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why do a bunch of gas stations have 88 octane cheaper than 87?
  • Yes. 88 Octaine is 15% ethonol instead of 10%.

  • FCC scraps old speed benchmark, says broadband should be at least 100Mbps
  • This is why Xfinity just sent me a note saying they're graciously increasing my upload speed to 20mbps. How nice of them. 🙄

  • ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months
  • Say hello to Mater Tom.

  • NGC281 - Pacman Nebula
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    NGC281 - Pacman Nebula

    I've finally broken my months long dry spell and imaged another astrophotography target. This time it's NGC281… the Pacman Nebula. Squint really hard, tilt your head to the left, and imagine your looking at it though a crappy telescope in the 1980's. Do you see Pacman?

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  • I think so, but I'm not sure how. I think some other phones are compatible and will 'just work' with Google's camera app. Others need some configuration with 3rd party software. I've never done it.

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  • I think this was ~4 minutes worth of exposure time. I took this with my Pixel phone and Google's astrophotography mode, which is part of the Night Sight setting. When the phone realizes it's completely still, like on a tripod, and it's looking at the sky, it gives you the option of taking pictures like this. It actually takes a lot of short exposures and stacks them. It's a very automated process, so there's not much tweaking to do. I do wish they gave the user more control.

    The setup for this picture was just my Pixel 6 Pro on a tripod pointing up. :)

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  • That's an airplane traveling though as the exposure was happening.

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    Here's a picture I took of the Milky Way with my phone. My telescope rig is out of commission until I get my new (used) observatory up and running. I need to install the dome rotator, but I'm waiting on a part to arrive before I can finish.

    This is all I've got for now. I took this last weekend with my Pixel phone in astrophotography mode.

    If you want to see my older images, I have quite a few posted on Astrobin here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/BensAstroStuff/

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  • Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light... Then, you energy.

  • A picture I took of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)
  • Our eyes are not nearly sensitive enough to be able to see an image like this. It can only be brought out with a camera and lots of exposure time. This image is over 4 hours of exposure time with a dedicated camera designed for astrophotography. You'll still see amazing things with that telescope! Clear Skies!

  • A picture I took of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

    I took this picture from my backyard in April. More details on my Astrobin page: https://www.astrobin.com/hoeyl5/

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