Category: DIY

Assembled Leveling Platform
Posted in 3D Printed DIY

Lego Star Tracker V6 – 3D Printed Leveling Platform

Can you believe it? It just might happen that there will be a break in the weather…

Posted in 3D Printed DIY Testing

3D Printed Bahtinov Mask for the Samyang 135mm f/2

With all the downtime I have between imaging sessions, I’m really stretching to find productive things to…

Lego Star Tracker Time-Lapse Test
Posted in DIY Testing

Lego Star Tracker Version 6 – Indoor Time-lapse Test

Well, the weather outside is a little less frightful. The snow has given way to light rain…

Lego Star Tracker Upgrades
Posted in 3D Printed DIY

Lego Star Tracker Version 6 – 3D Printed Upgrades

After just a couple of days, I can confidently say that I’m having a lot of fun…

Lego Star Tracker Load Arm
Posted in DIY Planning

Lego Star Tracker Version 6 – Design Improvements

Upon Further Review The weather has been downright shoddy for astrophotography this month. So since I can’t…

Lego Boost App
Posted in DIY

Lego Boost Program – A Peek At My Boost Program

Still Cloudy When I started this blog, I was really hoping that I’d be taking lots of…

Dragonfly Cluster
Posted in DIY Imaging Testing

Lego Star Tracker V6 Test 1 – Best Results Yet

Best Results to Date with the Lego Star Tracker Conditions were far from ideal but there was…

Lego Star Tracker Version 6
Posted in DIY Planning

Lego Star Tracker Version 6 – A New Approach

Cutting My Loses Generally speaking, I’m somewhat happy with the progress that I’ve made with the Lego…

Frustration
Posted in DIY Imaging Testing

Lego Star Tracker V5 Tests 2-5 – Frustration Abounds

Lego Star Tracker Frustration I thought I was standing on the precipice of greatness.  The reality is…

Lego Star Tracker V5
Posted in DIY Imaging Testing

Lego Star Tracker V5 Test 1 – Good Results

Finally Some Good Results with the Tracker I’ve been intently staring at the weather forecast for the…

Lego Star Tracker Version 5
Posted in DIY Planning

Lego Star Tracker Version 5 – Designer’s Block

Hurry Up and Wait I spent a few days in Studio mocking up a new version of…

Deneb Tracked
Posted in DIY Imaging Testing

Lego Star Tracker V4 Test 3 – A Good Night Tracking

Yes, I Bought Batteries Hopefully, I’ll never repeat that mistake again.  And on that note, I think…