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ZWO ASI294MC Pro Cable Management Bracket
3D Printed Equipment 

ZWO ASI294MC Pro Cable Management Bracket

September 18, 2023 by Hersey

This Astronomy 3D Print is a handy cable management bracket which fits on my ZWO ASI294MC Pro camera to keep the cables neat and under control. It also provides some stress relief on the cables which will help prevent damage to the…

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3D Printing Useful Astronomy Things…
3D Printed Equipment 

3D Printing Useful Astronomy Things…

September 11, 2023 by Hersey

I picked up a Ender 3 S1 Pro 3D Printer to tinker with. Just wanted to learn a bit more about 3D printing and see if I could make some useful stuff. Since I received the printer a few days ago it…

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Solar Filter on the SV503… First Light…
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Solar Filter on the SV503… First Light…

August 27, 2023 by Hersey

There were a few thin clouds this morning but I wanted to at least give my Spectrum Telescope 5″ Glass Solar Filter (ST500G) I picked up from AgenaAstro last week a try. After adding a couple of the included felt pads the…

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08/18/2023 – A Mostly Clear Night to Test Out the UA Field Flattener
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08/18/2023 – A Mostly Clear Night to Test Out the UA Field Flattener

August 19, 2023 by Hersey

It has been a pretty good while, most of the summer, since the Suffolk Sky has seen a clear night on a night that was not a school night. The forecast looked decent for this Friday night, so I got everything set…

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New Versions of INDI Server, KStars, and SharpCap…
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New Versions of INDI Server, KStars, and SharpCap…

June 14, 2023 by Hersey

The sky has not been cooperating much over the last couple weeks. Either fully clouded out, or high thin clouds, have kept the cover on the scope. Took the opportunity to update the astronomy software I use for observing on my Libre…

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Using Wikipedia for EAA Observing Session Planning….
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Using Wikipedia for EAA Observing Session Planning….

June 4, 2023 by Hersey

There are a few different tools I use to plan an observing session. Most planetarium applications have some kind of “What’s up tonight” or similar tool which can help with planning out an observing session,. I often use KStar’s “What’s Up Tonight”…

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Customizing the Filename Format in the Ekos Capture Module
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Customizing the Filename Format in the Ekos Capture Module

April 28, 2023 by Hersey

Been pretty cloudy recently, not only that I have been a bit under the weather. Feeling better now and looking forward to some clear skies. In one of the recent updates of KStars the way filename formatting is handled changed, in a…

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Libre SBC and Armbian for Astronomy – INDI, KStars, RaspAstro…
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Libre SBC and Armbian for Astronomy – INDI, KStars, RaspAstro…

March 26, 2023 by Hersey

I have been doing some more tinkering with the Libre Computer SBC that I picked up to test out as a Raspberry Pi alternative. I originally installed Raspbian OS on the 128 GB SD Card, but there were some quirks and I…

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Raspberry Pi Alternative SBC for Astronomy…
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Raspberry Pi Alternative SBC for Astronomy…

March 14, 2023 by Hersey

Raspberry Pis have been hard to come by and when you do find one the prices have been pretty steep. I decided to take a look at other single board computers (SBC) as an alternative to the Raspberrry Pi to see if…

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Using Python to Create an Animated Planet Map
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Using Python to Create an Animated Planet Map

February 16, 2023 by Hersey

This was a neat little project I came up with while working on improving my RaspAstro Web application. It started with plotting the current position of the planets using matplotlib. Once I was able to get a map with accurate plots of…

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