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My First Dabble with the Messier Marathon
I didn't do it years ago when I should have, and now I realize I can't manage the atlases, finderscopes and eyepieces with my 67 year-old...
alansheiness
5 days ago3 min read
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The Easy Math Behind Calibrating a Guidescope
To utilize a guidescope and the guiding software in the ASIAIR, getting the starting parameters correct is essential. The graph upper...
alansheiness
Mar 99 min read
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Should you drift align?
The most basic check of your mount's polar alignment to the NCP (North Celestial Pole) is pretty infallible. I had been infrequently...
alansheiness
Sep 8, 20245 min read
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Matching your astro camera to your main telescope focal length
Calculate your image scale in arc-seconds per pixel and use that to see if you are over- or under-sampling. Regardless of the physical...
alansheiness
Sep 6, 20242 min read
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My Starlock Nightmare
A snagged cable and a >>pop!<< sound, and my faithful Starlock was no more. What I've done about it since. I'm going through the most...
alansheiness
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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