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IC410 is an emission nebula in the constellation of Auriga. Often called the Tadpole Nebula in reference to the two tadpole shaped clumps in the upper left of the nebula.
NGC1893 is the open cluster of stars in the middle of IC410. It's these stars that are ionizing and shaping the surrounding nebula. The tadpoles themselves could be collapsing in to new stars.
The nebula is around 12 to 12,500 light years away and 100 light years across.
The open star cluster is believed to have been formed 2 to 4 million years ago.
Captured from my back garden in Rochdale, UK. Bortle 6.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8"S with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Backyard Universe primary mask and Backyard Universe secondary spider. Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 40 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Captured at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/ 02/01/2025.
Located over 2,500 light years away in the constellation of Cepheus new stars are being born in this stellar nursery.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400 with .7 reducer
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
Best 85% of 61 light frames 180 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias with DSS.
Processed using Graxpert, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Better known as the Jellyfish Nebula.
IC 443 can be found in the constellation of Gemini.
The Jellyfish nebula is a supernova remnant some 5,000 light years away from us. I have captured this not to long ago, but this time I didn't use the reducer and I had the pleasure of the dark sky of kielder
Data captured at Kielder Forest, UK. 25_03_2025.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
Best 25 light frames from 30, 120 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats using DeepSkyStacker
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2 & PixInsight.
I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher
He wears dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
I've got a job waiting for my graduation
Fifty thou a year'll buy a lot of beer
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Well I'm heavenly blessed and worldly wise
I'm a peeping-tom techie with x-ray eyes
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Timbuk3.
The little pinwheel galaxy in Ursa Major. A face on unbarred spiral galaxy some 40 million light years away.
First discovered on the 18th of March 1787 by William Herschel. It's 2 main spiral arms are predominantly blue, which suggests mostly young hot stars inhabit them.
Many fainter more distant galaxies can be spotted in the background.
All data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
21 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in Graxpert, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Also known as Caldwell 3.
A barred spiral galaxy found in the constellation of Draco close to the dragons tail.
First discovered by William Herschel in April of 1793.
NGC lies 11.7 million light years away.
Data gathered on 5th of March 2025 at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 60mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong UV/IR 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
40 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias
Stacked and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Also known has the Cocoon Nebula. Lying close to the constellation Cygnus the cocoon nebula is about 15 light years across and roughly 3,300 light years from us.
Inside this nebulous cloud is a group of young stars blasting out so much radiation that they create this wonderful floral looking emission nebula.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
180s exposures.
Best 90% of 44 light frames.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
It could be but it's not.
It's my new fitness watch.
Like many others, we have gained a few "pandemic pounds" we need to get rid of. We thought fitness watches might provide some motivation to get off the couch more often. My wife did the research and our son (the resident techie) helped us figure them out.
It incorporates more features than I can understand but learning how to use it has been a fun project.
It even vibrates every hour to suggest I get up and move around. It's surprising how quickly a sedentary hour passes these days.
Tracking my activities (steps taken, flights of stairs climbed, kilometres cycled or walked, etc.) really has provided motivation to be more active. It has been too easy to spend time indoors (and close to the refrigerator).
I know... we shouldn't need another digital assistant to get us off the couch, but so far this gadget has given us the boost we needed.
Sunset light gently highlighting the skyline across the Riddarfjarden water, taken from the city hall but needs viewing large to appreciate all the detailed buildings.
Techie info :- Nikon D750 with 14-24mm f/2.8 lens at f/7.1, Lee Super Stopper ND grad filter giving a 213 second exposure at 24mm, ISO 125. Taken at 20:34 pm as sun set.
Another shot from our Christmas stay in Wales. Reminds me of the film Brigadoon:-)
Recovery disks turned up Monday but unfortunately I had no success with them. Techie guy reckons my new hard drive is a duff one:-( Engineer is coming out on Friday to hopefully fix it, so we are still without our home computer - boo hoo. Mind you yesterday I would have found it difficult to focus on anything after a very 'merry' New Year's Eve party - lol. Spent the day vegging on the sofa watching TV.
Publication History
Calculator (Noah Kuttler) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.
Originally introduced as an enemy of the Atom, the character was later redeveloped in the 2000s as a master information broker, hacker, and tactical supervisor to other supervillains, and foil to Batman's partner Oracle.
He is also the father of Wendy Harris and Marvin White.
Calculator has been adapted into various media outside comics. Armin Shimerman, Ely Henry, and Jason Spisak have voiced the character in animated series and films. Furthermore, the Calculator appears as a recurring character in Arrow, portrayed by Tom Amandes.
