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Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

Home > Astronomical Images > Solar System Most viewed - Solar System Comet 2020/F3 NEOWISE688 viewsConditions for photographing Comet NEOWISE from my observatory near Anza, California were less than ideal. The comet was visible only in the northwest for a couple hours after sunset, at most, which put it squarely in the Los Angeles light dome. Another factor involved was the inexperience of the photographer - I hadn't done any night shooting with my DSLR before and I never got the camera focused properly, so the stars came out somewhat bloated and fuzzy. They also show some coma, I don't know why. But at least the comet itself came out reasonably well. End of Totality670 viewsI missed getting the diamond ring on this one, but you can see a hint of it at 7 o'clock. Second Contact575 viewsWith an annular eclipse, Second Contact is the moment when the Moon's disk becomes fully enclosed by the Sun's. Pre-Totality 10569 viewsNor now the long light on the sea: Post-Totality 1557 viewsThe Moving Finger writes, and having writ, Moves on; nor all your piety nor wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a word of it. - The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Sunspots556 viewsThe Sun in this early-pre-totality eyepiece-projection shot is too big to fit into the frame, but the sunspots do show up well. Pre-Totality 6553 viewsAnd Baghdad darken and the bridge Across the silent river gone And through Arabia the edge Of evening widen and steal on Totality minus 55 minutes552 viewsC2 - 55 min 40 sec Seven minutes after Third Contact552 viewsC3 + 7:01 First Contact plus ~30 minutes549 viewsAbout halfway through pre-totality. Totality minus 7 minutes548 viewsC2 - 7 min, 18 sec First Contact plus ~20 minutes548 viewsThe Moon is taking a bigger bite out of the Sun. 96 files on 8 page(s) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Debug Info  Debug Output: show / hide Select All USER: ------------------ Array ( [ID] => e95db64749c72590d493ce66f852b9c5 [am] => 1 ) ========================== USER DATA: ------------------ Array ( [user_id] => 0 [user_name] => Guest [groups] => Array ( [0] => 3 ) [group_quota] => 0 [can_rate_pictures] => 1 [can_send_ecards] => 0 [can_post_comments] => 0 [can_upload_pictures] => 0 [can_create_albums] => 0 [pub_upl_need_approval] => 1 [priv_upl_need_approval] => 1 [access_level] => 3 [disk_max] => 0 [disk_min] => 0 [has_admin_access] => 0 [group_name] => Guests [can_create_public_albums] => 0 [can_see_all_albums] => 0 [group_id] => 3 [allowed_albums] => Array ( ) ) ========================== Queries: ------------------ Array ( [0] => SELECT name, value FROM cm_config [include/init.inc.php:177] (0.47 ms) [1] => SELECT * FROM cm_plugins ORDER BY priority [include/plugin_api.inc.php:48] (0.56 ms) [2] => SELECT MAX(group_quota) AS disk_max, MIN(group_quota) AS disk_min, MAX(can_rate_pictures) AS can_rate_pictures, MAX(can_send_ecards) AS can_send_ecards, MAX(can_post_comments) AS can_post_comments, MAX(can_upload_pictures) AS can_upload_pictures, MAX(can_create_albums) AS can_create_albums, MAX(has_admin_access) AS has_admin_access, MAX(access_level) AS access_level, MIN(pub_upl_need_approval) AS pub_upl_need_approval, MIN( priv_upl_need_approval) AS priv_upl_need_approval FROM cm_usergroups WHERE group_id in (3) [bridge/udb_base.inc.php:350] (0.3 ms) [3] => SELECT group_name FROM cm_usergroups WHERE group_id= 3 [bridge/udb_base.inc.php:362] (0.26 ms) [4] => SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cm_categorymap WHERE group_id in (3) [bridge/udb_base.inc.php:375] (0.55 ms) [5] => SELECT aid FROM cm_albums WHERE moderator_group IN (3) [include/init.inc.php:271] (0.33 ms) [6] => SELECT lang_id FROM cm_languages WHERE enabled='YES' [include/init.inc.php:334] (0.78 ms) [7] => DELETE FROM cm_banned WHERE expiry < '2026-01-29 14:13:15' [include/init.inc.php:448] (0.78 ms) [8] => SELECT null FROM cm_banned WHERE ('216.73.216.162' LIKE ip_addr OR '' LIKE ip_addr ) AND brute_force=0 LIMIT 1 [include/init.inc.php:464] (0.62 ms) [9] => SELECT aid FROM cm_albums WHERE (1 AND visibility != 0 AND visibility != 10000 AND visibility NOT IN (3)) [include/functions.inc.php:1110] (0.33 ms) [10] => SELECT name FROM cm_categories WHERE cid = 12 [thumbnails.php:157] (0.34 ms) [11] => SELECT rgt, lft, depth FROM cm_categories WHERE cid = 12 LIMIT 1 [include/functions.inc.php:44] (0.64 ms) [12] => SELECT cid FROM cm_categories WHERE lft BETWEEN 4 AND 5 [include/functions.inc.php:49] (0.36 ms) [13] => SELECT keyword FROM cm_albums WHERE category IN (12) [include/functions.inc.php:57] (1.91 ms) [14] => SELECT p.cid, p.name FROM cm_categories AS c, cm_categories AS p WHERE c.lft BETWEEN p.lft AND p.rgt AND c.cid = 12 ORDER BY p.lft [include/functions.inc.php:2940] (6.8 ms) [15] => SELECT COUNT(*) FROM cm_pictures AS r INNER JOIN cm_albums AS a ON a.aid = r.aid INNER JOIN cm_categories AS c2 ON c2.cid = category WHERE (c2.lft BETWEEN 4 AND 5) AND (1 OR keywords like '%27telp%') AND r.aid NOT IN (12, 51) AND approved = 'YES' AND hits > 0 [include/functions.inc.php:1717] (6.42 ms) [16] => SELECT r.pid, r.aid, filepath, filename, url_prefix, pwidth, pheight, filesize, ctime, r.title, r.keywords, r.votes, pic_rating, hits, caption, r.owner_id, user1, user2, user3, user4 FROM cm_pictures AS r INNER JOIN cm_albums AS a ON a.aid = r.aid INNER JOIN cm_categories AS c2 ON c2.cid = category WHERE (c2.lft BETWEEN 4 AND 5) AND (1 OR keywords like '%27telp%') AND r.aid NOT IN (12, 51) AND approved = 'YES' AND hits > 0 ORDER BY hits DESC, pid ASC LIMIT 0 ,12 [include/functions.inc.php:1734] (8.35 ms) [17] => SELECT extension, mime, content, player FROM cm_filetypes [include/functions.inc.php:5952] (0.35 ms) ) ========================== GET : ------------------ Array ( [album] => topn [cat] => 12 ) ========================== POST : ------------------ Array ( ) ========================== COOKIE : ------------------ Array ( ) ==========================