Tycho crater on the moon exactly where its supposed to be, as predicted John Michaelson 2020-10-30 | One of the strangest claims I've ever heard laid to rest. No, the moon isn't "cartwheeling" and rolling all over the place inexplicably, field rotation from rising to setting makes Tycho's orientation to my location move from about the 5:30 position on the moon's face to 9:00 over the course of a night. That's it. It's not at the top as this person keeps claiming without evidence. It's exactly where it's supposed to be and as will be seen with Stellarium, exactly where predicted.
Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas setting from northern Utah - 13 Oct 2024 John Michaelson 2024-10-14 | It'll only get better! First night I was able to easily see it in the twilight.
19 Aug 2024 - Severe Thunderstorm over the Great Salt Lake John Michaelson 2024-08-20 | Really a big cell for this area.
Aurora Time Lapse from Utah - G5 Solar Storm May 11, 2024 John Michaelson 2024-05-11 | What an awesome sight! I never thought I'd ever see this from Utah!
Mostly cloudy 46% max eclipse livestream from Salt Lake City John Michaelson 2024-04-09 | I'm very sorry for the blurred box in the middle portion. I only meant to blur out something I accidentally opened for a second or two but I have no idea how to use the YT tools properly it looks like. It does go away eventually, just skip ahead.Let's go 46%!
2024 Eclipse external visualizations via Space Engine John Michaelson 2024-04-06 | Some illustrations of the geometry as seen from various locations in space.
Astronomical Objectification 23 - OAG enabled (no audio, mic broken) John Michaelson 2023-10-21 | I recently purchased and have been getting familiar with a Celestron Off-Axis Guider, The real question will be whether it makes a difference in what people see on Youtube thanks to its abysmal amounts of compression on live streams. Time stamp in parenthesis are generally the best quality image.0:00:00 M13 globular cluster in Hercules (0:15:30)0:20:20 M92 globular cluster in Hercules (0:32:30)0:37:00 M102 lenticular edge-on galaxy in Draco (0:50:45)0:54:00 NGC 5907 Splinter Galaxy in Draco (1:05:00)1:07:45 NGC 6543 Cat's Eye Nebula in Draco (1:15:45)1:22:30 M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula (1:33:00)1:38:30 M16 Eagle/Star Queen Nebula in Serpens (1:54:00)1:59:00 M17 Omega/Swan Nebula in Sagittarius (2:08:00)2:11:45 M11 Wild Duck Cluster in Scutum (2:19:30)2:24:30 Dark nebular region in Aquila, Lynds 633-637 (2:34:00)2:40:00 Western Veil Nebula NGC 6960 region in Cygnus (2:54:45)3:03:00 Eastern Veil Nebula NGC 6992-95 region in Cygnus (3:21:00)3:24:45 M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum (3:46:15)3:51:00 Merope and Maia Nebulae in the Pleiades (4:07:45)
Beautiful sunset - 10 Sep 2023 John Michaelson 2023-09-11 | I was really expecting the clouds to drift north as usual but they just stalled so I missed the prettiest composition. But it was still amazing to watch progress!
Drunken Luchs saves the day in WoT! Last tank standing. John Michaelson 2023-08-25 | Don't worry, there won't be a sudden glut of World of Tanks vids. I still suck too much for that. This was a fun match, though, despite my inability to drive or shoot straight in portions of it. The German Luchs' role in the game mostly is to be a spotter for other players and a nuisance, but I had to take matters into my own hands here.
Hurricane Hilary Satellite time-lapse August 15-22, 2023 John Michaelson 2023-08-23 | Images from the GOES-West satellite taken every 10 minutes at wide scale, 5 minutes at closer regional scale towards the end.
Summer sunset time-lapse - Canon R7 John Michaelson 2023-08-16 | Shots taken every two seconds over the course of around three hours and bumped up to 60 fps in Premiere. I used the auto-exposure per frame setting so as dusk falls the camera is compensating and increasing the exposure time. It worked out really well with no annoying bright and dark oscillations despite the cloud cover coming and going.
