Astronomy Live
Trifid Time Lapse
updated
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/RocketTraker
All channel members get access to a compiled executable version of RocketTraker and SatTraker.
Filmed with an Orion ST-80 piggybacking on a Celestron NexStar GPS and a Canon 90D.
11" Celestron NexStar GPS and 2.5x Luminos barlow
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
Frames aligned, field rotation corrected and stacked using a custom Python script.
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
2.5x Celestron Luminos Barlow
Music: Stellardrone
https://x.com/klvdpn/status/1831377121870278689
Huge shout out to flightclub.io for providing the trajectory prediction used to guide the telescope and allow it to capture this amazing shot as Starship successfully completed its second stage burn during the launch! And special thanks to @RedsRhetoric for giving me the audible play by play as I operated the telescope!
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker
Music: 'Golden Hour' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
drive.google.com/file/d/1KeIGRognKx49TkwXPDiA8lCFzqZ78366/view?usp=sharing
Meade 8" Meade LX200 Classic
SBIG ST-2000XCM and AO-7
Music: Stellardrone
Photos and time lapse captured with a Google Pixel 6 Pro on 5-10-24
The trails are airplanes flying through the field of view
Telescope: Orion ST-80
Camera: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
Totality HDR footage made using simultaneous footage from the Blackmagic camera and RedsRhetoric's Nikon P1000
Red's channel:
youtube.com/@RedsRhetoric?si=h6d66j0ny7GZstka
Earthshine photo taken using Red's Celestron CPC Deluxe 800 with Edge HD Optics and Canon 90D. Single raw photo presented followed by a 2 frame stack.
Music: 'Omega' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VLTI-gxesAs0SxiIKvNFIGwD-7GA6Dmk?usp=sharing
Any redistribution of the spreadsheet must attribute the source to Astronomy Live and must include the license at the above link.
Previous video predicting the 2017 eclipse:
youtube.com/watch?v=z2KMHBJaVh8
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x001025952&seq=5
Spreadsheets and source code presented in this video:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QMTb6D1n0uSoRiX0bt5MRGmm3LViTgWN?usp=sharing
Astrometry and orbital data:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mySV-yY378Cp5G68e84mz4TSImM9YXig?usp=sharing
Due to storage limits on GitHub, the complete dataset of astrometrically solved frames is available separately at this link:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/14apQMeg5Of3sebEqS-w1lhIeOSjROWji
youtube.com/watch?v=recWeKqs-Uc
Music: 'Ignis' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Discovery' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
'Ascension' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
ISS assembly videos:
youtube.com/watch?v=vT5PF_wcYwc
youtube.com/watch?v=hgIU6K9d_mE
youtube.com/watch?v=rH6eFLmCvnQ
youtube.com/watch?v=80pBWN4q08M
youtube.com/watch?v=88yZf77o34w
youtube.com/watch?v=9Sf9W4Y9hnc
youtube.com/watch?v=PYqv0J4wF38
youtube.com/watch?v=HTNtVknb1Xc
youtube.com/watch?v=SvaOzMP-ij0
youtube.com/watch?v=PVyEomuP-QA
youtube.com/watch?v=PohqJoPnMF8
youtube.com/watch?v=rENkfrx4CX8
youtube.com/watch?v=9hVj-_zCvTA
youtube.com/watch?v=o6xXv4rzSgU
youtube.com/watch?v=PlVXUnXiTzY
youtube.com/watch?v=HQAVEVDrsq0
youtube.com/watch?v=wtsuoAH5uS4
youtube.com/watch?v=2sfOxZ7NfLo
youtube.com/watch?v=wgtyto3Y2NA
youtube.com/watch?v=1yeLXovFIqQ
youtube.com/watch?v=uUTuvxcLXMI
youtube.com/watch?v=iTmMnEbD7Rc
youtube.com/watch?v=pRywhvhIsig
youtube.com/watch?v=DPSJuUIa_A8
youtube.com/watch?v=iO2jOtxP3T8
youtube.com/watch?v=Bgxw9s8a8vk
youtube.com/watch?v=ul-SZpCz_qw
youtube.com/watch?v=An4kwPUM66E
youtube.com/watch?v=aB2-4ubEH3A
youtube.com/watch?v=5nm_Hw8YSO8
youtube.com/watch?v=8E6bQcvT9W4
youtube.com/watch?v=AgoVGWazev8
youtube.com/watch?v=E9Yn2KvV1DU
youtube.com/watch?v=BgM76yQrT8I
youtube.com/watch?v=V74dye_GERQ
youtube.com/watch?v=w2JC775S1hE
youtube.com/@RedsRhetoric?si=U51gVKDld_lBsNsr
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/RocketTraker
Music: 'Rise Above' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
RocketTraker:
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/RocketTraker
Post-processing stabilization by @TechniquesSpatiales (twitter.com/TechSpatiales youtube.com/@FrenchSpaceGuy )
Tracked with an 11" Celestron NexStar GPS @f/10 and filmed with a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K. Samsung SDC-435 finder camera filmed the explosion.