Calculator first appeared in Detective Comics #463 (September 1976), and he was created by Bob Rozakis and Mike Grell.
As is commonplace in comics, the character was based on a topical event or trend; in this case, Noah Kuttler took his powers and costume design from the recently popular pocket calculator.
His costume had a large numerical keypad on the front and an LED display on the headpiece. By typing on the keypad, he could make hard light constructs appear from the headpiece, similar to Green Lantern's power ring.
While using this modus operandi, the Calculator was defeated by Blue Beetle, Atom, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Elongated Man, Hawkman, Batman and Air Wave.
Fictional character biography
Pre-Crisis
A mysterious figure who appeared seemingly from nowhere, the Calculator moved across the country, committing a series of crimes designed to lure various super heroes into battle with him.
He then allowed himself to be defeated, pressing a special button on the computer console on his chest that would prevent him from ever being captured by the same hero again.
While using this modus operandi, the Calculator was defeated by the Blue Beetle (Ted Kord) Atom, Green Arrow, Black Canary, Elongated Man, Hawkman, Batman and Air Wave.
Having put his life of costumed crime behind him, the Calculator now operates behind the scenes as the information broker for the criminal underworld.
Major Story Arcs
As a child of 5, Noah Kuttler was locked in a cage by his mother. He would not be let out until he solved a Rubix cube.
Noah was married, and had two children: Wendy and Marvin. They were the joys of his life. But his wife committed suicide upon returning them from the hospital. Noah was distraught, but took solace in his children. They left him too, and joined the Teen Titans.
Birds of Prey: Perfect Pitch
Huntress, Lady Blackhawk and Creote head to Istanbul, where they meet with Yasemin Soze, a powerful arms dealer. Huntress poses as herself but as the heiress to her mob family and as the capo of Gotham’s criminal underworld.
Helena demands that Yasemin cease the supplying of guns to the O'Shanlins in Metropolis and start doing business with the Sigiorello family in Gotham. The Birds of Prey intend to put a stranglehold on all Gotham mob supply lines.
Yasemin doesn’t like being told what to do so she orders Deathstroke to have Helena and her entourage killed. As for Black Canary and Green Arrow, they intimidate the Star City mob in order to prevent them from becoming a rival with Gotham.
Meanwhile, Calculator begins to track down Oracle by exercising any leads he may have. He gets in contact with Senator Pullman who suggests that Calculator should kidnap those who work with Oracle since she draws her strength from her followers.
Calculator targets Savant because he is aware of his recent encounters with Oracle. Calculator sends Black Spider and Hellhound to kidnap and torture Savant. Hellhound demands to know who and where Oracle is while Black Spider tries to persuade Savant into joining Calculator’s organization. Fortunately, Commissioner Gordon witnessed the kidnapping and he informs his daughter.
Barbara relays Gordon’s message to Creote who is still in Istanbul. Deathstroke follows the Birds back to Gotham but then he receives a message from Calculator.
The message states that Deathstroke will be paid twice as much as his usual fee if he kidnaps one of the Birds so he can use them as bait to lure Oracle out into the open.
Deathstroke captures all the Birds and uses their comm. link to get in contact with Oracle. Slade tells Oracle that she must surrender herself as well as the access codes to her satellites to Calculator or the Birds die.
Batman rescues Savant from Hellhound and Savant throws Black Spider out of a window despite his injuries. Savant is taken to the hospital where he tells Batman that he will no longer be part of Oracle’s team.
As for the Birds, they manage to escape their bonds and Black Canary immobilizes Deathstroke with her Canary Cry. Huntress gives Batman all the information that the Birds managed to dig up from Yasemin’s records.
With Deathstroke’s failure, Calculator was no closer to getting Oracle and just to ridicule him, Barb sends a citywide feed to every computer or television in Gotham in order to display her Oracle face.
Calculator later became one of the heads of Alexander Luthor's Secret Society. While on the Society, the Calculator was responsible for a worldwide meta-human prison break, as well as aiding with recruitment. Calculator learned about Oracle while trying to retake some satellites for a disguised Alexander Luthor, and immediately became obsessed. In recent years Calculator has become an evil counterpart to Oracle, acting as the information broker for the criminal universe. After Alexander Luthor's death, Calculator became the head of the Secret Society.
While head of the Secret Society he told Dr. Psycho that he was not allowed to go after the Secret Six, but Dr. Psycho disobey joining Cheshire to take them down.
Post Society
After the Secret Society disbanded, Calculator set out on his own to discover who Oracle really was. Through torture, he learned about one server that had survived the destruction of the Gotham Clock Tower by Black Mask during War Games.