Perseid Meteors time-lapse 2023 John Michaelson 2023-08-13 | Light pollution is sadly a growing issue here, but still got a few good ones! Taken with Canon R7 in timelapse movie mode at 4K, 10-22mm EF lens at 10mm
Big monsoon thunderstorm approaching John Michaelson 2023-08-03 | 4K version processing, be patient! About an inch of rain fell from this ominous storm that rolled through today. We don't get the eerie blue-green sky seen in violent storms very often!
Astronomical Objectification 22 John Michaelson 2023-06-24 | Let's see what we can see! And sorry about the horrible audio. OBS's background noise filters for the mic were up way too aggressive. Just think Cylon. I didn't realize it came through that bad. I'll fix it for next time.Object listing:0:00:00 Venus0:08:00 Focus "test" on Venus0:10:20 Very tiny Mars0:11:20 Moon0:15:20 Algieba, binary star0:17:40 Venus0:19:35 Planet footage from 20220:27:30 Leo galaxy triplet M65, M66, NGC 36280:35:00 M97 Owl Nebula (0:40:15)0:40:50 M108 Irregular galaxy (0:49:00)0:49:45 M81 Bode's Galaxy (0:56:45)1:00:15 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy with supernova! (1:11:30)1:13:00 M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (1:18:00)1:18:45 Moon with earthshine and occulting faint stars1:40:00 Moon occulting 8.8 mag star1:45:00 M64 Blackeye Galaxy (1:55:30)1:59:00 M3 globular cluster (2:06:30)2:12:45 M87 with black hole jet (2:15:30)2:18:00 M63 Sunflower Galaxy (2:29:00)2:31:00 NGC 6543 Cats Eye Nebula (2:35:45)2:38:00 Polaris2:41:45 Double-double star Epsilon Lyrae2:45:45 M57 Ring Nebula (2:52:00)2:53:30 M27 Dumbbell Nebula (2:56:30)2:59:30 M71 Arrowhead Cluster (3:01:30)3:08:00 NGC 6820 Emission Nebula (3:17:00)3:17:45 NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula (3:26:30)3:27:45 NGC 6894 Planetary Nebula (3:41:00)
Utah SR-31 Skyline Drive snowpack ride - 4x speed with photos (bring your own music) John Michaelson 2023-04-11 | I didn't make it quite to the top due to a rather large slide or mini-avalanche. I didn't want to risk plowing through with no snow tires or AWD. I needed to get home anyway. There's no audio but the book I was listening to and it's unintelligible. Put on your own favorite road tunes and have at it. #lazy
Astronomical Objectification 21 John Michaelson 2022-09-26 | Object Listing:0:00:00 M92 Globular Cluster in Hercules (0:15:05)0:16:30 NGC 5902 Splinter Galaxy in Draco (0:27:45)0:30:00 NGC 6058 Planetary Nebula in Hercules (0:35:15)0:38:45 M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra (0:44:30)0:46:15 M56 Globular Cluster in Lyra (0:50:50)0:52:45 Portion of the Coathanger asterism (0:58:00)1:00:00 NGC 6820 Emission Nebula in Vulpecula (1:16:30)1:20:00 M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula (1:37:40)1:45:40 NGC 6835, 6842 Open Cluster, P. Neb. (1:53:50)1:59:45 NGC 6888 Crescent Nebula in Cygnus (2:15:30)2:18:00 NGC 6910 Open Cluster in Cygnus (2:31:30)2:34:00 Barnard 347 Dark Nebula in Cygnus (2:45:00)2:49:30 IC 5146 Cocoon Nebula in Cygnus (3:03:45)3:06:00 Saturn low over the roof, bad seeing (stacked 3:21:30)3:24:30 "Double-double" Epsilon Lyrae3:32:30 Jupiter, bad seeing (stacking process 3:46:30)3:56:00 Neptune4:00:00 Uranus (moons 4:04:30)4:11:15 Merope Nebula in Pleiades (4:21:40)4:25:00 M31 Andromeda Galaxy (4:34:00)4:39:15 M33 Pinwheel Galaxy in Triangulum (4:54:15)4:57:00 M29 Open Cluster in Cygnus (5:06:20)5:14:45 Barnard 147 Dark Nebula in Cygnus (5:26:15)
Southern Stars Time Lapse John Michaelson 2022-08-27 | Testing the new Canon R7's movie making tool. Shots are 8 seconds at f/5 ISO 3200, with the included 18-150mm lens at 18mm. Obviously now I want a faster, wider lens. $$$ Well played, Canon, well played.
