Watching Earth's shadow eclipse satellites from Tucson Arizona.

Telescope - Skywatcher 50ED
Camera - ZWO 465 MC
Mount - Skywatcher Az-Gte with EQ firmware.
Operated by Green Swamp Server, Sharpcap Pro and SkySafari.

[@whereswa11y]

Wally is here too, and STILL Loving it.

Stalker!!

[@mobilemetal4554]

Good on ya mate

[@flatearthjackal9201]

What's up pigs? Does anyone know where I can find an actual scientific experiment proving large bodies of water can curve? Or better yet, an actual scientific experiment proving you can have gas pressure without a container? Wolfie is just a dumb pig, no wolves here just mindless sheep and pigs🖕

[@profphilbell2075]

Brilliant!

[@Wolfie6020]

I am really impressed with this little scope. Matched with an ZWO 485MC the field of view is perfect for this type of work.

[@profphilbell2075]

@@Wolfie6020 I must get one. Now I'm retiring I would love to take this up as a hobby. If you have any kit you want to update, please let me know and I'll buy the old ones from you. I really appreciate your advice.

[@Thicc_Boyo]

They'll probably just say the sky is just a hologram.

[@williamwoods8022]

Everything IS a Hologram - go watch the excellent video series THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE that totally exposes this FACT. Everything is made up of Atoms which are Electrons spinning round a Nucleus all of which is EMPTY so NOTHING can be solid. All we are is consciousness hence why the so called mafia elites who created this scam system that we are living in in this reality called Government by that name because Govern means Control and Ment is Mens or Mentis which means Mind or Mind Control. The Earth is this reality IS round of course - These Mafias also created this massive planet wide scam as well being exposed in this video here kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2nUp2ywqdCKlbc

[@bluemarblescience]

That Wally is a sneaky buggar isn't he! Have a word with him would you. He continues upsetting my best mate Bev! Great stuff Wolfie. I'm always fascinated watching the satellites do that trick for us.

[@whereswa11y]

I am trying hard. It is rather easy to upset Bev et al.

[@BradGryphonn]

@@whereswa11y It's NOT a 'satellite' trick. There are no satellites. It's C G I on the dome!

[@bluemarblescience]

@@whereswa11y 😂😂 That it is!

[@td_kdname5197]

@@BradGryphonn What's funny is the Flerfers have never identified where all of those CGI images get projected from. They also must think that every satellite dish installer for Directv and Dish Network must be in on the conspiracy since when they're pointing the customer's dish all it takes is a little trigonometry to prove the satellites are the geosynchronous orbit 35,786 kilometres (22,236 miles) in altitude above Earth's Equator

[@BradGryphonn]

@@td_kdname5197 Everyone is in on it and they're the only ones that know the truth. Sometimes I wonder if their mothers were watching sci-fi movies like Capricorn One and others while they were in the womb and that subliminal sound has influenced their little fetal minds and implanted false ideologies. ...Ya never know... it's that or they're just fooking eedjits. Or in the case of Mitch from Australia, a bloody drongo. It's okay, I'm old enough to use drongo in a sentence.

[@Alysm-Aviation]

Wolfie showing all our favourite toys.

[@flatearthjackal9201]

Do you have an actual scientific experiment proving large bodies of water can curve yet? 😊 I'm betting you pigs don't.

[@flatearthjackal9201]

🐖

[@Alysm-Aviation]

@@flatearthjackal9201 oh hello flat earth coward. Have you finally found a way to do something as simple as calculating a distance between two locations using only a flat earth as a basis?

[@andrewlindenfeld6222]

Every time I set up my big imaging refractor at home, then 50 miles south at my parents, or 80 miles north at my dark site, I have to adjust altitude accordingly to get accurately polar aligned. The fact that Polaris moves up or down in the sky based off your latitude proves we live on a sphere, just that one fact alone… It’s so fascinating to me that even in just a 50 or 80 mile drive, you can actually see the difference in a stars altitude because I literally moved over the curvature of the Earth.

