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Month: February 2018

February 27, 2018 Mars

NASA planetary protection officer suggests loosening limits on exploring Mars for life

Yes, I’m all for this. We’ve already sent “contaminated” craft to Mars. NASA planetary protection officer suggests loosening limits on exploring Mars for life Plans for human arrival could open

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February 27, 2018 Jupiter

Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Soon Disappear…

Or maybe not…either way – Jupiter imaging season is upon us. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot May Soon Disappear… Scientists aren’t quite sure what will happen to the shrinking mega-storm. Aside

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February 26, 2018 Astrophotography

The benefits of adding more subs to your stack

A good guide about the advantages of image stacking for DSLR astrophotography    The benefits of adding more subs to your stack Adding multiple exposures to create a single image

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February 25, 2018 Cosmology

Fresh Evidence for New Physics in the Universe | NASA

Interesting results from Hubble suggesting confirmation of a discrepancy in the rate of the expansion of the Universe.  Fresh Evidence for New Physics in the Universe The most precise measurements

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February 24, 2018 Astrophotography

M31 pic

It’s a hot, rainy Saturday afternoon in Sydney so what the hell, there’s an old pic of M31 I took some time ago. 

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February 24, 2018 Astrophotography

Sensor breakthrough: Sony has developed a backlit CMOS sensor with global shutter

This s very cool! Sony has just announced a CMOS chip that can read all the pixels at once – plus is has  large 3 micron pixel size which will

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