Part Finlander

[jetstream]

Some close friends say I must be part Finlander because I'm always in the sauna or hot tub lol I certainly grew up around a lot of them and I think the culture rubbed off on a lot of us.

I set the 10" for a goodbye observation (selling it) and went inside for a bit to wait until the moon set. I stepped outside to this- heres my observations tonight.  I forgot about the scope and went into the hot tub to take these and stare up in amazement.

I'm so fortunate to live here .

Taken with a 3 second exposure with my I Phone 11 handheld,no processing.

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by jetstream

[jetstream]

One from the past with the T3/Sigma

 

[Littleguy80]

Amazing Gerry! Something I’d love to see! Especially sitting in a hot tub  

[Stu]

Incredible! So jealous! 👍

[Mr Spock]

Incredible sight!

[Epick Crom]

Wow, the northern lights! I've always wanted too see them. You are one lucky man 👍

[Captain Scarlet]

Well I am part Finlander (half) and I must admit I’ve never seen the Aurora. Amazing.

Magnus

[jetstream]

4 hours ago, Stu said:

Incredible! So jealous! 👍

Thanks Stu!

We get them here a lot when active. I have more but when I put them on here the images get big, degrading the image- any idea how to get them a bit smaller?

[Zermelo]

24 minutes ago, jetstream said:

any idea how to get them a bit smaller

Send Reduced app ?

 

 

[900SL]

Apparently there is quite a show this week. Unfortunately cloudy and fog here at the moment

[jetstream]

3 minutes ago, 900SL said:

Apparently there is quite a show this week. Unfortunately cloudy and fog here at the moment

Great to know, maybe I should dig out the Quark to see whats happening on the sun too. I hope you get to see them- they were incredibly bright last night, at times drowning out Polaris.

[JeremyS]

So is someone try to tell you they are not happy about you selling your 10-inch? 🤔

[jetstream]

Just now, JeremyS said:

So is someone try to tell you they are not happy about you selling your 10-inch? 🤔

I thought about this! It is a very good telescope- I'm having a hard time parting with it actually...

[globular]

56 minutes ago, jetstream said:

any idea how to get them a bit smaller?

On a PC: insert the image, ctrl and right click on the image, select 'edit image', make sure 'keep aspect ratio' is ticked, reduce pixel size, click update

[jetstream]

1 hour ago, globular said:

On a PC: insert the image, ctrl and right click on the image, select 'edit image', make sure 'keep aspect ratio' is ticked, reduce pixel size, click update

Ok, so I drag it into the box here then do that? Sorry- I have good eyes but am basically useless with computers 😐. Thanks for the help, Gerry

[jetstream]

Trying...

[globular]

Insert an image in your post and you'll have something like this:

Press CTRL and right click on the image in the post.... and you'll get this:

Click on 'Edit Image' and you'll get this window:

Make sure 'Keep original aspect ratio' is ticked.

Then, if you want to halve the size of the image, halve the number in the width box.  In this case change the 282 into 140 or so.

Cluck update and you get this:

... and snoopy is about half the size.

[jetstream]

@globular thanks for helping me! Espc after exposing my weakness with this stuff... I figure its better to ask , exposing weakness than sitting here not knowing what to do lol

Gerry

[jetstream]

Ill do another one

[globular]

No problem. It's not the most obvious set of steps. Asking is a strength 

[jetstream]

@globular what is aspect ratio? the ratio of width to height?

[globular]

Amazing images.  Please share as many as you have... now you can fit them all in, haha.

Edited March 24, 2023 by globular

[globular]

1 minute ago, jetstream said:

@globular what is aspect ratio? the ratio of width to height?

Yes.  You can untick it and then change them independently to stretch and distort the image. 

[jetstream]

2 minutes ago, globular said:

Amazing images.  Please share as many as you have... now you can fit them all it, haha.

Sure! Thank you very much, I wasnt sure if there would be a bunch of interest. Tonight should be stunning too- I want a "new" (gently used) DSLR for the aurora, but know very little. My buddy, my former millwright offered me his Canon 6D to try but didnt take him up on his very generous offer. I know I want low noise at high ISO but thats about it..Hes a semi pro photographer in retirement, weddings etc

[jetstream]

@Stu can we delete the first 3 huge images so I can repost them smaller and better?