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Like, if I get a new camera, I'm not going to cheap out. I'm going to buy exactly what I want, as good of quality as I can internally justify. I'm not going to half-ass it to save money. But the...
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And the thing is, I'm happy just playing around with stuff right now. I don't actually want to upgrade anything at the moment. I just want my fucking camera to work.
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Maybe I should switch to using a PC to control the rig, instead of the ASIair+ 🤔
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uspolOver time I've come to not really like Kamala Harris that much, but honestly, at this point, she'd be a much more appealing candidate than Biden.
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uspolI literally just want both Biden and Trump to fucking kick the bucket because it'd short circuit both political parties. I have no fucking clue what would happen, but it might be a healthy thing...
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I've been hyperfocused for the past several days on aligning the images I captured of the annular eclipse last year. I've been neglecting a lot and it's probably not healthy.#ADHD#Astrophotography
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I'm tired and in pain today. TGIF lolThe tiredness is 100% my own fault from staying up too late multiple nights this week, but the pain is only partly my fault.I was walking down the stairs while...
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I realized what it is about the eclipse image set that makes it so challenging to find and use #astrophotography tools to align them all.In many cases with astro images, the goal is stacking, i.e.,...
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With an eclipse, there are *two* variables that interact with each other: Sol and Luna. There are *two features* in the images that are dynamically coinciding to make an eclipse, and to properly...
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This is a similar issue with processing comet images; the stars *and* the comet are moving. I feel like there is an opportunity for someone to make an #astrophotography tool that can handle this...
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For anyone that's curious, I've resorted to using Hugin to align my eclipse images. It's not exactly built for this job, but I think it will work in the end. It's only a semi-automated task, in the...
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TFW you want to take a bunch of graduate level courses on astrophysics, computer vision, and signal processing just so you can understand and explore an interesting #astrophotography idea you...
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The joy of discovering multiple unprocessed data sets that you forgot you even had squirreled away on a different computer #astrophotography
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Got another attempt at M81 last night. Seems like the issue with monochrome camera has been resolved by overhauling the wiring on the my rig (it was likely a power issue of some kind).Did shorter...
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Here's the two images side by side, for anyone that's curious #astrophotography
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But this is exactly why I've been repeatedly taking pics of M81. Now I know that more time probably isn't worth it... at least with mono luminance. Need to change other things first if I want a better...
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Sometimes I wish I could make my #astrophotography hobby into a career, but I'm not sure such a thing is possible.
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My first proper LRGB image! It's M81 (again), this time in color.I'm not totally happy with it, but that's mostly because of light pollution. I feel like this would have turned out much better if I...
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