Planets in June 2022, including Mercury and Venus in broad daylight! John Michaelson 2022-06-30 | Video captures done early morning and then afternoon of June 26, 2022. Mercury and Venus were taken broad daylight while high in the sky. Jupiter and Mars taken before and after sunrise. Stacking done in Registax and final minor sharpening and color correction in Photoshop. Saturn is stubbornly still too low in the south over my roof for me to catch, although it's getting higher. I think by this autumn it will be high enough if I jack up the tripod more.
Astronomical Objectification 20 John Michaelson 2022-06-26 | Let's see what we can see. 0:00:00 Porrima, close double star in Virgo0:06:00 M53 globular in Coma Berenices (0:11:15)0:18:20 M3 globular in Canes Venatici (0:37:00)0:39:00 M51 Whirlpool Galaxy (0:50:00)0:52:00 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy (1:06:40)1:09:00 M82 Cigar Galaxy (1:18:00)1:20:00 M81 Bode's Galaxy (1:30:00)1:32:00 M97 Owl Nebula (1:44:00)1:47:30 Eastern Veil Nebula in Cygnus (2:00:00)2:01:40 Albireo, beautiful double (2:03:30)2:05:45 Epsilon Lyrae, the double-double (2:08:00)2:09:45 M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra (2:20:00)2:24:00 Van den Bergh 133 Emission Nebula (2:36:20)2:39:15 Sharpless 2-101 Emission Nebula (2:51:30)2:53:30 M27 Dumbbell Nebula (3:03:00)3:06:30 X Sagittae, deep red carbon star (3:06:45)3:11:45 NGC6914 nebula complex in Cygnus (3:32:00)3:36:00 Mizar and Alcor
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai Volcano Eruption - 15 January 2022 - Enlarged View John Michaelson 2022-01-15 | Same footage as the previous video with the eruption centered in the frame.
Undersea Volcano Eruption near Tonga - 15 January 2022 - High-res GOES-West Satellite Imagery John Michaelson 2022-01-15 | abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/tonga-issues-tsunami-warning-undersea-volcano-erupts-82280968
KJJR 880 AM Whitefish, MT - DX Test 8 January 2022 John Michaelson 2022-01-08 | Location: Tooele, UTEquipment: RSPdx SDR with a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP active loop antennaPlayback using SDR Console 3.0.27Other stations audible will be KRVN, Lexington, NE and CHQT, Edmonton, AB Canada.0:00:00 Pre-audio0:05:18 Midnight Station Ident and Start of Test0:47:05 Test description, Strong Morse Ident, Loud Sweeps1:01:14 Sousa March1:05:21 1 AM Station Ident
Astronomical Objectification XVIII - Off the Record John Michaelson 2021-11-30 | An unlisted stream the night after the much more productive Objectification XVII because the sky conditions were getting questionable, especially towards the end. Not much new here.0:00:00 Set up, twilight, and double star Alpha Herculis0:26:50 M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules0:47:00 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major1:00:00 NGC 5907 Splinter Galaxy in Draco1:12:00 NGC 6543 Cats-Eye Nebula in Draco1:19:45 Comet C/2017 K2 PANSTARRS in Hercules1:25:00 M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra1:32:30 M13 Globular Cluster in Hercules1:40:00 M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula1:51:30 M71 Globular Cluster in Sagitta2:00:00 Portion of B33 Barnard's E in Aquila2:05:20 Processed images from A.O. XVII2:10:00 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major