[@joeshmoe7967]

Exactly!! My best spot for deep sky imaging is about 70 minutes away and I absolutely have to adjust my tracker. Even the visual location of the big dipper is remarkably different. Enough that is blows my mind. Actual straight line distance is 60km, but it is enough. Placement of the objects/constellations year over year, also proves the earth moves in an orbit. Flatties just don't spend enough time outside at night. If the did they would realize they are on the wrong side of the argument. - Cheers

[@mikefochtman7164]

Well done. Nice to have you in the northern hemisphere again. :) Safe travels, looking forward to your adventures.

[@KraftyKeelah]

This is fantastic. Thanks for doing this. And thanks to Wheres Wally. Enjoy your time in the States 😁

[@bobblum5973]

Now Wolfie, you know there's not even a "remote" chance the Flat Earth believers will accept the evidence you've presented here! 😎 Well done, always so neat to watch the satellites disappear then reappear, both times right on schedule. Enjoy your visit here in the USA!

[@romithromith]

Come on Wolfie, they saw the NASA logo on your laptop. I can hear it now: Wheres Wally isn't in Australia - he's at NASA HQ. You know you can't fool flerfs with P900s!

[@Sableagle]

Debunkin' silly flerfers in Tucson, Arizona, such a fine sight to see. It's Wolfie, my lord, with his scope on board, touchin' down to make a vid for me.

[@bobblum5973]

Take it easy! Don't let the sound of Wolfie's wings drive you crazy.

[@Sableagle]

Well, I went east around the globe, found it lightened my load, measured my own Eötvös Effect.

[@n.s.3410]

The time lapse reminds me of my youth playing Defender in the arcade. Oh I miss the 80’s

[@eileendover3938]

Aaaaah all the toys!

[@Wolfie6020]

So easy to travel with this one. I wish I had one years ago.

[@mikecrownshaw1646]

@@Wolfie6020 how often do you visit Nevada?

[@michaelconnors7668]

Thank you.

[@Darryl.M]

Stop looking into hotel windows Wally.

[@adamstrange7884]

Wolfe how will you fit SKOY MYALS, the most empirical evidence for FE in the world, into this demonstration???

[@Wolfie6020]

We have our top guys working on ideas for it now.

[@dogwalker666]

Wolfie6020 has more gadgets than James Bond.

[@mikecrownshaw1646]

Due to the pandemic 007 is on furlough and is now 005.7

[@dogwalker666]

@@mikecrownshaw1646 lol.

[@clivedavis6859]

James Bond would love to have that telescope to seek out his female counterparts.

[@dogwalker666]

@@clivedavis6859 Indeed.

[@trog69]

Greeting from a suburb of Tucson! Great good luck to you in your journeys.

[@FrenchCrow]

Very compact gear! Looks very convenient to travel with - yet it seems to work beautifully.

[@Wolfie6020]

It far surpassed my expectation for a small telescope. The mount is great also when carefully polar aligned. Very easy to travel with, The telescope and mount both fit in a single pelican case. The tripod fits in my checked baggage./

[@dhmosquitoiv]

oooo Nifty! Safe travels and smooth air mate.

[@bikecommuter24]

Cool. Tucson I spent some time there, I was stationed at the nearby Davis Monthan AFB I was an Aircraft Mechanic on A10's in a Training Unit. My Dorm room was up on the third floor and faced west I loved the Sunsets and the Thunderstorms over the mountains.

[@riz8437]

Brilliant.

[@adamstrange7884]

3d anything us 666 times too hard for flerfs to understand!😀🙂🙂

[@deathpoolwilson]

Ah I know where you're at. There's a Vietnamese place next door I used to frequent. 😉

[@1234j]

Wolfie: Excellent data and explanations. Flat-earthers: LALALALA LALALALA LALALALA 🤣🤣🤣Me: Thank you!

[@doranku]

I noticed the eclipsing satellites last week, but sadly the recordings are on my desktop, where the motherboard failed, on a M.2 SATA drive that I have no means to get the data from. I suspect Them and/or Them to secretly be the cause of my problems.

