2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky. Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download. http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you. patrick
Beautiful images! Nice capture. Amazing detail.I'm working on my own animation now but from a wider field of view. (DSLR riding piggy back on the clock-drive telescope.)Dion On Monday, January 26, 2015 8:39 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Wow, it got a lot closer than originally predicted! On Jan 26, 2015 8:21 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof
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Here is my attempt at an animation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY12AeA9rPg&feature=youtu.be I set up my Nikon D7000 riding piggy back on my clock-drive Meade 2120 with a 55-20mm kit lens at about 120mm pointed at M44. I took one 8 second exposure every minute at ISO 1600 f/4.8 and combined them in Premiere for this video. I didn't take the time to stabilize the images (or align them) - you can see the wobble in my setup. I never did see this thing with my eyeball - I didn't know which dot was the asteroid in the eyepiece. But it's obvious in the timelapse video! Dion On Monday, January 26, 2015 10:58 PM, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote: Beautiful images! Nice capture. Amazing detail.I'm working on my own animation now but from a wider field of view. (DSLR riding piggy back on the clock-drive telescope.)Dion On Monday, January 26, 2015 8:39 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote: Wow, it got a lot closer than originally predicted! On Jan 26, 2015 8:21 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof
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Wow! That thing really is moving. Alas, another thing moving is a bunch of clouds that's currently blocking my view. :) On 26 Jan 2015, at 23:46, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Here is my attempt at an animation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY12AeA9rPg&feature=youtu.be
I set up my Nikon D7000 riding piggy back on my clock-drive Meade 2120 with a 55-20mm kit lens at about 120mm pointed at M44. I took one 8 second exposure every minute at ISO 1600 f/4.8 and combined them in Premiere for this video. I didn't take the time to stabilize the images (or align them) - you can see the wobble in my setup. I never did see this thing with my eyeball - I didn't know which dot was the asteroid in the eyepiece. But it's obvious in the timelapse video! Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 10:58 PM, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Beautiful images! Nice capture. Amazing detail.I'm working on my own animation now but from a wider field of view. (DSLR riding piggy back on the clock-drive telescope.)Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 8:39 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, it got a lot closer than originally predicted!
On Jan 26, 2015 8:21 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof
It looks like YouTube tried to "correct" my video which made it pink and shaky. So I've asked them nicely to revert to the original, which was less pink and less shaky.Bummer about the clouds. I didn't realize my footage was cut short because of moisture on the lens. When I couldn't see a single star through the telescope eyepiece for condensation I figured my session was up.Dion On Monday, January 26, 2015 11:51 PM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote: Wow! That thing really is moving. Alas, another thing moving is a bunch of clouds that's currently blocking my view. :) On 26 Jan 2015, at 23:46, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Here is my attempt at an animation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY12AeA9rPg&feature=youtu.be
I set up my Nikon D7000 riding piggy back on my clock-drive Meade 2120 with a 55-20mm kit lens at about 120mm pointed at M44. I took one 8 second exposure every minute at ISO 1600 f/4.8 and combined them in Premiere for this video. I didn't take the time to stabilize the images (or align them) - you can see the wobble in my setup. I never did see this thing with my eyeball - I didn't know which dot was the asteroid in the eyepiece. But it's obvious in the timelapse video! Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 10:58 PM, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Beautiful images! Nice capture. Amazing detail.I'm working on my own animation now but from a wider field of view. (DSLR riding piggy back on the clock-drive telescope.)Dion
On Monday, January 26, 2015 8:39 PM, Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
Wow, it got a lot closer than originally predicted!
On Jan 26, 2015 8:21 PM, "Wiggins Patrick" <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof
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Very nice Patrick. I was going to set up last night, but got called out on an emergency. It’s always something. If I ever get to be master of my own universe call will be banned. That thing was really zipping. Dave On Jan 26, 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
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Thanks Dave, Sorry about your complication. The rock still up here, about half way up the western sky. When it clouded here I drove into Tooele and did grocery shopping and stopped at a restaurant for a while. Eventually did clear and I got several more runs and this time without clouds (will process and post later). Right now I'm trying to see if I can eyeball it through a C-5. patrick On 27 Jan 2015, at 04:03, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Very nice Patrick. I was going to set up last night, but got called out on an emergency. It’s always something. If I ever get to be master of my own universe call will be banned. That thing was really zipping.
