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This single frame was taken at 20:04 and not many to make an animation , I think ISO 1600 is to high for this location. ( I may of already worked that out but cant recall)

I notice slight trails at 30 seconds also which supprised me

This might interest you.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/002182860503600302

Better to set a budget then get the best spec machine within that budget.

Glendale is a webapp my wife uses

https://aurora-alerts.uk/

its almost like forever autumn these days, cloudy rainy and overall yuck.

and from the day after.

Once I had an inbuilt OAG on my CCD i never looked back.

Can I enter this?

2 hours ago, Tomatobro said:

geostationary satellite in the extreme bottom left corner?

no i belive thats a head on meteor

23 hours ago, Tomatobro said:

all depends on timing.  Those trails suggest the shutter was open for quite a while so in effect it stacked the meteors as they came in

 

its only a 30 second sub, the gopro makes the trails

What appears to be 4 shooting stars... is it really?

They look too close and same direction? Is it a Satelite?

1 hour ago, Elp said:

This is unfortunate. It is one of the reasons RAID was invented but most people don't use it. You can split data across multiple drives to boost performance or have said data duplicate to multiple drives.

Never seen a raid in a laptop.

An automated backup option is essential if you dont use cloud storage (which i would also backup)

I would always make a weekly full drive backup (image) so you can do a full restore and also the same after any major system changes.

I dont save any user data (and if i do by accident it gets moved) on my Boot drive its always another physical drive, internal, external or NAS

Feel like a whil esince I made one of these, lovly night last night, the box I have the setup in was covered in a thick layer of frost, almost makes me feel Christmassy.... almost its still November!

The answer really dedpends on the strenght of the user a 10" OTA can be a big thing to deal with even if the mount can take it.

Straight from the camera no editing. Will be interesting to see what editing can do, camera pointing to the Zenith tonight Sam had East.

Still going and stronger.

Early in the evening and a bit low ill be interested to see what the Gopros get

10 hours ago, Rusted said:

I am far too polite to ask if you have one short leg. [On the tripod!] ☺️
Blocking the headlights on the road might be a consideration for next time.
But only because they are a distraction for what is going on overhead.
Can you move to the left to use the buildings in the foreground as a mask?
Quicker than waiting for a hedge to grow.

As to the clouds? You are naturally forgiven.
Though their haste and colour does add drama to the scene.
Nature abhors we pesky humans! It should be obvious by now.
 

Hope this helps?

I do like the clouds backlit looks cool

More time spent on it tonight with a bit of light so we can see what we are doing 🤣🤣

The view.

The location.

The setup.

Watch the aurora hide as its clear as a bell....

5 hours ago, rl said:

I take it the building is the bar?

Other apartments at the Laxabakki hotel, there is a bar but ill need a bank loan.

6 hours ago, Rusted said:

I am far too polite to ask if you have one short leg. [On the tripod!] ☺️
Blocking the headlights on the road might be a consideration for next time.
But only because they are a distraction for what is going on overhead.
Can you move to the left to use the buildings in the foreground as a mask?
Quicker than waiting for a hedge to grow.

As to the clouds? You are naturally forgiven.
Though their haste and colour does add drama to the scene.
Nature abhors we pesky humans! It should be obvious by now.
 

Hope this helps?

Mounted on the roof rack I forgot nightlapse does not have horizon lock. A crop in post will fix it it i do it, might not as its cloudy.

Hard to do when you cant see as its already dark, but this ones a epic fail.. kinda glad it was cloudy....

This is visible to the naked eye through the cloud!!!!

This would of been stunning