rdm on Nostr: Back in the day, and I mean starting around the turn of last century, you'd hunt for ...
Back in the day, and I mean starting around the turn of last century, you'd hunt for planets by taking photos through your telescope days or weeks apart, and then comparing the two plates.
Today I proved to myself that I have photographed Neptune from my front garden.
Last week, I took this shot with my DwarfII - 10x15s exposures, stacked, and filtered to make everything yellow. In theory, somewhere in this image is Neptune. Good luck working out where!
#astrophotography #neptune #planethunting #dwarfii #snapseed #science
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