webcubus

webcubus, 11 days ago to Orange

Picture of the day: An ocellaris clownfish dancing among the tentacles of its anemone host. These fish were everywhere in Dumaguete, Philippines but they are in constant motion, so they are not easy to capture.

https://briangweber.com/featured/ocellaris-clownfish-brian-weber.html

#clownfish #fish #orange #white #anemone #Philippines #Dumaguete #olympus #scubaDiving #underwaterPhotography

webcubus, 17 days ago to random

Not a great image, because I was shooting around the clouds but I had to capture the source of our Aurora fun. That big chunk on the right side has been blasting us with solar mass to light up the sky!

#sun #solarimaging #northernlights #aurora #sunspots #coronalmassejection

webcubus, 18 days ago to random

PSA: If the sun is out where you are and you still have your eclipse glasses, put them on and take a look at the sun. There is a giant sunspot visible on the lower right side. I took pictures of it a couple days ago, but it's still wild to see it with my own eyes.

Also, if you live in the northern latitudes, there's a chance for some strong aurora activity tonight. If it's clear, I'll be pointing my camera north to see if I can get anything!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-viewline-tonight-and-tomorrow-night-experimental

webcubus, 1 month ago to astrophotography

I just posted a long thread about our eclipse adventures, but this was the only photo I managed. I hauled my fancy, expensive astrophotography gear up with ambitions of capturing a lengthy timelapse, but none of it worked (battery wouldn't power up despite a full charge, mini PC wouldn't connect to wifi hotspot despite dozens of prior tests). It was still well worth the experience, but I would have loved to capture some better photos.

#eclipse #astrophotography #vermont #sun #moon #totality

webcubus, 1 month ago to random

We had a number of plans at the ready based on the weather for the eclipse. As the day approached, it looked like Vermont was going to be it. The cloud forecast pushed us east from our original idea of Burlington, so I popped up the eclipse track and Google Maps and found a Price Chopper parking lot in Derby, Vermont. (1/8)

webcubus, 2 months ago to solar

I wasn't planning to do any solar imaging yesterday, but I changed my mind once I saw what the sunspots were up to! That large sunspot region is cranking out solar flares at an impressive rate. Hopefully I'll get another chance to image on a clearer day before they disappear around the side.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/0hpep5/

#solar #sun #star #solarsystem #sunspots #solarflares #qhyccd #skywatcherUSA #telescope #astrophotography

webcubus, 2 months ago to astrophotography

It's the time of year when widefield imagers like myself get extra jealous of those long scopes and ponder what to image until the big stuff pops back up. I captured this data in one session last year and never did anything with it. I decided I'd take a swing at processing it, complete with 2x drizzle, heavy crop, and some BlurX tossed at it.

Prints: https://buff.ly/3VagGZ1
Details: https://buff.ly/3Vbw3jH

#galaxy #stars #astrophotography #Messier #space #astronomy #qhyccd #SkyWatcherUSA

webcubus, 2 months ago to random

Anyone out there in my friendiverse have an LG front loading washer? Ours is throwing an "IE" error, which means that it's unable to fill the drum with water in a timely fashion. I believe my inlet valve needs to be replaced - it is filling the washer, but I suspect there's not as much water coming in as there should be. If someone could share a video of their functional washer filling, that would be greatly helpful!

(Instructions in the thread)

webcubus, 3 months ago to astrophotography

I've been capturing solar and lunar images with my 72mm refractor, but I figured I'd give the Dobsonian a go, since it has more focal length (1200mm vs. 420mm). I kept it simple to start - I connected my DSLR directly to the scope, framed up the moon on the edge of the field, and hit record until the moon drifted close to the edge of the frame. I re-framed and repeated several times. (Processing details in thread)

#moon #luna #astrophotography #dobsonian #fullmoon #dslr #canon #SkywatcherUSA

webcubus, 3 months ago to scuba

It's always disappointing to see invasive lionfish on Caribbean dive sites, as they devour the local populations and have few predators. That said, they are visually interesting, with so many different colors and textures warning predators about the venomous spines.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/lionfish-profile-brian-weber.html

#invasive #lionfish #underwater #scuba #diving #scubaDiving #macroPhotography #fish #olympus

webcubus, 3 months ago to scuba

Yellowhead jawfish are one of my favorite creatures to photograph, but they take a lot of patience. They are often quite cautious and will retreat into their burrows, but if you give them some space and remain calm they will sometimes come out and take a look.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/yellowhead-jawfish-peeking-out-brian-weber.html

#fish #scuba #diving #scubaDiving #macroPhotography #olympus #underwater #sand #Caribbean

webcubus, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to macrophotography

Flamingo Tongues (the name of this snail) are fun to photograph and look at, but they are a menace to soft corals, secreting chemicals to dissolve the coral so they can digest it. They often leave a trail of destruction behind them as in this image. The snail is moving upward to devour more polyps.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/1-flamingo-tongue-brian-weber.html

#macroPhotography #underwater #scuba #diving #scubadiving #snail #colorful #coral #olympus

webcubus, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to astrophotography

The dusty reflection nebula in this image is Messier 78, sometimes called "Casper the Friendly Ghost Nebula." The red wall on the left side is part of Barnard's Loop, which is a huge arc of bright red hydrogen gas. For this image, I combined 21 hours of broadband data with 9 hours of narrowband data to pop out the red color.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/zskv4y/
Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/messier-78-brian-weber.html

#astrophotography #nebula #dust #stars #space #qhyccd #skywatcherusa

webcubus, 4 months ago to scuba

Final Dive Stats of 2023:

75 dives
81h45m underwater
1h27m longest dive
83 ft max depth
Water temperatures: 38F to 86F
25 different dive sites
Most frequent dive sites: Folly Cove (17) and Old Garden Beach (8)
17 different dive buddies!