Oracle thought she had destroyed all evidence of her stay in the Clocktower, but it was not so…a computer geek found this one surviving server…on which was information on Oracle's identity. This hacker hid it away in a private server cluster inside a tech center, where it could only be accessed from inside the building.
After hearing about this, Calculator was determined to get that data. He killed a techie working for the company, and stole his invitation to a tech convention. While there, he ran into Oracle, who was also there to get the data…he did not recognize her, and was a bit enamored by her intelligence.
Calculator managed to slip away from the tour, and got onto the network...Oracle did the same and it became a data battle. Calculator believed Oracle was merely one of Oracle's agents, and attempted to kill her. She broke his leg before he could shoot her. Hellhound got Calculator away safely after a mob protecting Oracle threatened to take him down. But the obsession to discover Oracle's identity still remained...
Calculator acted as a double agent for the Silicone Syndicate, leading the Birds of Prey into a trap. He later actually joined the Silicone Syndicate (after being captured and 'disintegrated' by Gizmo). This went well until Calculator's loyalties were questioned, and he was given the mission to kill Oracle in three days…or die at the hands of the Syndicate.
Deciding his chances were slim-to-none of completing his main goal in time, Calculator instead comes up with a new scheme. He spreads rumors about Kilg%re to the other Syndicate members, in the process gaining access of the location of Kilg%re's code. He sends Matchmaker to download Kilg%re's code. Naturally Kilg%re kills Matchmaker.
Calculator uses an altered Motherbox to rewrite Kilg%re's coding, taking over his programming so that Calculator can mentally control him. Kilg%re is no longer his own entity, merely an extension of Calculator.
He used Kilg%re's abilities to track the Birds of Prey and attempted to turn their hideout into a death trap. He saw Oracle, but did not recognize her for what she was
Calculator's failure to destroy the Birds of Prey (again) leads the remains of the Syndicate into Endgame. They confront the Birds…the remains of the Syndicate are promptly taken out. Calculator escaped using Kilg%re.
Family Matters
The Calculator also visits Wendy in her hospital room where she is comatose, after she and Marvin were attacked by Wonderdog.
He reveals that he is their father. He then vows revenge on the Teen Titans, who he holds responsible, due to their failure to protect Wendy and Marvin.
He is trying to obtain the Anti-Life Equation so he can restore Wendy to health. Oracle interfered, replacing the Anti-Life Equation with fake crystals. Wendy recovered on her own, however she was unable to feel her legs.
The Anti-Life Equation left residue on Calculator, making him traceable on the internet. He is then thrown out of the hospital.
The Calculator has hired the Fearsome Five to take down the Teen Titans. They are eventually defeated, but Kid Devil sacrifices himself to save the city. The Calculator captures Kid Eternity, and forces him to channel Marvin, over and over again until Kid Eternity burns out.
Brightest Day: Batgirl
Calculator uses hypnosis through mobile phones and computer screens to take control of students in the Computer Science Lab of Gotham University during Barbara Gordon's speech.
Barbara tells Stephanie Brown to get out of the room so that she can save Barb later. One half of the zombie audience takes Barb to Calculator's hideout while the rest go after Batgirl. At Calculator's compound which is located in Slaughter Swamp, Barbara is seen fastened to an examination table, with the Calculator alongside her.
He talks to Oracle while caring a conversation with his late son Marvin's corpse. Calculator wants Barbara to answer some of his unanswered questions, Calculator then plugs himself into his own laboratory equipment which is connected to Barbara's mind. Calculator intends to break through Oracle's neural barriers in order to see and read through Barb's thoughts.
Barbara however, refuses to give into Calculator's intrusions without a fight. Barbara enters a cybernetic dream state where she battles Calculator in a library that houses Barbara's memories and experiences.
Barb battles Calculator and they both fall into another dream state where Calculator's younger self is imprisoned in a cage. Barb tries to help the childlike Calculator but suddenly she is attacked from behind by Calculator's adult form.
He blames Oracle for turning his daughter Wendy Harris against him but Oracle doesn't give into Calculator's guilt trip. Their constant struggle causes them to plunge further into Calculator's psyche where Barb witnesses Calculator's morbid memory of when his wife had taken her own life.
Barb tries to escape Calculator's mind but she is immediately brought to a dream where Calculator is beating Kid Eternity to a bloody pulp.
Meanwhile, at the Gotham Wharf, Stephanie Brown aka Batgirl has evaded a mass of Calculator's mind controlled zombies but then she is attacked by Man-Bat who is also under Calculator’s control by via sonar.
