Super Sonic Speed with PixInsight

Super Sonic Speed with PixInsight

So in my last article, I posted about increasing the speed of StarNet++ as long as you have a CUDA-enabled NVIDIA Graphics Card. This article is about speeding up PixInsight with a little thing called RAM Disk. What doe this cost? Well, some time to set up and 10GB...
Speedy Gonzales your StarNet++!

Speedy Gonzales your StarNet++!

So in the never-ending need to go faster with processing images, I purchased a new computer. The Dell XPS 8950 to be exact. I was going to build a PC but after pricing it all out Dell was the cheaper route to go and it included one year of pro support and Windows 11...
William Optics Z81 & Orion Flattener Review

William Optics Z81 & Orion Flattener Review

Since I sent back what was supposed to be my forever scope I ended up pulling the trigger on the bigger brother to my Z61II and ordered the Z81 from Agena Astro. It arrived on May the 4th be with you. What I should know by now after dealing with the same issue with...
Light Panel

Light Panel

So I have finally purchased a light panel. It set me back $17.98 from Amazon *The link does not give me money it’s linked with smile amazon so you can donate to a charity of your choice. It’s freaking really nice as it has a 5v connector so I can connect...
Fixing pinched optics on the WO Zenithstar 61II

Fixing pinched optics on the WO Zenithstar 61II

So last night I was able to make it out to the GNTO and worked on my pinched optics. It’s been pretty bad, to say the least as you can see by my Starship Enterprise looking stars Beam me up, Scotty… I made some initial adjustments as all the screws were...
So long Stellarvue..Hello Hubble

So long Stellarvue..Hello Hubble

Well in 10 months I had 5 photos and two replacements with the Stellarvue Triplet Apo SVX080T-25FT and it’s going back to Stellarvue for good. My time with the Stellarvue Triplet Apo SVX080T-25FT scope was exciting at first and I was over the moon when it first...