Astronomical Objectification XIX John Michaelson 2021-11-29 | I'm having some camera issues but let's see how it goes...0:00:00 M57 Ring Nebula in Lyra0:19:00 M27 Dumbbell Nebula in Vulpecula0:28:00 Jupiter (partly obscured by roof)0:40:00 M15 Globular Cluster in Pegasus0:50:00 M2 Globular Cluster in Aquarius0:57:00 Polaris (double star observation)1:01:00 M31 Andromeda Galaxy1:13:00 M33 Triangulum Galaxy1:25:00 Chart of NGC Objects in M331:35:00 NGC 281 Pacman Nebula in Cassiopeia1:49:00 M45 Pleiades Star Cluster2:05:00 M1 Crab Nebula (very low)2:15:00 Uranus2:18:40 Uranus' Moons with Chart2:28:00 NGC 891 Edge-on Galaxy in Andromeda2:54:00 NGC 1528 Open Star Cluster in Perseus3:04:00 Sharpless Sh 2-209 Diffuse Nebula (faint)3:10:00 M35 and NGC 2158 Open Clusters in Gemini3:20:00 IC 410 Emission Nebula in Auriga3:40:00 M81 Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major3:53:00 M82 Cigar Galaxy in Ursa Major
Astronomical Objectification XVII - Sharpcap 4 Test John Michaelson 2021-09-26 | This won't be a long stream, but I wanted to try a few things in the new version of Sharpcap.
Four days of the Southwest U.S. monsoon - July 23-26, 2021 John Michaelson 2021-07-27 | Was really impressed by how directionless all the roiling and bubbling has been. The typical Four Corners high has been well to the west leaving everything to just bubble and meander around. I intend to download more days as time goes by. I grabbed everything that was available in this nice looking geocolor format from star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/index.php
Astronomical Objectification XVI - Galaxy Quest John Michaelson 2021-04-10 | So finally doing some more astronomy gives me cover to flood the channel with more flight sim and radio vids now 😈😁. I had some color balance issues in this one due to creating new dark frames and there being a lot of dust and haze in the sky this night. I've been working on corrections for the next one. Things tend to be too strongly reddish this time around.0:00:00 Cor Caroli0:08:30 M3 in Canes Venatici0:20:20 M53 in Coma Berenices0:28:40 M51 Whirlpool Galaxy0:45:15 M63 Sunflower Galaxy0:55:30 M65-66 in Leo1:10:00 M95-96 in Leo1:21:00 Dwarf Galaxy Leo I1:28:30 M87 with Black Hole jet1:38:00 M90 in Virgo1:53:25 M84-86, The Eyes, and others1:59:40 NGC 4189-93, 4206-16-222:05:45 M98 in Virgo2:12:15 M100 and NGC 43122:21:30 M64 Black-eye Galaxy2:33:45 Coma Galaxy Cluster Abell 16562:42:00 M3 again2:54:45 M101 Pinwheel Galaxy3:09:00 M94 in Canes Venatici3:19:15 M104 Sombrero3:29:20 Quasar 3C 2733:35:00 M13 in Hercules
Astronomical Objectification XV - April 2021 John Michaelson 2021-04-03 | So finally doing some more astronomy gives me cover to flood the channel with more flight sim and radio vids now 😈😁0:00:00 Start0:03:00 Double Cluster in Perseus0:06:30 Mars0:13:00 Orion Nebula0:25:15 Horsehead Nebula0:36:45 Orion Nebula0:50:00 Flame Nebula and Alnitak1:05:00 Pleiades1:13:45 Crab Nebula1:28:00 Messier 78 in Orion1:41:00 Monkey Head Nebula NGC 21741:50:00 Sirius (no companion visible)1:56:00 Messier 35 and NGC 21582:10:00 IC 4432:19:30 Eskimo Nebula2:30:00 NGC 2903 in Leo2:42:00 Messier 812:56:30 Messier 823:09:30 NGC 2683 in Lynx3:20:00 Messier 67 in Cancer3:33:00 Dwarf Galaxy Leo I3:40:00 Leo Triplet M65-M66-NGC 3628
AM DX - 1566 kHz HLAZ Aewol-eup, Jeju, South Korea heard in northern Utah, nearly 10,000 km John Michaelson 2021-02-26 | Reception early in the morning February 15, 2021 of Radio Free Asia's Korean language program on this 250 kW station on Jeju Island near South Korea. Distance approximately 6115 miles/9840 km.Equipment: Afedri-SDR, Wellbrook ALA1530LNP loop, recorded with SDR Console v3.0.26
