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20.01.2022 Clear: We are open and ready to go. Site Conditions - Temp: 27degC - Wind speed: 9Km/h... - Wind Direction: S - Cloud Coverage: Clear - Moonset: 10:15pm For more detailed site weather info: http://www.riverdingo.net.au/weather.php
12.01.2022 Clear: We are open and ready to go. Site Conditions - Temp: 30degC - Wind speed: 6Km/h... - Wind Direction: SSW - Cloud Coverage: Clearing - Moonset: 9:49pm For more detailed site weather info: http://www.riverdingo.net.au/weather.php
06.01.2022 Clear: We are open and ready to go. Site Conditions - Temp: 23degC - Wind speed: 10Km/h... - Wind Direction: S - Cloud Coverage: Clear - Moonrise: 11:27pm For more detailed site weather info: http://www.riverdingo.net.au/weather.php
04.01.2022 Clear: We are open and ready to go. Site Conditions - Temp: 26degC - Wind speed: 0Km/h... - Wind Direction: WSW - Cloud Coverage: Clear - Moonset: 10:30pm For more detailed site weather info: http://www.riverdingo.net.au/weather.php
03.01.2022 Supernova 2017 (SN2017cbv) in NGC 5643, the second Type Ia supernova in the galaxy since 2013. I have set two images blinking. One image is before, the second image is after the supernova occurred, and they blink back and forth. However the star is not physically the size the picture portrays. An effect called halation (were light spreads more with brighter objects) is causing the star to appear physically larger then it really is. The phenomena of the larger star does indic...ate a brighter light source, in this case a supernova, that is extremely bright compared to small indistinguishable stars in its own galaxy. A stars size in a astro image is a great way to identify its brightness. In an astro image, if a star is larger then one next to it, we know the larger one is brighter of the two. If you look at the star to the left of the supernova, you will notice it is slightly smaller. This indicates that the supernova star (55million light-years away) is brighter then the local star in our galaxy roughly 20 thousand light-years away (Im rough guessing the 20,000 ly though, but Im sure you get the idea). I hope if there were any planets with life near this Supernova, they had developed space travel! http://www.riverdingo.net.au/NGC5643SN2017N.gif
03.01.2022 As an experiment I got one of those iPhone clip on lens. It wasn't bad but with a bit of tweaking, actually I cannibalised an old 35mm lens too, i managed to get something reasonably good. This is a shot of the moon with an iPhone 5 and the new RDO clip on lens mod. Update details: I looked for the drawings of the extended lens for the iphone 5, but I couldnt find them. A good description of the type of lens used can be found in todays date ;) ... I did take the shot, although the lens and ccd chip is a little bigger then the iphone 5 ;) See more
