Author Archives: Mike Lewinski

About Mike Lewinski

Timelapser, astrophotographer, Braver Angel Moderator, NOC Director, Off-gridder in Crestone, Colorado, USA (a Dark Sky certified community)

Sep 29, 2019

This was a 5 second interval, but for the magnification and cloud speed I think 4 seconds would be smoother. Tomorrow night I’ll try that and see how I like it.

Sep 28-29, 2019

Zodiacal light is prominent in the east before dawn now, which was my reason for pointing that way. Unfortunately it is a little obscured by the clouds.

Sep 28, 2019

I spotted this near sunset and ran to grab my telephoto lens

A quick twitter search for “high altitude balloon launch” found the mission and a link to the live feed from the balloon, which I’m still watching several hours later:

NASA launched a stargazing telescope called PICTURE-C on a scientific balloon from Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The mission is now airborne and collecting science.

Live GPS tracking: https://t.co/p5qHY53tqC
Live views of PICTURE-C at work: https://t.co/7Dzevh6iey pic.twitter.com/IE16YDxb8u
— NASA Wallops (@NASA_Wallops) September 28, 2019