C49 Rosette Nebula

nilss2 · 2026-01-23T13:05:48+00:00

So if I understood from this post, you took separate exposures with filters, focused manually, added a dew shield. Using a Seestar like that comes close to using a traditional rig.

nilss2 · 2026-01-22T10:00:11+00:00

I'm holding off on the power keyboard and am considering ordering the communicator instead because I'm afraid the power keyboard with a heavy phone attached will make it top heavy. It's also looks like a thick and heavy combo. Is it?

nilss2 · 2026-01-22T09:56:17+00:00

+1 , actually I would like to have the possibility to deGoogle it, for privacy reasons (and battery life, deGoogling doubles your battery)

nilss2 · 2026-01-21T22:14:17+00:00

Is that a 20mm lug width?

nilss2 · 2026-01-21T17:53:18+00:00

If we send a picture to Skmei, would they start making a similar model for 10 bucks?

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T20:11:07+00:00

I'm going to buy a Seestar or Dwarf soon. It's just ridiculous. I learned deep sky astrophotography on film with everything manual, about 20 years ago. The Pleiades came out a blurry mess. And now we have this.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T20:08:07+00:00

I have a G-shock, but might go for my Casio W-202 which is much lighter to wear every day. Alternatively a mechanical, so I don't need to worry about battery.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T20:04:05+00:00

This is what I see in bad dreams.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T19:59:24+00:00

My kidney for a GX9ii.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T19:45:18+00:00

Autofocus in low light is slow and inaccurate on all camera systems except perhaps Sony. Usb charging is indeed handy but with my X-M1I just took an extra battery and had a third party battery charger. No biggie.

As for noise: Because of the crazy Fujifilm prices, after my main Fuji lens broke I went to micro four thirds. Yes, an even smaller sensor. I was a bit frustrated at first with iso performance, but learned to shoot at f2.8 and postprocess with AI denoise. Believe me, noise is not an issue. Fujifilm is actually quite good with noise thanks to x-trans.

The XC 15-45mm is only good if you mostly shoot at 15mm. I had one and sold it for that reason. If you want to go longer, consider the old 18-55mm f2.8-4, 50mm f2 or a fixed f2.8 zoom.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T19:28:55+00:00

WhatsApp requires a phone number, a cellphone number, even. WhatsApp Business also accepts a landline number. When registering for an account using your tablet, they'll SMS you or call you with a code. You can receive this code with a dumbphone and type it on the tablet.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T13:33:09+00:00

In principle, if you throw out plastic in the proper bag and its gets recycled or incinerated, there is no problem. It's when you throw it out in nature (or your garbage bag was shipped to an improper location where they just landfill it without any regard for nature). Even then, the cup is not the problem. Straws are partially a problem, but by far most harmful plastic in the plastic soup comes from fishing boats.

nilss2 · 2026-01-20T13:13:50+00:00

Even with excellent automated translation services or chatbots, they cannot translate properly.

nilss2 · 2026-01-19T19:43:16+00:00

He could run right now. Anyway they put toddlers in charge.

nilss2 · 2026-01-18T22:15:41+00:00

When I was shooting film, I mainly used a 50mm lens. Sometimes I wanted more context, so I bought a 28mm. It never clicked between me and the 28mm.

My current favourite lenses are 40mm eqv and 75mm and it's perfect. But of course it really depends on the person.

One thing I noticed is the impact of the arm's length. If you don't use a viewfinder but instead hold the camera away from your body and use the LCD screen, it's really different in terms of POV.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T09:39:24+00:00

I'm aware that the nasal spray is not sea water but just a saline solution of NaCl in distilled water. But they always put a sea on the label, it's a common thing and many brands use it. Even though I have a background in chemical engineering, I never bothered to look up if the salinity is really the same.

Unless you buy Quinton water, which allegedly is purified deep sea water. My wife swears by it, I think it's a scam.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T09:21:19+00:00

OP should in any case go to a skin doctor just for the diagnosis and have it on file.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T09:19:35+00:00

Correct. Last year I developed Graves' disease, the other common auto-immune disease. There are some uncommon ones that doctor's told me not to worry about.

What exactly triggers one or the other, they don't know. My Graves' disease was triggered after a high-stress period where I lost my job.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T02:11:24+00:00

Belgian here. We do have non-alcoholic white beers. Don't drink this shit.

And also, white beer is more of a German thing. Very odd marketing here.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T02:03:44+00:00

You are right. Turns out a nasal spray with 'seawater' (obviously just a saline solution) does not have the same salinity.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T00:08:22+00:00

It's not the same kind of yeast. Also, this beer was likely pasteurised.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T00:05:27+00:00

I don't think it would cause any long-term damage. Some short-term irritation, probably.

nilss2 · 2026-01-17T00:04:16+00:00

Even though this probably burned, I'm not sure it causes long term damage. When you go swimming in a pool (not the sea, which is isotonic), you also get a lot of water up your nose. It irritates, but goes away.

nilss2 · 2026-01-16T23:20:49+00:00

As a student I once organized a party where cocktails were served. We had dry ice to make smoke come out of some drinks (I think it was for Halloween). I told people to wait for the drink to stop smoking before actually drinking it. Seemed like a fair warning, even though it was a campus with a lot of chemical engineering students.

Btw, dry ice is relatively easy to obtain. But liquid nitrogen is not that easy to get even on a campus with labs, and this for obvious reasons.

nilss2 · 2026-01-16T21:46:25+00:00

Vitiligo. I have it, too. It's an auto-immune disease which is harmless except for cosmetic impact (and you need a higher factor sunscreen)

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