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🌀The Whirlpool Galaxy from my Backyard Observatory
Tech. details:
QHY miniCam8M
Askar 185APO
A-P Mach2GTO
R: 31*120”, G:28*120”, B:28*120”
Total: 2 hr. 54 min.
Bortle 3, New moon

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I'll be going LIVE tonight (Wednesday, April 23) at 8PM ET (5pm PT, 0:00 UTC). youtube.com/@NebulaPhotos/streams

In the first hour, I'll be reviewing more astrophotos sent to my PO Box, and then once it gets dark I'll start a tour of the brightest galaxies out right now doing a short live stack on each one. I'll be using the Askar 185 APO telescope. I practiced this last night to work out the kinks and it was a lot of fun. Hope to see you there!

~Nico

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It's Galaxy Season, and I'm testing some new gear I brought back from NEAF. The rig I used to take this photo of the Leo Triplet is:

-Airy Disk APO 96mm Triplet Refractor bit.ly/4jm7UQM
-Sky-watcher EQ-AL55i bit.ly/42Dkd3W
-QHY miniCAM8 bit.ly/4jgjg8O

Full resolution and tech. details on Astrobin: app.astrobin.com/i/g5943s

Pretty impressed by the result for just 2 hours of exposure!
What are you looking to image in the next month?

Clear skies, Nico

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I will be at NEAF and NEAIC again this year!
NEAF (April 5-6): www.neafexpo.com/
NEAIC (April 7-8): www.neafexpo.com/neaic (if you buy tickets for NEAIC, that includes admission to NEAF)

Here's the full rundown of what I'll be up to:

Saturday, April 5th  
No official events for me, but I'll be arriving at NEAF in the early afternoon and will be walking the show floor meeting people until close (6pm). So if this is the only day you'll be at NEAF, please look for me and say hello!

Sunday, April 6th 
3rd annual Nebula Photos Patreon Meetup at NEAF! Details on Patreon: tinyurl.com/nebula-neaf25
Other than the Patreon meetup from 3-4pm, I'll be walking around at NEAF again so if you see me, please feel free to say hi.

Monday, April 7th - Tuesday, April 8th
I will be leading a four-part Intro to Astrophotography at NEAIC, with sessions from 11am-12pm and 2:30-3:30pm each day of the conference. Descriptions for my talks here: www.neafexpo.com/copy-of-neaic-coming-soon#comp-lf…

If you have any questions about any of the above, please let me know. ~Nico

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I will be leading a FREE, in-person event on beginner deep sky astrophotography this Wednesday, February 26 from 7-8pm ET at the Memorial Hall Library in Andover, MA. You can register here to attend: mhl.libnet.info/event/12758108
(No recording/live stream for this one, but I'm working on doing more live streaming - stay tuned!)

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How do you pronounce Cepheus?

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🎄Merry Christmas from the Paper Birch Observatory 🎄
~Nico

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Attention Mac Users: I'm working on a video about installing FREE astronomy software on a Mac. If you are a Mac user who uses any kind of free astronomy software, could you please check this list, and let me know if I'm missing anything that you use. For this video I'm only interested in free software that will run natively on an M3 Mac with the latest OS.
Astropy
Adobe DNG Converter
Adobe Bridge
Aladin
ASIAir
ASIStudio
ASTAP
CaptureEclipse
Darktable
Discord
FITS Liberator
GIMP
GraXpert
JupyterLab
Kstars (incl. EKOS/INDI Server)
Lynkeos
Miniconda
Phd2
RawTherapee
SAOImageDS9
Seti Astro’s Suite
Siril
Sirilic
Starnet
Starnet GUI
StarStaX
Stellarium

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How often do you PRINT your astrophotography?

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Have you used Siril's Star Recomposition process? I continue to be SO impressed by it. I'm able to stretch the nebula and the stars separately and with a huge amount of granularity. Yes, there are other ways to do this, but not this seamlessly and easily with a live image preview. I'll be showing off its power again in my next video - coming soon! To prepare for that video, download Siril and Starnet (CLI version)! siril.org/ and starnetastro.com/ and get starnet integrated into Siril. Watch my video here for instructions: https://youtu.be/gyOa8eNIVlk (check the timestamps to skip ahead to your operating system - for Siril you need to install the CLI version of Starnet)

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