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by Michael Teoh
Sat May 11, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group (2024 May 11)
Replies: 25
Views: 5680

Re: APOD: AR 3664: Giant Sunspot Group (2024 May 11)

varadinagypal wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 12:08 pm Is this image, its quality and the gesture to publish it, a huge joke?
Maybe celebrating late April Fool?
by Michael Teoh
Wed Feb 15, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
Replies: 37
Views: 12881

Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)

Dear Donato, great to have you here. Please can you reply to questions posed by others? They whould greatly help to understand how the image was made, than anyone can judge if it is ok or not. 1. Focal lenght of the two images (and eventual crop factor). Can you share 2 originals uncropped? 2. Loca...
by Michael Teoh
Mon Feb 13, 2023 9:33 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
Replies: 37
Views: 12881

Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)

I think generally it is debatable when a composite image is composed of pictures taken at different angles, orientations, or even locations, rather than different times and/or settings. The orientation of the sky at such altitude is only possible from the southern hemisphere, thus a sky with such or...
by Michael Teoh
Mon Feb 13, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)
Replies: 37
Views: 12881

Re: APOD: Comet ZTF and Mars (2023 Feb 13)

Astronomy errors. ZENITH DIRECTION: Matterhorn clearly show that the zenith direction is up, but the stars say it must be 45°rotated up-right (at the time of the image, Mars-Comet direction is nearly toward zenith). This show that the author probably imaged the star field with equatorial North-up, ...
by Michael Teoh
Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:13 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Video Submissions
Replies: 719
Views: 2572056

Re: Video Submissions

Sunset in Hydrogen Alpha Wavelength Copyright: Michael Teoh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUsD32rJic This is my second successful attempt at taking a sunset sequence in the hydrogen alpha wavelength. This time the western sky was perfectly clear. The huge sunspot in AR2835 and a number of bright...
by Michael Teoh
Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:13 pm
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2021 June
Replies: 104
Views: 193291

Re: Submissions: 2021 June

Sunset in Hydrogen Alpha Wavelength Copyright: Michael Teoh https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51287813474_626dc149de_b.jpg This is my second successful attempt at taking a sunset image in the hydrogen alpha wavelength. This time the western sky was perfectly clear. The huge sunspot in AR2835 and ...
by Michael Teoh
Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:33 am
Forum: The Observation Deck: Latest Sky Photography
Topic: Submissions: 2021 June
Replies: 104
Views: 193291

Re: Submissions: 2021 June

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51265850559_016e2ff389_b.jpg First successful attempt at taking a sunset image in the hydrogen alpha wavelength. Despite some thin clouds, the surface features can be seen clearly, including the sunspot in AR2833, a long filament nearby, and a few faint prominenc...