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Imaging Star Clusters with the AT6RC and the ZWO ASI071MC-Pro
I spent a few nights this week trying out my color camera, the ZWO ASI071MC-Pro on the AT6RC. I really love the pixel scale achieved
Imaging M51 Whirlpool Galaxy with the ZWO ASI071MC-Pro
After a rocky start with my EdgeHD 11 telescope, I decided to move the main imaging camera over to the AT6RC telescope I have. It
Celestron EdgeHD 11"
Going Big The EdgeHD 11" represents a significant step up in aperture and focal length from the 6" Ritchey-Chrétien I had been using.
First light with the EdgeHD 11"
It’s been a few weeks since I picked up the used EdgeHD 11” SCT. And in that time I made some final hardware decisions
AstroPixel Processor 1.072 Released
The latest version of Astro Pixel Processor has been released. Lots of support for Sony cameras has been added. Improved Drizzle/Bayer Drizzle. Lots of
KStars/EKOS 3.1 is released!
An update to my current favorite imaging platform has been released. In this release there’s a bunch of 3.0 fixes as well as
Celestron CGX and EdgeHD 11" Schmidt Cassegrain
GOING BIG This past holiday, I received a Celestron CGX for Christmas. You might have seen photos of it pop up on some of my
Astro Pixel Processor 1.071 released
This version includes a bunch of new fixes and features. * IMPROVED, access to license server * IMPROVED/FIXED, star analysis & registration * FIXED, Calibration AMP-GLOW * FIXED,
Removing light pollution with Astro Pixel Processor
The above screenshot is what my Luminance data looks like after a few nights of imaging the same object. In this particular image I was
Sometimes...all you need to do is reprocess your data
It often pays to revisit older images you’ve captured. I was never very happy with the processing job I did originally on the Pacman
Asteroid or satellite?
I managed to catch this on my guide scope with the ZWO ASI290mm camera as I was trying to focus it better. I saw a
The bloodiest of moons.
As most people did last week, I managed to get outside and catch the Blood Moon. I came prepared. I had two telescope setups and