2026-04-25 08:03 UTC
@derek that said, that picture was taken with a Celestron NexStar Evolution 8”, an ASI533MC camera and a ZWO AM5N mount.
The brightness of the background sky, joined by the sparse amount of stars in that part of the sky, makes autoguiding through an OAG difficult for this subject, so I decided to keep exposures relatively short (60s); the stack has 130 subs, left after removing another 50 in which the guiding stars were lost mid-shoot with the obvious consequences on the sub…
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@derek@www.glidden.life 2026-04-25 23:27
@skull I'm in Tampa, on the West coast right along Central Florida, which I think is actually white in the center, where I live. You are doing an amazing job of taking such nice photos with your location! (Of course, that's also a REALLY impressive piece of kit you've got!) I would really like to get some kind of tracking head for my camera/tripod, which I suspect would give me the best cost-for-shot at actually photographing anything. Thanks for answering!