The trials, tribulations and small triumphs of a Charlotte, NC astronomer imaging under Bortle 8/9 skies.
Sunday, November 10, 2024
In the Heart of the Heart...
The heart of the Heart. This is a stack of 2721 x 10s integrations (7.5 hours). Stacking and initial histogram stretch/star processing in Siril. Tweaks in Affinity, Topaz, and Nebulosity 4.
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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...