AM DXing from Utah #3 - Canadians Talk About a Nip in the Air John Michaelson 2021-02-14 | Nine Canadian radio stations' astoundingly cold weather forecasts heard from here in northern Utah during the last week.0:00 540 CBU Watrous, SK0:43 630 CHED Edmonton, AB1:51 650 CKOM Saskatoon, SK2:34 690 CBU Vancouver, BC3:17 900 CKBI Prince Albert, SK4:09 940 CJGX Yorkton, SK5:47 990 CBW Winnipeg, MB6:27 1010 CBR Calgary, AB7:17 1130 CKWX Vancouver, BC
1230 KCUP in Toledo, OR. The “Black Coffee, No Sugar, No Creme” Graveyard DX test from Utah! John Michaelson 2021-01-31 | 1230 KCUP is a graveyard station located near the Oregon coast and ran a broadcast test from 10:00 PM PST to 6:00 AM with sweeps, morse code idents, etc. to test reception. Definitely got some of the sweeps, tones, and morse idents. Never heard any definitive voice idents, though.Equipment used was an Afedri-SDR radio with a Wellbrook ALA1530LNP active loop on a 15' mast oriented at about 100°/280°. SDR Console is the software used for display. Location: near Tooele, UT.
19 Jan 2021 - 747 kHz JOIB, NHK-2 Ebetsu, Japan from northern Utah. MW DX John Michaelson 2021-01-20 | A strong capture of this 500 kW Japanese blowtorch station doing their English language lesson programming. Ebetsu is located near Sapporo.
AM DXing from Utah - Mexican AM Radio Station Calls and Slogans John Michaelson 2021-01-18 | Sorry for any ads. I didn't put them there and believe me, I don't get any of the money. Apparently just 11 seconds of a song is enough to get slapped. And I didn't know a static-filled version of the anthem was copyrighted, either.Come along for a little scenery and some AM radio slogans and idents from south of the Border. I've heard idents from 32 stations at 11 locations so far, the most distant being three from Mexico City running at high power. The most exotic is daytime-only XEQIN from San Quintin, Baja California heard under deeply nulled KSL. 50,000-watt KSL being clear channel has very little competition, and I'm less than 20 miles from its transmitter. At 25:44 there is an erroneous label, it should be 1030 XESDD, not 1090 XEPRS. Equipment: Afedri SDR radio, Wellbrook ALA1530LNP active loop antenna, audio captured with SDR-Radio Console v3 and post-processed with Adobe Audition to reduce noise.00:00 Mexico City, Distrito Federal (XEW, XEOY, XEUR)02:35 Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila (XERF)04:37 Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua (XETX)05:15 Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua (XEJUA, XEJCC, XEROK, XEP, XEYC, XEJPV)09:35 Heroica Nogales, Sonora (XENY)10:56 San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora (XELBL, XECB, XEEH)12:48 Mexicali, Baja California (XEABCA, XEZF, XEMMM, XECL, XED)18:00 Tijuana, Baja California (XESURF, XESPN, XEMO, XEXX, XERCN, XEUT, XEPE)23:23 Rosarito, Baja California (XEWW, XEKAM, XEPRS)25:42 Puerto Nuevo, Baja California (XESDD)26:20 San Quintin, Baja California (XEQIN)
AM DXing - Utahs AM Radio Station Calls and Slogans John Michaelson 2021-01-10 | Come along for a little scenery and some old time AM radio jingles and top of the hour calls. I believe this is every station in the state, including a few no longer on the air and a few that have changed ownership in the last few years. Since I live in Utah it's hard to call this "DX", or long distance reception, but a few are tough nonetheless. 1490 KZEZ, which rarely idents, and 1490 KCPX are usually lost beneath 1490 KOGN. 1340 KTMP has a spotty history of transmission. 820 KUTR is accidentally labeled South Salt Lake in the video, it's actually in Taylorsville. 1580 KWLO I put Springfield for some reason, it's Springville.
