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A fancy apartment building on Worthing seafront.
The white railings against a dark background reminded me of industrial machine belts.
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Soapberry : Lapin Ears (Custom Texture) @ The Warehouse Sale
Somnium : Automation MK2 (Forgotten)
Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. They move, make noise and light up. Bits and pieces of this and that.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
NGC2070, The Tarantula Nebula, is a large region of ionized gas surrounding a collection of newly-forming stars at the eastern end of the stellar bar in the Large Magellanic Cloud and is located approximately 170000 light years away.
It has been several months of less than ideal conditions to setup for Deep Sky Astrophotography, so when we had a clear moonless night last night, I took the opportunity to capture a couple of hours on the Tarantula Nebula. I was concerned that as it had been quite a while since my last image, that I would have forgotten the process. The ASIAir and ZWO equipment worked like clockwork with no issues at all. I managed only 20 x 180 seconds (1 hour) each of Ha and Oiii, but am very happy with the final image.
Equipment Details:
•6 Inch GSO Ritchey-Chretien (RC) F9 1370mm Focal length
•Skywatcher NEQ6 Mount
•ZWO ASI1600mm Cmos Camera cooled to -10'c
•ZWO EFW7 Filter Wheel
•Baader 36mm unmounted Ha, Oiii
•Orion ST80 80mm Guide Scope
•ZWO ASI120mm mini Guide Camera
•ZWO ASIAIR Pro for full automation
Exposure Details: (HOO Combination
•Ha 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Red)
•Oiii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Green)
•Oiii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1 (Blue)
Total Integration Time: 2 hours
Created in DDG Text 2 Dream using its "Artistic" Ai model.
Filters: PS Beta 2023, Topaz Sharpen Ai, Topaz Studio.
A bit of hand painting.
This began as all hot pink. I used the "Adjustments" tab set of filters in PS to bring in green/lilac tones, then added several layers of "difference" or "exclusion" on top. The final saturation and texture modifications are multiple Topaz Studio looks. I'm guessing that this is about 20 layers in total.
Thanks for your visit, faves, and kind comments.
Kinda creepy, but also kinda cool at the same time. Bits and pieces of things, put together so they move, make noises and flash lights. But probably not for the kids.
subZERO Festival in downtown San José, California.
This is an amazingly versatile industrial automation device, made by the company I work for; it can do multiple types of analog and digital inputs and outputs, all in a package about 2"w x 6"h x 5"d.
"The Washington population of the Black Oystercatcher is estimated to be roughly 400 birds. This number is probably not significantly different from the historical population, as these birds require fairly specialized habitat, which is not evenly distributed. Oystercatchers are highly vulnerable to human disturbance, oil spills, and pollution of the intertidal zone. Numbers of Black Oystercatchers on the outer coast may be higher than in the past, in part due to decreased human disturbance resulting from lighthouse automation. Numbers in inland areas, however, have declined in response to increased human activity. The Northern Pacific Coast Regional Shorebird Management Plan has identified the Black Oystercatcher as a regional species of high concern."
"The Black Oystercatcher is restricted in its range, never straying far from shores, in particular favoring rocky shorelines. It has been suggested that this bird is seen mostly on coastal stretches which have some quieter embayments, such as jetty protected areas. It forages in the intertidal zone, feeding on marine invertebrates, particularly molluscs such as mussels, limpets and chitons. It will also take crabs, isopods and barnacles. It hunts through the intertidal area, searching for food visually, often so close to the water's edge it has to fly up to avoid crashing surf. It uses its strong bill to dislodge food and pry shells open."
The headquarters of Rockwell Automation in Milwaukee, WI features two large industrial buildings, connected by a six-story skywalk and crowned with what was for 50 years the world's largest four-sided clock.
Industrial automation is always interesting, because nothing ever stays the same. On the right is an Opto 22 R1 Programmable Automation Controller, (PAC); the original version was released over 20 years ago, but due to an increasing shortage of its aging processor, a complete redesign using a modern processor was required. The important thing for us is to try to make the new version a drop-in replacement for the original so the customers can continue to use all of their existing programming without any modifications. I've been privileged to work with a talented team of co-workers who have worked for at least a year to make this happen. We're finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Automate the observatory with two telescopes is much more difficult than with one.
