Dan Borja

Astrophotographer

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

Saturn

Taken with my 6" #telescope

*Composite image*

#astronomy #saturn #space

[Marcelo García @yosoymarch]

• experimental • ambient • house •

Una plegaria al cielo en honor a aquellos que se han ido 🙂‍↕️🌹

El astrofotógrafo y músico @spacebydan en la sección de MoneyTree 💸🌳

Tu show de radio de confianza está de vuelta 👁️🫦👁️

🖇️ Escucha aquí:
https://t.co/B2wlQZZUsU

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@atwaSDOK @ThnKMyMmsGnCrzy @MalaakSafa It’s just the crusty ass you’re sitting on

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@SLP_Today Ningún político mexicano que esté con posibilidad de ser presidente, es digno de serlo, pues ya están podridos y corruptos. Ningún ser humano íntegro va a avanzar en la política mexicana, antes lo matan o lo forzan a salir.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@aflves You could’ve just credit me for taking that image instead of presenting it in a way where it misleads people to think you took it. Respect the art and hard work of other people.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@SAUD_U5 @aflves Thanks for pointing this out. People just use other people’s work without caring about the time and dedication needed to take an image like that.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@codywhiteswag @curiosityonx Thanks, Cody!

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@skwoolley Just measured the distance between the peak and my house. It’s 1.62 miles (2.61 km). Hope the pictures and video above provide more clarity.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@skwoolley Hey! Yes this is my image. I live at the base of a mountain, you’re seeing just a fraction of a peak and the full res image shows the mountain isn’t quite in focus. The image is a double exposure to show the details on the mountain without overexposing Saturn.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@Aousabdo @curiosityonx Just a UV/IR Cut filter. This is natural light, just with increased saturation.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@BarterBlex @_mikza_ @curiosityonx Hahaha you absolutely did! Wow! Don't think I'll ever recover from this.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@_mikza_ @BarterBlex @curiosityonx I did use Photoshop as I always do fpr the final adjusments, such as white balance, saturation and de-noising. This doesn't make the image fake tho 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@NYC_Cho @curiosityonx Thank you, sir. Yes, the telescope is computerized, however, I don't precise polar align so it doesn't find Saturn automatically at high magnification. I always have to manually point and center.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@NYC_Cho @curiosityonx Not sure what you mean by computerized. But my post processing consists of stacking as shown below. However this image was composited with a background image taken with a smaller scope. I always do final adjusents in Photoshop such as color balance, saturation and de-noising.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@NYC_Cho @curiosityonx Celestron Nexstar 6SE

[BOS Planet @bosplanet]

Looking at Saturn through a telescope is one the greatest life-changing experiences.

©️ @spacebydan
#astronomy

[BOS Planet @bosplanet]

The trillion-star behemoth - the Andromeda Galaxy as it was, 2.5 million years ago.

📸 @spacebydan 👏
#astrophotography #space

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@c_essene Sure thing!

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

Saturn

Taken with my 6" #telescope

*Composite image*

#astronomy #saturn #space

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@payidotemrx @curiosityonx Pixels are physical objects. Photons is what the sensor collects, which translates to values for the pixels. Stacking fills up those pixel values with real data as opposed to showing a noisy inage caused by a lack of data which is the main challenge when shooting dim objects.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@payidotemrx @curiosityonx Image stacking adds up the captured data to improve signal to noise ratio. It simply reduces the noise the camera sensor produces when capturing photons. So you end up with a more accurate image of the object since it's taking away noise that shouldn't be there.

[Dan Borja @spacebydan]

@payidotemrx @curiosityonx Tf is focus stacking? How is image stacking cheating? Do you even know what image stacking does?