AstroImaging Community Café

Wednesday, Oct 21, 2020
7:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Members Only event.

Due to the COVID-19 situation, this meeting will be held via Zoom at:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87209746853?pwd=Z1o1TytwZW1iRW1zZzFWdE4rVjZqQT09

Presenters

Abdur Anwar
Planetary imaging tutorial. best practices and tips for imaging the planets with mono, OSC, and DSLR cameras.

Connor Mccraw
Astronomical image processing in PixInsight

Alister Ling
Tutorial on creating composites of the moonrise

Tom Owen
Processing planetary images in StarTools.

Click to to signup as a presenter: https://signup.com/go/OCAJyUO

Members Only event.

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AstroImaging Community Café is a potluck of shorter and longer presentations by astroimagers for astroimagers! Do you enjoy taking and/or viewing pictures of the sky? Are you looking for some pointers to up your skill set or turn that “nice” shot into “calendar image!”? Maybe in the last couple of months you have 5 images, or made 4 time-lapses that are too much for the AstroImaging Corner at our Regular Meetings. Whether you take 4 minutes or want to share a 20 minute backstory for a specially composed a shot, or demo a technique others can benefit from, bring it to our community! To participate: email the AstroImaging Community Café coordinator.

Photographing the Rise of the Full Nimitahamowipisim*

UPDATE:
Cloud-wise, it was the classic iffy situation for Sep 1, but the Café went ahead as scheduled. The advancing clouds left only the lowest two degrees of sky reasonably clear to see the rising Moon. Alister Ling and Luca Vanzella hosted two members, Shane and Victor in capturing the rise. Above is Luca’s composite image of the event.

FREE Members only event.

Presented by RASC members Alister Ling and Luca Vanzella.

If you have always wanted to photograph the Full Moon rising above a scenic landscape but you aren’t sure how to do it – this Astro Café is for you! Veteran skyscape shooters Alister Ling and Luca Vanzella will guide you through all of the steps necessary to get that perfect shot.

This Astro Café is designed for people that own a DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex) camera – we won’t be using any phone or point-and-shoot cameras. Familiarity with your DSLR camera is beneficial but not absolutely required.

* In the Cree Culture, the full moon of September 2020 is known as Nimitahamowipisim, the Rutting Moon, marking the time of year the bull moose scrapes the velvet from his antlers in preparation for mating season. See: https://creeliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2020CalendarSR-ACO6.pdf. The Colonial American name of the September 2020 full moon is the Corn Moon. See: https://www.almanac.com/content/full-moon-names

When:
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
19:45 – 22:00

COVID-19 Protocol
Maintain 2m physical distancing at all times.
Alister and Luca will not be touching or going near your cameras. We will help from 2m distance.

Cloud/Rain/Snow Backup:
The backup date is Sep 2. If Sep 2 is cloudy, then the event is cancelled.
An update will be posted no later than 18:00 each day, here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/edmontonrasc/
https://edmontonrasc.com/2020/09/astro-cafe-sep-1-2020/

It is your responsibility to check.

Where:
Viewpoint across the road from
44 St Georges Crescent
Google Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/JjRkgVYBtgm

CIRCUMSTANCES OF MOONRISE (SEP 1)

20:22 Sunset
20:48 Moon  ALT -0.2 AZ 111.9     Moonrise left of Quint; first view by 20:51 or so
20:58 Moon  ALT 1.0  AZ 113.9      Moon above Quint & Civil Twilight End
21:07 Moon  ALT 2.0  AZ 115.5       Moon above right Quint
21:15 Moon  ALT 3.0  AZ 117.1        Moon above apt right of Quint, reflection opp
21:31 Moon  ALT 5.0  AZ 120.3       Moon above south end of Groat Bridge. Consider ending sequence.
20:15-20:30 Practice bracketing shots for an HDR (High Dynamic Range) image.

What to Bring and How to Prepare
Download the Quick Reference Card:

• Quick reference Card – Print (8.5×11)
• Quick reference Card – Mobile (16×9)

Questions? Email [email protected].