A Nostalgic Playthrough of Microproses F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988) John Michaelson 2021-01-01 | Who better to fly one of America's most advanced jet fighters than the greatest flat earther of them all? Follow 2nd Lt. Flat Out as he engages the enemy in four theaters of conflict. Sorry about the music being so loud over me in the beginning, it didn't seem that bad in Premiere before rendering. You didn't miss anything important.Played through DosBox, F-19 is available at GOG.com0:00:00 Intro/Mission 1 - Libya Cold War Strike0:15:55 Mission 2 - Libya Conventional War Strike0:41:37 Mission 3 - Persian Gulf Limited War Air to Air0:59:27 Mission 4 - Persian Gulf Conventional War Strike1:11:45 Mission 5 - North Cape Cold War Strike1:23:53 Mission 6 - Central Europe Cold War Strike1:34:54 Mission 7 - Central Europe Limited War Air to Air1:52:05 Mission 8 - North Cape Conventional War Strike2:01:20 Mission 9 - Central Europe Cold War Strike CMOH2:08:15 Mission 10 - Persian Gulf Conventional War Strike
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #9 - Guatemala, El Salvador, and Hondurus John Michaelson 2020-12-26 | 0:00:00 Takeoff from Quetzaltenango, Guatemala0:08:45 Lago de Atitlán0:13:55 Chimaltenango0:17:04 Guatemala City0:26:30 Escuintla0:30:48 Puerto Quetzal0:37:13 Entering El Salvador0:40:33 Sonsonate0:44:25 Ahuachapán0:51:00 Santa Ana0:55:02 Landing at Ciudad Arce0:57:45 Takeoff from Ciudad Arce1:00:33 Lourdes1:02:04 San Salvador1:13:37 Cojutepeque1:21:41 Volcán San Miguel and Ciudad San Miguel1:25:45 Santa Rosa de Lima1:33:50 La Union1:35:11 Entering Hondurus1:38:45 San Lorenzo1:44:35 Wind farm outside Tegucigalpa1:46:00 Tegucigalpa1:53:15 Landing at Toncontín International
Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction 2020 + a few deep sky extras until the scope frosts over. John Michaelson 2020-12-22 | ...
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #8 - Yerevan, Armenia to Aleppo, Syria John Michaelson 2020-12-14 | 0:00:00 Takeoff from Zvarnots Int'l, Yerevan0:06:33 Entering Turkey0:07:35 Mount Ararat fly-by0:15:35 Lake Van and Van city0:23:07 Tatvan0:28:48 Batman0:32:10 Diyarbakir0:35:40 Siverek0:38:05 Atatürk Dam0:41:15 Sanliurfa0:46:15 Birecik City and Dam0:48:35 Gaziantep (Aintab)0:57:15 Kilis0:58:33 Entering Syria1:00:27 Aleppo1:10:40 Aleppo at night1:14:20 Landing at Aleppo International
KSEN 1150 AM Shelby Montana station DX test - 8 Nov 2020 John Michaelson 2020-11-08 | You'd be as insane as I am to listen to or watch more of this than just skipping through bits here and there, but this was an unusual event to hear. KSEN tested their signal overnight starting at midnight local time at full daytime power. Sweeps, morse code tones with the station's ID, and more odd sounds designed to test how well the station can be heard at various distances and directions. Fascinating stuff if you're a radio geek.
