Please let the operator of the VLA not find out that one of the aliens is her dad!

Oh please, not another time-lapse with "artsy" music and amateurish Michael Bay visual effects...

[checks link]

Goddamnitsomuch...

The music and editing is headache-inducing.

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dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Very nice. Any others?

dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Who needs motion graphics when you have lasers?

dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Those lasers are pretty cool. It is amazing how boring those telescopes seem until you put together a time lapse of them in action.

I've been there. From a sat image, it seems they have tracks for the dishes that go ~10 miles out. I wonder if they ever spread out that far...

UsikFark: I've been there. From a sat image, it seems they have tracks for the dishes that go ~10 miles out. I wonder if they ever spread out that far...

Yep, they do on a regular basis. When the dishes are spread out, you get high "magnification" but very limited field of view. When the dishes are close, you can see more of the sky. Sounds backwards, but that's how long baseline interferometry works.

UsikFark: I've been there. From a sat image, it seems they have tracks for the dishes that go ~10 miles out. I wonder if they ever spread out that far...

It's a nice visit, but you kinda have to travel thru hundreds of miles of Tatooine (literally) to get to it. Best to combine it with a trip to white sands.

albuquerquehalsey: It's a nice visit, but you kinda have to travel thru hundreds of miles of Tatooine (literally) to get to it. Best to combine it with a trip to white sands.

I had a relative in Socorro, so it wasn't insanely pointless. I got a t-shirt!

/don't eat a New Mexican breakfast burrito if you are a naive gringo.

Music that sounds like someone took a shiat on the Half-Life 2 soundtrack? Check.

Have you checked Discovery's orbit?

That's only 2.5 hours from my house. Guess I never realized how close it is.

I've never been, nor have I been to Trinity.

I need to go soon.

Also, I second the comment about the burrito. Green chile can wreck you if you're not accustomed.

If you don't live here, or aren't used to it, don't order "Christmas" when the waitress asks if you want red or green.

You will pay.

Mad_Radhu: dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Who needs motion graphics when you have lasers?

When I first read about guide star lasers, I thought "this is some sweet futuristic shiat!" My mind was blown when I found that it was a real thing and not just CG thrown on to videos to look cool.

Well that was intensely annoying.

I certainly wouldn't have minded seeing the sped-up videos alone, but as it was, I couldn't make it past half-way through without closing the tab in irritation.

Well, I thought it was cool. Good job, subby.

Jesus H. Christ that was annoying.

Terrible. F.

Aliens are sending bad music, but it can only be recognized at time lapse speed?

Tsar_Bomba1: Have you checked Discovery's orbit?

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This thread is very bad for my asthma.

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/the devil made me do it...

cduke23:

Also, I second the comment about the burrito. Green chile can wreck you if you're not accustomed.

If you don't live here, or aren't used to it, don't order "Christmas" when the waitress asks if you want red or green.

You will pay.

Oh man, now I'm hungry.

On our trip to the Southwest this summer, SWMBO witnessed me ordering a Christmas breakfast burrito. Tasty, but I thought she was gonna yack.

sunami: Mad_Radhu: dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Who needs motion graphics when you have lasers?

When I first read about guide star lasers, I thought "this is some sweet futuristic shiat!" My mind was blown when I found that it was a real thing and not just CG thrown on to videos to look cool.

Tell you what, I think I'll get stacked enchiladas w/ red & green today. Just for you.

/This is now a food thread.

cduke23: sunami: Mad_Radhu: dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

Who needs motion graphics when you have lasers?

When I first read about guide star lasers, I thought "this is some sweet futuristic shiat!" My mind was blown when I found that it was a real thing and not just CG thrown on to videos to look cool.

Tell you what, I think I'll get stacked enchiladas w/ red & green today. Just for you.

/This is now a food thread.

Stupid app/user...
I meant to reply to Hack Patooey

My bad sunami...

Preview is your friend.

dbirchall: JohnAnnArbor - yes, some others. Mad_Radhu and Tobin_Lam, yeah, lasers make everything cooler... and yes, most of the time, when they're just tracking something that's going to take six farking hours to get across the sky, telescopes move at ultra-boring-speed. :)

Fun stuff. Thanks for the links!

Too much noise, and not enough signal. Just because you can repeat sections doesn't mean you should.
I managed 45 seconds before baling.

Tillmaster: Too much noise, and not enough signal.

Heh, well-put.

dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

I enjoyed yours much more than the submitted link. I love seeing the range of stars slowly shifting as Earth rotates.

dbirchall: I do a bit of time-lapse myself around observatories (like this), but adding motion graphics is pretty slick.

D-D-D-Dave: I enjoyed yours much more than the submitted link. I love seeing the range of stars slowly shifting as Earth rotates.


I'm of the same mind. Very cool video, dbirchall, thanks for sharing it.