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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
Revisiting IC 417 on the ES 102mm
I decided to revisit IC 417 but this time with a wider field of view. The image was previously taken with my AT6RC, and it
Narrowband Imaging IC410 and IC417
Over the last two weeks, I’ve had 3 imaging nights. KStars & EKOS 3.0 were released which fixed a ton of long standing
KStars/EKOS 3.0 released with new features
The team behind KStars and EKOS have been busy wrapping up anew versionof their imaging software just in time for the holidays. There’s a
13 Panel Mosaic of the Moon
Yesterday, I had a few hours of clear sky, and got out my AVX along with my Celestron C5, and ZWO ASI224MC camera. I was
HD 14771 and Galactic Friends
I managed to produce a neat image over the last two nights. I centered the star HD14771 to place NGC 891 in the lower right
iObserve gets a new release, now with Mojave Dark Mode support
A little over a year ago, iObserve saw its last update. The developer (Cedric Follmi) had put the Mac iObserve application on hold to devote