ThObitz
ThObitz
@thobitz
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Joined: Jun 19, 2020
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RE: Introduction to Astronomy Series

@andy-sawers Star radii: Stephenson 2-18 has >2000 times the radius of the sun - that's twice from the sun the distance to Jupiter... This shou...

2 years ago
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RE: Introduction to Astronomy Series

@andy-sawers Hi Andy, 1) Both dark matter and dark energy contribute to the critical mass of the universe, i.e. to the fact that it is almost ...

2 years ago
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RE: M81/82

But definitely nice in a super-clear and super-warm summer night!

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RE: Milky Way

Indeed. You just have to get yourself into a place far enough away from London. :-) BTW, the pictures uploaded before had a tint - this is the right ...

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RE: Photographing an eclipse

A word of warning - a "normal" neutral density filter will absorb enough light from the sun to be able to take a picture - but you might want to test ...

5 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

14mm is really wide - the moon is about 60° over the horizon, so the picture reaches from the horizon well over the zenith. Scorpio is visible just un...

5 years ago
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RE: National Geographic's top places for dark skies

Hi Christina, I am a new member (you may remember my twins from the Venus observation last year). Instead of a tracking mount for the camera alone, ...

6 years ago
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