HeyJaredMolly Wakeling
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Which filter should I use? (opens the original)
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The night sky is littered with galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters — if only we had eyes large enough to see them. Fortunately, cameras and telescopes can see what our eyes cannot. It can be hard for a beginning astrophotographer to know which filters you should image a particular object with. But once you’ve been in this hobby long enough, you’ll start to see some patterns emerge. First, there are two classes of astrophotography filters: narrowband and wideband. Narrowband filters capture thin
What's that in the sky? (opens the original)
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One night, out at the Miami Valley Astronomical Society’s observatory near Dayton, Ohio, I saw a bright light hovering in the sky to the southeast. It appeared stationary, just hanging there. Watching closely, I saw it drift to the side … and then came the sound of jet engines as it flew overhead, nothing more than a commercial airliner on approach to the Dayton International Airport with its landing lights on. The observatory is in just the right position that incoming aircraft appear to hover
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