In today's episode of "The rich and powerful do whatever the fuck they want with no consequences"...
The ICC still doesn't have full WiFi functionality restored after a cyber attack in 2023?
If it's like most places I've worked in, they have an IT department of 1 or 2 poor souls losing sleep trying to help outside contractors that actually do everything in there
Thank you!
The spot is a Bortle 4 to 5 according to the map, nothing special but it's only a 20 min drive and has no nearby light sources, offers decent protection from the constant Aegean summer winds as well. My advice is this: Bortle + Drive time + terrain difficulty= X, solve for the lowest possible X and only go to really remote and dark sites when you're sure you've got the shooting process dialed in. Generally any moon less night under Bortle 5 skies or better yields great results.
Hope that helps.
My first attempt at the Trifid and Lagoon nebulae!
A few minutes worth of 30sec exposures, 10 darks (had to leave in a hurry) and 20 flats/bias.
Edit: Shot with a 500mm f6.3 camera lens and a stock Sony A6000 on a Star Adventurer.
Edited with Siril, then Starnet++, then Photoshop and some minor adjustments in Lightroom.
Feedback appreciated!
Video games with apparently sentient NPCs.
Custom ARM SoCs from AMD and Nvidia for laptops, tablets and handheld consoles, running customized Linux to avoid Microsoft's fees.
YouTube switches to unskipable server-side ads injection directly into the original video stream, rendering adblockers ineffective. Others soon follow.
Mainstream media starts releasing news in TikTok style videos where the bottom half of the screen plays random Minecraft / satisfying to watch slop.
End to end encrypted communication is quietly outlawed following some terrorist attack, using national security fearmongering. You've got nothing to fear if you have nothing to hide.
China inevitably invades Taiwan, TSMC burns their fabs down to protect their IP. Samsung and Intel fabs become the most cutting edge process nodes on next cycle, China catches up, profits go up all around.
Google kills Search and now Gemini is their only search engine. Others soon follow.
Basically PUBG, but with more guns
Plastic waste has been a real headache for scientists lately, this solution would cure that headache in more ways than one
Same here. Let's hope they aim for a light orbital rocket that can be mass manufactured and reused, for example, or at least a Falcon type rocket that also had a hopper test vehicle initially
Edit: Reading Honda's own post about the launch they seem to be implying that they want to develop a vehicle that can achieve orbit, but also to use it for transportation purposes?
It's too early to make assumptions, but they do clearly state that they are aiming for something that can reach 100km in altitude in a vertical fashion. They also say they hope to achieve suborbital flights by 2029.
6.3 meter rocket demonstrator went up 271m and landed. I'm guessing they're trying to copy the New Sheppard design for suborbital recreational hops
Gee, I wonder if there was a certain agency he's defunding that could've forseen such circumstances
It's only tyranny if it's from a blue state, otherwise it's just sparkling law and order
My first time trying to shoot the Horse Head nebula! I have a stock Sony a6000, which cuts out most of the hydrogen red signal, but thankfully enough got through to at least make this a solid attempt.
The data is about 45 minutes worth of 30 second exposures out of my Sony and a Ttartisan 500mm f6.3 lens, on a star tracker.
Due to the very limited total integration time and the stock camera I had to stretch pretty far while fending off artifacts here and there.
Overall I'll take it, will revisit in the future.
Feedback appreciated!
My 5th time trying to image a seemingly easy target with something being off... This time I must have nudged the lens out of focus slightly and there was some dew forming on the lens that I hadn't noticed. This hobby sure has a steep learning curve!
Still, decided to not throw away the whole attempt and did a quick processing. It's about 45 minutes worth of 30 sec exposures at 500mm f6.3.
Feedback appreciated!
63 x30 sec tracked, 10 of each calibration frames. Stock Sony A6000, ISO 1600. 500mm f8 ish with a ttartisan lens.
Feedback appreciated!
73x30 sec of the Orion nebula, with a stock Sony a6000 and a ttartisan 500mm f6.3 on a StarAdventurer.
Lens was wide open, which introduced lots of aberrations on the brightest stars. Will try stopping down next time. Also, focus wasn't perfect and I had some dew issues.
No calibration frames, either, I was just testing the lens for the first time.
Stacked in Siril, stretched in photoshop, final touches in Lightroom.
Signed it, I hope the EU can make us proud once again. This should at least be included in planed obsolescence laws, that can have provisions against both hardware and software being declared dead with no consequences.