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #7 - Flying to the headwaters of the Loire River John Michaelson 2020-10-19 | Fire up Google Maps/Earth and follow along as we visit dozens of towns and cities in central France. Chateaus, villages, towns, and urban agglomerations abound. We get some absolutely stunning dusk scenery in the second half approaching Roanne and St.-Etienne.0:00:00 Takeoff from La Baule0:04:10 Saint-Nazaire0:08:55 Nantes0:19:30 Ancenis0:24:15 Chalonnes-sur-Loire0:27:45 Angers0:35:00 Saumur0:42:50 Tours0:52:00 Amboise0:56:10 Blois1:00:25 Beaugency1:02:30 Orléans1:12:30 Landing at LFOZ Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel1:16:35 Châteauneuf-sur-Loire1:20:40 Gien1:27:35 Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire1:31:45 La Charité-sur-Loire1:35:00 Nevers1:41:30 Decize1:48:00 Digoin1:53:15 Pouilly-sous-Charlieu1:55:10 Roanne2:03:00 Balbigny2:04:15 Feurs2:08:35 Veauche2:11:00 Saint-Étienne2:14:55 Firminy2:24:20 Landing at LFHP Le Puy-Loudes Airport2:30:50 Le Puy-en-Valey2:42:25 Lac d'Issarlès2:47:10 Sainte-Eulalie2:50:50 Landing at the Headwaters of the Loire
Astronomical Objectification XIV - Better Focus Guaranteed! John Michaelson 2020-10-19 | TEC 160fl 6-inch refractor with a ZWO ASI294mc Pro camera riding an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO mount. Location Northern Utah. Object listing and time stamps coming soon.
Rotation of Mars, views of Uranus and Neptune - 17 Oct 2020 John Michaelson 2020-10-18 | Video illustrating the rotation of Mars taken near opposition over the course of nine hours on the night of 16-17 October 2020. Also some images of Uranus and Neptune resolving their discs nicely. The weird "lightning" effects during the slow motion Mars frames are from Premiere's Optical Flow tool. If you know a way to get rid of it, please let me know. Frame Blending looked terrible in comparison.
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #6 - Washington Volcanoes John Michaelson 2020-10-13 | Continuing where OtBFP #4 left off, we fly over Seattle, Whidbey Island, and fly around Washington's big four stratovolcanoes before following the Columbia River west to the Pacific for a landing at Astoria, Oregon. There is an easter egg label for the keen-eyed!0:00:00 Takeoff from KSEA Sea-Tac Int'l0:04:30 Seattle overflight0:09:40 Oak Harbor and Whidbey NAS0:13:23 Mount Baker0:21:22 Stillaguamish River Valley0:25:20 Snoqualmie, North Bend, and I-900:27:45 Mount Rainier0:34:36 Mount Adams0:39:57 Mount St. Helens0:47:15 Yale Lake and dam0:49:24 Columbia River0:50:45 Longview, Washington0:57:07 Astoria, Oregon
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #5 - Western Switzerland John Michaelson 2020-10-11 | Taking off in Basel and visiting the following major and minor cities while flying in and around the Berner Alps: Basel, Solothurn, Bern, Thun, Diemtigen, Sion, Martigny, Lausanne, Geneva0:00:00 Takeoff at Basel-Mulhouse LFSB0:04:00 Basel city flyover0:13:00 Over the Homberg0:17:30 Solothurn0:21:17 Bern0:28:00 Thun0:31:46 Diemtigen overflight and landing0:37:01 Takeoff and flight up the Diemtigtal0:44:00 Over the col near Gsür0:50:30 Lac de Sénin0:53:30 Sion and the Rhône Valley0:57:53 Martigny1:04:40 Approaching Lake Geneva1:09:50 Lausanne1:22:00 Geneva flyover and tour1:29:00 Landing at Geneva LSGG
Mars - 29 September 2020 John Michaelson 2020-09-29 | 250 best frames stacked out of 2500 captured using Registax 6. Raw frames unsharp masked in Premiere Pro to show details.Scope: TEC 160FL refractor with 2x Barlow, working at f/14.Camera: ZWO ASI294mc Pro at unity gain, 40ms shutter.
