Flat Field Lightbox for Seestar
ZWO recently added the ability to make Flat Fields for the Seestar. ZWO provides a few ways on how to take your flat fields, but I wanted to design and make a flatfield lightbox to make it convenient and consistent.…
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Night at JGAP – 2025/06/23
It was clear, close to a new moon, and I was able to get a half day off from work, so this means a trip to my favorite observing place, The John Glenn Astronomy Park! It was very hot out,…
Lunar Eclipse March 2025
On the night of March 13th and the morning of March 14th, stargazers in the Western Hemisphere got to witness a total lunar eclipse. I used this as an opportunity to do some imaging with the updated rig and the…
Christmas Rosette with S30
Santa came early this year! My Seestar S30 arrived on December 22nd, 2024 and it just so happened that it was clear that evening. I had to try out my new toy! Some initial observations on the S30: I am…
2024 160M Contest
It is that time of year again, Christmas Lights, Holiday Music, early dark evenings, frigid temperatures, and of course, the 160M Contest. My plan this year was to make a larger effort, but due to other activities, was only able…
ARRL SSB Sweepstakes – 2024
Being a CW enthusiast, I am not really an SSB contester but I do like to dabble in it a little. I find SSB contests more exhausting than CW contests. This year, I made a goal to get a clean…
Seestar Pixinsight Processing Tutorial – Non-Linear Processing
If all is going well, you should now be in the Non-Linear phase of image processing done in the previous section. In this section, we will begin Non-Linear processing. HDRMultiscaleTransform HDRMultiscaleTransform is a plugin to compress the dynamic range of…
The Rig
My imaging rig has been through a few versions over the years and it is fun to look back on the different versions and the results I was able to achieve. During this time, I have learned a great deal…