Stavros Kiri's latest activity

First, that is assuming that rejecting a specific paper is a misuse of their power rather than the intended and proper use of their...

Depends. He possesses four Jupiter moons.

Thanks for your reply, and I'm glad things are taking their course. I've heard similar stories, though I cannot say that I have a full...

The Jellyfish Nebula (a.k.a. IC 443, Sh 2-248) scooped up from my back patio, Feb. - Mar. 2025. The nebula is a supernova remnant found...

A cropped and downscaled image of the Veil nebula and NGC 6940, taken using a 105mm lens: Deets: Nikon D810 + 105/1.4 (shot at f/2)...

Hot off the press- the International Space Station, as seen from Cleveland, OH (300%): (Nikon D810 + nikkor 800/5.6 @ f/8, 1/2000s ISO...

It's interesting how messy the terminator is. Some of those mountains must be pretty high, because there are a few bright bits quite...

Consecutive nights of a crescent moon: The first night was a complete disaster- I am amazed I got anything at all. In the best...

Here's an image I captured last Tuesday night [Edit: actually, Monday night/Tuesday morning], a little less than a week before...

Have you tried flat frame calibration? I'm a stickler for flats. Every deep sky image I've ever posted here I've processed with flat...

I had to get up pretty early for these: Taken @ 800mm (f/8), these are about 1:2 or 1:3 downsized. Upper image @ 1/60s ISO 200...

Another Moon shot... I was out doing a test run with my telescope on September 5 2025 before the lunar eclipse on September 7. Here's...

hahaha ... point taken

Aka "a reality check".

If you contact and address politely a prof whose work/research overlaps with your issue and make sure you know what you're talking about...