October 10, 2024 Northern Lights

This was a quickly planned composite of four images of the ISS passing overhead in front of the Big Dipper and 2021's Comet NEOWISE.

Lightning strike while driving taken with a dash cam.

October 10, 2024 Northern Lights

SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard<br>BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel<br>NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes<br>NAXIS1 = 4024 / length of data axis 1<br>NAXIS2 = 3018 / length of data axis 2<br>NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3<br>EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions<br>COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy<br>COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&amp;A...376..359H<br>BZERO = 0 / offset data range to that of unsigned short<br>BSCALE = 1 / default scaling factor<br>DATE = '2024-09-05T02:36:27' / UTC date that FITS file was created<br>DATE-OBS= '2023-08-28T01:46:42' / YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss observation start, UT<br>INSTRUME= ' ' / instrument name<br>OBSERVER= ' ' / observer name<br>TELESCOP= ' ' / telescope used to acquire this image<br>ROWORDER= 'TOP-DOWN' / Order of the rows in image array<br>XPIXSZ = 3.76 / X pixel size microns<br>YPIXSZ = 3.76 / Y pixel size microns<br>XBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode<br>YBINNING= 1 / Camera binning mode<br>FOCALLEN= 591.213 / Camera focal length<br>CCD-TEMP= 0 / CCD temp in C<br>SET-TEMP= 0 / Temperature setting in C<br>CTYPE1 = 'RA---TAN' / Coordinate type for the first axis<br>CTYPE2 = 'DEC--TAN' / Coordinate type for the second axis<br>CUNIT1 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates<br>CUNIT2 = 'deg ' / Unit of coordinates<br>EQUINOX = 2000 / Equatorial equinox<br>OBJCTRA = '16 41 39.632' / Image center Right Ascension (hms)<br>OBJCTDEC= '+36 27 39.665' / Image center Declination (dms)<br>RA = 250.415 / Image center Right Ascension (deg)<br>DEC = 36.461 / Image center Declination (deg)<br>CRPIX1 = 2012 / Axis1 reference pixel<br>CRPIX2 = 1509 / Axis2 reference pixel<br>CRVAL1 = 250.415 / Axis1 reference value (deg)<br>CRVAL2 = 36.461 / Axis2 reference value (deg)<br>CDELT1 = -0.000364419 / X pixel size (deg)<br>CDELT2 = 0.000364361 / Y pixel size (deg)<br>PC1_1 = 0.17529 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 1)<br>PC1_2 = -0.984517 / Linear transformation matrix (1, 2)<br>PC2_1 = 0.984509 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 1)<br>PC2_2 = 0.175334 / Linear transformation matrix (2, 2)<br>PLTSOLVD= T / Siril internal solve<br>HISTORY TOP-DOWN mirror<br>HISTORY Crop (x=1090, y=441, w=4024, h=3018)<br>HISTORY Background extraction (Correction: Subtraction)<br>HISTORY Photometric CC<br>HISTORY Deconvolution<br>HISTORY GHS pivot: 0.001, amount: 17.39, local: 15.00 [0.00 0.29]<br>HISTORY GHS pivot: 0.053, amount: 1.93, local: 0.00 [0.00 1.00]<br>HISTORY GHS pivot: 0.123, amount: 0.73, local: 0.00 [0.00 1.00]<br>HISTORY SCNR (type=average neutral, amount=1.00, preserve=true)<br>END<br>

What a cute little mascot!

C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

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SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard<br>BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel<br>NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes<br>NAXIS1 = 972 / length of data axis 1<br>NAXIS2 = 972 / length of data axis 2<br>NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3<br>EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions<br>COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy<br>COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&amp;A...376..359H<br>BZERO = 0 / offset data range to that of unsigned short<br>BSCALE = 1 / default scaling factor<br>DATE = '2024-10-04T18:21:56' / UTC date that FITS file was created<br>DATE-OBS= '2024-10-04T08:56:20.383602' / YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss observation start, <br>INSTRUME= 'Seestar S50' / instrument name<br>OBSERVER= ' ' / observer name<br>TELESCOP= 'Seestar S50' / telescope used to acquire this i

This is a picture of the sun in Hydrogen-alpha light, which is filtered light of a very narrow spectrum. It allows us to peer through the bright atmosphere of the Sun and look at its surface.

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October 10, 2024 Northern Lights

This is just part of it because it is bigger than my Time Machine can see at once. More coming later.

SIMPLE = T / file does conform to FITS standard<br>BITPIX = -32 / number of bits per data pixel<br>NAXIS = 3 / number of data axes<br>NAXIS1 = 6248 / length of data axis 1<br>NAXIS2 = 4176 / length of data axis 2<br>NAXIS3 = 3 / length of data axis 3<br>EXTEND = T / FITS dataset may contain extensions<br>COMMENT FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) format is defined in 'Astronomy<br>COMMENT and Astrophysics', volume 376, page 359; bibcode: 2001A&amp;A...376..359H<br>MIPS-FHI= 1 / Upper visualization cutoff<br>MIPS-FLO= 0 / Lower visualization cutoff<br>BZERO = 0 / offset data range to that of unsigned short<br>BSCALE = 1 / default scaling factor<br>DATE = '2024-09-23T18:16:23' / UTC date that FITS file was created<br>DATE-OBS= '2024-09-21T01:17:59.494000' / YYYY-MM-DDThh🇲🇲ss observation start, <br>INSTRUME= 'ZWO ASI2600MC Pro' / instrume

October 10, 2024 Northern Lights