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@RolandLescure @BrunoRetailleau Correction, élu seulement par une partie des 800,000. Certes une majorité mais pas tous.

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@AustinTelco The new WebSite user experience looks great. Thanks for the hard work ATFCU

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Before the clouds start to roll in for monday's total eclipse, here's the sun today in Central Texas.
LS50THa, ASI1178MM, AM5
@zwoastro @LuntSolar

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SH2-308, The Dophin Head Nebula in HOO.
About 60 x 300s in Ha and Oiii.
Added another hour of RGB for the stars.
#zwo #astrophotography #ASI2600MMPro #AM5
@zwoasi @WilliamOptics

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@AstroBackyard I would stick with S. Having both, difference of performance is not that significantly justifiable. X is super bulky compared to S.

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M1, The Crab nebula, one more Messier under my belt.
This target has been on my todo list for a while but it's rather small for my 380mm focal length. I knew I would not get a high level of details. Turned out better than I thought. @zwoasi @WilliamOptics #Astrophotography

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@AJamesMcCarthy My humble opinion and perspective,
Great job, way over processed, too much hue.

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@AstroBackyard Pretty old - probably not up to your standards - but feel free to use.
WO GT81, ZWO ASI MC071
It's there for DL: https://t.co/k5zJiHbwgK

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NGC7023, The Iris nebula. About 12hrs of LRGB exposure.
AM5, ASI2600MM, EFW, EAF
@zwoasi

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@wells_solar For more details: https://t.co/0dQ9o4XQuN

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@wells_solar When are you going to refund the $12k deposit I gave you for a project that you never completed ? It's been 18 months now.

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I feel like #Astrophotography is a manifestation of Schrödinger's law.
Your gear can be in any state at any time - not monitoring it might be the way to go :)

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Back to imaging after 3 months of crap weather conditions and equipment failures. Starting easy - M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy in LRGB+Ha

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@erfmufn That's a shit load of milliseconds

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Horse Head Nebula - First shot of 2023 -
Mishaps with my gear, trying to save my acquisition session at 1:30am - still not too bad result but Alnitak is killing my shots.

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Imaging and processing the Sun is a whole different animal than Deep Sky Objects imaging.
Now I need to figure how to better wipe that gradient on the surface.
@zwoasi @LuntSolar

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In the core of the Heart Nebula (IC-1805), 7h18m of exposure time in Ha, Sii, Oiii.
Trying new processing techniques to sharpen my images.
@zwoasi @WilliamOptics #Astrophotography

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@mcdonaldobs Small typo ! Happy holidays mcdonaldobs.

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Weather has not cooperating in Central Texas lately.
Short 4 hour window to capture NGC 2175, The Monkey Head nebula in HSO for 4 hours. Would be better if it was not rushed in acquisition and processing but it will do for now.
@zwoasi (AM5, ASI2600MM) @WilliamOptics (GT81)

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@tlivings @WilliamOptics @zwoasi There's the scope - a dedicated astro photo camera, a focuser and a filter wheel in addition to a guiding camera.
All that hooked to a mini computer for remote control.

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B22, aka the Griffin Nebula - a Dark Nebula in the Taurus constellation.
180s exposures in each L,R,G,B (about 36 for each channels) for a total of about 7h00 exposure time.

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@tlivings @WilliamOptics @zwoasi Here it is - part of it !
Being a Nerd I spent the last few weeks of poor clear sky cover to craft my gear, stitching a mini computer to my scope (mount not shown)