by Joey | Jan 17, 2021 | Technical Monkey
So a handful of users wanted me to show off my rig on the CloudyNights forum. I took some time to walk through all the hardware and software and decided to show it off using YouTube. It’s a total of 6 videos in the...
by Joey | Jan 7, 2021 | Technical Monkey
So as I continue to learn more about PixInsight and learn more about capturing the heavens above I have now learned about Drizzle. What is Drizzle you ask? Drizzle (or DRIZZLE) is a digital image processing method for the linear reconstruction...
by Joey | Jan 6, 2021 | Technical Monkey
PREFACE My favorite forum I am on these days is Cloudy Nights (CN). It has a lot of fantastic people all working together to enjoy the stars and learn together. I mostly spend my time learning and helping where I can at the Beginning Deep Sky Imaging section. So what...
by Joey | Dec 27, 2020 | Technical Monkey
So I recently popped for the ZWO EAF (Electronic Auto Focuser) and paired it with my RedCat 51 using an amazing mounting bracket system developed by Deep Sky Dad!!! It took me roughly 15-20 minutes to tear it all down and put it together and man does it work fantastic...
by Joey | Dec 10, 2020 | Technical Monkey
So as I continue to take pictures of deep skies objects I have found the key to taking better photos with less noise is to dither but to get greater detail and colors you need to shoot longer. While I say longer which could mean longer exposures I also mean longer as...