Dave On Jan 26, 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
I made a composite image of my photos of the asteroid - in this case 55 frames taken 1 min apart.http://goo.gl/uo9t7b Dion On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:26 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote: Thanks Dave, Sorry about your complication. The rock still up here, about half way up the western sky. When it clouded here I drove into Tooele and did grocery shopping and stopped at a restaurant for a while. Eventually did clear and I got several more runs and this time without clouds (will process and post later). Right now I'm trying to see if I can eyeball it through a C-5. patrick On 27 Jan 2015, at 04:03, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Very nice Patrick. I was going to set up last night, but got called out on an emergency. It’s always something. If I ever get to be master of my own universe call will be banned. That thing was really zipping.
Dave On Jan 26, 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
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Nice job Dion, Maybe you should consider submitting it to EPOD. patrick On 27 Jan 2015, at 14:35, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
I made a composite image of my photos of the asteroid - in this case 55 frames taken 1 min apart.http://goo.gl/uo9t7b
Dion
Way cool Dion!/R From: Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2004 BL86 animation - first try I made a composite image of my photos of the asteroid - in this case 55 frames taken 1 min apart.http://goo.gl/uo9t7b Dion On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 4:26 AM, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote: Thanks Dave, Sorry about your complication. The rock still up here, about half way up the western sky. When it clouded here I drove into Tooele and did grocery shopping and stopped at a restaurant for a while. Eventually did clear and I got several more runs and this time without clouds (will process and post later). Right now I'm trying to see if I can eyeball it through a C-5. patrick On 27 Jan 2015, at 04:03, Dave Gary <davegary@me.com> wrote:
Very nice Patrick. I was going to set up last night, but got called out on an emergency. It’s always something. If I ever get to be master of my own universe call will be banned. That thing was really zipping.
Dave On Jan 26, 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
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50 ten second exposures, tracking the target, with clouds (posted earlier but now on the SLAS Gallery): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6143 60 ten second exposures, target allowed to drift through the field, no clouds: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6145 67 ten second exposures, tracking the target, no clouds (clouded back up right after I finished shooting this): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6149 All 3 animations are 5 to 6 MB so may take a few seconds to load. Once loaded the animation speeds up. patrick On 26 Jan 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
Those are all terrific. Congrats. -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:41 AM To: Astronomy Utah Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2004 BL86 animation - final 50 ten second exposures, tracking the target, with clouds (posted earlier but now on the SLAS Gallery): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6143 60 ten second exposures, target allowed to drift through the field, no clouds: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6145 67 ten second exposures, tracking the target, no clouds (clouded back up right after I finished shooting this): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6149 All 3 animations are 5 to 6 MB so may take a few seconds to load. Once loaded the animation speeds up. patrick On 26 Jan 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
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Fantastic! When you do the animation where the camera seems to track the asteroid, is that a trick accomplished in post processing, or did you actually teach the mount to track the asteroid? (how?)Dion On Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:47 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote: Those are all terrific. Congrats. -----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Wiggins Patrick Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 6:41 AM To: Astronomy Utah Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] 2004 BL86 animation - final 50 ten second exposures, tracking the target, with clouds (posted earlier but now on the SLAS Gallery): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6143 60 ten second exposures, target allowed to drift through the field, no clouds: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6145 67 ten second exposures, tracking the target, no clouds (clouded back up right after I finished shooting this): http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=6149 All 3 animations are 5 to 6 MB so may take a few seconds to load. Once loaded the animation speeds up. patrick On 26 Jan 2015, at 20:20, Wiggins Patrick <paw@getbeehive.net> wrote:
2004 BL86 just barely cleared my roof and the seeing down that low is poor but I did get these 50 10 second exposures between 0242 and 0254 UT. Hope to get better images later tonight when it's higher in the sky.
Note that the file is nearly 20 MB so it might take a while to download.
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/2004BL86-01.gif
I've run it on Safari and Firefox and it worked on both. Please let me know if it does not work for you.
patrick
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On 27 Jan 2015, at 14:37, Dion Davidson via Utah-Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Fantastic! When you do the animation where the camera seems to track the asteroid, is that a trick accomplished in post processing, or did you actually teach the mount to track the asteroid? (how?)Dion
It certainly did not take a lot of skill. :) As you suggested it was just a matter of teaching the mount to follow the target. The brainy folks at Software Bisque wrote TheSky6 and built the Paramount so they talk together very nicely. It's just a matter of importing the data on the target from the Minor Planet Center into TheSky and then clicking on the target on the monitor and then one more click to say "Follow that dot!" And it does. Reminds me of how Steve jobs used to refer to Apple products as "They just work". Cheers, patrick
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