Nature Photography

[azurbanclucker]

Here's a 16mm wide angle looking West over the southern end of Phoenix.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Local varmit control on the clock.

 

[jnicholes]

According to spaceweather.com, we have reached the solar maximum period.

https://spaceweather.com/

Here’s hoping we have more opportunities for auroras.

 

[mdees88]

According to spaceweather.com, we have reached the solar maximum period.

https://spaceweather.com/

Here’s hoping we have more opportunities for auroras.

Good read. I didn't know about the SAR's. I took a few pics of the Orion constellation during the aurora, pointing the camera straight up. They had a red band all the way across the screen. That must have been the SAR. I'll post the pic later tonight.

 

[jnicholes]

I am pleased to announce that I fixed my telescope. All I had to do was 3-D print a part for it. It is working just fine now.

In fact, I got this picture last night.

 

[mdees88]

Tried the comet again. I got a starlink train crossing over it. I think I'm going to drive to a darker sky tomorrow night and try to shoot it using the star tracker.

 

[jnicholes]

OK, I just have one question. How did the clouds form a double helix DNA shape?

 

[tripletfeb]

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OK, I just have one question. How did the clouds form a double helix DNA shape?

Those are contrails not clouds

 

[jnicholes]

Those are contrails not clouds

Oops.

Well, it’s still interesting.

 

[mdees88]

I was planning on shooting the comet again in about 4-5 more days (closer to a new moon), but I now have to work the next twelve nights. So, I decided to drive an hour to bortle 3 sky and shoot it tonight. I had a 30-minute setback which cost me some valuable time, but I was able to get a few good pics before it got too low on the horizon.


This is a heavily cropped 100mm shot....

and a slightly cropped 500mm shot...