Stephanie manages to outrun Man Bat thanks to Proxy aka Wendy Harris, who pilots a getaway plane. Stephanie and Wendy use Barb's tracking signal to locate Calculator's lair. With Wendy's help, Stephanie manages to get through Calculator's technological defense measures.
After getting past the security system, Stephanie finds Marvin's corpse and the machine that is controlling the zombies. She uses her grappling gun to remove the CPU from the machine.
The zombies are freed from Calculator's control but Stephanie rash action activates a cybernetic monster that goes after her. Luckily, Wendy charges her plane right into the monster thus destroying it. Stephanie and Wendy sever Calculator's connection to Oracle and Stephanie takes Calculator to the new Arkham Asylum.
Brightest Day: Atom
However, on the way to the Asylum, Calculator vanishes into thin air. No one is able to trace him (including Oracle or Batman). Oracle manages to keep open a phone line long enough for Ray Palmer to track him down.
Ray wanted to discover why Calculator set up the robbery that distracted Ray from his lab. Calculator also reveals that he knows of Ray's father's stroke. Calculator is back to normal, and mildly surprised by Ray's appearance. But he was not unprepared...as soon as Ray's life signature had been detected, Calculator had released a deadly pathogen (that he of course was immune to).
If Ray did not leave in 45 seconds, he would die. Ray responds by shrinking them both, traveling to Oracle, who gives Ray the antidote. Ray tells Calculator to talk, or he would shrink him down and leave him in the computer. Calculator reveals that he had been hired by the Colony. He did not appear to know anything else about the Colony, having only taken this job for pay…and perhaps the satisfaction of seeing his old enemy the Ray in distress.
Brightest Day: Red Robin
Moneyspider aka Lonnie Machin has discovered a connection between a Russian economist named Viktor Mikalek and Dr. Sivana's Unthernet, which was corrupted by Darkseid.
Acting on Moneyspider's intel, Red Robin discovers that Calculator may have had a hand in the Unthernet since he used it on Oracle but she demolished his control over the Unthernet thus leaving the system in Mikalek's hands.
Upon entering the Unthernet, Red Robin manages to defeat cyberspace versions of Deathstroke, his Titans and Calculator with the help of Moneyspider, Promise and the Teen Titans. Mikalek then sends Catman to distract Red Robin while Calculator fulfills his end of the bargain he made with Mikalek.
Tim must relunctantly rely on Damian to find Calculator and capture him since Calculator doesn’t know what Damian looks like. Damian busts into Calculator's secret penthouse office but he soon discovers that this Calculator is a programmed android/ suicide bomber.
Damian survives the explosion and tracks down Tim since he will be walking into a trap. Meanwhile, Red Robin and the Teen Titans go after Calculator who is hiding beneath a nightclub. The team are then ambushed by Calculator's robotic replicas.
Damian arrives on the scene and the team defeats the robots. Calculator's scheme drives Red Robin to the brink of stabbing him in the chest but Tim soon discovers that this Calculator is just another robot since the real Calculator is in Gotham, terrorizing the Birds of Prey.
Brightest Day: Birds of Prey
Calculator decided to take down Oracle down for once and all. He gets information on Oracle's exact location from Savant, who claims to still hold a grudge against Oracle…however, he is a double-agent acting under Oracle's request. Savant feeds Calculator false information.
Calculator also wants to take down the meddlesome Birds of Prey, so they cannot assist their leader. He sends Mortis along with some other high-powered metas to take them down. It turns out that while in his mind, Oracle erased all knowledge of her, and her identity.
This has done something to Calculator, who is suffering from splitting headaches. He is not sure why this is happening (though he knows Oracle is behind it), but he thinks he is sick and going to die. As a result, he launches his strike to annihilate Oracle ahead of schedule.
Mortis' team captures Huntress, Lady Blackhawk and Dove who proclaimed that she was Oracle while Black Canary is left behind, suffering from Mortis' deadly touch. The girls are taken to Calculator's mobile headquarters which happens to be a bus.
Calculator figures that since he has Dove who he thinks is Oracle, he figures that he doesn't need the other two hostages. Calculator points his gun at Lady Blackhawk but before he could pull the trigger, Dove breaks free of her cuffs and with her superhuman cry, she disarms Calculator. At the same time, an armored helicopter that Oracle is piloting by via remote threatens Calculator to surrender.
The Birds take this opportunity and try to escape but they fail when Calculator tells Current to take down the helicopter with an electrical blast. His headache abruptly vanishes.
Huntress furiously confronts Calculator by asking him to explain his actions after he ordered Current to shoot down Oracle's aircraft.
