by Joey | Oct 21, 2020 | Technical Monkey
One word to describe the Sky-Watcher EQM-35 “Amazing”. Yes, the EQM-35 is downright an amazing mount and I wish I never spent the money or the frustration going down the rabbit hole of the iOptron SkyGuider Pro. I am not going to say the iOptron is a bad...
by Joey | Oct 15, 2020 | Technical Monkey
So I finally got my Star Tracker or Treker however you want to say it lol. It’s all setup configured and working…well sort of I will explain that in a minute. So what do we have? Camera: Nikon D5500Optics: RedCat 51Base Mount: William Optics Low Latitude...
by Joey | Oct 8, 2020 | Technical Monkey
It’s been a while since I posted and a lot has happened since August 22nd. First off I have a barn door for shooting the stars. What is a barn door? Well, let’s make it simple and just link you away for more detail. If you didn’t click it’s...
by Joey | Aug 22, 2020 | Technical Monkey
So I recently sold a bunch of stuff on eBay and was able to purchase a beautiful used Nikon D5500. It reconnected me with photography which is something I used to love back in 2004-2012 with my older Olympus C5060. Still, an amazing camera even though it’s over...
by Joey | Jul 20, 2020 | Technical Monkey
When I was a kid I was fortunate enough to grow up in Los Alamos, New Mexico the home of LANL. When I was a kid I remember taking college classes during the summertime at UNM which they still offer, and one of the classes I took was astronomy. I remember learning...
by Joey | May 19, 2020 | Technical Monkey
So it’s been a while since I posted about a new phone. The last time I mentioned a new phone was the Nexus 6 back in 2015. Since then I have owned the Pixel XL 1st gen and the Pixel 3a XL. Both solid phones and both met almost all my needs in terms of personal...