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Danny

@dannystravels

Travelling through South America and writing about wildlife.

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 21, 2022, 7:09 PM UTC

Jupiter and Saturn Timelapse

Blue hour milky way shot over my favourite tree. Jupiter and Saturn to the bottom right of the picture A timelapse of the milky way rising over the Andes with Jupiter and Saturn in tow was next on my…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 20, 2022, 7:07 PM UTC

Chasing Jupiter and Saturn

Jupiter and Saturn rising over an ancient carob tree in the Atacama Desert If you want to get great astrophotography shots you need to do your homework. Knowing exactly when and where certain objects…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 19, 2022, 7:03 PM UTC

What will happen when the sun dies?

The mesmerizing Ring Nebula. Perhaps what our sun we look like in 4.5 billion years Our sun just like all other stars in the universe will not live forever. Which makes me wonder what is going to hap…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 18, 2022, 7:05 PM UTC

Backyard Astrophotography Part 2

You can even make an ugly foreground look beautiful in the right light Sometimes you have to work with what you've got, in this case these electricity cables were the perfect foreground for my semi-u…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 17, 2022, 6:59 PM UTC

Backyard Astrophotography

Light pollution and clouds can still be used to good affect Astrophotography doesn't always have to be in the darkest places far away from civilization. Sometimes you can take great photos from your…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 16, 2022, 6:57 PM UTC

Creating Star Trails

Moonlight illuminating the observatory with star trails behind Continuing on from yesterday's post about finding the celestial south pole, this time I wanted to experiment further with star trails an…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 15, 2022, 6:53 PM UTC

Finding the Celestial South Pole

The celestial south pole is the point where the stars are rotating around I recently posted about the 500 rule to get sharp milky way photos and avoid star trails. This time I want to do exactly that…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 14, 2022, 6:48 PM UTC

Using the 500 rule to Photograph the Milky Way

Milky Way: Cropped Sensor.16mm - F 3.5 / ISO 5000 / 20 Sec For those of you who are getting into astrophotography you might wonder how to get your stars looking sharp in Milky Way photos. The answer…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 13, 2022, 6:39 PM UTC

The First Ever Black Hole Photo in Polarization

The new black hole photo polarized. On the left the real photo, on the right simulations of the powerful jets shooting out from its core Back in March I posted about my trips to ALMA and in particula…

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Danny
@dannystravels Feb 12, 2022, 6:34 PM UTC

Is Elon Musk Ruining Astrophotography?

A clear sky in Atacama with the milky way overhead I am a big fan of Elon Musk and everything he is doing at SpaceX. I fully believe in their mission to Mars. But is his latest Starlink mission to pr…

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