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Managed to Process a Few Frames!

I’ve managed to generate new darks and debayer all of the frames from my QHY-247C on my AT-80LE.  I’m post processing these in Photoshop and have processed the six 6-millisecond frames from totality.  I have six times that with exposures … Continue reading

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It was still 50/50, but we got the right 50%!

Unprocessed and not deBayered, but here was totality!  Watch for updates in the coming week or two!

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The Window Around Totality Is Getting Wider!

It’s still not looking great for Monday, but we’re so borderline it’s painful.  The Clear Sky Chart is showing a tiny gap right around the start of the eclipse and clouding back up after totality.  However, this morning vs. last … Continue reading

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The Observatory Is Ready!

After weeks of prep and quite a few days/evenings of cleaning, the observatory is cleaner than it’s been in years and I have both piers set up for solar observing and photography.  Test runs of photos with my QHY247C on … Continue reading

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Time to Start Praying!

I’m not normally outspoken about my faith, especially online, but when people ask, I’ll tell them that I can’t look at the wonders and majesty of this universe and the elegance of the physics that we’ve discovered and believe that … Continue reading

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The Weather Channel is Just Messing With Us!

Well, over the weekend, weather.com started showing the long term forecast for April 8th, and unfortunately it’s not looking good.  That said, given that they haven’t been able to accurately predict our weather here eight hours ahead of time, I’m … Continue reading

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50/50 for April 8th, 2024

Historic predictions from the National Weather Service, as well as my own recollection and records of April weather give us a 50/50 chance of having clear skies here in Central Texas and the rest of the state.  As we’re sitting … Continue reading

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Planning for April 8, 2024 Solar Eclipse

Never look at the sun without eye protection! The next great total solar eclipse is now less than a year away, with a path from Mexico, up through Texas and much of the Eastern United States, leaving through northern New … Continue reading

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Updating my All Sky Camera

My all sky camera had been out of operation for a year or more due to a flakey USB interface.  I’m not sure how much of that was related to my observatory PC as other USB devices give me problems … Continue reading

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ORO Back Online!

Well, after about two years of being shut down and occupied with the construction of our new house, I’ve finally started taking some time to get back into astrophotography.  On Black Friday we started looking at solar scopes and H-Alpha … Continue reading

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