Astronomical Objectification XIII John Michaelson 2020-09-29 | TEC 160fl 6-inch refractor with a ZWO ASI294mc Pro camera riding an Astro-Physics Mach 1 GTO mount. Location Northern Utah. Object listing and time stamps coming soon.
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #4 - Pacific Northwest Stratovolcano Tour John Michaelson 2020-09-16 | Flights from Redding, CA and Medford, OR around the Pacific Northwest's most iconic mountains, with silly landing attempts on their summits. Overflights of dozens of towns, cities, and airports en route.0:00:00 Takeoff from KRDD Redding0:07:30 Shasta Lake0:11:45 Castle Crags0:14:00 Mount Shasta ascent0:19:10 Shasta summit landing - Takeoff from KRDD0:25:40 Approaching Lassen Peak0:30:35 Takeoff from KMFR Medford, city flyover0:38:07 Mt. McLoughlin flyby0:42:00 Klamath Falls0:44:30 Crater Lake0:51:00 Landing at 3S6 Toketee State Airport0:53:40 Takeoff from KMFR Medford1:00:05 Grant's Pass1:05:00 Roseburg1:10:45 Eugene and Springfield1:15:55 Landing at KCVO Corvallis1:19:00 Corvallis and Albany flyby1:21:30 Landing at KSLM Salem1:25:10 Salem exploration1:32:00 Approaching Mt. Hood1:38:00 Crossing the Columbia into Washington1:40:00 Approaching Mt. Adams1:43:00 Mt. Adams summit landing1:47:25 Approaching Mt. St. Helens1:54:45 Mt. St. Helens crater landing1:59:00 Approaching Mt. Rainier2:04:00 Mt. Rainier summit cone landing2:14:30 Vancouver, WA2:17:30 Portland, OR exploration2:22:45 Landing at KPDX Portland International
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #3 - Alaska Denali AK06 to Kodiak Benny Benson PADQ John Michaelson 2020-09-12 | For Geist View, hope you like! Great scenery along the way, so many lakes and rivers and glaciers and volcanoes. Taking off from AK06 in Denali National Park, flying past Denali, down over Anchorage, and across the Kenai Peninsula past Kenai, Soldotna, Seldovia, and Homer. Landing at PADQ Benny Benson State Airport at Kodiak.
MSFS - OtBFP Episode #2 - Canyonlands KCNY to Las Vegas McCarran Intl KLAS via Grand Canyon John Michaelson 2020-09-07 | Still working on the best position for the microphone. Complete unedited flight narrated en route. Canyonlands Field near Moab, UT to McCarran international in Las Vegas, NV. Great geologic information can be found for free at geology.utah.gov.0:00:00 Map and takeoff from KCNY Canyonlands0:07:30 Moab, UT0:15:45 The Loop0:28:00 Bullfrog and Halls Crossing0:33:00 50-Mile Mesa and Navajo Mountain0:37:30 Romana Mesa and Tower Butte0:39:30 Page, AZ and Glen Canyon Dam0:47:00 Entering Grand Canyon National Park1:12:00 Mollies Nipple1:22:00 Grand Canyon West Airport 1G41:30:00 Detrital Wash1:34:00 Hoover Dam fly-by1:39:00 Into Las Vegas1:43:00 Vegas Strip flythrough1:49:20 Establishing on McCarran localizer and landing1:55:00 Taxiing to the Gate and shutdown.