Huntress’ question causes Calculator to have a loss of words nor could he find any rationale to justify his actions of late. Huntress' taunts causes Calculator to lose his composure in order for her to lash out by scratching at Calculator’s face. Calculator begins to panic because he knows that Huntress’ constant humiliation of him is causing him to lose his respect within his organization.
Calculator desperately tries to recover his authority by pointing a HIVE agent’s weapon at Huntress, Lady Blackhawk and Dove. With only words as her weapons, Huntress continues to taunt Calculator about how Oracle’s influence stretches across the world and her legacy will overshadow Calculator’s reputation.
Calculator orders the HIVE agents to never speak of this evening’s events and he tells Current to kill the women then dispose of their bodies. Dove in turn tells Huntress and Lady Blackhawk that if anything happens then she wants them to escape while she shields them from any gunfire.
Huntress refuses to let Dove sacrifice herself so she calls Calculator on his bluff by saying if he wants respect then he should be the one to kill them. Huntress turns her back to Calculator in order to entice him. As he takes aim, Calculator pulls the trigger but Dove jumps in front of the bullet.
Fortunately, Dove’s wound is not fatal and Mortis warns Calculator that her hold over Black Canary has failed because Black Canary arrives on the scene. Canary knocks one of Calculator's teeth out then she unleashes her 'Canary cry' on Mortis as well as the HIVE agents.
Mammoth is taken out by Hawk, the Birds escape Calculator's bus and Calculator flees with Current but Huntress follows the getaway vehicle by holding onto the back door of the bus.
Huntress knocks out Current and warns Calculator that the ghosts of Oracle (who was NOT in the helicopter, though only a few select heroes know that) will always be watching. Calculator manages to get away, and is regaled by all of Gotham's villains for finally killing Oracle, until it is revealed that he didn't.
Powers, Skills and abilities
Calculator is highly knowledgeable in the use and operation of computers, he has been described as being "Oracle without the morals." He's ruthless to any hero in his way, but useful to any villain as long as they're willing to pay.
He has shown to be a mastermind, coming up with brilliant schemes to complete a certain agenda. When the Internet went down, Calculator created a second, secret Internet which he likes to refer to as the Ünternet. Supposedly he added an 8th level to the TCP/IP protocol which allows it to be almost invisible.
After he is stabbed through the heart with a steel tentacle by an enraged Kilg%re, Calculator's body was flooded with nanoprocessors which repaired the damage from Kilg%re's attack and set up a neural network in Calculator brain, giving him control over all of machinery.
He is able to mentally control anything technological and mold it to his will, his first act after obtaining this power is to mold a bunch of Computers and Keyboards into a large robot that kills Kilg%re.
Calculator is also able to use machines he possesses as an avatar for himself, speaking through them and observing the surroundings, and controlling them to do his bidding.
He has redirected missiles and when Oracle logged onto the Ünternet he traced her to the Birds of Prey Headquarters and turned her computer terminal into a killing machine.
Through most any computerized terminal, Thinker; as Nameless, showed he could materialize hard-light imagery off of any electronic projection screen into the material world. Giving him the ability to create and control photokinetic constructs with the push of a button.
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Secret Identity: Noah Kuttler
Publisher: DC
First appearance: Detective Comics #463 (September 1976)
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Created by: Bob Rozakis (writer)
Mike Grell (artist)
It's real fun to take photos of bowling. So many options!
This ended up explored, with a highest position of 72. Yay!
If you want to see other versions of it, here it is SOOC. And here, cross-processed (too gritty!). Did this for 365 Community's Monthly Techie Challenge.
As I was leaving an office yesterday, I noticed this book on a table in the waiting room. At first I thought it was.a new issue of National Geographic magazine. Then I realized it is a book.
Time And Navigation is an unlikely subject for a waiting room. I thought - how wonderful, all the visitors must be techies!!
IMG_2953 - Version 2
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Bellissaria fun exploring on our ridable Sharks mix of Culprit Sharkipoo and Jian sharks
"Casual and Techie"
Jacket: Barbie
Top: Barbie
Pants: Barbie (Hunger Games Katnis)
Shoes: Barbie
Bag: Bratz Boyz
Eyeglasses: Barbie
iPad: Integrity Toys (Dynamite Girls Accessory Pack)
Found in the constellation of Cygnus, the veil nebula lies about 2,100 light years away and spans a distance of roughly 110 light years.
It is the remnants of a star that died about 8,000 years ago.
The blast wave is still expanding out and as it comes in to contact and interacts with cooler gases we get the lovely colours.
This is a 4 panel mosaic captured from the Astronomy Centre close to Todmorden, UK.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400 with 0.7x reducer.
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong L'eNhance.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
Each panel is made up of twenty 2 minute exposures, gain 101, temp -10c.
