Category: Imaging

Equipment used Telescope: Celestron 11″ EdgeHDObservatory: NexDomeMount: iOptron Cem120PC: Canyon I7 Mini PCOag: CelestronOAG Guidecam Asi174mm miniFocuser: Rigel nStepCamera: Asi294mc ProFilter drawer: StarizonaFilter: L-Pro 2″ (mostly) Reducer: Celestron F7 Integration time: 15.45 hoursDistance: 22-25 million light years awayMagnitude: 8.4Size: 135,000…

This is the Crescent Nebula, also known as NGC 6888. It’s is a fun and fantastic target that I worked on this year from June through early August 2021. I took 22 hours of integrations at F7 and another 8…

I touched on the meridian flip issue I was having with Nina briefly in one of my videos. But as of now, I’ve managed to resolve the issue. This article is just to show what settings i’m using in both…

Operating a dome / observatory can involve quite a few pieces of software to tie it all together. With the NexDome, this article and more so in the video, I outline how I run things. In the video I show…

This is an outline of everything i did to complete the build of the Nexdome observatory, now called “The Orion Observatory” in my suburban home location. Its a bit long but hopefully detailed enough to assist others in this type…