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@marvinabbott2859 13 күн бұрын
Thank You Very Much. It is a Very Useful Video.
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
You're very welcome. I'm glad you found it helpful :)
@stewartkilleen675 14 күн бұрын
So beautiful! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
It was incredible to have aurora on two consecutive nights again!
@JeffCooper10538 16 күн бұрын
Incredible work Mary. 🙏📷🔭👍🌕♥️
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thank you Jeff :) I'm just relieved to have eventually finished processing the images because it was a slog!
@dougingram4519 16 күн бұрын
This is so beautiful!
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thanks so much Doug :)
@Petertronic 16 күн бұрын
Superb, well worth all the work capturing and processing which sounded like a nightmare!
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thanks so much Peter :) Yes this was a real labour of love, not to mention how much that 3:30am alarm call hurt because I hate early starts, but it was totally worth it in the end :D
@paulknightley 16 күн бұрын
Excellent! I like the fact you can 'see' the extra part of the limb of the Moon where it re-appears, which is in shadow.
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thanks so much Paul. The non-illuminated strip of the Moon is the bit that some people sharing fake images forgot to take into account!
@user-mx1eu5vg3o 16 күн бұрын
Well done Mary.
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thanks so much :)
@brucenunn3268 16 күн бұрын
Fantastic Work.!! 👏
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thank you so much :)
@missminxtress 16 күн бұрын
Wow, that's wonderful
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thank you. The 3:30am alarm call hurt a bit, but it was worth it in the end!
@missminxtress 10 күн бұрын
Alarm call pain! 😂 We thank you for it , wonderful footage, inspires me greatly
@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands 17 күн бұрын
We had bad weather :( So I did not watch it :( Great shots! Thank you!
@rembertmelman8086 16 күн бұрын
me too!!
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Oh no! I'm so sorry that you didn't get to see it. We had a lot of thin cloud but I was still able to get something so I'm really happy about that
@Bills_APCh 17 күн бұрын
Nice work Mary! What about the moons of Saturn? Too faint?
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thanks Bill. I was using a 70mm telescope which I'm pretty sure would struggle to pick up Titan under perfect conditions, but a nearly full moon was of course right next to it plus egress happened in dawn twilight which would make it impossible to detect any of Saturn's Moons. I know some people got Titan, but they shot this event through much bigger telescopes than I used. Given how much thin cloud and twilight we had I was honestly just happy to have even picked up Saturn!
@mtippett80 17 күн бұрын
stunning shots and footage!!!!
@Spiceyspiney 16 күн бұрын
Thank you so much. It was a real labour of love but I got there in the end!
@Petertronic 23 күн бұрын
Wonderful!
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks Peter :)
@vanessaschofield7927 25 күн бұрын
thanks mary for sharing. as per usual i missed seeing this
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
I'm so sorry you missed it :( I do try to send out an email when we've had alerts but I know people don't always see the messages in time
@davidgriffiths3482 25 күн бұрын
Just awesome
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thank you :)
@daveys 26 күн бұрын
Awesome images Mary! We didn’t see any of the aurora or meteors here despite looking. Unfortunately the sky is too light from pollution, or it’s just cloudy and raining.
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Sorry to hear that you wasn't able to see this :(
@timjones6434 26 күн бұрын
Another great timelapse of the Aurora in your area Mary. 👏 When I was out on the 11th / 12th I only saw seven meteors, and only got one in frame. The light pollution towards Manchester airport was masking the Aurora, just managed to see a red glow in the sky. The Aurora must of kicked off after I went home just after midnight.
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Chasing aurora from mid latitude is very frustrating at times! I am usually running at least one DSLR from dusk until dawn so that means I take around 3,000 photos per camera. Of those 2,850 of them have nothing in them but if a brief burst of aurora does kick off for a short time, I'll have a 150 shots with something in! Visual Perseids rates were a bit lower than our usual average this year, and I didn't get that many on my DSLR either. Thankfully our meteor cameras can capture way fainter events so we had really high rates on those cameras.
@timjones6434 13 күн бұрын
@@Spiceyspiney Hi Mary, do you make a composit image of the Perseids that you have in your images?
@Spiceyspiney 11 күн бұрын
@@timjones6434 with my DSLR images I sometimes stack just the meteor photos in Starstax, but that doesn't align the stars so you get dotted star trails. I have never managed to get decent results stacking meteors with the stars aligned. I honestly have no idea how people do that!
