Category: All Sky Cameras

Solar Photography group on Facebook – comments

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Languages, All Sky Cameras, Collaborative Global Model of the Sun August 13, 2024

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1278689162297491/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=2820285491471176 Is the reason it is white at the edges, because the many colors are mixed, looking through deeper stretches of solar atmosphere? Can you give particulars of lenses, camera, settings, exposure, filters, post-processing, software? I just joined this group and have not had time to look around. I have been following space based and
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Remote and non-destructive indicators for trees at risk of cracking

Richard K Collins All Sky Cameras, Global Open Resources August 8, 2024

Forest Research @Forest_Research Stem cracks are defects in firs and conifers. Affected timber isn’t suitable for structural uses, reducing value. We’re researching this. Snr Scientist Ruben Manso explains why and asks forestry professionals to report cracks using TreeAlert. 🔗 https://forestresearch.gov.uk/news/139764-stem-cracks-in-conifers-report-it-via-treealert/ https://pic.x.com/kabfzsdnse Replying to @Forest_Research I carved wood for several decades and my first thought seeing
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Using ZnSe and GaAS lenses with Sony Starvis and similar detectors at high gain and frame rates for machine vision applications

Richard K Collins All Sky Cameras July 10, 2024

To: Fuzhou Hundreds Optics Inc 100Optics.com, Some very low light and NIR sensors might be able to pick up LWIR, out to thermal wavelengths 5-15 microns — if they used ZnSe lenses or GaAs. You could check pretty easily. I think the Sony Starvis might work but would need to use statistical methods and high
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Sony Starvis and IMX715 and thermal small pixel methods

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Languages, All Sky Cameras July 7, 2024

I came across a ZWO ASI715MC recently and bought one to check out. But they are NOT into machine vision or security, since their chosen market is astronomers. Over the years I see Sony doing innovative things, but finding a stable development environment is difficult. Perhaps working directly with Sony would be more productive, fundamental
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You only get one lifetime, do the best you can in your allotted time

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Languages, All Sky Cameras May 26, 2024

Aakash Gupta @aakashg0 4 harsh truths I realized too late as a PM: 1. It’s more important to have massive impact than be liked 2. Most colleagues don’t like that you are the decision-maker 3. Most PM jobs are 60 hours, not 40 4. The more responsive, the better Replying to @aakashg0 You only get
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Black hole volumes, densities, room for many stable orbits

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Sky Cameras May 16, 2024

Global Data: Black Hole Size in Perspective at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkO9YbOOll4 Thank you for that. But suggest you add the big bang region as well. It is essentially an open black hole. Look at the volume per solar mass of each of these you listed. A region can be unconsolidated and still be “black” trapping light. My
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Hitching a ride on an extrasolar object – Take lots of supplies and plan for 10000 years

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Sky Cameras, Atomic Fuels, Solar System Colonization May 14, 2024

Hitching a ride on an extrasolar object – Take lots of supplies and plan for 10000 years — I was working out what is needed to image nearby stars and planets. But I remembered that Oumuamua extrasolar object. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#Heliopause If another one passes by, or there was some way to catch up, Elon
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Humans can colonize Milky Way Galaxy through intelligent devices, and search for gravity signals

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Sky Cameras, Electromagnetic Gravitational Field, Gravitational Engineering, Solar System Colonization May 4, 2024

Humans can colonize Milky Way Galaxy with intelligent devices, and search for gravity signals. — Galactic civilizations using intelligent devices can live billions of years. So the most likely “species” for human devices to meet would be intelligent devices. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope might look for intelligent messages in the galactic plane. And space
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Most species in the Universe might be fabricated, not natural, and live for Millions of years

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Sky Cameras, Atomic Fuels May 2, 2024

Watching “Are We Alone?” at https://youtu.be/c53yK1MJOY, I thought (Most species in the Universe might be fabricated, not natural, and live for Millions of years) If fabricated lifeforms are the dominant species, even from organic precursor species – once formed they can spread for billions of years. Have unique memories and existence for millions/ billions of
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GOYA Hurry up and get out there, tag content uniquely.

Richard K Collins All knowledge, All Sky Cameras, Gravitational Engineering, Solar System Colonization May 1, 2024

Every frame of every video posted on the Internet, generated by diffusion and algorithm, could be dated, tagged and traced. If all copies are different, then it is hard to know which part is the tag. There are people who know how to do that fairly and usefully. Each person sees a unique video, the
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