Processed in PixInsight and Affinty Photo.
The 4 panels were combined using Microsoft ICE.
Look for it 27,000 light years away in the constellation of Hercules. Also known as NGC 6341 it is one of the oldest star clusters in the Milky Way and was first discovered by Johann Elert Bode in 1777.
With an estimated 300,000 stars 100 light years across it should be quite easy to find in a pair of 10x50 binoculars, the best month for observing it is July.
Data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Askar FRA400
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair Starwave 50mm & ZWO 120mm mini.
Best 90% of 120 light frames 60 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats using DeepSkyStacker.
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
He picked up his first controller before he was even one year old... hahahaha
Tiger Woods of the Gaming World...hahahahaha
(Sorry son you Dad is a techie geek)
A barred spiral galaxy often called the Vacuum galaxy.
Found in the constellation of Ursa Major some 60 million light years away, it's estimated to contain around 1 trillion stars.
Several other galaxies are also visible.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8"
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+ using Altair 60mm guide scope & ZWO 585mc.
88 light frames 180 seconds each.
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias using WBPP in PixInsight.
Processed using Graxpert, StarNet2, PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
My friend David Barnes has been following my Black Rock/Brighton Marina series and has sent me some images he took in late 60’s/early 70’s showing the construction of the marina. For the techie’s amongst you the image was taken on Ilford HP4. Brilliant quality.
Darn, this is how I am feeling: I just spent a very frustrating hour trying to figure out how to make layers in Adobe Elements 6, and how to merge two photos. Absolutey no success, unless elevating my blood pressure and learning several new swear words can be called success! SH...!!!! My book doesn't give basic info, and the web online advice does not either. I could not even get the layers palette to open or figure out how to see which photos I had already opened...grrrrrr..I need a tutor! Hug a Horse showed me once and made it look so easy (well, for her..she's the sister with the techie brain!)
Note :This is revised: I cropped the door window frame out as suggested by mississaugapictures
I also found some good BASIC info on About.com and printed it all off so I can try to follow the steps...wish me luck..!
Tied with MissyV110 as winner of "Our Memories Our Times" group, Domestic cat contest Feb/09
BRAT CAT OF THE WEEK, JANUARY 24, 2011
Apparently this was viewed over 37,000 times somewhere on reddit.com on Feb 2, 2011...wish I knew the actual source!
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Min Skin. BRABOS
Event Harajuku 原宿 → maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Intimacy/119/65/2514
After December 12th will be in the Mainstore → maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LondonMall/141/171/42
Min Blushes and Freckles. BRABOS
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MAITREYA / LEGACY F / EBODY /KUPRA
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Duck!!!!! (yeah I know it's not a duck....)
Techie info: Nikon D200, 300mm F2.8 VR, hand held, 1250/sec, f4.5, ISO 320
Melanie, me and Christina! I remember this very well, I think it was 1989. Recently back in touch with Chris - am so glad there's a picture of us from that time. Melanie (Christina's sister) now works as a fashion designer, Chris is a computer techie and does a lot of climbing and surfing in her free time. Both are very glam these days. I don't know what I do, really... but I still co ordinate my tops and accessories.
We're in my garden holding guinea pigs Pearl & Barney's babies. I'd forgotten about the rope ladder.
34,000 light years away towards the constellation of Canes Venatici lies the impressive globular star cluster Messier 3 (NGC5272). It contains upwards of half a million stars and is actually heading our way. M3 is moving towards our solar system at approximately 147.6 Kilometers per second!
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.
I study nuclear science
I love my classes
I got a crazy teacher
He wears dark glasses
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
I've got a job waiting for my graduation
Fifty thou a year'll buy a lot of beer
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Well I'm heavenly blessed and worldly wise
I'm a peeping-tom techie with x-ray eyes
Things are going great, and they're only getting better
I'm doing alright, getting good grades
The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades
I gotta wear shades
Timbuk3.
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Astoria Bridge 1 - www.grantmurrayphotography.com
I was in Oregon for two weeks over August into September this year for a family getaway. My wife took pity on me and encouraged me to go out and spend a bunch of time doing my photography. For anyone with a baby, you will know that free time and "me" time isn't in abundant supply.
I have seen so many images of Astoria Bridge, so trying to create something unique isn't easy...anyhoo, this is my contribution to the burgeoning supply of Astoria Bridge images...I hope you like it.
I used a 10 stop and 3 stop ND filter, plus a 3 stop hard grad ND filter, to get the right level of contrast in the sky, water and around the bridge and pilings.
