Pleiades
Posted in Imaging

A Brief Window of Clear Skies – Pleiades

Well, the conditions were far from ideal, but a brief window of clear skies materialized which gave…

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…

Stellarium
Posted in Planning

Astrophotography Software Tools – My Top List Thus Far

Simple and Consistent As I’ve stepped into astrophotography as a hobby, I’ve had a chance to kick…

Canon Wireless Menu
Posted in Tutorial

Wireless Imaging with Astro Photography Tool (APT)

Cables are Getting Out of Control I have cables to connect my computer to my Canon EOS…

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…

Polar Scope Align Pro
Posted in Planning

Polar Alignment Pain – There’s An App For That

Polar Scope Align Pro App to Help With Polar Alignment Since I’ve started my foray into the…

Posted in Imaging Testing

Lego Star Tracker V6 Test 2 – Fixing the Fixes

Over Improvement I suppose I got a little too ahead of myself after the first test of…

Oslawica Clouds
Posted in Travel

Bortle 2 Zone Bummer – All I See Are Clouds

It Can’t Go Right Every Time After watching the weather forecast for the past 2 weeks, I…

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…

Orion and Running Man Nebulae
Posted in Imaging

Orion Nebula – Taking a Break and Switching Things Up

Taking a Tracking Break to Photograph the Orion Nebula All this work-around troubleshooting the Lego Star Tracker…

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…