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M42 – The Orion Nebula
Taken with SBIG ST-8 CCD through a Williams Optics 80mm Megrez II refractor, on a Losmandy G11 mount. Ten 20 second exposures combined in CCDStack.
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Astrophotography Setup
After posting an image, I should probably detail the new astrophoto setup at the Observatory. The big black thing is the Losmandy G11 sitting on a metal pier. It’s a very nice, heavy duty, and...
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Satellite in Orion
I made this awhile ago, but forgot to post it. While I was taking photos of M42, something passed across the field. I’m pretty sure this is a geosynchronous satellite. Each exposure is 20 seconds long,...
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Virgo Cluster
Fixed some problems with the mount, and as a test did a 2 hour (4×30 minute) exposure of the Virgo Cluster region. This photo contains M84, M84, and ‘The Eyes’. Click the image to see the full...
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Guitar Wiring WTF?
Worked on telecaster today which had a sound problem. Sound was very bassy and ‘muddy’, vs. the characteristic twang of a tele. Tone control seemed to have very little, if any, effect. I figured it was...
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Databases are an important part of site migrations. Who knew? I blame GoDaddy for making me ANGRY.
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I was glancing over my spam folder in gmail to make sure no legit emails got caught (Which gmail seems pretty good about), and I noticed that while there is plenty of penis enlargement, there seem to...
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Startrails
Playing with new Canon G9 and CHDK. 1 hour of stacked 64 second exposures, dark frames disabled. Last image used as dark frame.
View ArticleOn the Election
Anyone who thinks the republicans are going to do anything to fix the economy is deluding themselves. Why should they? The president is held responsible for the state of the economy. Always has been,...
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