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I had a careful look in Stellarium and also couldn't find anything that would relate to the red spot. But there are quite a few of them if I zoom in on the pic. Some kind of camera artefact perhaps. Red is lower frequency radiation - older stars ? Or something moving away (red shifted). I am just speculating.
Thanks for your thoughts on the mysterious red dot(s). I also found both items you mention in Stellarium but the locations did not seem quite correct. However if I zoom in on Betelgeuse (old star in Orion) , it has a red/orange pixellated fringe whilst Rigel (young star in Orion) has a blueish pixellated fringe. So I'd say there's something "real" in that.collinsmark said:I would guess a camera artifact then (maybe a hot pixel or cosmic ray that happened to be a red location in the sensor's Bayer matrix). This, perhaps exacerbated by the camera's internal sharpening software. 'Just a guess though.
Eyeballing it, it looks pretty close to NGC 5156, but not quite.
I don't think you'll pick up any decently redshifted objects with a 15 second exposure from a camera phone.
[Edit: There is a star, HIP 65804 -- HD 117148 -- SAO 224176, that's kind of on the red side, and is in about the right location. Your image makes it more red than I would expect though. So I'm not sure if that's it either.]
You can see Betelgeuse is slightly 'orange' so I guess the camera's 'eye' might show that too.Tom.G said:Both Rigel and Betelgeuse look like chromatic aberration in the optics.
Since your altitude is around 5700 feet (2100 M), the Red blobs could be cosmic ray hits.
Do the Red blobs show up on dark-field frames? (maybe use long exposures to catch them)
Cheers,
Tom
The last "faint smudge" I found on one of my pics turned out to be 10 million stars in a (possibly) collapsed galaxy. As a child, the family had a wonderful dog called "Smudgie" so I guess that's where doggy heaven must beAndy Resnick said:It's been cloudy for weeks (and for more weeks to come), this faint smudge is all I could manage for M78 after 45 minutes of acquisition time with my usual setup:
Andy Resnick said:It's been cloudy for weeks (and for more weeks to come), this faint smudge is all I could manage for M78 after 45 minutes of acquisition time with my usual setup:
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Why M78? Well, as I was reminded of recently, M78 is Ultraman's home!
Devin-M said:@collinsmark are the streetlights in your city LED?
sandiego.gov said:The Street Division is responsible for all the streetlights in the City of San Diego. The City of San Diego has over 40,000 streetlights in operation. Nine thousand of these lights belong to local community "Lighting Districts" which pay a special assessment fee to support the additional or ornamental lighting in their neighborhoods. In addition, Street Division maintains over 4,000 lights in parks, community ball fields, and other City facilities. We also share responsibility with Caltrans for lights on the freeway off/on ramps that intersect city streets.
Currently, there are two types of streetlights in San Diego, Induction lights, which emit a white light and Low Pressure Sodium (LPS), which emits a monochromatic yellow light. Induction lighting is the City's standard type of street lighting. Because of the need to limit light pollution that affects Palomar Observatory, LPS is used in all areas within a 30-mile radius from the Observatory.
A star system, located 3,000 light-years away from Earth, is predicted to become visible to the unaided eye soon. This could be a once-in-a-lifetime viewing opportunity as the nova ouburst only occurs about every 80 years. T Coronae Borealis, or T CrB, last exploded in 1946 and astronomers believe it will do so again between February and September 2024.
Reminded me of a photo a took many years ago at Purdon Crossing, Nevada City, California…DennisN said:Just a thought.![]()
A very cool photo!Devin-M said:Reminded me of a photo a took many years ago at Purdon Crossing, Nevada City, California…
Interesting artwork. At best, it's a composite of several images- notice how the start trails appear in front of the background along the lower section.DennisN said:I stumbled upon a cool image when I was looking for wallpapers.
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I have for some reason not tried shooting star trails yet, but I think it would be fun to do so.
Thanks a lot!Andy Resnick said:Shooting star trails is about the easiest thing possible- just leave the shutter open- and the post processing is also simple (mostly background subtraction). To get the variable brightness, tho- that takes work. Here's a few tutorials that you may find inspiring:
https://liketheocean.com/night-photography/stacking-up-the-stars-getting-creative/
https://milkywaymike.com/2015/03/02/vortex-star-trails-tutorial/
A stunning image!phinds said:Interesting pic from NPR (https://www.npr.org/2024/03/28/1241...new-image-magnetic-field?ft=nprml&f=191676894)
Great pics - did you or anyone out there try taking a pic with a diffraction grating lens ? Should get an excellent solar spectrum!Andy Resnick said:Feeling pretty good today- I had a goal to image the chromosphere during the solar eclipse, and this is what I was able to capture:
Thanks! More to come...neilparker62 said:Great pics - did you or anyone out there try taking a pic with a diffraction grating lens ? Should get an excellent solar spectrum!
Incredibly nice! Congratulations!Andy Resnick said:Feeling pretty good today- I had a goal to image the chromosphere during the solar eclipse, and this is what I was able to capture:
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Andy Resnick said:Timelapse of the event: original is 4k x 4k pixels.
Heh... nice! Don't forget these:DennisN said:Haha, I just saw a funny (and informative) video about very unusual lenses, and just had to share two real monsters here... (I'm notifying @Andy Resnick but anyone who likes crazy optics may enjoy it)
Mir is a site I've visited before when researching lenses.Andy Resnick said:
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