The techie stuff:
Sony A850 D-SLR
Zeiss 16-35mm Lens
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 130 seconds
Focal Length: 16mm
Filters: Lee Big Stopper ND filter, Lee 3 stop ND filter and Lee 3 stop hard grad ND filter
Software: Photoshop CS6 and Google Silver Efex Pro 2
All thoughts and comments welcome.
Please visit my website to view more of my images: www.grantmurrayphotography.com
Today I was spinning at this club called Absinthe's Dive Bar & Afterhours located in Nightmare city. LGBTQ+ friendly, awesome techie design with a whole bunch of neon! Home for a wide variety of electronic music genres. This picture was taken at this very special - surprise - set presented by "House of Pandora".
So in case you are interested in hearing my tunes we have enjoyed just follow this link: www.mixcloud.com/PanziePandy/live-at-absinthes-dive-bar-and-afterparty-07052023...
I invite you to meet the club (and the city). Just search for "Lucid Dreams" and you will be there! and if you wanna check out my music live I will be back at the venue on July 12, 2023. For notices and more informations (as well as a free cab for the parties itself) you can join my very own DJ Group inworld, at the link: House of Pandora
This set of star trails just tickles me, on an eve when I had more or less decided I'm saturated with the challenges of such exercises. (1) I wasn't sure if I was going to get North, because I had some restriction on where I could put the tripod. This cool old stone structure was actually on a curve on a dirt road - to get any further away from it would put my tripod in the road (not that I expected anyone to be driving a rough old dirt road after dark) and I wanted to show the corner to get two sides of the structure, which meant pointing NE in this case. And I wanted to be low so the stars would show through the openings. (2) There are 3 - count 'em, 3 Iridium flares from satellites in this image. Two are really bright and longer than the 3rd, which is over the left side of the structure. Amazing stuff.
Techie notes: Canon 5D Mark III with 14mm F2.8L, ISO 2500, 30 sec @ F2.8 x 154, or about 1 hour 20 min. I also lighted the interior with a blue neon glow stick at the end but decided it took away from the stars so I dropped that image.
27,000 light years away in the constellation of Hercules, M92 is one of the brightest and oldest globular clusters we know.
Tightly packed together it contains a mind bogglingly 330,000 stars, you know, give or take.
The German astronomer Johann Elert Bode is credited with the discovery of M92 in 1777.
Boring techie bit.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
70 exposures of 90 seconds at ISO 800 stacked together using DeepSkyStacker along with calibration frames.
All other processing done with StarTools.
Located in the constellation Cepheus and probably better known as the Wizard Nebula. I have to say, from the perspective we see it from 7,000 light years away here on Earth, it does look like a wizard wearing a pointy hat in a robe with baggy sleeves.
The NGC number 7380 is actually for the young 5 million year old open star cluster that has formed within the nebula.
Do you see the wizard in the image?
All data gathered on the 01/08/2024 at www.astronomycentre.org.uk/
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 75 light frames.
Darks, Flats, Dark Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
Often referred to has the little dumbbell nebula, M76 lies approximately 3,400 light years away in the constellation of Perseus.
M76 is a planetary nebula, expanding gas clouds being shed by the dying star at the core.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" with f4 aplanatic coma corrector. Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount. Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope& ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini.
ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101.
Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
40 exposures of 180s each.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked and processed in PixInsight.
DAP Golden Age
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к 105-летию папы:
1950 год, папа - заведующий производством.
Кроме красивого лица моего молодого отца на этой фотографии, которое я не помню, потому что была слишком мала, как технаря меня привлекает здесь телефон того времени. /
pour le 105e anniversaire du père:
1950, papa - directeur de production.
A part le beau visage de mon jeune père sur cette photo, dont je ne me souviens pas car j'étais trop petit, en tant que technophile, je suis attiré ici par le téléphone de l'époque. /
to the 105th anniversary of the father:
1950, dad - production manager.
Except for the handsome face of my young father in this photo, which I don't remember because I was too small, as a techie, I'm attracted here by the phone of that time.
This diffuse emission nebula also designated SH2-86 in the Sharpless catalogue is the home of the young open star cluster NGC 6823, visible in the centre of the image.
The nebula is estimated to be just under 6,000 light years from us and can be found in the constellation Vulpecula.
Data gathered at www.astronomycentre.org.uk
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -20c gain 101, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO filter drawer, ZWO asiair plus.
120s exposures.
Best 80% of 57 light frames.
Darks, Flats & Bias.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in PixInsight & Affinity Photo.
NGC 1499
Also known as the California Nebula.
Found in the constellation of Perseus, this emission nebula is about 1,000 light years away and roughly 100 light years from end to end.
