RodionsGalaxy

17 | Astrophotographer
"We leave as we came, and, God willing, we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.”
- Gene Cernan, Apollo 17, 1972

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

Good evening everybody.

Today, me and my partners (consisting of my beloved scope and my trusted balcony) are revealing our newly developed,
next-generation astrophotography image…

With 2-times better pixel quality, and 4-times better eye-pleasing…

May I present to you… the ELEPHANT’S TRUNK NEBULA, or for those who count and catalogue stars, IC 1396A.

A major milestone and upgrade since our last project. Why? Read on!

Alright, jokes aside, yes, this is the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula!

For the first time ever I used two filters, one narrowband and one broadband filter.
This allowed me to emphasize the nebula’s structure without losing the star colors and delicate reflections you can see on the left end of the nebula, in this small circle and around it.

Also, keep in mind that this nebula you see, is completely surrounded by a bigger nebula it sits in (IC 1396),
so ALL of the frame is nebula!

All in all, the result is magnificent.
One of my favorite images, if not my favorite, so far…

For the best viewing experience, set your phone to dark mode and turn up the brightness. Enjoy!

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

It was a genuine question, not an argument.
Sea Dragon and the nova rocket were real blueprints too. N1 got built.
So what I want to say is that you can’t really be sure of the outcome beforehand.
I don’t want to write it off, but I’ve seen a lot of hype around this, hence my skepticism.
CZ-9’s design and specs have been changed a lot too, so you can’t be certain.
Just picking Starship as a success doesn’t really show the full picture.

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@megagoose11 And I'd suggest buying a (cheap/mid-range) laser collimator, they help a lot.
I myself use the OCAL collimator, but that’s heavy duty stuff

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

@megagoose11 And for collimation, try recalibrating your main mirror on a star before observing.

Here’s a link on how to properly do it, because I for sure needed time to figure it out…

https://t.co/xIxw2S3Rlq

Hope this helps!

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

@megagoose11 I'd suggest maybe DIY-ing a Bahtinov mask. It helps a lot for focusing.
Here you can find templates:
https://t.co/hQYNKKXMb1

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

@megagoose11 And what do you use for collimation and focusing? I don’t want to be intrusive, just want to try to help you rule out what those colorful lines could be

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@megagoose11 May I ask what’s your setup?

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@megagoose11 It looks great!!
Keep it up!

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@megagoose11 @grok Okay @grok , Im getting a divorce. You never hear me out, you leave me on read, ignore me…
I just can’t live like that anymore…
I’m sorry grok…bye

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@megagoose11 @grok @grok

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@TheMindIced yo @Blobifie , you okay there?

[RodionsGalaxy @RodionsGalaxy]

@ApoStructura Exactly 🤣🤣

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@megagoose11 Who could have told us the odds?

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