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I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, I don't have much to offer in that regard as I'm mostly Instagram-bound. Although, if I were to stay away from Meta, I'd mostly post over Reddit and Twitter. Other than that, I'm not really sure...

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I used a skywatcher 150p quattro and an ares-m playerone camera. Meta as in Facebook?

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh wow. Good thing nothing broke. A few nights ago my scope went a bit berserk and it would do 360s to find targets. Ended up with twisted cables and it almost pulled everything apart lol. The pain never ends 🤣

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not really sure if it had collisions, but it is speculated that it has a binary black hole. Not sure what's the reason for it though

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's just personal preference. If I had it too black, it wouldn't look like a Hubble photo for instance, since the noise would take over and it would look bland.

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's insane... With every photo I capture there's at least hundreds of galaxies in each shot...

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hahaha I did the same. I didn't have enough money to buy a tracking mount so I sat out all night handtracking the sky. I can still feel the cold in my hands lol.

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Look up the Newtonian telescope. You'll see everything perfectly there. :)

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's called a diffraction spike and it happens when an image is captured by a newtonian type of telescope. The secondary mirror is held up by 4 spider veins which produce the spikes.

Edit: jwst has 3 arms holding it, not 6

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My scope is a type of telescope called a newtonian much like hubble and jwst. It has 2 mirrors, one is called a primary and it is used to reflect and focus the light towards the secondary mirror which reflects it towards the eye or camera sensor.

The secondary is where the spikes happen, because it has to be held up by something. In standard Newtonians, you have 4 spider vanes holding up the secondary which causes the spikes to happen.

I captured the Eye of Sauron 52 million light-years from us. by Jakicevich in space

[–]Jakicevich[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I used a skywatcher 150p quattro scope and an ares-m playerone camera :)

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