Welcoem to posts!!
in the future - u will be able to do some more stuff here,,,!! like pat catgirl- i mean um yeah... for now u can only see others's posts :c
Checking Amazon again today. It looks like the U.S. site has a good price on the SkyWatcher EvoStar 72 (affiliate link: amzn.to/4i88bVU) for around $350 (normally they're around $550). It's a doublet, and marketed as an apochromatic refractor (but probably still has chromatic aberration in blue wavelengths). I've seen decent reviews of the scope, and I have Orion's 80mm version of the EvoStar 80mm, although the glass may be slightly less quality than the 80mm (but Skywatcher claims it is ED glass). It seems like a decent option, especially if you are on a budget.
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I was looking at dew heaters, and saw that the 8" SCT Celestron Dew Heater is on sale right now for $35, from what I can see. That's a lower price than the 5". It seems like a good deal as they normally go for around $55. I doubt they'll get any cheaper any time soon, but I could be wrong. Here's an affiliate link if you're interested: amzn.to/4jnv5tJ (it costs nothing for you to use it, and I'll get a commission if you do)
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I've been doing some planetary imaging on my Raspberry Pi 5 tonight with the M.2 hat. I'm continually surprised at just how well it does. Out of 11400 frames, it dropped about 7. That was imaging Jupiter and Mars with an 294MM camera (cropped to about 400 to 700 square pixels to maximize FPS, with about 20-35 FPS). My video on the RPi5 to control your telescope is here: https://youtu.be/t68DsXLESh0
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Everyone knows that AI pictures of space are actually real. Let it be known that I proved it on the day after March 31, 2025.
https://youtu.be/XdeN_ZT1wpQ
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The winner of the Real Intellience Challenge + some of my thoughts on the best submissions 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8O352...
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I created a quick short about my lunar eclipse time-lapse. I hope you enjoy it :)
www.youtube.com/shorts/iZWYri...
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I made a quick edit of my lunar eclipse photos. I think it's really neat how aligning things just right, you get the impression of a circular shadow in the negative space. The relative size of the illusion should be roughly proportional* to the relative size of Earth's circumference compared to the moon's circumference.
*roughly because the umbra isn't a perfect measurement of the circumference
(Reuploaded after a small edit)
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I make videos about astrophotography, mostly. Sometimes I make tools people can use to help make their astro photos better.