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stacking up

Susan Stepney

I thought yesterday's SeeStar shot of the moon was good.But my other half also took a SeeStar video of it.  Why would you take a video of a static scene?  To enhance the view.  He spent today fiddling around with AutoStakkert!, software to stack multiple frames to get a better image.  The result...

further and further

Susan Stepney

Another day, and the moon and Venus are even further apart.Venus just visible on the far right. Photo taken with a Pixel 10 camera; 22:14 BSTThis time we were ready with the SeeStar telescope, although, of course, it couldn't get both in the same frame!  The moon looks better with the right focus...

and yet it rotates

Susan Stepney

Two pictures of a spotty sun, taken roughly 24 hours apart.2026-05-29 16:48 GMT2026-05-30 15:10 GMTLook closely, and you can see that the spots have the same pattern, but have moved.  The sun rotates!No matter how much we improve our ability to take photographs through our telescopes, we will...