration_2011-02_en.svg.png Mass 375,727 kg (828,340 lb) Length 51 m (167.3 ft) - from PMA-2 to Zvezda Width 109 m (357.5 ft) - along truss, arrays extended Height c. 20 ...

Hi, we had a cloudy, still good weather here in Tehran. Partial Solar Eclipse.jpg clouds were so intense at the point that eclipse was maximum which made it hard to focus the image for me! Dirty Eclipse.jpg the earlier image is more clear and much better focused. and this is a live view of the eclip...

Owlice, Orin, Thanks for your comments! Yes, but folks with slow internet connections probably don't need to see silhouettes in high def. :( a 900x600 version is already on Recent Submission Dec 8-10 thread (http://asterisk.apod.com/download/file.php?id=1450&mode=view). not hi-def, but better th...

Captured on Decemeber 3 in Maranjab Desert, Iran. (i'm the one on far left, thanks to self-timer!)

oh, i didn't know it was APOD. thanks!

This was so interesting to me, i thought you might also enjoy:
http://householdname.typepad.com/my_web ... osure.html

we had something interesting in our calendar couple of weeks ago; the way our Iranian calendar counts, this year is 1389. we use the same ordering that Europeans use, and today is 20/7, so about two weeks ago it was 6/7 & we had 1-9 right after each other:
1h:23m:45s 6/7/89!

Thanks Owlice, Rob!
that page is awesome, owlice! there are also many freewares... thanks again.

after years of windows pc addiction, now i've made the switch to Mac.
WOW another world! simple, beautiful, extremely fast, i'm very happy...

just wanted to ask if you know any particular astronomical software for mac?

Very Beautiful alter-ego.

is any filter necessary when observing and shooting Green Flash? is it still harmful to look at the sun at such low altitude through a telescope and without filter?

Thanks Owlice. i put it on Vimeo & used the tag.
so...


details:
Canon Rebel T1i Camera at 18mm, lasted 5Hours, 640 Photos played at 20fps & created with Startrails.