LENS FLARE, RIGHT?

C'mon OP learn to read and use your common sense.

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There are two reflections on the water so I would have to agree, not a lens flare!

Filter flare. Filter flares are reflections of the object which is causing the flare, whether that's the sun, or the sun's reflection in the water. Yes; if the sun's reflection is bright enough, it can cause its own filter flare.


Last Edited by Astromut on 07/26/2016 03:33 PM

damn OP you really want this don't you?

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That's asking a lot of this one....

Of course it is filter flare...or lens flare...or...or...or...

Yeah, well, one day, it WON'T BE and in the twinkling of an eye, everything will be over....according to those in higher pay grades than myself anyway....

Care to prove otherwise?
Do the finger test and see what happens...

When you're done with that, rotate (not just pan, rotate) the camera and see what happens...




Yes, perhaps one day soon we can go back to misidenifying real celestial objects like GN 05.39.2. I enjoyed that one.

No I don't dare argue with you anymore....I learned that lesson months ago....

and now that you have banned me from your threads, I won't come close....

Time will tell.....

swamp gas

Dr.Astro what could happen if a big enough body upsets the Oort cloud?

You're still sore about that? And you really want to bring that up again? Ok, fine, let's review. You admitted to me that you post on my threads without viewing the videos those threads are about.
Thread: First live feed of nibiru you can seed the red iron oxide dust
I banned you from commenting on my threads since you openly admitted you do not, and have no interest, in ever viewing any video I post, so why should you respond to said videos on my threads? If you are that thoroughly uninterested in what I post, then you shouldn't even bother replying to my threads.

When I told you this, you made the mistake of assuming that red karma you had just received came from me. I gave you green karma signed from me as proof that I did not leave the red karma you assumed was mine, and hilariously you doubled down and tried to claim that it still could have come from me.
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Yes, after that humiliating display I can certainly see why you don't want to argue with me anymore...

Last Edited by Astromut on 07/26/2016 04:14 PM

Astro I could care less about you or your posts or your opinion. Go play with the other boys your age and your plastic telescopes. I could give a crap anymore....

When are you fucking Nibtards going to stop with this stupid horseshit already? There are more than enough strange and fucked up things happening in real life as it is, why do you keep chasing a goddamn fairy tail?

Harry Potter 2002

Discard my opinions all you want (though I will note that it was you who came onto this thread to attack my explanation), the facts I present remain. For example, it's my opinion that it was hilarious for you to double down on your claim that I left you red karma back on May 3rd. However, it is a fact that I actually left you green karma and signed my name to prove it was really me and that I didn't leave you red karma. Those are not opinions, those are facts. The problem is, you continue to ignore the facts that I present. Facts are stubborn things.


While I appreciate your continued compliments about my youthful appearance, I assure you, this is not a plastic telescope...


Last Edited by Astromut on 07/26/2016 04:32 PM

Indeed I would suggest you do just that before you embarrass yourself further. I don't harbor any particular ill will towards you, in spite of your unwise assumptions about me. I'll gladly allow you to post in my threads again if you promise you'll actually start viewing the videos I post before responding to them (or conversely, choose not to respond if you haven't viewed them).

Consider what responses I should expect if I had responded to OP's video without first watching it to see what it contained? I'd be railed on, and rightly so. It isn't unreasonable of me to expect you to view my material before responding to it on my own threads.

You say you don't care, but you do attack my explanations when I give them (even though you admit you don't watch the videos I post). You also seem to care that you can't currently post on my threads, but honestly I had forgotten about what happened back in May until you reminded me about it. I'm willing to take that back and move on if you are.

OP, I suggest you check your mailbox for private messages...

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Astro, how many tries did it take until you could move the flashlight in the same way the telescope moved?



Serious: Did you work on an ASCOM version? AFAIK you once said it works only with the LX200 command set.

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No ASCOM version as yet; the ASCOM driver required each GOTO to complete and receive the stop signal before it would issue the next command, so it wouldn't work with my classic LX200 or any other scope lacking direct drive rate control. I might port it to ASCOM for scopes that support direct drive rate control, but I still need a way to test it.

I'm planning to have a discussion with my alma mater about it once I get the satellite tracking function up and running. They have some newer GPS LX200's which should support direct drive rate control, and I'm sure they would like to have automated satellite tracking capability. I made a first pass at that some time ago but quickly realized simple Keplerian solutions were not nearly accurate enough even a few hours out from the TLE epoch. I should finally have some time to sit down and start writing the orbit propagation code next week.

Ultimately though I'm hoping to port the code directly to newer Meade and Celestron command sets since scopes like the LX90 do not support direct drive rate control but should hopefully be just as capable as my LX200 at tracking. In fact that will probably be easier to port to than direct drive control with ASCOM since the latter will require redoing the entire guidance scheme. So basically, Autostar and Nexstar support will probably precede any kind of ASCOM support.

And of course this one guy was the only person in the world to notice there was literally two suns in the sky, right?

Lens flare AND swamp glass.



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That are good news.

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can you imagine how hot it would be if there was a 2nd sun that big next the other one ?

you and I both know that money cant buy us what we seek
faith is what we have, and illumination is what we seek
Sunlight
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Nobody ever claimed that the OP was at all bright.

The third worst thing about being stuck between two suns shall be the lack of corn chips...following that would be nameless infinite incentives to scramble...first things first is to rely on my self at all times and pray for rain

Bridge...we're on the same page my friend....