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/RocketTraker
A compiled version is available to all channel members!
11" Celestron NexStar GPS and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
Aligned and stacked in 900 frame increments using custom Python software. First test of automatic field rotation removal.
'Ascension' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
Bridge model by Zizian:
sketchfab.com/zizian
Space warp effect:
youtube.com/watch?v=iJLbAntU118
Kepler coordinates spreadsheet:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ttRozK44HBKP-hjUEtPmoEZ2DDI6LQjK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108807208713144753031&rtpof=true&sd=true
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
Music: Stellardrone
The Long Dark by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
SatTraker:
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker
Compiled executables of SatTraker and RocketTraker available to all channel members!
youtu.be/ko-sgN6K024?si=5_DwT6CYsnBZN5nO
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/PlanetariumPlane
Music:
The Long Dark by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Music: Vanguard by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Celestron 11" NexStar GPS
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
Music: Stellardrone
SBIG ST-2000XCM and AO-7
Music by Stellardrone
SBIG ST-2000XCM and AO-7
Music by Stellardrone
Music: Grand Orrery by Stellardrone
flightclub.io
RocketTraker source code:
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/RocketTraker
Join now as a channel member for access to compiled executables of the latest versions of RocketTraker and SatTraker!
Escape Velocity by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/NEOTraker/blob/master/NEOTraker.py
Filmed using an Orion ST-80 piggybacked on a polar aligned LX200 Classic
Recorded using an SBIG ST-2000XCM camera
Music: Discovery by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
NEOTraker Source Code:
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/NEOTraker/blob/master/NEOTraker.py
beaverlabtech.com/products/beaverlab-finder-tw1-tw2-telescope?ref=vpiaTEfJHWOGbv
amazon.com/dp/B0BRZ4CHWF?ref=myi_title_dp
#BeaverLab Telescope #BeaverLab #Telescope #Astronomy #Space #Science #Physics #Star
@BeaverLab Telescopes
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/SatTraker/blob/master/SatTrakerBetaV5.py
Compiled executables of SatTraker and UFOTraker are available to all channel members!
github.com/AstronomyLiveYt/NEOTraker/blob/master/NEOTraker.py
Orion ST-80 riding piggyback on an LX200 Classic
SBIG ST-2000XCM with 2 minute exposures
Music: Grand Orrery by Stellardrone
On Sunday 1/15/23 at 5:56 pm local time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a mission for the Space Force, USSF-67. I was able to track one of the boosters from launch at LC-39A to landing at LZ-1. This was filmed with an 11" Celestron NexStar GPS using a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K camera at an effective equivalent focal length of 5.6 meters.
This used a new, experimental version of my RocketTraker software, adaptively looking through the trajectory prediction published by FlightClub.io and seeking the closest point in the trajectory file based on the rocket's observed position and time. This allowed for greater tolerance of deviations from the expected timing of the booster landing and allowed me to follow it all the way down. This new version of RocketTraker will be published soon on my community page exclusively for channel members!
Music: Artemis by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BKkzFi3vPH1N1129OISUkpP6SvEmwsED/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=108807208713144753031&rtpof=true&sd=true
Music: Stellardrone
Georgia Guidestone photo by Judson McCranie, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
This used a new, experimental version of my RocketTraker software, adaptively looking through the trajectory prediction published by FlightClub.io and seeking the closest point in the trajectory file based on the rocket's observed position and time. This allowed for greater tolerance of deviations from the expected timing of the booster landing and allowed me to follow it all the way down. This new version of RocketTraker will be published soon on my community page exclusively for channel members!
Thanks to Reds Rhetoric for the static camera footage, be sure to check out his channel and footage of this launch:
youtube.com/@RedsRhetoric
Music: Artemis by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Tracked with an 11" Celestron NexStar GPS and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K using SatTraker. SatTraker is available as compiled executable download to all channel members!
Music: Legacy by Scott Buckley | soundcloud.com/scottbuckley
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
youtube.com/@UCMpeoRgG5jX8ZPNd7FRPa1w
Launch video:
youtube.com/watch?v=0MDBAv-JvmE
Simulation of the outbound flight based on my data:
youtube.com/watch?v=jfC3sBmrfxU
Music: The Impossible by Savfk | youtube.com/savfkmusic
Music promoted by free-stock-music.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
11" Celestron NexStar GPS and Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 4K
LX200 Classic
SBIG ST-2000XCM and AO-7