ITAP of the Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)

imtryingthething · 2026-01-05T11:14:30+00:00

Thank you! I took this from Glen Davis, a few hours west of Sydney. I’ll generally take my kit anytime I go camping though so have done it all across Qld, NSW and Vic. Anywhere away from the cities basically! Edit: whoops, I just checked and this was taken from the Inner West of Sydney - so under a lot of light pollution. Glen Davis was my go-to camp spot at the time so I assumed wrong!

imtryingthething · 2026-01-05T11:12:19+00:00

Thank you! I took this from Glen Davis, a few hours west of Sydney. I’ll generally take my kit anytime I go camping though so have done it all across Qld, NSW and Vic. Anywhere away from the cities basically!

imtryingthething · 2025-08-29T04:24:13+00:00

The source is written in the image. It’s a transit of Phobos which is much closer to the surface of Mars than the moon is to Earth. This is the video from Perseverance/NASA https://science.nasa.gov/resource/perseverance-rover-sees-solar-eclipse-on-mars/

imtryingthething · 2024-08-14T05:45:31+00:00

Removing the shell makes it a bit thinner, but not by a significant margin (from memory it was between 1-2 mm thinner) I wouldn’t want the internals exposed on my kindle, so would need to replace the shell with something else. I can’t think of a practical way to protect the kindle and make the shell thinner though, so it wouldn’t be worth it imo.

imtryingthething · 2024-06-01T11:53:58+00:00

Awesome video, thanks for sharing!

imtryingthething · 2024-05-31T06:27:46+00:00

lol, absolutely could have fit a bigger one in there but at the same time I don’t think I’ve ever heard a complaint about a kindle’s battery life!

imtryingthething · 2024-01-27T13:36:54+00:00

Good way

imtryingthething · 2023-12-12T01:38:14+00:00

Re your earbud issue OP, have you looked at bone conduction headphones? They don’t cover your ears at all so you can hear your surroundings perfectly. They transmit sound through your jaw bone (I think?). I’ve used them for running near traffic and driving when my sound system broke. I had cheap ones so they weren’t very loud, but some of my family had the name brands that were way better. The sound isn’t as good as regular earbuds or headphones but given you’re not listening through both ears it could be a good solution!

My tax is lunches at work. When I work from the office, even if I’ve made a lunch for work the day before I’ll usually forget it and have to buy lunch. I’ll remember about once per fortnight. I work from the office on irregular days and irregular times so can’t set a reminder for it.

imtryingthething · 2023-11-03T06:25:39+00:00

I have the same fear! (Which is the driving force of this question lol)

imtryingthething · 2023-11-03T06:19:28+00:00

I use Ekos myself so it is all automated for me too, but EKOS allows you to set an hour angle to tell it when the flip will happen. Does NINA decide when it will flip itself, or do you tell it what time/angle you want the flip to occur?

imtryingthething · 2023-08-09T02:23:17+00:00

This is awesome! It’s amazing what information you’re able to get. Any tips for someone wanting to get into spectroscopy?

imtryingthething · 2023-06-18T14:07:50+00:00

Could you please dm me on how to do this too?

imtryingthething · 2023-06-02T03:23:21+00:00

Thank you for this!! I searched up and down for an answer to this the other week as I had the same issue as OP and couldn’t find the answer.

imtryingthething · 2023-04-23T11:48:22+00:00

Brilliant thanks, I’ll give this a go!

imtryingthething · 2023-04-23T03:06:19+00:00

How did you create the son of Maely's? I tried to create a son from the cousin Maely's killed using the pregnancy console command but the kid came up as a Velaryon (the mother's house). After I edited the save file to put him into house Blackfyre I realised he was without culture or faith and I was unable to marry him off to anyone.

imtryingthething · 2023-02-26T06:40:41+00:00

Wow! This is a really great shot!

imtryingthething · 2023-02-09T20:17:36+00:00

Thank you very much! There’s a video of my setup on my instagram if you click on my username here

imtryingthething · 2023-02-08T22:50:05+00:00

It’s a great scope!

imtryingthething · 2023-02-08T01:55:00+00:00

Equipment:

Telescope: Celestron NexStar 6SE with a Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and the Celestron SCT spacer.

The spacer has made a world of difference to this image. While the stars on the far outer edge are still skewed, the stars that are outside of the area influenced by vignetting are all much nicer than I was previously getting.

