Yet Another Moon via Smartphone
By midnight, I knew I had to stay up a tad longer to see the Moon in proximity to both Jupiter and Spica.
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Moon through Smartphone: Compensating for Clouds
With clouds, the equation changes a bit, so I scaled the shutter all the way up to 1/50 to get this (cropped, as the surroundings are all black).
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More Perspective on Capturing the Moon’s Detail with a Smartphone
The following day and at approximately the same time (in daylight), the sky was still clear. So I took another round of pictures.
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The Moon: So Far and Yet So Near
Tonight, I took a few more pictures of the Moon (and my, has it grown since its run-in over the weekend with Aldebaran!).
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Watch as Aldebaran Disappears Behind the Moon
It was a little nerve wracking as Aldebaran was about to disappear, for though I was video taping it, I had to keep adjusting the telescope as the sky moved.
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The Daytime Moon
My first photographing of the Moon during the day.
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Fifth and Final Night of Comet A3
There is a saying that you need to know when to retire. This can apply to comet viewing as well. I decided after tonight’s session that it was time to call my time with Comet A3 as complete.
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Third Night of Comet A3, with Constellations
Each night photographing Comet A3 has presented its own challenges. On this evening, the problem was focus. On the prior two evenings I was able to easily leverage the Moon to get decent focus. However, on this night the Moon was still well-hidden in my East sky.
What saved the night were all the airplanes going in, out, and around O’Hare International Airport. The planes are not exactly infinity focus, but they are sufficiently distant to get the needed focus into the right ballpark. This article’s accompanying picture was taken after focusing the lens on a plane.
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Someone Had to Blab to the World About AI and Now We All Pay the Price
In today’s article, I pause and reflect on what AI has been over the past year and a half since the introduction of ChatGPT. Has this “new” AI improved your life? Do you see the benefits to yourself and to society? And I look back at my own attempt to build an AI interface for my website.
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My Last Solar Eclipse Article
I recap my experience photographing the 2024 North America Solar Eclipse, along with discussing some of the challenges, and reflect on the next eclipse in 20 years.
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