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Ben
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why do a bunch of gas stations have 88 octane cheaper than 87?
  • Yes. 88 Octaine is 15% ethonol instead of 10%.

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  • I think this was ~4 minutes worth of exposure time. I took this with my Pixel phone and Google's astrophotography mode, which is part of the Night Sight setting. When the phone realizes it's completely still, like on a tripod, and it's looking at the sky, it gives you the option of taking pictures like this. It actually takes a lot of short exposures and stacks them. It's a very automated process, so there's not much tweaking to do. I do wish they gave the user more control.

    The setup for this picture was just my Pixel 6 Pro on a tripod pointing up. :)

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  • That's an airplane traveling though as the exposure was happening.

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    Here's a picture I took of the Milky Way with my phone. My telescope rig is out of commission until I get my new (used) observatory up and running. I need to install the dome rotator, but I'm waiting on a part to arrive before I can finish.

    This is all I've got for now. I took this last weekend with my Pixel phone in astrophotography mode.

    If you want to see my older images, I have quite a few posted on Astrobin here: https://www.astrobin.com/users/BensAstroStuff/

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    You are loved 🥰
  • Unless you multiply yourself by the speed of light... Then, you energy.

  • A picture I took of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)

    I took this picture from my backyard in April. More details on my Astrobin page: https://www.astrobin.com/hoeyl5/

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    it's Friday night, what's everyone doing this weekend?
  • Planting grapes and irises, then going to the local Italian restaurant for dinner. Tomorrow, picking up hay for the donkeys. Playing Valheim between all that. 😆

  • How to log in to the Jerboa app?
  • I logged into Beehaw this morning and got the same message, but it seems to be working ok. I wonder if it's supposed to just be a warning not an error. I'm posting this with Jerboa.