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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 12, 2020 14:38:32 GMT
Hit 90 degrees Fahrenheit here.  |
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 12, 2020 14:39:51 GMT
Okeah again. Maybe not later tonight. Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, and there is a high-pressure parked right overhead. Barely a cloud in the sky tonight. Jupiter and Saturn are beckoning also... I'm still wearing the watch on a khaki 1-piece 18mm WWII reproduction strap though.
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Post by jamestkirk on Aug 12, 2020 14:42:37 GMT
Yah, da comet is kaput! I visibly saw some meteors. I do not know if I have photos of any yet. I just set the camera on tripod with the widest lens I have and set it to take exposures every 20 seconds of 15 seconds length. Then with my very longest telephoto lens mounted on the older camera body, I brought the telescope mount into play and started photographing Jupiter and Saturn. I have pretty clear images that include moons of both planets. As a matter of fact after photographing Jupiter a while and switching to Saturn, I focused in a bit sharper. I had to go back and re-shoot Jupiter after I finished with Saturn with the focus better. And lucky for us all, I did not observe any Klingons circling Uranus. Did you see a black monolithic slab in orbit around Jupiter between a couple of its moons? Been rumors of its existence for 19 years.  Both planets have been presenting some decent photo ops for those with clear skies.   |
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Post by zeb on Aug 12, 2020 15:37:43 GMT
Yah, da comet is kaput! I visibly saw some meteors. I do not know if I have photos of any yet. I just set the camera on tripod with the widest lens I have and set it to take exposures every 20 seconds of 15 seconds length. Then with my very longest telephoto lens mounted on the older camera body, I brought the telescope mount into play and started photographing Jupiter and Saturn. I have pretty clear images that include moons of both planets. As a matter of fact after photographing Jupiter a while and switching to Saturn, I focused in a bit sharper. I had to go back and re-shoot Jupiter after I finished with Saturn with the focus better. And lucky for us all, I did not observe any Klingons circling Uranus. Can't wait for the pictures! But how dare you look at my, um, I mean Uranus?!  |
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