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April 2, 2007: Composite image of eclipse
It's Neatorama collaboration Monday!
And it's another wide one.
This from Clodfobble, who says "This was sent to me by a colleague who is way into his amateur
telescope hobby. The picture's a year old but I hadn't seen it before and his explanation of the
focal lengths was really interesting to me."
The explanation from Clod's colleague:
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This photo was taken last year by Miloslav Druckmuller and Peter Aniol from the Libyan desert. It is a composite of 231 photos taken with a battery of 5 cameras on a variety of telescopic lenses ranging in focal lengths from 200mm to 1680mm. The multiple shots were necessary to catch different aspects of the eclipse that one shot could not. One camera's exposure must be set to capture the face of the moon. Another must be set for the coronal rays, one to capture stars, .etc etc. Notice how far the coronal rays flare out!! |
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piercehawkeye45 Monday Apr 2 12:52 PM
That's beautiful. Nice picture.
glatt Monday Apr 2 01:08 PM
Spectacular!
I found this link describing it in a little more detail.
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I decided to observe the total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 in Libyan desert together with my friend Peter Aniol from Germany. We joined the expedition led by Richard Fienberg, the editor in chief of Sky & Telescope magazine. The expedition travelled to Libya (Tobruq) from Italy (Genoa) aboard a ship, which was very important for us. We brought to the eclipse site a lot of heavy equipment, which made travelling by air practically impossible. ... Observing conditions in the desert were excellent - absolutely clear sky. Before the expedition, we were afraid of dust. Fortunately, shortly before our arrival there was rain in the desert and the sand was wet. During the sunset which we saw from the bus coming with us to the eclipse site, we saw several cirrus clouds. During the night, the sky was clear, which we used for precise paralactic mount setting. In the morning, there was a heavy fog and after its dissolving there were absolutely perfect observing conditions. |
Flint Monday Apr 2 01:22 PM
Why does our Moon appear the same size as our Sun? This can only be Intelligent Design.
Incidentally, I've been looking for an image to put on the front of my bass drum head (and I know I said that about the ATHF thing) ...
Happy Monkey Monday Apr 2 01:28 PM
Plus, there's only one Sun and one Moon. Therefore, there is only one God.
Flint Monday Apr 2 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Plus, there's only one Sun and one Moon. Therefore, there is only one God.
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Happy Monkey Monday Apr 2 01:49 PM
No, one Sun, one Moon, and one Earth! One God in three aspects! The Trinity!
Flint Monday Apr 2 01:53 PM
Wait, are you saying that Jesus had three testicles, or three wives?
freshnesschronic Monday Apr 2 02:18 PM
sweeeeeeeeet
freshnesschronic Monday Apr 2 02:20 PM
my new desktop!
Sheldonrs Monday Apr 2 02:38 PM
Needs color. Where's Ted Turner?
1 Sun + 1 moon + 1 Earth = 1 Sun + 1 moon + 1 Earth
Cloud Monday Apr 2 02:38 PM
very cool
xoxoxoBruce Monday Apr 2 04:22 PM
I guess since the shadow of the moon is relatively small, there's enough earth to refect light to show Moon detail.
When all the glaciers and polar caps are gone, less light will be reflected and the full Moon won't be as bright?
barefoot serpent Monday Apr 2 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
When all the glaciers and polar caps are gone, less light will be reflected and the full Moon won't be as bright?
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piercehawkeye45 Monday Apr 2 05:09 PM
Nah, paint it black. It's still cold here in Minnesota.
Wombat Monday Apr 2 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey
Plus, there's only one Sun and one Moon. Therefore, there is only one God.
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There are about 10 billion (10^10) stars in an average galaxy,
and there are about 10 billion galaxies that we can observe in the universe,
so the answer is 100 billion billion or 10^20.
John Hawley
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That's a lot of suns. Are there also a lot of gods?
footfootfoot Monday Apr 2 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
Nah, paint it black. It's still cold here in Minnesota.
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I have to turn my head until my darkness goes...
smillie Monday Apr 2 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45
Nah, paint it black.
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Happy Monkey Monday Apr 2 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Wombat
How many stars are there in the universe?
... That's a lot of suns. Are there also a lot of gods? |
piercehawkeye45 Monday Apr 2 11:44 PM
Really?
Fuck The Stones......It's mine.
I seriously didn't know that The Stones used it.
bluecuracao Monday Apr 2 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Wombat
How many stars are there in the universe?
... That's a lot of suns. Are there also a lot of gods? |
rkzenrage Tuesday Apr 3 12:48 AM
Mormons believe god has a wife, which resembles many early religions where the sun and moon are related in this way.
TheMercenary Tuesday Apr 3 11:36 AM
Very cool pic!
Trilby Tuesday Apr 3 12:18 PM
1 Sun + 1 Moon + 1 Earth = 1 Earth + 1 Sun + 1 Moon
The commutative law of addition!
Sun(EarthMoon)=(EarthMoon)Sun
The commutative law of multiplication!
barefoot serpent Tuesday Apr 3 12:49 PM
1 Sun - 1 Moon = 1 Earth? ( I hate Cellar math ) 
Trilby Tuesday Apr 3 12:55 PM
(Sun + Earth) + Moon = (Moon + Earth) + Sun
The associative law of addition!
Trilby Tuesday Apr 3 12:57 PM
sunearthMOON = feminist theory
MOONMOONMOON = queer theory
Earthe, Sunne, Mun = Shakespearian theory
Sundae Tuesday Apr 3 01:31 PM
Shush your heresy.
Wanton strumpet.
Flint Tuesday Apr 3 01:39 PM
Spank her on her ass!
xoxoxoBruce Tuesday Apr 3 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent
stop global warming -- paint the world white
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SeanAhern Tuesday Apr 3 10:25 PM
Color
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
Needs color.
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SeanAhern Tuesday Apr 3 10:27 PM
Hm. I'm hoping you guys can see that picture. It's not coming up for me inside the post here. The URL is http://theaherns.com/ColoredEclipse.jpg
xoxoxoBruce Wednesday Apr 4 12:02 AM
Like this only bigger and more gooder.
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