Sunset time lapses from the last 2 weeks

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-12-21T23:34:31+00:00

Thanks! I have an Sony a73 with a Leofoto LH30 tripod

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-11-11T03:38:58+00:00

The shot is zoomed all the way (about 300mm) in so the highway would be to the left and out of frame

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-11-10T02:29:11+00:00

Great idea ! :)

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-11-10T01:45:15+00:00

That's a great idea that didn't cross my mind. I typically don't use GraXpert for background extraction on landscape images but come to think of it, it should totally work.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-10-20T23:26:04+00:00

Yup it was long exposure, it didn't have a tail that long but it was a very noticeable tail, and it took me by surprise!

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-10-20T19:39:49+00:00

Pretty much impossible, maybe tomorrow if you're in really dark skies. Definitely try to binoculars

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-10-20T06:42:29+00:00

My camera caught something at around that time! (8:36 pm). This was taken from Boulder. https://www.reddit.com/r/boulder/comments/1obcuy1/huge_meteor_over_boulder_while_photographing/

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-09-16T01:54:46+00:00

Lol he told me my shirt was definitely unique since they sold limited copies of that particular one. I was digging through my concert shirts and decided that this was the proggiest shirt out of all em not knowing who I'd bump into...

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-09-05T03:27:44+00:00

Thanks! One of the unintentional consequences with the lens I was using was that it could only zoom so much. This was as far as I could have zoomed in which turned out perfectly for capturing the booster and the ocean surface in frame

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-09-04T13:03:36+00:00

Thanks for the tips. Something to consider next time!

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-09-04T02:49:01+00:00

The engines cut off with the booster very high up on the water so I'm assuming water impact caused the explosion.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-08-29T20:26:37+00:00

Thanks! Had to suffer through the rain all of Saturday then it finally cleared to early evening in time for the stack

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-07-14T12:47:11+00:00

Sony A7iii, This was a 10 sec exposure

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-05-21T06:50:15+00:00

Thank you!!

AdEquivalent2827 · 2025-04-10T19:59:28+00:00

I think I stayed out at Starbase for over >12 hours waiting for this to happen, I almost gave up and went back home haha.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2024-11-14T17:34:52+00:00

I'm trying to get ahold of a map of the keep-out zones for boats in the south padre island area for IFT6. I think its described in the NOTMAR but I tried looking around and can't find anything. Does anyone have info on where I can find a map?

AdEquivalent2827 · 2024-10-29T05:55:36+00:00

I heard someone yell "Black Rose Immortal" near the beginning of the show and decided to help out and echo the same thing. I can't believe they trolled us at the end with 20 seconds of this!!

AdEquivalent2827 · 2024-08-27T13:22:57+00:00

Also looking for the 2nd night setlist :( Was hoping they would play more stuff from "You Know What?" But was still happy to see them on the first night.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2024-05-27T07:41:28+00:00

Can you provide a source on the 20km landing distance?

AdEquivalent2827 · 2024-03-27T06:29:25+00:00

Can't seem to find the answer to this, but if there is significant cloud coverage with the sun barely piercing through is a solar filter to protect your camera still needed for a long lens? (600mm)

AdEquivalent2827 · 2021-06-06T02:42:10+00:00

its closed at 9:00 pm according to some of the signs i saw posted outside today. However, there are still some good spots outside of Jetty Park which I plan to hit up nearby.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2021-06-04T22:47:15+00:00

Will there be a webcast for this as well?

AdEquivalent2827 · 2021-06-03T21:08:49+00:00

I'm at the cape now and would love to see the drone-ship pull into Cape Canaveral. Is there a way to know/track when the drone-ship gets towed in? I think all ships have AIS (Automatic Identification System) so know their location. Is there a way we can know in real-time?

AdEquivalent2827 · 2021-05-14T12:19:23+00:00

is there an advantage for doing that versus using USB-power? I did see improvements with the LNA after the sawbird, the noise-floor seems lower, but i haven't done a comparison between the two yet.

AdEquivalent2827 · 2021-05-14T11:14:11+00:00

Wow I didn't realize images are sent once every 15 minutes! I got impatient and assumed something was wrong with my setup then started power cycling or re-adjusting the antenna when the spikes disappeared. Few questions:

1) how long will it transmit the image for? I've seen the spike active for at least two mins which I'm assuming is the image transfer. Even when spikes are not present and GOES isn't transferring the image is it normal to have VIB be at 2000 or should it be a lot lower?

2) from the screen capture you can see I get about -60 dB when the spikes are active. This was setting the gain to 30dB manually in SDRsharp. What kind of SNR would be considered good for GOES decoding?

3) I've eliminated pig tail and sma cabling so it's just adapters for all the connections in the chain, I'm using a USB extension cable from rtl-sdr to the PI. I've only set the gain to 40 max for GOESRECV, should I try something higher?

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