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Astrophotography

by Matt on Nov.12, 2008, under Astronomy, FOSS, Fun, Physics, Uncategorized, Uni, linux, ubuntu

So,  the third epic astrophotography adventure was this evening. The first night, I had lots of frames of black, no stars at all. The second night was done by means of cheating, and I haven’t yet sorted the photos…. the third night and……

The Moon

The Moon

But more exciting than the moon (taken with a blue filter in case you where wondering…)

Jupiter and 3 Moons (out of focus)

Jupiter and 3 Moons (out of focus)

Yup, Jupiter and 3 moons. A bit out of focus, but you can just about see them. A bit more practice and I might get a nice shot!!!

All of these images where converted out of RAW using FOSS. I’ll blog a bit more about the set up on a later date.

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Jupiter

by Matt on Oct.28, 2008, under Astronomy, Science

I’ve just seen the most inspiring site! Using one of the Universities telescopes I saw Jupiter and 3 of its moons all lined up. An amazing sight, and hopefully I’ll be able to get a picture of it this week :-)

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