I did 1 dive in Iceland, 32 in Dumaguete, Philippines, and 42 around New England. Shout out to all my awesome buddies and can't wait to get back to it in 2024!

#scuba #diving #UnderwaterPhotography #MacroPhotography #HappyNewYear #olympus #epl

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webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

Messier 13, also known as the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, is approximately 25,000 light-years away and has a diameter of about 145 light-years. It is estimated to contain around 300,000 stars!

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/hercules-star-cluster-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/t2mtgm/

#astrophotography #stars #space #starcluster #hercules #qhyccd #skywatcher

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

As I was taking pictures of the sun, it occurred to me that the moon is about the same apparent size in the sky. So what the heck, why not take a few shots of the moon?

#moon #luna #astrophotography #craters #halfmoon

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

This is a two panel mosaic of Flaming Star and Tadpole nebula stitched together in PixInsight and presented in the Foraxx color palette.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/cxexqw/
Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/flaming-star-and-tadpole-nebulas-brian-weber.html

#astrophotography #stars #nebula #colorful #space #qhyccd #skywatcher

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

This is another weird one. Much like the Bubble Nebula, Thor's Helmet nebula formed around a highly energetic Wolf Rayet star but has more interesting patterns swirling out from it. My scope doesn't have quite enough reach to do it justice, but by cropping in, drizzling, and using tools like BlurXterminator, I can manage a decent image.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/thors-helmet-nebula-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/qk60h7/

#astrophotography #nebula #thor #helmet #asgard #colorful #stars #space

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

This is my first attempt at a meteor shower composite! I stuck my DSLR outside with a 14mm lens on and let it run for several hours capturing 12 second exposures and then waiting 20 seconds. I'm going to try again tonight shooting continuously on a higher ISO and really focusing my exposures on the peak meteor time between 1 and 2am.

#geminids #astrophotography #wideangle #meteorshower #composite #nightsky #stars #pleaides #orion

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

Pretty interesting to see the changes in the sun from just a couple days ago. It's awfully easy to just grab 3 minutes of frames on the sun after a nighttime imaging session, so I'll keep them coming. I do need to figure out the proper orientation since my telescope is on an equatorial mount and rotated 90 degrees from that axis. I'll just keep it consistent so when I figure it out I can rotate the images.

#sun #sunspots #star #solarsystem #solarphotography #telescope #astrophotography

2023-12-12 (best 10% out of 5000 frames)

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

This is a weird one. The Crescent Nebula's shape comes from a fast-moving wave of emissions from a high-energy star colliding with a slower-moving wave of emissions from that same star earlier in its lifecycle. Whoa! The result is this weird brain shape wrapped in a nearly translucent blue oxygen shell.

Details: https://www.astrobin.com/9wy7bn/
Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/crescent-nebula-brian-weber.html

#astrophotography #nebula #red #brain #skywatcherusa #qhyccd #space #stars

webcubus, 5 months ago to astrophotography

From the constellation that brought you Orion Nebula and Horsehead Nebula, here is Monkey Head Nebula!

This is one example where I can see where it got its name - I see the profile of perhaps an orangutan (an ape, but close enough?) gazing off the left side of the image.

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/monkey-head-nebula-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/om2bz2/

#astrophotography #nebula #space #stars #monkey #colorful #red #qhyccd #skywatcherusa

webcubus, 6 months ago to astrophotography

This is the bright and beautiful Orion Nebula, located in the sword of the Orion constellation!

Prints: https://briangweber.com/featured/orion-nebula-in-rgb-brian-weber.html
Details: https://www.astrobin.com/fauler/

#astrophotography #orion #nebula #stars #space #dust #colorful #qhyccd #skywatcherusa

webcubus, 6 months ago to spiders

This is a quick capture and stack of "The Spider and the Fly Nebula". I'm not sure this region is going to make my list of primary targets, but I filled some time before and after Orion over the last two nights to accrue 49 x 5 minute subs for a grand total of 4h5m. What do you think? Should I keep imaging it?

#nebula #spider #fly #space #stars #astrophotography #skywatcher #qhyccd

webcubus, 6 months ago to astrophotography

Here's the final image from my star trailing session while waiting for the aurora last weekend. I'm going to make a point to try to do more of these!

Print: https://briangweber.com/featured/backyard-star-trails-brian-weber.html

#startrails #astrophotography #stars #space #circle #dslr #canon