Although I have moved most things to the Carolina Skies Observatory Facebook Page, I'm thinking of reposting some things here as I like the format here, too. Not sure, but at the least this is a post to keep activity going here.
The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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The Sun Today--April 4, 2025
The Sun today, showing some interesting spot groups. The spots in two linear groups toward the center of the image, has the potential to pro...

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I had a couple of emails asking how to defork an ETX telescope. The ETX 90 and ETX 125 were optically superb scopes, but the mounts left a...
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The ZEQ25 doing its stuff on a cold night--imaging the Orion Nebula with an 8 inch f/4 astrograph. Note the lovely Christmas rug :) As ...
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Like the Ring Nebula, the Dumbbell nebula is a planetary nebula marking the end of a star's life as it puffs off its outer layers into s...