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A fancy apartment building on Worthing seafront.
The white railings against a dark background reminded me of industrial machine belts.
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.
The Eagle Nebula (Messier 16 or M16,) is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens. The dark center of the nebula was made famous as the "Pillars of Creation" when imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is approximately 5700 light years from Earth.
This is a reprocess of some older data using some new noise reduction techniques and SHO combination.
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:
•Ha 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Oiii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
•Sii 20X180 seconds - Bin 1x1
Total Integration Time: 3 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.
Even though steel production has been relatively stable for last 30 years in U.S., labor has decreased by 42% due to automation, leaving towns like Gary, Indiana with neighborhoods like this.
The earth shudders as the Titan arrives. Towering over all others, this siege mech is plated in matte graphite and steel grey, reinforced with massive shoulder cannons and spiked knuckle guards. Hydraulic limbs the width of tree trunks power its momentum. Its head is small compared to its body — a slit visor the only feature, glowing like molten steel. A multi-missile rack folds from one shoulder; a heavy rotary cannon is built into the left arm. It doesn’t run — it advances with deliberate terror, an unmovable wall of force
-[ X is for Xetron failsafe ]-
A 35mm projector failsafe from a defunct manufacturer better known for their xenon-arc 35mm projection lamphouses and consoles. (I was trying to avoid using brand names this year, but that tricky letter X forced my hand.) Failsafes were an important component of projector automation, shutting down the projector in the event of a film break or when the film ran out at the show's end.
This failsafe is a later design with an optical cue detector, used to control house lights, sound, masking, and projector functions. Unlike traditional detectors using strips of foil applied to the film edges to complete low-voltage electric circuits as the strip passes through closely-spaced roller sets, this one uses either reflective foil or, in the case of one theatre chain's system, bar-coded labels tied to specific actions. The foil or labels were applied onto the picture area, a serious downside to this arrangement leading to brief, distracting blemishes projected onto the screen.
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.
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
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.
Dream Caused by the Feverish Flight of a Concupiscent Pigeon Around a Daliesque Girona's place One Second Before the Nightmare of Awakening.
(a 3D dream . . inspired by the Dali's sleep (YouTube))
(an animation created by CJP . . inspired by the Dali's sleep (YouTube))
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Outlining a Theory of General Creativity . .
. . on a 'Pataphysical projectory
Entropy ≥ Memory ● Creativity ²
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Study of the day:
[...] Quel est le type de contrôle qui convient à l’expression des mécanismes inconscients de la pensée dans l'écriture automatique ? .. Je dis seulement qu'il ne faut pas y voir une écriture incontrôlée. Ces artistes, de la création automatique, se réclament tous d’un contrôle, à commencer par Dali, puisqu’il ne fait pas de la paranoïa, mais il fait de la paranoïa un usage critique, la paranoïa devient une méthode de critique du monde et de ses apparences.
( Gilles Deleuze - Pensée et automatisme - Cours de l'Université Paris 8 )
[...] What kind of control fits to the expression of unconscious mechanisms of thought in the automatic writing ? .. I just say that we have not to see here an uncontrolled writing. These artists, of automatic creation, claim all the practice of a control, starting with Dali, he doesn't make some paranoia, but he makes an active practice of the paranoia, the paranoia becomes a method of the world critic and of its appearances.
( Gilles Deleuze - Thought and automation - Paris 8 University courses )
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rectO-persO | E ≥ m.C² | co~errAnce | TiLt
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!
Welcome to Gotham Park! Ever since it closed it's gates in 1989 there have been reports of strange activity. The last officer that was sent to investigate was never heard from again. What could be going on behind the boarded up doors. Are you brave enough to find out?!?
Many thanks to Carlyle Livingston II who graciously photographed and edited the photos.
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
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
On March 31st 1998, Fair Isle South lighthouse became the last lighthouse to be automated by the Northern Lighthouse Board.
To mark the 20th anniversary the original light ( a hyper-radial lens) at Kinnaird Head was switched on for 24 hours and manned by a team of ex-keepers.