Curiosity Rush

A curious person’s blog

  • M3

    30 second exposure, 3200 ISO. 15 frames.

  • Little improvement

    Slightly better after stacking. Still not great. I failed and put down the ISO and exposure levels for shits and giggles because I was worried about tracking problems. It turns out that was the wrong thing to do as tracking appears fine. The colors got subdued. Better than last night, though. 10 seconds at…

  • Crap-asstrophotography

    I’ve just started and I seriously (I mean seriously) suck at it. This is the Orion Nebula: So, let me explain. I’m trying to use image stacking, and so I’m using my Rebel T1i and taking 30 second exposures at 1600 ISO. This is one of those shitty exposures. Great and fine and I…

  • Tuesday: learning and failure.

    On the bright side: my ancient WRF code is mostly functional after almost a decade. So, yay me from 10 years ago. Looking forward to bringing that back and starting to play with weather models again. All in all, a good day. It’s one of those “building days” where you don’t shine but learn…