Category: Astrophotography
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In one of my latest videos, I covered an introduction to the features and capabilities of the Player One Mars 662M, a monochrome planetary camera that’s been making waves in the astrophotography community. This post summarizes the key insights and experiences shared in the video, in addition to my field experience, providing a comprehensive overview…
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Let’s talk about one of the most overlooked problems in astrophotography: cable management. Messy cables aren’t just an eyesore — they can cause snags, imbalance, or even diffraction artifacts that ruin your images when routing for HyperStar. In this post, I’ll walk through my philosophy and methods for managing cables on your astrophotography rig, including…
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So after a lot of research and help from my friends, a match was finally found on the Galaxy object that I was researching as potentially uncatalogued! While that is mildly disappointing, it’s all good and the entire research process was fun and interesting! I’m definitely going to keep looking for unidentified objects in my…
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While imaging the Hickson 68 galaxy group on February 10, 2025, I noticed a faint, elongated object near pixel coordinates (504.5, 927.0) in my final stacked image. This object appeared distinct from stars, showing structure consistent with a small galaxy. What followed was a deep-dive into astrometric tools and catalogs to determine whether this was…
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