• bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    What was the time when you took that image? I was out yesterday at 22:00 UTC, but didn’t see anything, despite good weather conditions. I’m wondering if I was too early.

    • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      It was a little after midnight locally, so 0600 UTC, in a Bortle Class 2 dark sky location.

      It was very much visible with the naked eye, but only after I got someplace properly dark and let my eyes adjust for 20-30 minutes.

    • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Bortle Class 2 dark sky location in a remote part of rural Wyoming

      6 second single exposure with an iPhone 14 Pro Max held by hand

      Taken a little after midnight locally

      Minimal processing, contrast and saturation boosted <10% in RAWpower and a bit of denoise applied.

      • liara@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        You have some steady hands… can’t see any tracing on the stars

        • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Thanks!

          The iPhone does a lot of the work, though. The long exposure mode has some pretty trick gyro compensation algorithms.