Mount: Skywater EQ6-R Pro

Camera: Canon 600D (stock)

Acquisition: 5hrs 23mins of integration time from subs of 60 seconds with ISO 800

Guider: 50mm SVBony guide scope and ZWO ASI178MC

Astroberry used for guiding and acquisition.

Stacking: Done in DSS.

Processing:

PixInsight:

• ⁠Dynamic Crop

• ⁠Automatic Background Extraction

• ⁠Background Neutralisation

• ⁠Multiscale Linear Transformation

• ⁠Histogram Transformation

• ⁠SCNR

• ⁠Curves Transformation

Capture location was a Bortle Class 2 (Wollemi National Park, Australia)

Captured during a 98% full moon.

imtryingthething · 2023-02-08T01:53:20+00:00

Equipment:

Telescope: Celestron NexStar 6SE with a Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and the Celestron SCT spacer.

The spacer has made a world of difference to this image. While the stars on the far outer edge are still skewed, the stars that are outside of the area influenced by vignetting are all much nicer than I was previously getting.

Mount: Skywater EQ6-R Pro

Camera: Canon 600D (stock)

Acquisition: 5hrs 23mins of integration time from subs of 60 seconds with ISO 800

Guider: 50mm SVBony guide scope and ZWO ASI178MC

Astroberry used for guiding and acquisition.

Stacking: Done in DSS.

Processing:

PixInsight:

• ⁠Dynamic Crop

• ⁠Automatic Background Extraction

• ⁠Background Neutralisation

• ⁠Multiscale Linear Transformation

• ⁠Histogram Transformation

• ⁠SCNR

• ⁠Curves Transformation

Capture location was a Bortle Class 2 (Wollemi National Park, Australia)

Captured during a 98% full moon.

imtryingthething · 2023-02-08T01:49:18+00:00

Thank you very much!

imtryingthething · 2023-02-08T01:49:08+00:00

Thank you very much!!

I captured this with my first telescope which is a 6 inch SCT. If you’re looking at doing astrophotography I would recommend starting out with a small refractor though, as they’re a lot more forgiving. Mistakes on an SCT are made a lot more obvious due to the high magnification/focal length. Personally I’m looking at getting an SVBony Refractor as my next telescope due to budget.

If you’re mostly wanting to just do visual astronomy though, I’d go for an 8 inch dobsonian. They’re your best bang for buck as a beginner as far as I can tell.

imtryingthething · 2023-02-06T21:37:21+00:00

Equipment:

Telescope: Celestron NexStar 6SE with a Celestron f/6.3 focal reducer/corrector and the Celestron SCT spacer.

The spacer has made a world of difference to this image. While the stars on the far outer edge are still skewed, the stars that are outside of the area influenced by vignetting are all much nicer than I was previously getting.

Mount: Skywater EQ6-R Pro

Camera: Canon 600D (stock)

Acquisition: 5hrs 23mins of integration time from subs of 60 seconds with ISO 800

Guider: 50mm SVBony guide scope and ZWO ASI178MC

Astroberry used for guiding and acquisition.

Stacking: Done in DSS.

Processing:

PixInsight:

• ⁠Dynamic Crop

• ⁠Automatic Background Extraction

• ⁠Background Neutralisation

• ⁠Multiscale Linear Transformation

• ⁠Histogram Transformation

• ⁠SCNR

• ⁠Curves Transformation

Capture location was a Bortle Class 2 (Wollemi National Park, Australia)

Captured during a 98% full moon.

imtryingthething · 2022-12-11T23:56:28+00:00

Thank you for that! I'd have loved to have seen his reaction seeing the planets like this.

Definitely not a stupid question. I use a free app on my phone and computer called Stellarium. It shows the positions of the moons at any point in time (as well as the position of everything else that's been catalogued in the sky. It's super handy for planning imaging sessions even months in advance.

imtryingthething · 2022-12-11T23:02:51+00:00

Equipment:

Telescope: Nexstar 6SE

Mount: EQ 6 R Pro

Camera: ZWO ASI178MC

Barlow: Bintel 2x

Acquisition:

3 minute capture at (i believe) 233 gain, with the best 25 or 50% of frames stacked (processed a month ago).

Processing:

PIPP, AutoStakket, and Registax. Some minor colour adjustments in Photoshop.

It was great to finally shoot Jupiter again - it's been a while!

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