#stargeezer — Public Fediverse posts

@RickiTarr
I call the following design #Stargeezer , a tribute to the aging stargazer (which I am).

https://www.zazzle.com/z/4u626z37?rf=238833718112731826

@sjvn
On that I say:

Said Schrodinger's cat with a smile
I'll be in the box with the vial
With the poison I'll be
Quantum tangled you see
Thus alive and dead both all the while
#SchrodingersCat #Stargeezer

https://www.cafepress.com/keendesigns.570071441#.ZBS8VHNGkxc.link

Larry Smith
@stargazersmith
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Retired computer scientist (PhD) with supporting background in #physics and #math. Air Force veteran. Worked mostly in #AerospaceEngineering (guidance) and some in #astronomy (interplanetary space study and lunar induction.)

The header image is an #etx90 image of #Tycho crater.

Currently participating with spouse of 50+ years in spoiling preschool granddaughter. Making good progress.

My posts tagged with #StarGeezer

Interests:
#astronomy
#telescopes
#amateurastronomy
#scifi
#software
#linux #follow #boost #altext #art #MastoArt #gimp #photo #DigitalArt #alttext
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Hazy Moon w Branches

#NeutronStars #StarGeezer

Colliding Neutron Stars Created a Sphere So Perfect It's Shocked Physicists : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/colliding-neutron-stars-created-a-sphere-so-perfect-its-shocked-physicists

The #SolarSystem simulator shows weird things can happen. Watch closely as a big planet (just below the central large mass) encounters a small body and causes it to enter a very elliptical and reverse direction orbit.

#StarGeezer
Color scheem
black - asteroid
magenta - rocky planet
red - gas giant

Here's another #SolarSystem simulator mp4. In this case a large (red) planet ejects a small (black) small object. Big against small usually means only the small object shows any deviation.

Color Scheme:
black - asteroid
magenta - rocky planet
red - red giant

#StarGeezer

@MaryMcIntyreAstro
Thanks for bringing those features to attention. I wasn't aware of them. I have a number of photos of the moon I've taken over the years and looked through them to see if I happened to have picked up those features.

Alas, as your article states, these are transient views that are only visible for perhaps a few hours, so sadly I didn't happen to capture most of them. But I captured one. The eyes of #Clavius.

#StarGeezer

@davehigginsnaples
Good shot. Very wide field.

Here's my best comet shot of the same era, #HaleBopp in 1995.

#comet #astrophotography #StarGeezer

I only have old (but decent) #telescope gear. I have a decently mounted 6 inch f/5 #Newtonian for example. The mount is a motor driven but manually controlled #EQ.

From what I'm seeing, to get to a point to get digital photos through an #AutoTrackingMount, I'd need a new electronically controlled mount, an #autoguider, and a #DigitalCamera capable of time exposures. Right?

That would easily cost 2k or more from what I see.

Am I seeing this right?

#StarGeezer

@Jerry
Or it could be that this is the situation:

An astronomer stared into space
To see who else lived in the place
So far science has found
That no others abound
Except for our pitiful race

Found at Cafepress/keendesigns

#StarGeezer #astronomy #alien
#extraterrestrial

Larry Smith
@stargazersmith
Retired #computerscientist (PhD) with supporting background in #physics and #math. #AirForce #veteran. Worked mostly in #AerospaceEngineering (guidance) and some in #astronomy (interplanetary space study and lunar induction.)

Currently participating with spouse of 50+ years in spoiling preschool granddaughter. Making good progress.

My posts tagged with #StarGeezer

Interests:
#astronomy
#telescopes
#amateurastronomy
#scifi
#software
#linux
#follow #following #boost #followfriday
Psycadelic Minnesota Avenue

@noom
Nice image. I was just reading about your scope. Sounds like a flexible package.

I have just about the opposite type of refractor, a #60mm f/17 long (very long) focus refractor. It, like your scope, can deliver fine images, though I've only tried lunar/planetary photography. And I certainly cannot do the wide field photography you do.

Here's a shot of #Tycho through my 60mm using a stack of around 50 frames.

#StarGeezer

A very informative tutorial on #leptons.

#StarGeezer

Leptons: The elementary particles explained | Space https://www.space.com/leptons-facts-explained

@catherineryanhyde
That's a terrific photo.

I tried the #RosetteNebula with the #MicroObservatory, and barely got an image. Their photo equipment is beyond most amateur astronomers' equipment, but is old. Plus the web site allows a max of a 60 second exposure. That just isn't sufficient for that target.

#StarGeezer

@photo
Clear atmosphere always helps. So from what I'm reading the objective lens is about 90mm in diameter?

You did better than my #M42 effort using the publicly available #MicroObservatory 6 inch Mak-Newts.

#StarGeezer

Larry Smith
@stargazersmith Retired #computerscientist with #MBA and supporting BS in #physics and #math. #AirForce #veteran. Worked mostly in #aerospaceengineering (guidance) and some in #astronomy (#interplanetaryspacestudy and #lunarinduction.)
Currently participating with spouse of 50+ years in spoiling preschool #granddaughter. #StarGeezer
#astronomy
#telescopes
#amateurastronomy
#scifi
#software
#linux
https://afterdark-skies.blogspot.com/
#followfriday #follow #following #boost #altext

Another hopeful planetary find.
#astronomy #planets #TESS #StarGeezer

NASA Just Discovered a Rare Earth-Sized Planet in a Habitable Zone : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-just-discovered-a-rare-earth-sized-planet-in-a-habitable-zone

@sundogplanets
When looking at night wonders, the words in Neil Diamond's song "Done To Soon" tend to come to mind.

