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Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Go south, young man
I have had some kind of mental block about shooting the galaxies in Leo and Virgo. So when I got a clear night, I decided to try my luck. NGC 2903 sits […]
Creating a lightbox for flats
I finally knuckled under to the pressure of the dust bunnies and decided to shoot “flat field” frames with my astrophotos. A “flat” is a photo of an evenly illuminated surface. Since […]
S&T article – *way* deep and *way* widefield image
There’s an article by diCicco and Walker in the April 2009 S&T that’s worth checking out online. It’s a 100megapixel image of the area bordered by Canis Major, Auriga, Monoceros, and Eridanus. […]
Observing Reports / Solar System Photography
A rare clear night
This is the second clear night I’ve had since Valentine’s Day. It was clear all night, but obviously it wasn’t really a night for deep sky photography. 🙂 I used the time […]
Uncategorized
Re: What was the Name?
Art Morton wrote: > What is the name of the local company that converted your camera, here in Edmonds, Wa? The company is called LifePixel. They didn’t convert my D70; I did. […]
Welcome to FlatPress!
This is a sample entry, posted to show you some of the features of FlatPress. The more tag allows you to create a “jump” between an excerpt and the complete article. [more] […]
Spring weather
This is another one of those classic spring days in CA. It was a little rainy this morning, clear and dry at lunch time, and “partly cloudy” in the late afternoon. Usually, […]
It's been cloudy for a month
I’ve had a busy time doing maintenance while it’s been cloudy for the past couple of months. I re-greased the RA axis of the mount. I built a lightbox for taking flat […]
Re: SBig, to be or not to be?
Art Morton wrote: > Jimbo, > > > SBIG: > > You comment about getting an SBIG is prophetic. The problem really is that it’s a *self-fulfilling* prophecy. There’s no reason that […]
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Re: Max is junk.
Art Morton wrote: > You can process in AIP4WIN. I assume AIP eats FITS? I’ll check it out. > Yes it is true, that one shot cams are not Doug’s favorite. He […]
RECENT UPDATE
Polar Alignment Calculations
Here’s a page that derives Polar Alignment Calculations. (update 5/2020: the original site is gone, so I found the text on Wayback and am inserting it below. This is by the original […]
Gear / Observatory / Telescope
Special Guest Star takes the mount at Hilltop O
The Astro Jedi needed somewhere to store his light sab—- I mean, bucket, and I was only too happy to accommodate him. I have decided that I need to come to a […]
General / Maintenance / Observatory
Dome shutter is motorized again!
I finally decided to bite the bullet and fix the shutter motor. Things went sideways last winter, and I’ve been opening the shutter manually (and tying it shut with rope, so we […]
Trixie 2017 – tube mods
I finally got around to cutting the MTA-UTA tubes to length; the only eyepiece that would come to focus with the focuser spacer in place is the Televue 55mm Plossl. If I […]
MOST COMMENTED
Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – Time has come today!
General / Maintenance
First Light, a deeper look
Mount / Observatory / Telescope
Observatory 2.0 – Result!
Observatory
Observatory 2.0 – The Pier goes in
Gear / General / Maintenance
Martin Farmer Wormblock installation notes
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
NGC2244, The Rosette Nebula
Deep Sky / Long Exposure Photography
Another beautiful night.