Boring Techie bit:
Captured with an Askar FRA400 telescope
Mount used was an EQ6r Pro
Camera, ZWO ASI 533mc pro with an Optolong L'Enhance filter.
Altair 50mm guidescope with a ZWO 120mm mini guide camera.
All controlled with an Asiair plus.
Processed with PixInsight and Affinity Photo.
Its definitely moving and shaping into something...I sort of capture all of them at incremental instantances. This one does look alive like Farl put it. i captured it while morphing. I love the expansion in this one. But more the lite blue/Topaz color. X-D)
Better known as the Iris Nebula, this strange and wonderful object can be found in the constellation of Cepheus some 1,400 light years away.
It's bright central region is 6 light years across and is being illuminated by it's bright central star's light that is being reflected back off the surrounding nebula, hence we call this a reflection nebula.
Boring Techie bit:
Telescope: Skywatcher Quattro 8" with f4 aplanatic coma corrector.
Mount: EQ6r pro
Camera: ZWO 533mc pro
Filter: Optolong UV/IR.
Guided and controlled by the ZWO asiair+
130 exposures over 3 nights.
Each exposure was 3 minutes
Stacked & processed in PixInsight and Affinity Photo.
So we have 5 targets in this image. Three lie within the boundaries of Cassiopeia and two just cross over in to Cepheus. Starting at the bottom and working our way up is . .
1st - Messier 52. This open star cluster is about 4,600 light years away from and contains over 100 stars.
2nd - NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula. 7,100 light years away and 7 light years across! When you consider the closest star system to our own is approximately 4.5 light years, that's one BIG bubble.
3rd - SH2-157. This is the large nebula to the upper right shaped like a claw. Better known as The Lobster's Claw Nebula. This is a mostly emission nebula 11,000 light years away.
4th - NGC 7510. This open star cluster just about crosses over in to the territory of Cepheus. It's estimated at 11,400 light years away and 10 million years old.
5th - NGC 7538. Finally we have the little bright nebula over towards the upper left known has the Northern Trifid, again just in to Cepheus and estimated to be about 9,100 light years away.
Boring Techie bit:
Data captured with an Askar FRA400 telescope with 0.7x reducer at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Mount used was an EQ6r Pro
Camera, ZWO ASI 533mc pro with an Optolong L'Enhance filter.
Altair 50mm guidescope with a ZWO 585 camera used for guiding.
All controlled with an Asiair plus.
Processed with PixInsight and Affinity Photo 3.
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I was in San Fran a couple of weeks ago for the "A Slice of Time - SF Bay Photowalk 2013". This image is from the Saturday morning when I co-led the Architecture workshop with the awesome Steve Landeros, Brian Day and Nathan Wirth.
This is an image of the less famous Bay Bridge and Pier One, along the Embarcadero in San Francisco looking towards Yerba Buena Island.
It was an amazing day and a joy to see so many photographers lined up along the waterfront. I loved every minute of being there and the fact that I got an image or two that I'm really happy with is a huge bonus.
I used a 10 ND filter, and stacked a 3 and 1 stop hard grad ND filter, to get the right level of contrast in the the clouds, water and around the pilings.
The techie stuff:
Sony A850 D-SLR
Zeiss 16-35mm Lens
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/8
Exposure: 193 seconds
Focal Length: 16mm
Filters: Lee Big Stopper ND filter, Lee 3 stop and 1 stop hard grad ND filter
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All thoughts and comments welcome.
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NGC 7635 The Bubble Nebula.
The open star cluster to the upper left is M52 the Salt & Pepper cluster.
Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, the Bubble Nebula lies within the boundaries of the constellation of Cassiopeia at a distance of 7,100 light years away. The bubble itself spans some 7 light years across. For perspective the nearest star to our Sun is only 4 light years.
The bubble is expanding at a phenomenal rate. There is a super massive star that is creating the 'stellar winds' causing the bubble to expand. It can be seen in the image to the upper centre within the bubble. These 'stellar winds' are moving at upwards of 4 million miles per hour!
The star is estimated at 4 million years old, so it's just a baby really. Though because it's so massive, it will burn through it's fuel much more quickly. NASA estimate just 10 - 20 million years before it goes BANG as a supernova.
The open star cluster M52, contains over 100 stars and is a little closer to us than the Bubble Nebula. Discovered by Charles Messier in 1774 it's distance is estimated to be somewhere around 4000-5000 light years away.
Image captured on Saturday 24th of September 2022 at The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden, UK.
Boring techie bit.
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & GPcam setup
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
35 light frames 5 minutes each at ISO 800
Stacked with darks, flats, dark flats & bias in DeepSkyStacker.
All processing done with StarTools.