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1865Astonomy
Aug 21, 20242 min read
Something about the Trifid
M20 Trifid Nebula is a target I return to quite frequently, in fact it was one of my targets when I first got back into Astrophotography...
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1865Astonomy
Jul 16, 20241 min read
A new location, a new community
Back in May I was doing my typical thing of watching Astrophotography YouTube channels and I saw one from Bray Falls, a YouTuber I have...
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1865Astonomy
Feb 25, 20241 min read
A little more time on Thor's Helmet
Back in Culebra I attempted collecting Thor's Helmet (NGC 2359) with the Edge HD11, but at that time I was still using the Celestron CGX...
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1865Astonomy
Feb 19, 20241 min read
Revisit to the Rosette Nebula for Valentines
The Rosette nebula is probably one of my favorite nebulas in the night sky, the definitions in the structure and colors are just truly...
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1865Astonomy
Apr 16, 20233 min read
Social Astrophotography?!?
For most of my time doing Astrophotography I have done my imaging at night, with my family sleeping nearby, in the comfort of a room with...
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1865Astonomy
Mar 30, 20231 min read
A new step for 1865 Astronomy
As you might have read the site is named after the Lat / Lon near the island my family and I moved to for 4 years.... I little island off...
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1865Astonomy
Dec 23, 20222 min read
A Journey to a New Sky
In December 2022 my family and I started our transition from Puerto Rico back to Austin Texas... but we took an unusual route... via New...
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1865Astonomy
Aug 16, 20221 min read
Ode to Ancient 1
Out on a work assignment in Utah I got the opportunity to demonstrate my travel scope. It was a nice calm night though the Moon was...
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1865Astonomy
Jul 27, 20211 min read
Its been a while...
Well, look at my last post I will say its been too long since I posted and though I have done some astrophotography in between not nearly...
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1865Astonomy
May 2, 20212 min read
Galaxies revisited
Its been 4 months since I first received the Edge HD11 and it has been quite a learning experience going from a relatively easy RASA 8 to...
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1865Astonomy
Feb 21, 20212 min read
Successful Mosaic with NAS
I've attempted Mosaic's before but my processing was challenged and I could never get more than a two star mosaic completed, and even...
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1865Astonomy
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Learning on a New Scope
Its been a couple weeks since the Edge HD 11" came in and I'm still figuring out backfocus, guiding with an off-axis guider and exposure...
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1865Astonomy
Jan 20, 20212 min read
My first good attempt at Narrowband Imaging
While I was waiting for the Edge HD11 to come in I decided to try my hand at narrowband imaging and processing in the Hubble Pallet. For...
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1865Astonomy
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Quick way to make Master Bias and Darks
I'm kind of lazy and its cloudy so I was using my ASI1600MM Pro to make some RAW Bias and Darks. I had watched a couple of videos on...
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1865Astonomy
Dec 29, 20201 min read
Clouds of the Night
I just received an Astronomik HA and O3 filter I ordered from OPTcorp.com using my Christmas Gift card so I wanted to see what all the...
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1865Astonomy
Dec 13, 20202 min read
Fixed StarSense and found a Witch
So my last time imaging with the RASA I was having issues with my Meridian Flip. I suspected it was because the calibration was so far...
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1865Astonomy
Dec 6, 20203 min read
Total Redemption
After the failed Friday night attempt I wasn't thinking I would have any more attempts for the weekend, but was planning for Tuesday...
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1865Astonomy
Dec 4, 20202 min read
Failed Night of Astronomy
Imaging in the Caribbean can be frustrating at times. The other night as the sun was going down it looked like it was going to be a...
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1865Astonomy
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Only thing but the moon
There are nights when it looks like there is not a cloud in the sky... and then you point a telescope at the stars and you start to see...
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1865Astonomy
Nov 22, 20201 min read
M33 Pinwheel Galaxy
Had a short night last night, a short break in the clouds and was able to get 60 x 60s exposures on M33 Pinwheel Galaxy. Its a decent...
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