[@osci08]

While brian has been busy trying to re-invent the wheel, Wolfie and Wa11y have been busy watching the wheel in motion.

[@jerry3790]

I actually picked up the same scope just a few months ago! It’s incredibly versatile for being a “guidescope”. Definitely one of the best in terms of value for money.

[@jerry3790]

On that note I’d love to see more astrophotography content from ya!

[@Wolfie6020]

Thanks Jerry, I love this little scope. It is way better than I expected and perfect for travelling.

[@doranku]

It is on my wishlist, if I can actually keep my discipline and not prematurely spend my gadget money: next month. (with a field flattner/corrector).

[@eamonnsiocain6454]

“See? No hands.” LOL touché!

[@prof.cecilycogsworth3204]

Oh, this IS splendid.

[@DelBoy1967]

Nice work, look forward to seeing the simultaneous moon observations. BTW why didn't the stars eclipse 😁

[@citationrequired71]

Love it.

[@adventureswithdogs2251]

The question of where Wally is has been answered! Hope it wasn't supposed to be a secret... I was wondering if you'd get any responses from the flat world, and I see that eftupworld didn't disappoint!

[@larry2612]

Cool! You can see the ISS do the same thing with the naked-eye!

[@awatt]

🥇

[@drosophilamelanogaster4262]

Ok, you won. Congrats!

[@ComradeJehannum]

Oh I recognise that cluster of GEOSATS.

[@mikefochtman7164]

Oh? Please share. I'm just interested to know which ones they are

[@ComradeJehannum]

@@mikefochtman7164 Its the same cluster that Wolfie has aimed the telescope at for the last 2 equinoxes.

[@mikefochtman7164]

@@ComradeJehannum Oh, okay. So it's the ones over Australia, even though he's currently on the opposite side of the world from Australia. That would explain why the stars are moving as they are, based on the southern hemisphere, not the US.

[@mick62569]

The sky does not lie

[@chrisdurhammusicchannel]

Very cool!!!!!

[@crowxe]

Eclipsing period is exactly as predicted.. 1:09:30

[@Wolfie6020]

Such a pity the Flat Earthers don’t understand the significance of that.

[@doranku]

I was thinking about uploading simulations of these eclipses in stellarium from 1 year in the future to show the predictive powers of a working model.

[@crowxe]

@@doranku Showing the predictive power is meaningful only for those with brains. over a year ago when Wolfie announced that he's going to shoot the satellites eclipse, I made a calculator to predict the eclipse period for any given day, not just the equinox even before he take the footage. Wolfie later showed the footage and my prediction but that didn't change flat earthers, they are biased or stupid or both

[@doranku]

@@crowxe I know, I know, I'm to naive in my assumptions of the finite depths of stupidity in some humans. But a good explanation for the 1:09:30 (excl. refraction).

[@crowxe]

@@dorankuactually, we now do it for fun, not to educate flat earthers. So I bet you gonna do what you planned to anyway😁. And regarding refraction effect, I did had some expectations to its significance but with deeper look, refraction would affect less than 20% of the sun's angular size as seen from the satellite (the thickness of the lower part of the atmosphere as the sun pass behind it).

[@requiem4adream87]

Nice work. Not surprised that there aren't any flatties showing up to try to dispute any of this or make silly comments. You have scared them all away with more proof for a globe.

[@ColinLittley]

Fantastic to see you having some fun over there I wonder if we can get you hooked up for an hour or two for some flerf watching. ;)

[@gafrers]

Wonderful

[@BelieveTruthDisbelieveFallacy]

I love that you keep putting "NASA" stickers somewhere in all of your videos - hilarious! :)

[@Wolfie6020]

We have them all over the house now and even my little daughter loves them.

[@tlewis84able]

Amazing views from such tiny gear!

[@joeshmoe7967]

Modern amateur astronomy is so incredible with digital tech. We are doing things now that were literally only possible by NASA etc. Small portable gear to fit almost any budget can create mind blowing results. - Cheers

[@bunnykiller]

technology is awesome when it works :)

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Wolfie & Wally, 😲WOW! This will be AWESOME! 🤔unless you are a FE.

