🚀 astromecanik 🪐🇵🇷 @astromecanik@qoto.org

@benjaminhollon different targets call for different equipment and techniques

@benjaminhollon and that’s a great picture!

Trying to setup my #telescope with new-to-me #astrophotography camera. Since I use what’s called an #equatorial mount, I need to align it properly with the sky’s North Pole in order to do long exposures without drifting. That, and a smaller camera and scope called together an #autoguiding system, allow me to keep an object centered in the field of view for long periods of time.

@georift I’ve found my local timeline is now more about science than about cat pics (nothing against cats though).

@greypilgrim heard about it. What’s it about?

@georift from mastodon.online to qoto.org

@_astronoMay @astromecanik that’s crazy awesome! I’m barely starting to scratch the surface, doing some stellar spectroscopy (100% noob level)

@Pat thanks!

This is how usually my gaming sessions go:

1) be tired and angry and bored as hell after a long day spinning computer models
2) start playing #WorldofTanks to destroy every other player on sight and vent my frustration
3) get wrecked in almost every match because I’m playing recklessly
4) turn off the game angrier than when I started

Doing some exercise 🏃‍♂️ now, and then going to have dinner 🍽 with family. Maybe tonight I will take a 🔭 outside, but after working almost all weekend on a project I feel a bit tired 😴

So far changing instances has been the best decision I've made since joining Mastodon. I think this is the first time I've been more engaged in my Mastodon tl than on my Twitter tl.

@Mek101 @_astronoMay if the star has a lot more mass than the planet, sure.

@Mek101 @apps is fedilab in iOS?

@_astronoMay oh ok, so they are a lot closer... makes sense

@_astronoMay which type of star is at the center? I wonder if it's very dense to hold all the other objects within its gravitational well

@_astronoMay that’s a lot of good info I didn’t know! Thanks for sharing!