Setting Up My Mini-PC to Control my Telescope!
There are a number of ways to manage your imaging session. Everything from an all in one unit like ZWO’s ASIAir series of small micro pcs to laptops. Nd everything inbetween. If you talk to a lot of astrophotographers, you will find that they use all types of ways to manage their imaging sessions. But […]
I dreamt of automation . . .
When I first began my astrophotography journey, I really enjoyed the struggle with learning how to focus with a bahtinov mask, learning how to center my mount on the target – initially with manual slews and finally with APT using plate solving to determine where I was pointed at and where I needed to be. […]
Astrophotography Trip to Alpha Scorpii and the capture of NGC 4565: The Needle Galaxy
Invited to Alpha Scorpii by Jason, I came with two rigs, my trusty Losmandy G-11 and my RC 6 and my EQ6r pro with my AstroTech 80EDT, along with a good appetite and enjoying some great company. Both cameras captured some good data, and the first one out of the gate was NGC 4565 the Needle Galaxy taken with my RC6.