@Coyo-Tea 26 күн бұрын
WOW 😮😮😮😮
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thank you :)
@bofblog 26 күн бұрын
Nice display reports of STEVE being observed too , the high thin clouds been effecting Solar Imaging this week too
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
I didn't see any sign of STEVE. from here. We had a lot of very persistent aircraft vapour trails but I went through all of the images multiple times and they were definitely contrails and not STEVE
@missminxtress 26 күн бұрын
Wow, beautiful, I had no idea we could see aurora here, I think I live nearby but I face NW. I'll be looking out tomorrow eve just in case, I am a very amateur astronomer & am enjoying seeing Jupiter & mars so close together, I saw my first "own eye" view (not tv) of Jupiter with it's moons last year, it totally blew my mind & made me so happy. Your video's have really inspired me, thanks so much 🌃
@Spiceyspiney 26 күн бұрын
I have photographed aurora from Oxfordshire almost 30 times in the past 11 years - there's a whole aurora playlist on my channel. Jupiter and Mars are looking incredible at the moment aren't they?! If you're new to astronomy it may be helpful to check out the Sky at Night magazine podcast "Star Diary" You can listen everywhere you get podcasts or on the Sky at Night magazine You Tube channel. I am one of the co-hosts and new episodes drop every Sunday and it covers everything you can see in the coming week 😊
@timjones6434 28 күн бұрын
I'm stood on a public footpath south of Jodrell Bank in Cheshire . I've seen 3 in the first 10 minutes of getting here. Nothing for the last half an hour. I will watch your video tomorrow Mary, I don't want to miss anything flashing across the sky.🌠🌠🌠
@Littlewing6was9 Ай бұрын
Many Happy Returns 🌒🌼
@mtippett80 Ай бұрын
Brilliant video and tutorial!!!!!!
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
I'm so happy you found the video helpful. Good luck!
@bofblog Ай бұрын
Nice work and artistic ability,a lost art sketching Lunar features, brings to mind H P Wilkins and his Lunar Map
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thank you. I'm a big advocate for sketching and have taught literally hundreds of people how to sketch lots of different objects. A fair few people who have done my workshops have kept it up so that's really great to see :) Even though I do astrophotography, drawing something makes me understand it and remember it far better so it's something I just love doing
@ceanothus_bluemoon Ай бұрын
Super catches Mary! (Ange)
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much. I can't tell you how excited I was to have finally caught them!
@bofblog Ай бұрын
Nice captures, superb considering the distance and slant angle...
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much. They are pretty incredible structures. They're so high up that some photographers have captured them from 600km away! They can be huge structures too, with some of them extending over 70km up and across. The amount of energy involved is mind blowing! I've wanted to capture sprites for years so I was super excited to have finally got those tiny little lines!
@thecaravanham Ай бұрын
That is so cool! Nice one Mary
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much. I was really thrilled to have finally captured some!
@sjbastro Ай бұрын
Nice captures of sprites there. Those cameras pick up a lot - I see you just about get the Scutum star cloud too, which is pretty impressive. Clear skies! 😃
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks Steve. The meteor cameras can really clearly see the entire Milky Way on a moonless night. Considering the fact that they're low cost CCTV cameras, they really do an amazing amount of science!
@Littlewing6was9 Ай бұрын
How lovely. Thank you skywatcher 🕊️💚🌼
@brucenunn3268 Ай бұрын
What is this.??🤔😳
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Erm, sprites over France... If you don't know what Sprites are, read my description box
@Petertronic Ай бұрын
What an incredible surprise, this book looks amazing, congratulations! How do I get a signed copy, haha! 😻 Sorry to hear the sad news about Wil. I see slightly different wording on the cover, on Amazon! I hope the authors' names will be on the cover too? Can't wait to get a copy!
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ The US version has a slightly different title than the UK one, that's why I have two books with different titles in my package. There aren't any names on the cover but they're inside. It was an incredible surprise to see they had put my name first 😮 😊
@jamesandtannis Ай бұрын
Congratulations Mary 🎉
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much. I can't wait for people to be able to read it!
@Coyo-Tea Ай бұрын
I shall go it my order in for it Mary asap. Ordered ! I know someone who will absolutely LOVE this so much. You must be so proud of yourselves for such a massive undertaking. Congratulations all round ❤ I am very sorry for the loss of your friend.
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for your amazing support :) I hope he loves the book :D
@bofblog Ай бұрын
Looks a wonderful book,full of history and up to date content , love the human emotions you show and feel your pride, congratulations on this.
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
Thank you so much. I really can't wait for people to be able to read it!
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Just also wanted to say a huge thank you to Caitlin and the copy editors at HarperCollins who have done such an amazing job with the book :)
@brucenunn3268 Ай бұрын
Major congrats.! Looks Amazing.! 👊🥳
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Thank you so much. I'm really happy with how the book has turned out :)
@dumpydalekobservatory Ай бұрын
Well done Mary for a moment there I thought you were opening a packet of clouds.
