wimvb Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Just wanted to share this time lapse of the Liverpool Telescope at work. Note the large number of movements the scope makes during one night. Every time you see it tracking the night sky, is one imaging session. The data captured during such sessions, is representative of what @gorann and I have been working on for the past time. Also note that the 'obsy' is completely remote controlled. You can see the various instruments being changed in this video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr niall Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 That's amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Boesen Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 that widefield shot of trifid, eagle and lagoon was so stunning!! Imagine living under these type of skies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brrttpaul Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Love it, could watch it for hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinglem Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 What a brilliant video such a clear sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star101 Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Excellent video. Yeah, those skies are amazing. Thanks for brightening up my very dull damp dreary day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Presland Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 I would love to visit somewhere like that, especially if I could take my imaging set up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvb Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Pretty amazing conditions. I liked the part where clouds roll in like waves, from below. If you're high enough, clouds don't matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollypenrice Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Great video. Inspiring stuff. Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 absolutely awesome video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 12 hours ago, Pete Presland said: I would love to visit somewhere like that, especially if I could take my imaging set up! ufffff , DITTO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 1 hour ago, wimvb said: Pretty amazing conditions. I liked the part where clouds roll in like waves, from below. If you're high enough, clouds don't matter. One day I love to live in a place above the clouds.... dreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 13 hours ago, Victor Boesen said: that widefield shot of trifid, eagle and lagoon was so stunning!! Imagine living under these type of skies. I imagine and dream about that TOO frequently.. no really... it's starting to become a problem. haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red meteor Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 Great to see this video and the marvellous skies. I was rather alarmed at the number of times the whole observatory is illuminated. Do they have neighbours careless with their lights? I am surprised that this is not better controlled at a major professional site full of multimillion £$ telescopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimvb Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 I think that the lights are rather dim. The 'christmas lighting' beneath the scope are led lights, yet they seem to light up the whole observatory. And since the milky way shows so well, the exposures that made this time lapse must have been long or at high iso. Besides, the imaging periods are quite short. The longest single exposures with this scope are 5 minutes. Most are 90 seconds or shorter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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