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Brilliant Venus and subdued Saturn in the evening sky - as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico on 8 March.
#NewMexico #Venus #Saturn #Evening #Twilight #Photography #Astrophotography
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Thanks for the advice! I just replaced the battery on my nex-5 now I need to get a ca...
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Yes, battery is a bit limited in capacity. I have more than one, especially if I am shooting in cold weather. One stays in a pocket, warm and ready to go.
This older camera body does not have an intervalometer built in. There is a hack where you can make it behave as if it has an intervalometer.... if you are interested in creating time lapse sequences. If you create a series of jpegs in a Time series, you can use this software, which is free, and combine them into a video:
https://www.videosoftdev.com/
Yes, battery is a bit limited in capacity. I have more than one, especially if I am shooting in cold weather. One stays in a pocket, warm and ready to go.
This older camera body does not have an intervalometer built in. There is a hack where you can make it behave as if it has an intervalometer.... if you are interested in creating time lapse sequences. If you create a series of jpegs in a Time series, you can use this software, which is free, and combine them into a video:
https://www.videosoftdev.com/
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A very full moon rises on March 2nd as the sun sets.
In about 9 hours the moon will be totally eclipsed.
For New Mexico maximum eclipse will be around 4:30AM, but totality lasts for about one hour. Set your alarm and think 'clear skies'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2026_lunar_eclipse
#Moon #FullMoon #Sunset #Eclipse #LunarEclipse #Photography #Astrophotography #NewMexico
In about 9 hours the moon will be totally eclipsed.
For New Mexico maximum eclipse will be around 4:30AM, but totality lasts for about one hour. Set your alarm and think 'clear skies'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2026_lunar_eclipse
#Moon #FullMoon #Sunset #Eclipse #LunarEclipse #Photography #Astrophotography #NewMexico
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I think gimp might be overkill for me but I guess I don't have to worry about ALL it'...
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I have a Sony NEX-5, and I use Darktable to open it's raw/.arw format images into GIMP. I certainly don't use all the possibilities of GIMP.
If you save your images as .jpg, you lose some of the dynamic range that is helpful in tough lighting situations.
(Later, I got two Sony a6300 bodies. The low noise performance is better for astrophotography, and one of them is modded with all the filters in front of the sensor removed...so the silicon chip can see visible, near IR and a bit of near UV...so then I slap on the desired bandpass filter. With the RGB filter array gone, it's a monochrome camera, and in my analog days I enjoyed black and white photography.)
I have a Sony NEX-5, and I use Darktable to open it's raw/.arw format images into GIMP. I certainly don't use all the possibilities of GIMP.
If you save your images as .jpg, you lose some of the dynamic range that is helpful in tough lighting situations.
(Later, I got two Sony a6300 bodies. The low noise performance is better for astrophotography, and one of them is modded with all the filters in front of the sensor removed...so the silicon chip can see visible, near IR and a bit of near UV...so then I slap on the desired bandpass filter. With the RGB filter array gone, it's a monochrome camera, and in my analog days I enjoyed black and white photography.)
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The young crescent moon occulted Mercury today...as seen from the mountains of southern New Mexico.
First photo is a telephoto shot of the moon only a minute after it uncovered our innermost planet. This was taken in bright twilight as a wind and dust storm was easing up.
Second photo is a wider angle shot ten minutes later that includes Venus in the bottom third of the frame. The evening twilight sky colors are pallid because of the dust storm clouds billowing a mile below me on the floor of the Tularosa basin.
#Mercury #Moon #Crescent #Occult #Occultation #Astronomy #Twilight #Evening #Photography #Astrophotography
First photo is a telephoto shot of the moon only a minute after it uncovered our innermost planet. This was taken in bright twilight as a wind and dust storm was easing up.
Second photo is a wider angle shot ten minutes later that includes Venus in the bottom third of the frame. The evening twilight sky colors are pallid because of the dust storm clouds billowing a mile below me on the floor of the Tularosa basin.
#Mercury #Moon #Crescent #Occult #Occultation #Astronomy #Twilight #Evening #Photography #Astrophotography
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Minneapolis-St Paul general strike January 23
No work
No school
No shopping
Make noise
Do good
Be good
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis
No work
No school
No shopping
Make noise
Do good
Be good
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis
It's a scary time. As a Buddhist, I recognize that supporting those who would use violence leaves us with with a government that is willing to use violence to achieve its ends. King Louis is gone but ...
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In a similar vein, here's a photo of Alamogordo district 3 city commissioner, Warren Robinson speaking before the start of the MLK march. He pointed out that in the past such marches were in fear of the police, but that today they were protecting the march. Various marchers waved and said hello to the police arrayed along the march route. Some struck up conversations.
At the end of the march folks entered the historic Dudley school, where various meetings took place...formal and informal.
https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/360889/successful-mlk-day-march-unites-over-150-alamogordo-crossing-historic
In a similar vein, here's a photo of Alamogordo district 3 city commissioner, Warren Robinson speaking before the start of the MLK march. He pointed out that in the past such marches were in fear of the police, but that today they were protecting the march. Various marchers waved and said hello to the police arrayed along the march route. Some struck up conversations.
At the end of the march folks entered the historic Dudley school, where various meetings took place...formal and informal.
https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/360889/successful-mlk-day-march-unites-over-150-alamogordo-crossing-historic
★ We walk away from fascism.★
★ We walk towards a Free America.★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.★
★ Everybody in, nobody out.★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
https://www.freeameri.ca/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis
★ We walk towards a Free America.★
★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all.★
★ Everybody in, nobody out.★
★ Welcome to the Free America Walkout ★
https://www.freeameri.ca/
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis
Full moon rising - two views from the mountains of southern New Mexico.
Which do you like better, and why?
#Moon #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Telephoto #FullMoon #MoonRise #Mountains
Which do you like better, and why?
#Moon #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Telephoto #FullMoon #MoonRise #Mountains
Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon in the evening sky, as seen in the mountains of southern New Mexico.
First photo was taken in twilight, so the sky is blue. This comet is not very bright, so the faint extensions of the tail are easily washed out by twilight (or light pollution).
Second photo is a slightly wider view, taken in full night. The tail extends at least seven degrees. The sky background is mottled and banded. That's because bands of (mostly green) airglow were drifting across the sky.
The third photo shows the appearance of the second photo before I took steps to try and smooth the sky background. With contrast set high, not only was the sky covered with bands of lighter and darker sections of sky...but they were different colors as well.
The fourth photo shows where I placed sample areas across the frame so that image processing software could analyze, model, and correct the irregularities in the sky. Considering what I started with, my final result is pretty good.
#Comet #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Starlink #Satellites #Pollution #Night #iPhonePhotography #SpaceWeather #Space #Aurora #Airglow
First photo was taken in twilight, so the sky is blue. This comet is not very bright, so the faint extensions of the tail are easily washed out by twilight (or light pollution).
Second photo is a slightly wider view, taken in full night. The tail extends at least seven degrees. The sky background is mottled and banded. That's because bands of (mostly green) airglow were drifting across the sky.
The third photo shows the appearance of the second photo before I took steps to try and smooth the sky background. With contrast set high, not only was the sky covered with bands of lighter and darker sections of sky...but they were different colors as well.
The fourth photo shows where I placed sample areas across the frame so that image processing software could analyze, model, and correct the irregularities in the sky. Considering what I started with, my final result is pretty good.
#Comet #NewMexico #Photography #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Starlink #Satellites #Pollution #Night #iPhonePhotography #SpaceWeather #Space #Aurora #Airglow
