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Edit: @Lucas, here's the link for doing it with a smartphone, maybe give it a try sometime! https://www.lonelyspeck.com/photographing-the-milky-way-with-a-smartphone/

You can get decent results with some phone cameras, but generally yes, a dslr is your best bet. Posted an article earlier in this thread with a tutorial and general advice for astrophotography, check it out if you're interested. https://www.lonelyspeck.com/how-to-make-an-amazing-photo-of-the-milky-way-galaxy/

That's a big achievement and a huge milestone in the Arab world, will be following this with interest. Good luck, UAE!

Have you watched the latest episode of Snowpiercer yet, @Bluewolf? I just did, and whoa...it keeps getting better and better. Did not see that coming...

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8gvbg5/2012-is-bullshit-2020-is-when-well-really-be-in-trouble-fob-0003000-v19n10 Didn't know where else to post it, but whoa. Uncanny...

Just got Space Haven today (early access). Haven't tried it yet, but it looks fun...

Christ...

China is planning to construct a space station within the next 2 years. The first module will launch next year, 11 launches in total will be conducted to finish it by 2023. The station will host three astronauts for six month rotations, and will have two experiment modules for international projects in the areas of astronomy, space medicine, space life science, biotechnology, microgravity fluid physics, microgravity combustion and space technologies. 6 experiments have been selected already for the first cycle, 3 more have received conditional acceptance. A co-orbiting two-metre-aperture space telescope will also be launched following completion of the basic station configuration. https://spacenews.com/rocket-arrives-as-china-targets-july-for-tianwen-1-mars-mission-launch/ Selected experiments:

First new book I have picked up in a long time. Released in 2019, read nothing but great reviews. It's supposed to be a blend of cyberpunk, space opera, and political thriller that examines how a society’s memory steers cultural and political events, and offers a meditation on the lengths people will go to be free. Has been shortlisted as the finalist of the 2020 Hugo Award. Talking about that, I challenged myself to read all the books that have won (or have been on the shortlist to win) the Hugo Award since the very beginning in 1953. Quite a list to go through...

@Bluewolf Thought you might enjoy this... "The Things" by Peter Watts, a short story of John Carpenter's The Thing told from the alien's perspective. http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/

Jupiter changes colours and patterns all the time Granted, it should be noted that the image has a high degree of artistic freedom as people process them from the original JunoCam raw data, so the colours are not by any means accurate...and definitely not as pronounced as in the pic above, whoever processed the image boosted the colour saturation for sure. Nevertheless, it's stunning...

Jupiter photographed by NASA's Juno probe last Tuesday. Just look how detailed it is...

Oh, LASK equalise just as I'm typing the previous post

Aaand WAC score a late winner. 2nd in the league now, 5 points behind Red Bull.

LASK waste their lead again... Liendl just equalised for WAC, 2-2. More or less the end of LASK title hopes. Romano Schmid with two assists though, nice.

Less than 30 minutes until the start... so excited to finally see a proper live race again!

Takuma Sato put it into the wall already...

IT'S RACEDAY!!! The new season of IndyCar starts tonight with the Genesys 300 race at the Texas Motor Speedway For anyone interested: quali is 23:00 CET, the race starts at 02:00 CET...

Didn't know that. I will only converse with you in Lithuanian from now on...

Can relate...

I watched the movie, John would have gladly shot him myself to make him stop singing.

Really really surprised you haven't read it before!

I hated it

Fucking hell, LASK managed to lose this in the final moments of added time... Tadic scores to win it for Hartberg. 2-1 FT. Big blow for LASK title hopes.