Pleiades
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Pleiades – Messing About with the Samyang 135mm

A Joy to Use The nights are getting longer here in the North and the shooting conditions…

Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC
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Happy Anniversary – Samyang 135mm f/2 ED UMC

Surprises! My wife and I just celebrated 20 years together in marriage.  What a journey.  And for…

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…

Batteries
Posted in Testing

Lego Star Tracker V4 Test 2 – Battery Blues

Beautiful Skies, Dead in the Water This was supposed to be the post where I tell you…

Deneb V4 Test 2 Tracking Success
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Lego Star Tracker V4 Test 1 – Long Wait But It Works!

The Clouds Just Wouldn’t Quit I really wasn’t kidding about Krakow weather.  It hasn’t been terribly bad…

Bright Ideas
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Lego Star Tracker Version 4 – Design Modifications

Exciting Changes Ahead The results from my first tracking session were very encouraging.  Of course, the results…

Lego Star Tracker V3 Test 1 - My First Tracked Photo
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Lego Star Tracker V3 Test 1 – Sizzle or Fizzle?

A Brief Window of Opportunity To my great surprise, the weather folks got it right.  There was…

Lego Star Tracker Version 3
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Lego Star Tracker Version 3 – Minimum Viable Product

Under Pressure Well, a quick look at the forecast tells me I may have a window of…

Lego Star Tracker Version 2
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Lego Star Tracker Version 2 – Baby Steps

Just a Little Bit of Progress The Lego Star Tracker version 1 was a flop, but I…

Lego Star Tracker Version 1 Feature Image
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Lego Star Tracker Version 1 – Challenges Galore

Where to Begin I have a general idea of how I want to use Legos to build…

DIY
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Limited by a Lack of Star Tracking – Let’s Fix That

Cloudy Nights are Worse Than Rainy Days I was definitely a bit smitten with the dark skies…

Posted in Imaging

Andromeda – What a Difference Darkness Makes

Hoping for the Best After a long day on the road, we rolled up to Kopalino and…