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Hopefully books don't act as cloud magnets like telescopes do :)
@JSB2500 Ай бұрын
Amazing! Great achievement! Well done! Congratulations! 🎉 Writing a book is a very difficult task indeed ..... I know! 😱 Your book is a great contribution to us all! 😃
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Thank you :) Prior to this project I had only ever written chapters that were between 2,000 - 3,000 words so stepping up to almost 60,000 was a bit of a shock! I'm so glad that I stuck with it though and I love how it's looking :)
@starsandnightvision Ай бұрын
I thought your were going to unbox the Dwarf 3 :)
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
LOL! I personally have no interest in owning a smart telescope but I think the technology is amazing and it's brilliant that their ease of use it bringing the beauty of the night sky to so many people who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford the expensive imaging rigs
@PaulHutchinson Ай бұрын
Impressive! Well done.
@Spiceyspiney Ай бұрын
Thanks so much Paul :)
@Petertronic 2 ай бұрын
Pretty display. I still haven't seen noctilucent clouds myself!
@Spiceyspiney 13 күн бұрын
I've only seen a couple of displays this year from our garden because the hill behind us cuts off that crucial low down northern horizon!
@CelestialVoyages-yz7gh 2 ай бұрын
What sofware did you use for getting the grid lines for Alt-Az?
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
Hi there, I used Stellarium the free planetarium app. In the viewing options window you can turn on Alt-At gridlines, EQ gridlines or even both if you want to. There's a load of other viewing options in there too so it's a really helpful bit of software for stuff like this
@neilbryant9833 2 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate all your advice. I enjoy experimenting with all equipment and have got some really good results over the 40+ years I've been doing this great adventure. It's a shame I can post any here. Studied astrophysics in the mid 80s and have ex colleagues at NASA etc but for it's just fun.
@stewartkilleen675 2 ай бұрын
Gorgeous! Thanks for uploading! I haven't seen any this year yet. 💙
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
I only saw them twice last year so I'm hoping we get more than that this year! NLC activity is often lower during solar maximum because the addition UV from a more active Sun can break down what little water there is up in the mesosphere. That certainly proved to be the case last year
@bofblog 2 ай бұрын
Nice use of the pastels with shading, gives the real life touch to the art
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
Thank you :)
@neilbryant9833 2 ай бұрын
I have the heritage. Lovely wide field of view. My main scope is the skywatcher 200 pds which is capable of amazing images. I wanted a scope with a wide enough field of view to capture the whole sun/moon and wide deep sky, using my zwo and slr cameras, like you show in your video. I just about managed to image the whole sun with the zwo - focus really tricky, because the FL is so small, I had to remove the black plastic collar on the draw tube to just reach focus. However, I have the same DSLR set up as you and cannot bring to focus. Did you adjust the scope in any way, eg move the main mirror up the tube? Thank you for any advice you can provide.
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
Hi Neil, glad you are enjoying this little telescope too :) I thought I said in the video, but you need a 2x Barlow to achieve focus with a DSLR on this and every other Newtonian reflector I've ever used. The little Heritage Dob will focus no problem if you add a 2x onto the front of the t-ring that has a threaded 1.25" tube on it
@neilbryant9833 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, that's great. My skywatcher 130 and 200 both allow dSLR focus without need of a Barlow. I wanted a really wide field so this will defeat the object and be equivalent of the 130 once I x2 Barlow. Still, great whole sun results already with the heritage, showing rotation over a couple of days, £65 well spent!
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
@@neilbryant9833 even with the 2x the field of view is pretty decent but if you really don't want to do that, you could always get a phone adapter and take photos with your phone camera. Most modern mobile cameras are really good for simple astrophotography - I've written an article all about that will appear in the next issue of Sky at Night magazine. People are taking some really nice photos and stacking them and the results are incredible. There are free apps you can download that give you more camera control and that helps you to do longer exposures, higher ISO, etc. It's definitely worth looking at
@dumpydalekobservatory 2 ай бұрын
Nice one Mary I managed to get a quick shot of them on the phone last night but I were to knackered to stay up lol
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
I've been like that myself recently!
@sjbastro 2 ай бұрын
Nice sequences - glad you got to see your first display of the season. More to come hopefully! 😃
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Steve. I do hope we get more this year than we saw last year!
@gordonmclaren1075 2 ай бұрын
Nice one.
@Spiceyspiney 2 ай бұрын
Thanks Gordon :)
@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands 2 ай бұрын
:)