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Post-Process Playing with IC 434
Astrophotography 

Post-Process Playing with IC 434

January 26, 2023 by Hersey

I did a little post-processing on the Horsehead data I captured earlier this week. Nothing fancy, just stacked the 40 x 180 second exposures using ASTAP, the Astrometric STAcking Program, applying darks and flats. After stacking the frames I exported the stacked…

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01/24/2023 – Sort of EAA – Set It and Forget It with Ekos Scheduler
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01/24/2023 – Sort of EAA – Set It and Forget It with Ekos Scheduler

January 25, 2023 by Hersey

It was a nice clear night and even though it was a school night I decided to set up for a bit to try out using the Ekos Scheduler to kick off all the different tasks for an imaging session. I have…

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Automating my Raspberry Pi builds for EAA…
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Automating my Raspberry Pi builds for EAA…

January 23, 2023 by Hersey

I started out running Astroberry on my Raspberry Pis for EAA. Astroberry is great and has most everything you need but it also has a bunch of stuff you may never use. Since Astroberry is not updated that often and it is…

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01/20/2023 – EAA – First Light with the EQ6-R Pro!
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01/20/2023 – EAA – First Light with the EQ6-R Pro!

January 21, 2023 by Hersey

I have had my new Sky Watcher EQ6-R Pro mount set up in the office since it arrived Monday. Testing connectivity and learning the operations with Ekos and the INDI EQMod driver. Friday night was suppose to be nice and clear so…

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My New Mount – The Sky Watcher EQ6R Pro!!!
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My New Mount – The Sky Watcher EQ6R Pro!!!

January 17, 2023 by Hersey

My Celestron Advanced-GT EQ5 mount has served me very well for many years… but I am ready for an upgrade. I have been looking at Sky Watcher mounts for a while, and was thinking about either the HEQ5 Pro or the EQ6R…

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01/15/2023 – EAA – Longer Exposures…
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01/15/2023 – EAA – Longer Exposures…

January 16, 2023 by Hersey

Since Monday was a holiday I decided to get a bit of observing in. Sunday night was a clear cool night. The temperature when I started observing was around 40 degrees F but dropped down to near freezing. This session was a…

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Rebuilding the hubble2 Raspberry Pi 64-bit with INDI and PHD2
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Rebuilding the hubble2 Raspberry Pi 64-bit with INDI and PHD2

January 14, 2023 by Hersey

It has been cloudy, so I have been messing the with Raspberry Pi. I have a 64GB SD Card that I loaded up with the 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS. No real need for 64-bit other than future proofing. I read somewhere that…

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01/07/2023 – EAA – Under the Full Moon
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01/07/2023 – EAA – Under the Full Moon

January 9, 2023 by Hersey

Saturday night was a nice clear night. In the mid-40s when I started out, but temperatures fell to near freezing during the session. The Moon was near full, VERY bright, and right up in the middle of the sky. So that was…

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12/29/2022 – EAA – Filtered Nebula
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12/29/2022 – EAA – Filtered Nebula

December 31, 2022 by Hersey

Wow! Three nice clear nights in a row. Temperatures were warmer for this session, 55 F and clear at dark. Temperatures dropped a bit during the session but never below freezing. The Moon was up and waxing at about 50%. I decided…

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12/28/2022 – EAA – Just Some Open Clusters
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12/28/2022 – EAA – Just Some Open Clusters

December 29, 2022 by Hersey

Another nice clear night. A little bit warmer, mid-40’s at the start of the night and just about freezing when I covered up the scope. There were some high thin clouds but these cleared out just after dark. I was hunting open…

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