They have sweated beneath the same sun
Looked up and wondered at the same moon
And wept when it was all done
For bein' done too soon
For bein' done too soon

Maybe I recall those lyrics because as Joe Namath puts it, I'm in the 4th quarter.

#StarGeezer

@philo
Very nice. Mesmerizing in fact.

The #DoubleCluster is one of favorite targets in my 6 inch #RichField reflector.

#StarGeezer

@PhilipPugh
I've never tried stacking solar images. Mine are all just 35mm snapshots. Like this #Venus transit of 2012.

#AstroPhotography #StarGeezer

@DavidBflower
#Orion is one of my favorite star targets. But I guess I'm getting old, I didn't get out there to see the #Trapezium this observing season.

#StarGeezer

@arialdo
I'm in the #VIM crowd. One of my employees once told me she just decided to learn #VI because every #Unix and #Linux she'd work on in the future would have it already installed.

I thought that good advice, learned VI, then found I usually could install VIM for more functionalality.

#StarGeezer

I tried for a couple of days to use the publicly available Micro Observatory to get a color image of the Andromeda galaxy. But during the times my request was enacted weather was always poor.

So I did the next best thing and went to their image archive for the last few days and found a time when the weather was clear, and found an r, g, b set of Andromeda images. I processed and aligned the components and was able to get the following color image of M31.

#M31 #MicroObservatory #StarGeezer

Comet watchers dust off your binoculars.
#StarGeezer #astronomy #comet

What time will newfound comet be closest to the sun next week? | Space https://www.space.com/comet-c2022-e3-ztf-what-time-closest-approach

Whan can #MarsDunes say about the #MartianAtmosphere and its history?

#StarGeezer #mars

Mars Has Bizarre Dunes Thanks to its Low Atmospheric Pressure and Strange Winds - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/159455/mars-has-bizarre-dunes-thanks-to-its-low-atmospheric-pressure-and-strange-winds/

Where are the sun's siblings? How many were there?
#astronomy #cosmologu #StarGeezer

How Many Stars Formed Together With the Sun in Our Stellar Nebula? - Universe Today https://www.universetoday.com/159444/how-many-stars-formed-together-with-the-sun-in-our-stellar-nebula/

@jake_snowflake
That's a monster to what I have nowadays. I have a 6 inch f/5 Newtonian #richfield, and this 5 inch Celestron #NexStar5SE.

#StarGeezer

@jake_snowflake
I put to you a challenge. Here's my best #ETX90 photo of Copernicus crater. Have you taken one with your 80ED? It would be interesting to compare a 90mm #Maksutov #MoonPhoto with central obstruction to a clear #aperture #80ED.

#StarGeezer

@philo
That's a very sharp image. It shows the superiority of the #C8 over my modest #ETX90. But just for the comparison, here's my ETX 90 version of #GassendiCrater.

#moon #StarGeezer

#hubble #astronomy #StarGeezer

Hubble Space Telescope delivers holiday sparkle in new image | Space https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-new-year-holiday-sparkle-photo

@andrey
I suspect those moving to an open source solution for the first time will find modifications come on line much faster than with proprietary solutions.

#StarGeezer

@Dukestah
So I have a sick, unstable #c128. Could you point me towards a place/person who might be able to fix it?

#StarGeezer

@fringemagnet

Good show.

Soon your #Arduino breadboard setup will look like this:

#StarGeezer

@Swede1952
I resemble those recollections.

#StarGeezer

@DavidBflower
Very sharp #moon image. Is this through a telephoto, or a telescope?

#StarGeezer

@acsawdey
That's cute. It rinds me of our late #dachshund Vienna. In the morning she would stand whining, looking at the sun illuminated area of the floor, then at her dog bed. When I moved the bed to the sunny spot she'd happily crawl in and bask.

When sunny spot moved slowly to a new area, she'd repeat the exercise, as would I.

#StarGeezer

@ilneill
I'm doing some #Arduino
coding on my son's brainchild project. In this project we are using 2 Arduinos connected together. One emulates the device the other is intended to control.

My son deals with this with 2 laptops, one for each Arduino. I got clever and use the ide on my desktop to control both Arduinos.

I now see my son's wisdom. With one computer and 2 Arduinos, it's hard to count the times I re-downloaded new code to the wrong Arduino.

#software
#StarGeezer

@Star_Geezer
Do you have any details on the #telescope and equipment used for this very sharp photo?

#StarGeezer

@ABQTom @AlexSanterne
I'm not envious of you having a 12.5 inch telescope.

I'm not envious.

Hell yes I'm envious!

#StarGeezer

@pokateo
Now that's brave. I know, from having walked similar tightwires (and occasionally falling off.)

#software
#networking
#programming
#StarGeezer