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I to would be very interested in such a script. Have been using a Seestar to keep on eye on T CrB since June whenever circumstances allow. As of this morning I have 25,094 images of T CrB not in outburst. I am now using an S30 instead of an S50 which I think gives better results. Fewer rejected frames due to shorter focal length and smaller aperture means the sensor would saturate later when it goes into its long awaited outburst.
Have you seen this Jeremy? Has more than a whiff of numerology about it. Of course I do not believe in numerology, checks my diary for March 27th. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385381254_When_will_the_next_T_CrB_eruption_occur
Not sure about that David. Eye has quite a large airy disc. This is maximum permissible exposure of a laser beam, a point source. Solar constant at Earths surface is about 100mW per square centimetre. Even factoring in that sun is not a point source viewing it naked eye is certainly hazardous. If supernova Betelgeuse was as bright as full moon then it would be 340,000x less.
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This is precisely why I have very muddy knees after a late night / early morning drive out to a dark sky. 6D, no flip screen.
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Paul,
Have had a Seestar for about a year, very very happy. You have to set it to save individual frames internally. FITS files are stored in its internal memory in a sub folder. If it is in station mode you navigate to it on your network and download files. You can do this as it’s acquiring data.
Steve
Hi Gordon, have you thought about an equatorial tracking platform? I use mine with my 8in and 12in Dobs, set up is easy. Tracking not really good enough for deep sky imaging but fine for lunar and planetary.
Steve
Gary,
Thanks for that. Most interesting.
It was Jeremy’s talk in June 2023 that sparked me delving into The Times archive. I wanted to see if there was any sign of John Birmingham’s lost discovery letter.Alas no.
Steve
Might be of interest. The Times, May 21st 1866 and February 13th 1946.
Hoping for more coverage than 1946 in 2024, or 2025 or 2026?
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Four hours of Pallas motion from 22.39 on June 25th to 2.38 on June 26th. I trusted weather forecast and left Seestar running in the garden. T Coronae Borealis is top right.
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Four hours of Pallas motion from 22.39 on June 25th to 2.38 on June 26th. I trusted weather forecast and left Seestar running in the garden. T Coronae Borealis is top right.
Agree totally Nick. Well reputable as far as IAU is concerned!
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Book is 2001 and by a very reputable author. Corona not bright, had to increase my cameras exposure in 2017 to capture it properly. Video best viewed with audio.
Dominic, I did ask Alan Bean about this image in 2013. https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/apollo-12-sees-a-solar-eclipse Forgive the name dropping! He complained how little time Mission Control gave them to get cameras ready.
Hi Dominic, thenks, that was very useful. After some extreme compression and cropping I managed to produce <2MB GIFs. It was a challenge but I did it! Thanks for changing the formatting on the vimeo link. I have now figured out how to do it! Steve
Hi Dominic,
Thanks for the kind words about the videos. I have a lot more of those, just trying to extract the interesting stuff.
I have tried including a Vimeo link in the description of an image but it does not appear as a hyperlink, one has to copy and paste the URL into your browser if you want to view it.
I guess that is a necessary security feature?
Cheers
Steve
