Image's attached. Taken as per requested. Pojmanski-Venus at 6.30am March 4th, Kuala Lumpur, eastward view.....

Sorry for the late reply...

EDITED: do take note that this is a simulation without "daylight" and "local horizon" option checked....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Mar 4 2006, 01:48 AM


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Thanks for the image. Ya, now i can see that there have been improvements.

Well, Good News: it looks like both the comet and Venus are climbing higher judging from the orbit path in your image.

image would have been better in direct-monitored simulation.... the exported pic was a lossy compression, forgotten about the setting.... ended up looking blurry though....

anyway, Pojmanski ain't benefitting the naked eyes though.... not to mention some clouds hovering in the area....

i doubt if you can hope to see this comet now with your naked eyes if you are in the vicinity of the infamous Klang Valley....... maybe a pair of 100mm comet hunter binos can lah.

the image was fine, you are not supposed to post a large image file here anyway.

believe me, that image was only 40KB for that kinda resolution, imagine the compression...

Actually astro pics can take a lot of compression, since most of the background is just a consistent black or dark shade.
However, it can be difficult to post a small pic (800 x 600) of stars which are just a few pixels in the original resolution. When the pic are resized to something smaller, the starpoints totally disappear......

erm..... did we just hijacked Mr. LKM's thread....?

well he's probably outside somewhere playing with his new telescope.......so while the cat's away, the mice will play.....

Anyway we are currently discussing technical aspects of astro images and this thread is called Astronomy Photography.....

Hahaha, there is no hijack in this thread, everyone can post!

Anyway, I just updated my telescope database!!! I will observe Pojmanski before the dawn!

March05, do you pay for StaryNight?

Depending on the weather, of course.
and don't oversleep. Get up at 4.00 am, make sure your 2 star alignment is spot on. No cheating here. This is a really sneaky comet, will punish those who take shortcuts.

No i didn't have to pay for SNP; it was a gift set from a nice and loaded astronomy crazy buddy. BTW since you have Autostar, you don't need SNP, unless you like to run lots of simulations!

Can I have one too....? mine is an "ahem" version..... still waiting for $$$ to get the original Pro (maybe Plus) version....

Autostar....? He's got a Meade....?

anyway, SNP still has a lot of improvement IMHO on the simulation.... still not able to roam freely as in 3D......

Try to be very, very, very helpful to someone with lots of money, generous and also astromad.....he just might give you a present one day. Otherwise, you'll just have to work hard for your boss to give you a raise.....

Yes, as a 3D sky simulator, SNP is way ahead of Autostar. I agree.
I haven't met anyone who is using SNP to drive any telescope, so i can't comment on that aspect of it.

Mr.LKM is our thread starter and also our leader in owning a spanking NEW Meade 8" SCT plus lots of goodies, so if you want to have a peek through it, you'll have to be especially good to him.

jeezzz.... i need to strike lottery already.....

else, i'll know who to be very helpful with on someone with lots of money, generous, and also astromad....


just kidding...

Hahaha, good luck with your lottery! By the way, do you know how to get the *censored* version?

Holy shit, do you all know what happen to me? I can't get up.. I waked up at 10.00am.... I gonna sleep more this afternoon and study for my exam, then I can wake up at 5.00am..

i missed my number to a 4D draw yesterday, a month after i sold off my car....

censored version...., go find in BT lor.....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Mar 5 2006, 12:46 PM

What's best advantage of StarryNight?

erm.... dunno much lor.... coz this is one of two astro-software I've used.

Previously I've used Nova-Astro's Earth Centered Universe (ECU). Both offers real-time simulation, and both offers telescope-integrated controls. SNP advantages over ECU is that simulation is coupled with catalogue library images, and some pretty good information about deep-sky objects. And, SNP is pretty much customisable to manually include new data, just like March05 with his huge comets database....

there's still a bunch of features on SNP that i've yet to explore....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Mar 5 2006, 01:01 PM

So if I click to one of the object, let's say Great Orion Nebulae, it will be shown as round circle or beautifully nebulae?

an example of the Horsehead Nebula in the Constellation Orion...

the attachments below will give you an idea....

if you want circles.... go for ECU....

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so any luck today.....?