[@vimalramachandran]

North or South, Flat Earth is dead.

[@BobtheScienceGuy]

What settings do you use to get the 'movie' effect rather than individual frames?

[@Wolfie6020]

I take the individual frames and compile them into a time lapse video. These are about 6 second exposures at 340 gain on the ZWO 465 camera. The time lapse is running at 24 frames per second here.. timelapsetool.com/

[@andrewstoll4548]

If you find you way to be in the Detroit area I'd love to say hello.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

If you had time, I assume there are some great places in that area for clear sky observations. But I imagine there's also plenty of clear sky areas back home too.

[@scott_meyer]

Because of the surrounding observatories, Tucson has light pollution laws in place.

[@scott_meyer]

Cut and paste. In the heart of downtown Tucson, Arizona, a city of nearly 500,000, one can view the Milky Way with the naked eye. Tucson and Pima County first adopted outdoor lighting ordinances in 1972 in an effort to provide standards so that night lighting did not interfere with nearby astronomical observatories. The lighting control ordinance of Tucson/Pima County has been revised many times over the years. The 2006 Code is still quite strong and it is copied below.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

@@scott_meyer Thanks for sharing. I bet I read that once before and just forgot. This explains why you see a decent number of amateur celestial photos from that area.

[@scott_meyer]

@@NinjaMonkeyPrime My parents lived there after they retired. You could easily see the Orion nebula naked eye from his front yard.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

@@scott_meyer I've heard it's a popular retirement area but those summer temperatures sound unbearable. If I retired there I'd finally have to start working on astrophotography like I've wanted.

[@MisterItchy]

Wonder how many flat earthers can predict this event and how they do it? Failing that, how about an explanation of what is happening? Great job, Wolfie.

[@Wolfie6020]

This is another real world observation that they toss into the "too hard" basket.

[@mymumbakescakes]

I am sure Gary said that these telescopes prove the flat earth or some crap like that. Then again... Gary gets things wrong all the time.

[@nadavdanieli]

Would it be possible to make anaglyph 3D image of the moon when you do the simultaneous observation of the moon?

[@ShamrockBanksObservatory]

1 Hour, 9 min elapsed time.

[@WoodworkerDon]

Welcome back to USA. 🍻

[@realcygnus]

Nifty !

[@EllipticGeometry]

Are these going to be parallax measurements?

[@chrisconnors7418]

That is a nice little scope. I just checked the price and it is within my budget to get. I already have 3 astronomy scopes (8 inch cat, 4 inch refractor, 4 inch cat) plus a spotting scope for wildlife, so do I really need a 4th scope? It is more portable for when I travel for work......

[@Wolfie6020]

I have the scope and mount in a single pelican case that is easy to carry on. The tripod folds and fits in a large suitcase in checked luggage. Very easy to travel with.

[@Darryl.M]

🌠

[@reidflemingworldstoughestm1394]

It's so very very easy to show that the earth is a big blobboid shape. I'm convinced flerfs have no interest in knowing the truth, and just want to defend their claims to fight off the inevitable shame of admitting they were wrong.

[@phxgen]

Is this old or are you just in Tucson often? I live close enough that I should be able to see you, but, y'know, flerspective; and mountains. Y'ever fly into Scottsdale or Deer Valley airports, presumably both well under 100 nautical miles north of Tucson? I live between the two, but far enough from either that they're usually no bother. Recently though, had a Gulfstream departing Scottsdale descend through low clouds on a rainy day, looking like it was going to stall right into my house, before spinning up to warp 9 and disappearing. The whole bottom of the craft facing right at me, but from due east instead of, uh, above, and seemingly no more than like 300m away. It was like a two-second event but it seriously scared the piss outta me. Phoenix-Gateway Mesa airport is part of my metro area and I fly from there a lot but it's almost like driving to Tucson, takes an hour to get there _without_ traffic. On behalf of all Arizonans, I'd like to apologize for all of our stupid people. Doesn't seem quite as obvious in Flagstaff or Tucson as it is in Phoenix, likely because they have decent universities. We natives are some serious dumbs, ASU basically trades time and money for pretending that you did some learnin' to get certificates. I have one, they all say "Certified by the Board of Arizona State University: Mr. or Ms. (Write your name here) does NOT have donkey brains. MS in (fill in your major here). Congratulations!"

