“It’s been said that astronomy is a humbling and, I might add, a character-building experience.” (Carl Sagan) Muzika uz tekst: Zabranjeno pušenje – Dok čekaš sabah sa šejtanom Sinoć smo Džan i ja snimali noćne pejzažne fotografije (“nightscape”) sa Šiljka (Bjelašnica). Ovog puta bez trackera, testirali smo novi objektiv. Inače, ovo je prvi put da […]

“Mortal as I am, I know that I am born for a day, but when I follow the serried multitude of the stars in their circular course, my feet no longer touch the earth; I ascend to Zeus himself to feast me on ambrosia, the food of the gods.” (Ptolemy) Muzika uz post: Gabe – […]

“Davno ti sam legao i vele ti mi je ležati … ” (natpis na stećku) “Stećak je za mene ono što nije za druge, ono što na njem i u njemu nisu drugi unijeli ni znali da vide. Jest kamen, ali jeste i riječ, jest zemlja, ali jeste i nebo, jeste materija, ali jeste i […]

“The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.” (Anaxagoras) Muzika uz post: Turkish March – Mozart Sinoć sam malo snimao (star vojno mezarje/groblje) sa rejona Oblih brda, i ujedno testirao novi objektiv (Samyang 35mm f1.4). Iako je Mjesec bio osvjetljen 63%, to nije smetalo – čakštaviše, snimio sam […]

“The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens.” (Anaxagoras) Muzika uz post: Zorba – Sirtaki Optika: Telescope Live Planewave CDK24  (via Adam Block) Kamera: FLI PL 9000 Filteri: AstroDon Gen II (L, R, G, B) LOkacija: Río Hurtado, Coquimbo regija, Čile Ekspozicije: LRGB = 5 : 4 : 4 : 4 h Procesiranje: […]

“The stars, like dust, encircle me In living mists of light; And all of space I seem to see In one vast burst of sight.” (Isaac Asimov) Muzika uz post: Pinwheel – Dark Souls Soundtrack Oprema: FLI ProLine PL9000, teleskop Planewave CDK24.Lokacija: Opservatorija “El Sauce” (Čile).Tehnika:  2 x 10 min za svaki kanal (Luminance, Red, Green, […]

Upozorenje: ako se odlučite da rastavite vaš digitalni aparat, budite spremni i na mogućnost da ga pokvarite. Ne odgovaram ni za kakvu štetu nastalu na aparatu. Ovaj post je, prvenstveno, edukativne naravi 🙂 Konačno sam, nakon dugo premišljanja i sakupljanja informacija po internetu, skupio hrabrosti da modificiram (tzv. full spectrum mod) svoj Canon 6D, tj. […]

“Stars are beautiful, but they must not take an active part in anything, they must just look on forever. It is a punishment put on them for something they did so long ago that no star now knows what it was.”― J.M. Barrie Muzika uz post: Black – Wonderful Life  Iz australijske opservatorije Heaven’s Mirror (Yass, North South […]

“Astronomy’s much more fun when you’re not an astronomer.” (Brian May) Muzika uz post: 2CELLOS – Now We Are Free Iz australijske opservatorije Heaven’s Mirror (Yass, North South Wales; 530 m n.v.) su mi danas, po narudžbi, poslali set podataka o maglini “Vijenac” (eng. Rim nebula), snimljenoj uskopojasnim filterima. Snimci su bili: 2 x 10 min sa […]

“Napoleon, when hearing about Laplace’s latest book, said, ‘M. Laplace, they tell me you have written this large book on the system of the universe, and have never even mentioned its creator.’ Laplace responds, ‘Je n’avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là. (I had no need of that hypothesis.)”(Pierre-Simon Laplace) Muzika uz post: Jack Johnson – Only The Ocean […]

“Infinity took me to places I had never been to before.”(Steven Magee) Muzika uz post: Interstellar Main Theme – Extra Extended – Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer Iz australijske opservatorije Heaven’s Mirror (Yass, North South Wales; 530 m n.v.) su mi poslali set podataka o maglini IC 2944, snimljenoj uskopojasnim filterima. Snimci su bili: 3 x 10 min […]

“Our existence in this place, this microscopic corner of the cosmos, is fleeting. With utter disregard for our wants and needs, nature plays out its grand acts on scales of space and time that are truly hard to grasp. Perhaps all we can look to for real solace is our endless capacity to ask questions […]

“The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the starsDid wander darkling in the eternal space.”(Lord Byron George Gordon) Muzika uz post: Mesa (Hans Zimmer) Danas su mi iz Španije (Oria, Almería) poslali 100 min LRGB signala za galaksiju M66. Ova neobična galaksija koja sadrži 200 milijardi zvijezda, koju gledamo iskosa u pravcu Lava, od nas je […]

“High-luminosity stars are the rarest. In any given volume of space, they’re outnumbered by the low-luminosity stars a thousand to one. It’s the prodigious energy output of high-luminosity stars that enables you to see them across such large volumes of space.”(Neil deGrasse Tyson, Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries) Muzika uz post: Billan – […]

“The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of the human race than the discovery of a star.”(Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy) Muzika uz post: Tears in the Rain (Hans Zimmer) Dobio sam danas set podataka (LRGB) za maglinu “Tamna igračka” koja se vidi sa južne […]