My telescope was in auto-tracking mode and the exposure time was 4 minutes with the default Pixel Camera app.
I am astonished by this photo! You can see freaking color! COLOR! I only tuned down the gamma a bit but that's all of the editing I've done. Here is another unedited photo with a 20mm eyepiece:
I was soooo surprised to see this coming out of the phone :D - damn so fucking cool! 1.3 thousand light years away, stars forming.....so beautiful....so mindblowing!
So you attach your phone to the eyepiece of your telescope, right? Also, could you see this nebula with your naked eyes or did you had to use the 4 minute exposure photography to see it clearly?
Yes. I will do a video about these but basically yes I have a special adapter that connects my phone to the eyepiece of the telescope. Interestingly with the night mode for my phone (the default pixel camera app) you can see this nebula almost like you see it with your naked eye. But ofc not that sharp and clear. So you can see it some, but it is ofc colorless if you look directly at it. And it is nowhere near close to what you see in this photo I took. That's why I love to take these photos because they reveal the invisible.
Also the light pollution makes a massive difference when it comes to seeing such faint objects. This is an interesting article with illustrations about what you can see and how through different telescopes and conditions - deepskywatch.com/Articles/what…
Tomorrow at 21:00 Madrid time I will do a TROMcast live. A few hours of streaming, about what we did this year, some personal updates, plus what are my/our plans for the next year. ;) - I will share the live Peertube link tomorrow.
@Aaron is going to present TROM tomorrow in Hamburg at the Chaotic Computer Club event. Unfortunately he only has a small, few minutes long opportunity to present the project in a workshop-like way. We tried to get TROM to the main event but there were too many applying (over 600) so we were no accepted. We will try next year.
But awesome that Aaron is there and he is trying to spread the message.
If we will have any videos and photos we will share with you on our Friendica :)
Here's a photo I just took with my telescope and my phone:
It is difficult to find the right spot for these kind of photos and tomorrow I'll try to do it better. And I will also record a video (I have one but I will share it when I will do it better) :)
Raw video of the Moon through Celestron SLT 130 and Pixel 4A
This is the raw video we took through my phone. And our genuine reactions. We were mesmerized by how crisp the Moon was. And this was not the best night to see it since it was a lot of humidity in the air. Enjoy!
I (Tio) will do a live for several hours to talk a bit about my plans for TROM for the next year(s). I may allow others to join in but since this is a special TROMcast about some specific updates I want to talk about, it may only be me streaming. I will post the Peertube streaming link on the same day :).
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This is what I have to put up with with my driving exam in Spain, in English:
The correct answer is A....even tho it is the same exact meaning as B....
And then you figure this out:
Because the correct answer is C....
Unbelievable. Such a mockery. I will make a blog post about my experience and I will create interactive quizzes for anyone to play with, that have the exact questions and answers from the Spanish Government in English. So you understand the level of retardation.
Anyway, I will announce the TROMcast Live date/hour later on tonight. A lot of things to talk about :).
I have some good news, I've just become official EU Climate Pact Ambassador for Latvia. What it means basically I became a member of EU initiative to promote ecology, biodiversity, climate issues and solutions in Europe. They have many ambassadors all over EU from all different backgrounds and professions, with all kind of skills. But everyone have a common goal to improve ecology in all possible ways. From now on I have access to some European Union projects, initiatives and trainings. Also will have a chance to present Be Brave To Act in Euro Parliament in Brussels next year.
We are trying again to add Paypal as a donation option to our 200 for TROM campaign https://www.tromsite.com/donate/ - if you have a Paypal account you can give it a try, so we can test if it works well. And we will refund you. Please let us know about that.
Basically we want to test if people can donate directly with their Paypal balance.
I think on the 30st this month I will do a long livestream for TROM to explain some stuff about the future of this project, my plans, etc.. And to try and get more people to join our 200 for TROM if possible - tromsite.com/donate/
Ok here's one more with the binoculars :D because I love these. I was standing here taking this photo with my Pixel 4a phone:
Then I added the binoculars to my phone and pointed here:
And I got this:
True, I enhanced the colors, contrast, etc., but with GThumb in less than a minute. Nothing crazy.
Here are more:
Mind you, this is a phone that was around 350$ new in 2020 that was given to me for free. Plus binoculars that we literally found somewhere. :) Nothing pro, yet the photos look super cool.
And actually they are not comfortable to look through them since the eyepieces are so tiny...
But that makes them perfect to attack to the phone. As you can see they are quite small. They feel like toy binoculars. My family found them when cleaning a house basically.
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