The 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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Eta Aquarid Time-Lapse Featured
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
Read MoreC.A.O. Weather Station Repaired
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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International Meteor Org Features Our Fireball Photo
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 MoreUncloaking with a bang
I’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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The Amazing 360Fly Camera May Be the Next GoPro.
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 MoreAmazing 80 Megapixel 10K Time-lapse of Rio
Check 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.
Read MoreGoPro HERO 4 Gets a Software Update
The new HERO 4 camera update lets you do 4K timelapses in the camera, no post production necessary! The new video timelapse feature allows 4K 16X9 and 2.7K 4X3 timelapse capture and saves the timelapse as a ready-to-show video right from the camera. Other cool new features of the update include: 720p240 + 2.7K60 video […]
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