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Jeffery Richards
Remember when???
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Jun 11, 2026Jeffery Richards
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Tony Gondola
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Eric Gagné
Is the so called “60%” rule a thing for strainwave mounts ?
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Last post: Tony Gondola
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John Stone
External focuser on an SCT; What about temperature change induced focal shift and back-focus?
Celestron EdgeHD 11"Celestron EdgeHD 14"Celestron EdgeHD 8" +1
Mar 25, 2026John Stone
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Tony Gondola
GregsAstrobin
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Matteo Luongo
Diagnostic Help: Progressive Frame Drift Despite Active Autoguiding
Open PHD Guiding Project PHD2Deep SkyNebula +1
Jun 17, 2026Matteo LuongoNew contributor
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darkdesertdome
Mining company threatens dark skies and remote telescope facilities in S.W. New Mexico / S.E. Arizona
Dark SiteLight PollutionRemote Astrophotography +1
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Tony Gondola
TiffsAndAstro
Kyle Cerniglia
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Sylvain Villet
I built a free tool to generate Messier & Caldwell catalogs posters
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Sep 11, 2025Sylvain Villet
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Daniel J. Givens
A comparison of BXT/NXT vs SyQon
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Jun 15, 2026Daniel J. Givens
Last post: Tony Gondola
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Scott Badger
Bill McLaughlin
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Nathalie DB
Hello to all astronomy enthusiasts.
Off-topicDeep SkyFrançais
Jul 1, 2025Nathalie DB
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Eddy Cochez
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Charles Hagen
New Script: PhotometricContinuumSubtraction -- Pixinsight
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jujumaster
Stacked SII image shows wave pattern noise at 1200s exposure
AcquisitionDeep SkyM27 +2
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Ali Alobaidly
ToupTek is getting closer to breaking the monopoly (StellaVita 2.0))
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Phil Creed
Deep-sky performance difference of 585MC-Air vs. 533MC-Pro?
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andrea tasselli
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Frédéric Ruciak
NINA Safety monitor doesn't reflect safe/unsafe state once connected to Lunatico AAG CW safety driver
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Tony Gondola
Differential Flexure
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SkyHoinar
Is this dew?
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Tony Gondola
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Salvatore Iovene
Community tools and Hobby projects
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Mark Worthington
Best practice for preventing moisture damage
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Claudio Pedrazzi
Why do my stacked Seestar S50 M57 histograms show such a sharp lower cutoff before stretching?
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Bob Anderson
Frustration with U-C 108 tilt adapter system reliability issues
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7 hours ago
yash0661
Hello everyone there are some images captured by me. from my F30070M, 70mm refractor telescope using 3x barlow and 20mm eyepiece and phone camera
AcquisitionSolar SystemGalaxy +1
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036
14 hours ago
Arun Vijay
How to install SyQon Prism & Parallax in PixInsight (and fix "no updates available")
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1 day ago
Swee Sin Eng
Halo issues with L extreme filter on Skyrover 90SAP setup
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Jun 18, 2026Swee Sin EngNew contributor
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20 hours ago
Dionito
ASI 533MC Pro USB hub connection failures with multiple devices
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Jun 5, 2026Dionito
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Antton CHEVRIER
My first real Milky Way
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Jun 15, 2026Antton CHEVRIERNew contributor
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Willem Jan Drijfhout
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Dyan Swenning
Mosaic mode acquisition time in the Pro
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Jerry Gerber
Mini PC, fan or fanless?
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Aug 31, 2025Jerry GerberPerfect post
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Frédéric Ruciak
Inconsistency between NINA TTPA / reported PA by 10micron mount and wht PHD2 guiding assitant says
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Ethan Sweet
Pixinsight process icons disappearing randomly from workspace
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Michael
andrea tasselli
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Arthur Iyo
Minimum latitude for the Celestron AVX
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1 day ago
Michael W. Dean
What quick-change adapter to get? Astro-Tech AT130EDT
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2 days ago
Steven Zuhoski
Issue with Deformed Stars
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Niels_L
ASIAIR Autorun sequence changed behavior between filter selections
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1 day ago
Paul Campbell
OAG Cost for C8
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Rostokko
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Paul Sanfilippo
Solar observing/imaging - interested in your experience.
Solar FilterSun
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AdAstraAnimadverto
Matthew Singer
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Ian Frost
OAG for a Askar 71f, 48mm or 54mm
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Jun 16, 2026Ian Frost
024
2 days ago
Unified_Scale
Photos of anomalies or pareidolia(potentially) and other weird things that are interesting and need explanation.
ProcessingAdvancedChallenge +5
Jun 15, 2026Unified_ScaleNew contributor
Last post: Unified_Scale
264
3 days ago
Mike Thorpe
Bubble artifact in upper right corner with AR152 telescope
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Jun 12, 2026Mike ThorpeNew contributor
Last post: Mike Thorpe
Tony Gondola
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4 days ago
Christian Silk
FSCT8: Fast 8 Inch Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope
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Scott Stirling
Pixinsight astrometric annotation catalogs
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Luke Pearson
ASI driver blocked?
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Tony Gondola
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Frédéric Ruciak
safety monitor looks like connected to Lunatico AAG CWbut never catch the safe status
The ASCOM Initiative ASCOMEquipmentObservatory +3
Jun 17, 2026Frédéric Ruciak
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Rabeea Alkuwari
Sensor FWHM readings versus actual sub FWHM values
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John Hayes
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Tak FS-60CB imaging query
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5 days ago
JTSAN
OCAL 4.0 Collimator & MacBook Pro a non starter?
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Jun 14, 2026JTSAN
019
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Michael W. Dean
TECHNICAL QUESTION FOR SOLAR PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERTS
ProcessingStretchingArtifacts +2
Jun 5, 2026Michael W. Dean
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7 days ago
Hassaan Zaheer
Cannot figure out these weird gradients
Sky-Watcher Quattro 150P
May 7, 2026Hassaan Zaheer
Last post: Hassaan Zaheer
Alejandro Moreschi
Jay Mills
John Hayes
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7 days ago
Ben Jansen
Altair 3.5nm vs Antlia ALP-T 3nm Dual Band Filters…?
EquipmentFiltersDuo-Narrowband +3
Jun 9, 2026Ben Jansen
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Connor Siedentop
Brian Carter
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6 days ago
Frédéric Ruciak
Lunatico Cloudwatcher AAG CW calibration at E-Eye in Spain
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Jun 11, 2026Frédéric Ruciak
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Bill McLaughlin
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6 days ago
Tony Gondola
Are we at the limit?
EquipmentAdvancedAstronomy tools
Jun 8, 2026Tony GondolaFrequent contributorExemplary contributor
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Steven Fanutti
CaptnCook
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Photon_Collector
Askar 151PHQ or Sky-Watcher Esprit 150EDX?
Equipment
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