Here I'm imaging NGC 891 with both telescopes and then the humidity reaches the maximum threshold, so both mounts get parked and the roof is closed.
Sample shot for the Exposure.Detroit Woodward: Mile By Mile Project
The Albert Kahn designed Ford Model T Plant. Starting place of the mass production assembly line one turning out over nine thousand vehicles at its peak and raising standards of living for those fortunate enough to find work there.
The second prototype for my latest Mindstorms project, which will hopefully become an automatic LEGO mosaic printer.
Info, commentary and video of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/r8OQDy29yJU
The latest update to my LEGO Mindstorms printer project, with the scanning functionality all working.
I'm not sure I can really call this a prototype anymore, since it is pretty much fully functional, but there is still work to do.
Info, commentary and footage of it in action can be found in the video: youtu.be/iyQCMP2kqs0
Batman and Robin. The Joker's Funhouse. Be sure to watch all the automation on my YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gUCiT_-A8
Thanks to Nicole from Dynamic Video Creations for creating the amazing video!
Hang on Commissioner Gordon!! The Batsignal is up in the night sky and help is on it's way!
Many thanks to Carlyle Livingston II who graciously photographed and edited the photos.
A pair of R188 trains approach 111th St station on the Flushing Line. The (7) train at left is operating under automatic train control on the CBTC-equipped main track, and the out-of-service one at right is (to my knowledge) being operated manually by the yard operator into the pocket track. This also explains the difference in speed between the two trains, as the one at right was creeping along very slowly and the one at left was easily going three times as fast! It was quite lucky that they met in the clear space where they did!
R188 (7) (Kawasaki, 2011-2016)
111th St station
Flushing Line - IRT
Over the course of the 1970s, SLRs got smaller and gained motor drives and automation, with electronic shutters becoming the norm by the end of the decade. The subminiature craze of the 1950s and 60s had been replaced by Kodak's 110 film system, which featured sophisticated rangefinder cameras and two SLRs. The half-frame 35mm that was very popular in the early and mid 1960s disappeared; and the eye-level, easy handling medium format SLR arrived.
Rangefinder cameras had been transformed: nearly all of the professional interchangeable-lens models were gone, but compact fixed-lens rangefinders were very popular. Like the SLRs, they got smaller and smaller over the course of the decade.
The "hot shoe" flash attachment had been introduced by the American Univex Mercury in 1938, and was used on a handful of other American cameras in the 1950s. It was rediscovered by the Japanese around 1970, and by the end of the 70s even the Russian Kiev 4AM had one.
First successful fully automated run. Other than hitting the power buttons the scope ran itself- from unparking to parking at the end. A bright moon, so I stuck with a trusty favorite the Perseus double cluster through the more forgiving 320mm fl apo.
I will also be able to "delay start" when darkness comes late (like in June) or when a target doesn't rise until after bedtime. I haven't tried yet, but the goal is to also be able to run multiple targets as darkness allows. A rare clear winter night around here is about 18 hours long, enough for 3 full imaging runs.
My point, certainly, is not to let the thing run while I sit inside and eat potato chips, more to give the flexibilty to do other things without having to babysit the imaging. Other things could be visual telescoping, going to the park for the view to the south, or I guess sitting on the sofa and eating potato chips.
Equipment
Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Astro-Tech AT66ED
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY163C
Mounts
Celestron Omni CG-4
Accessories
Astro-Tech .8x Reducer/Field Flattener · OnStep Telescope Mount Goto Controller · Rigel Systems Stepper motor
Software
Adobe Photoshop · Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) · Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2 · Stefan Berg Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy (N.I.N.A. / NINA)
Acquisition details
Dates:
Sept. 5, 2022
Frames:
161×120″(5h 22′)
Integration:
5h 22′
Avg. Moon age:
9.28 days
Avg. Moon phase:
69.64%
Basic astrometry details
Astrometry.net job: 6272151
RA center: 02h19m07s.2
DEC center: +57°06′36″
Pixel scale: 2.423 arcsec/pixel
Orientation: 113.026 degrees
Field radius: 1.918 degrees
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Resolution: 4528x3462
File size: 22.9 MB
Data source: Backyard