Talk:2463: Astrophotography

So are any of those "balls" actually sunspots or the transit of Venus or something? 173.245.54.227 22:47, 14 May 2021 (UTC)

This looks like Destin from Smarter Every Day's lunar eclipse shot https://youtu.be/Nk0MRxXqo9s?t=610 108.162.219.78 23:20, 14 May 2021 (UTC)Yeedle

Destin also caught the ISS transiting during a previous eclipse: https://youtu.be/lepQoU4oek4?t=230 Astroboy (talk) 02:11, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

Yes and that was probably the one that needed to on up so I have added this to the explanation, before I read this coment. The other video has not much to do with transit. But that was also really cool, and I had not seen that one so thx. --Kynde (talk) 06:42, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

This is actually really cool. ISaveXKCDpapers (talk) 02:26, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

It might have been better with two planes that didn't look like they were dangerously within normal flight separation distances. Given they're not obviously 1000ft (300m) vertically apart (and very likely in Opposite Conflict, heading-wise) horizontal separation depthwise to the image should make the two similar models towing (similarly-sized?) banners noticeably off-scale to each other, even with the extreme foreshortening from the much distant cameraman. (Maybe the viewing angle 'up the mountain' would provide sufficient composite diagonal separation to comply with Reduced Flight Levels for two planes obeying hemispherical RVSM, but still with notable off-scaling.) They could be a stunt-pair, of course, asked for and given ATC dispensation (further complicated by the banner-towing) to cross absurdly close (by normal, sane standards) as per a fast-jet criss-cross at an airshow. It might have been even more impressive if one had been a notably 'bigger' class of plane (but silouetted at the same or smaller size) towing a similarly (give or take) rescaled banner. 162.158.158.131 02:43, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

I am really looking forward to seeing the simultaneous Eclipse and Transit of Venus 108.162.249.18 03:46, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

I look forward to reading Comic #2070397(ish?), and seeing if Randall revisits this! 162.158.159.122 13:19, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

The comic appears to say "one-upsmanship" rather than "one-upmanship". 141.101.98.46 17:16, 15 May 2021 (UTC)

One "one-upmanship" begets further multiple "one-upsmanship". (c.f. "Courts Martial", etc.) Or should they actually be "ones-upmanship"? ;) 141.101.98.30 17:56, 15 May 2021 (UTC)