Field of Diamonds in the Sky
My new ZWO guide camera came with a fish eye lens. Of course, I had to try it. Tonight was clear at first, but then it got clouded out about 1:30 AM. Wasn’t worth setting up the complete telescope, but enough to try the new camera on a tripod with… Continue Reading... "Field of Diamonds in the Sky"
Possible asteroid
I was reviewing the images I took for NGC 925, and I noticed a long smudge in my final stacked image. I decided to look through the original subframes individually, I noticed something moving! I have no idea what it is, but I know it cannot be a plane or… Continue Reading... "Possible asteroid"
Artsy shot of the new equatorial platform
I took this for fun with my LG V30 phone while the platform was whizzing away on it’s own taking one minute exposures. This is a single 13 second exposure using the default camera app in manual mode. The moon was almost full and was right behind the tube, so… Continue Reading... "Artsy shot of the new equatorial platform"
Just playing around
I wanted to try taking some longer exposure pictures with my cell phone, just for fun. I don’t think I waited long enough after dusk, but it does give a neat sunset gradient! Lots of fiddling around in Gimp with layer modes, blurs, and levels. Continue Reading... "Just playing around"
