The Moon 9.8.2019
Author: Jussi Laasonen
Software developer, gamer & photoblogger
To Colonia! – Final Entry
I have arrived at the Jaques Station in Colonia, and the eighteen-month journey is finally over. The legs with dates are in the table below. The Cobra lost 65 % of its paintwork, and my exploration rank increased from Surveyor to Ranger.
My ship had a meagre ~26 light-years jump range. Upgrading to a Diamondback Explorer or Asp Explorer would have shortened the trip, and I should have enabled the jet-cone boost from the beginning. Visiting all Blue Star Line, and Colonia Connection systems led to some detours, but in exchange, I was able to collect more exploration data. Next time I will probably only visit the stations to save time.
| Station | System | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Depot | Blu Thua AI-A c14-10 | 10.3.3304 | |
| Amundsen Terminal | Lagoon Sector NI-S b4-10 | 17.3.3304 | |
| Eagle’s Landing | Eagle Sector IR-W d1-117 | 31.3.3304 | |
| Eudaemon Anchorage | Rohini | 15.4.3304 | Removed Planetary Vehicle Hangar to increase jump range. |
| Sacaqawea Space Port | Skaudai CH-B d14-34 | 25.7.3304 | |
| Gagarin Gate | Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31 | 30.12.3304 | Started using the neutron star jet-cone boost. |
| Caravanserai | Gandharvi | 16.9.3305 | Installed Advanced Docking Computer. |
| Polo Harbour | Boewnst KS-S c20-959 | 21.9.3305 | |
| Vihara Gate | Kashyapa | 21.9.3305 | Installed Super Cruise Assist. |
| Jaques Station | Colonia | 22.9.3305 |
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
[Elite Dangerous © 1984 – 2019 Frontier Developments Plc]
To Colonia! – Part 8
Polo Harbour 
Polo Harbour approach 
Vihara Gate exit 
Vihara Gate entry
I managed to increase the pace and reached Polo Harbour in Boewnst KS-S c20-959 system and Vihara Gate in Kashyapa system on the same day.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
[Elite Dangerous © 1984 – 2019 Frontier Developments Plc]
To Colonia! – Part 7
Only two stops left after docking at Caravanserai in Gandharvi system.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
[Elite Dangerous © 1984 – 2019 Frontier Developments Plc]
To Colonia! – Part 6
This finish gets closer as another leg of the journey ended at Gagarin Gate in Gru Hypue KS-T d3-31 system.
All posts in the “To Colonia!” series:
- To Colonia! – Final Entry
- To Colonia! – Part 8
- To Colonia! – Part 7
- To Colonia! – Part 6
- To Colonia! – Part 5
- To Colonia! – Part 4
- To Colonia! – Part 3
- To Colonia! – Part 2
- To Colonia!
[Elite Dangerous © 1984 – 2019 Frontier Developments Plc]
Gibbous Moon March and April 2019
Waning Gibbous Moon 21.3.2019 
Closer view of the terminator 21.3.2019 
Waxing Gibbous Moon 15.4.2019
Equipment
- Equipment:
- Sky-Watcher Explorer 150P-DS
- Sky-Watcher N-EQ3-2 with aluminium tripod
- Olympus PEN E-PL7
- 2x Barlow lens (Full disc shot without the Barlow)
Software
- PIPP
- Auto Stakkert! 3
- Polarr Photo Editor
- Adobe Premiere Rush CC
Music in the video: Ether Oar by The Whole Other
Quick astrophotos from the balcony
Orion Nebula 
Sirius
So far I have only done afocal moon photos with a smartphone, so a couple of nights ago I try prime focus photography with my system camera. Because I do not have tracking motors, I was able to use exposure times up to only 0,5 seconds. With the ISO turned up to the maximum I was able to capture the Orion Nebula. The quality of the images is not particularly satisfying as I only got time to capture a few frames. Also, the Trapezoid cluster seems overexposed, so I can probably tune the ISO down next time. Both of the photos above were stacked with Sequator and processed in Affinity Photo.
Copernicus crater through 150/750 Newton telescope
The final processed image shown at the end of the video is the one from My First Telescope. I used a trial version of Adobe Premiere Rush to compose the video. The user experience was much better than the open source editor I used for the previous Moon video, but the software was sluggish even on a Surface Pro with an i7. Also, all the premade titles and callouts look rather hideous.
Gas mask
