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I'm tired and low on dopamine and my brain immediately reaches for an activity that's complex, needs focus and a lot of working memory, and requires delayed gratification for an impossible to predict...
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I was reminded of the first #astrophotography images I ever took back in September of last year. I captured exactly 10 images — no darks or flats — of M8 and stacked them. I thought it was the coolest...
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This is a reminder to anyone still learning #astrophotography that you don't need the best gear, a bigger scope, or a darker sky to get a better image. Those things might help, sure, but they are only...
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I have a friend who's also into #astrophotography, and she's been complaining about not getting any images since 2022. I keep wanting to tell her that's because she hasn't really *tried*Like, there's...
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You might actually be surprised at what you get at the end, despite what you started with. They might even be cool enough to share!But if you never take images, you are guaranteed to get...
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I didn't think to mention this last night, but in this day and age it's possible to experiment with #astrophotography without owning a telescope OR EVEN A CAMERA!There are services which essentially...
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Additionally, there are some open data sets that are available online too if you just want to practice.You can also just ask your fellow #astrophotography nerd if they're willing to share some of their...
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Speaking of learning new #astrophotography things every time...Last night, as I was trying to sleep, I was thinking about how I always seem to have an issue with getting the green channel to look good...
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Anyway, I realized I need to fix the green channel *before* stretching, because that correction is a simple linear adjustment. Histogram stretching is nonlinear, and so breaks any linear relationship...
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This was bothering me so much today that I took a break from work to try it out on the picture of M8 I posted last night. The weird thing was that it seemed like I needed to adjust the green channel by...
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There's 2x the number of G pixels, which must end up somehow mathing into making the brightness of the G channel be √2x (1.4x) after debayering.I can't prove that's correct, but my intuition says it...
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I find that relationship kind of neat. Very satisfying, like two precisely machined parts fitting together perfectly. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Last night inspired me to revisit some of my less satisfying #astrophotography results and give them another go with processing.A big annoyance has always been my pic of Orion Nebula (M42). I had a...
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I want to note too that this is from the so-called "planetary" camera ASI678MC, which is *uncooled*. You don't need a super fancy camera to do #astrophotography, just careful calibration.
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I was just daydreaming about creating an #astrophotography competition where people are given a stock DSLR and the lens it came with, access to an offline PC with a stock version of PixInsight, GNU...
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I set this as my background on my work laptop (it's perfectly sized for a 4K monitor), but in retrospect it might have been a mistake because I keep losing myself staring at it and forget what I am...
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mh-I mentioned to a friend of mine that I was debating traveling to my mom's place tomorrow to do astrophotography (the forecast for here is sketchy), but that it wasn't super interesting because my...
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mh-I'm convinced I'm incapable of being with someone. Not that I can't find someone or attempt dating, but that my psychology makes it impossible for me to maintain a relationship. Having partner would...
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mh-I'm about a minute away from curling up in bed and crying.The loneliness really hurts sometimes. Even more so because I have no idea how to make it go away.
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mh-, trans surgeryA big thing that's holding me back from getting gender affirming surgery is my own insecurity and loneliness.I want bottom surgery and top surgery, but part of the reason is that I...
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