An unexpected G2-class geomagnetic storm occurred during the early hours of May 17th, sparked by the glancing blow of a Coronal Mass Ejection. Originally expected to miss Earth, the CME was launched on May 12th by an erupting magnetic filament in the sun’s northern hemisphere. During the May 17th storm, auroras appeared as far south as New Mexico where I captured […]
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In today’s Astro Academy segment, we will be discussing Starlink satellites with my friend, sometimes collaborator, Dark Sky Advocate, Network Engineer, and Astro-photographer, Mike Lewinski. Mike a member of Crestone Colorado’s Dark Sky Committee, and has been a presenter at Crestone’s Dark Sky Festival, and he is a night sky photographer and Time-lapse creator […]
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“No Meteor Undetected” is the motto of the Global Meteor Network. Skylapser and the Cielito Azul Observatory are joining the Global Meteor Network to help with that vision. The goal of this project is to observe meteors, by a global network of cameras pointed at the night sky. Each camera is connected to a Raspberry […]
Read MoreThe May 26 pass of Space X’s Starlink satellite train was super spectacular especially through binoculars. It even sparked thousands of UFO reports. I thought I had missed capturing it on my all-sky camera until I realized that the fierce winds of late had rotated the camera 90 degrees. Once I figured that out , […]
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Skylapser’s time-lapse video of the eta Aquanids meteor shower was featured on the Mother Nature News site, on May 6, 2019. You can read the article here: Did you miss the Eta Aquarid meteor shower? Problem solved
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We finally got the replacement Hygrometer for the Cielito Azul Observatory’s weather station. The station had been giving an erroneous humidity reading, that also affected the dew point temperature reading. Thanks to Ed at Ambient weather for sending the part for our Ambient Weather ws-2902 weather station. The station’s data (with the now correct humidity […]
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Skylapser is proud to be featured on both the American Meteor Society’s and the International Meteor Organization’s Websites this week. The photo of a large fireball over New Mexico was captured by Skylapser’s Cielito Azul Observatory’s all-sky time-lapse camera at 3:55AM MST on Jan. 31, 2019.The photo is featured on the sites for the Meteor […]
Read MoreI’ve been neglecting the Skylapser site for far too long. It is time for a fresh start. Since my last post in 2015, I have moved to the desert near Taos, New Mexico USA. I am fortunate enough to have moved to a remote location with world-class night skies, and I am in the process […]
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There are many action cameras out there that have tried to topple GoPro’s dominance, maybe, just maybe the 360fly camera will take the crown with its rugged golf ball shape and 360 degree field of view. While the GoPro’s 180 degree field of view is impressive , imagine how impressive a 360 degree action camera […]
Read MoreCheck out this time-lase film created by Joe Capra using a PhaseOne IQ180 medium-format camera with a 80 Megapixel sensor. Besides having incredible detail at full resolution, shooting this big gives you lots of flexibility for cropping and movement in post production. 10328×7760 – A 10K Timelapse Demo from SCIENTIFANTASTIC on Vimeo.
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