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    @bovidae some of us won't make it the next one. Apparently...

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    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune Saturn was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Amazing!

    Shot with?

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    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Amazing!

    Shot with?

    The photo is actually barely adequate. Taken with my phone. Samsung Galaxy S8. Which is like mumble years old. No special exposures or anything.

    Just shows how awesome these planets are showing up at the moment.

    Seriously peeps get up early and have a look (then go back to bed ... ).

    This shot does not do it justice.

    Timestamp for this at 5:17 a.m.

    The fact that the stars ... planets ... show so clearly on the phone camera speaks volumes for how bright they are irl.

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    #39

    Oh, and BTW identification of astronomical bodies by way of Google Sky Map

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Amazing!

    Shot with?

    The photo is actually barely adequate. Taken with my phone. Samsung Galaxy S8. Which is like mumble years old. No special exposures or anything.

    Just shows how awesome these planets are showing up at the moment.

    Seriously peeps get up early and have a look (then go back to bed ... ).

    This shot does not do it justice.

    Timestamp for this at 5:17 a.m.

    The fact that the stars ... planets ... show so clearly on the phone camera speaks volumes for how bright they are irl.

    I'll have a look just as soon as I get the cat to move from under the telescope....

    IMG20220506135314.jpg

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Neptune Saturn was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Slight update for typo.

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Amazing!

    Shot with?

    The photo is actually barely adequate. Taken with my phone. Samsung Galaxy S8. Which is like mumble years old. No special exposures or anything.

    Just shows how awesome these planets are showing up at the moment.

    Seriously peeps get up early and have a look (then go back to bed ... ).

    This shot does not do it justice.

    Timestamp for this at 5:17 a.m.

    The fact that the stars ... planets ... show so clearly on the phone camera speaks volumes for how bright they are irl.

    I have a Samsung 21 or 22 or something. The photo quality is great, super sharp with no effort. But I can't get it to capture colour like you have. I mean, I've never actually tried to figure it out, but the point and shoot method just delivers watered down colours at superb clarity

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    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Scene from the beach this a.m. Red sky in the morning ... plus ...Resized_20220506_051729.jpeg

    Starting from the bottom...
    Venus
    Neptune you can't see
    Jupiter
    Mars (if you look closely at the top of the shot).

    Neptune was further up and quite visible but not to the phone camera (And not in frame anywsy)

    Amazing!

    Shot with?

    The photo is actually barely adequate. Taken with my phone. Samsung Galaxy S8. Which is like mumble years old. No special exposures or anything.

    Just shows how awesome these planets are showing up at the moment.

    Seriously peeps get up early and have a look (then go back to bed ... ).

    This shot does not do it justice.

    Timestamp for this at 5:17 a.m.

    The fact that the stars ... planets ... show so clearly on the phone camera speaks volumes for how bright they are irl.

    I have a Samsung 21 or 22 or something. The photo quality is great, super sharp with no effort. But I can't get it to capture colour like you have. I mean, I've never actually tried to figure it out, but the point and shoot method just delivers watered down colours at superb clarity

    Sheer luck.

    Thought it would be too dark but took a punt.

    Often take snaps of the sunrise on my morning walks.

    They don't always reflect what I'm seeing but this was good.

    In portrait mode though (by necessity to get the planets in). (And I really didn't think they'd show up at all.)

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    Jul 27, 2022

    A triple meteoric spectacle is set to grace our skies this weekend

    A triple meteoric spectacle is set to grace our skies this weekend

    Looking for something spectacular to brighten a cold, dark winter's night? Well, this weekend might just have something in store: not one, not two, but three meteor showers active at the same time — combining to provide a celestial firework display almost all through the night.

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    Junior and I just drove down the road to a place of slightly less light pollution.

    Saw a couple of streaks in half an hour.

    So that was ok. Just.

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

    Junior and I just drove down the road to a place of slightly less light pollution.

    Saw a couple of streaks in half an hour.

    So that was ok. Just.

    Woke up just now in the middle of the night. Ducked my head out the door and it's clouded over. Bed time (not that we need a wicket atm).

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    #47

    Lunar eclipse tonight.

    Pretty sure I've seen better (i.e., bigger/closer) recently, but worth a look.

    Crappy photos on the phone.

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    This post is deleted!
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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

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    You weren’t lying about the crappy photo. Thanks for trying though

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    Comments from the uneducated...

    Reckon were not 100% in the middle of the shadow as the left side remains brighter.

    And also, the phone is not up to taking photos...

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    @MN5 said in Star Gazing:

    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

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    You weren’t lying about the crappy photo. Thanks for trying though

    Yeah well ...

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    @booboo said in Star Gazing:

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    That looks like a photo of your testicle.

    Not that I've seen your testicle of course.

    Ah shit.

    Anyway, me and the kids watched it tonight too. Was fun if not the most spectacular eclipse. Still cool.

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    @voodoo said in Star Gazing:

    Not that I've seen your testicle of course.

    I wish to confirm this.

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