[@Wolfie6020]

This was taken on the night of the 22nd. I am still in Tucson for a few days but busy most days as we have a few trips coming up soon. I am in the USA for a while so plan more like this when our schedule settles down.

[@shegocrazy]

The prompt "Hello google" switches all comms direct to NASA control centre in area 41. True fact. Woolfie is busted. lol

[@teaurn]

Bit off-topic, but I wondered what your experience of Win 11 is so far? Would you recommend it? 🤔

[@joecooksey4331]

I am waaay late to the party. What sats were you shooting?

[@FrenchCrow]

What took you so long? ;-)

[@Alysm-Aviation]

You ok bud? We were gonna send a search party.

[@Wolfie6020]

Hi Joe, EchoStar 23 XM-3 SXM-8 And the one to the left is FM-5

[@shaneeslick]

PS I'm sure looking up & seeing the Southern Cross will make you feel at home Woolfie 😉 /s 🌏🌎🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@doranku]

Why are the stars and shadow moving right to left in the timelapse IF you are really in the Northern Hemisphere? I'm north and see them move left to right (when looking south, so east to west movement). Something is fishy here!

[@bobblum5973]

Hmm, maybe it's an Australian laptop, with the screen rotated 180° so it's viewable in the Northern hemisphere? 😉🙄🤔

[@mikefochtman7164]

You're right that in northern hemisphere, when looking south, stars should move left to right. I suspect it's something in how wolfie's camera / laptop are setup, thinking he's still 'down under'? Or maybe it IS just some 'stock footage' he threw in after making a quick video about his equipment setup in Tucson? Hope he straightens it out before long. Shots from wally and wolfie of the moon at the same time should appear 'upside down' from one another.

[@doranku]

@@mikefochtman7164 I trust Wolfie enough to just have his camera up side down. Depending on his setup it might be in the images he captured. My FITS file are populated with available information, one of them is rotation of the camera relative to the horizon of the observer. But only when using the full hardware and software stack and having done a plane solve at least once.

[@doranku]

@@bobblum5973 Wolfie should have an Australian and Austrian laptop with him at all times.

[@bobblum5973]

@@doranku That would tie in with something I said months ago: Mitchell from Australia actually is in Austria but just thinks he's in Australia. Or vice versa.

[@willgart1]

oh no... the stars are rotating in the wrong direction :P they should go from the left to the right for australian people... ;-)

[@mikefochtman7164]

Well for australian folks in australia, looking north the stars should go from right to left. But in Tucson AZ, they should have been going left to right. Very confusing unless the time-lapse footage was 'stock footage' from Aus, or wolfie flipped the image for some reason.

[@maxwellshammer5283]

👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@justinh1433]

What garbage. You can see the moon with clouds in front and behind it with the naked eye.

[@Alysm-Aviation]

Bright moon + hazy clouds. Which is why when you fly above said clouds you won't see the moon behind clouds.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

The moon is transparent now?

[@tgstudio85]

So are all flatturds at same level of intelligence as you kiddo?

[@eftupworld]

That is an inference. Very much the same as saying during a lunar eclipse we see the shadow of the earth on the moon. It's quite interesting, but it's certainly not science.

[@Alysm-Aviation]

What is this inference?

[@adventureswithdogs2251]

And your opinion on what we're seeing here?

[@vimalramachandran]

So you still don’t understand hypothesis and testing of hypothesis. If the globe hypothesis is correct, this is what will happen on the equinox and guess what…that’s exactly what happens…down to the last detail.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

It's called testing a hypothesis. Something flerfs never do.

[@ComradeJehannum]

Yeah would like to see what you think it causing these geostationary satellites to "blink out" and come back into view?

[@barstoolsandpowertools8617]

👍👍👍

[@Jazzaconda]

Brilliant!