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Very pleased with my final image 😊 #Astrophotography #andromeda #M31

Had another look at the Stellavita tonight using my Redcat 51 and it’s coming along nicely :) Bit too windy for a proper session and I need to attach a travel router first because of the weak wifi signal but that can be overcome! Looking forward to my next outing!

Thanks guys 😊🙏 @SpaceBiz1

Got my 2nd Stellavita yesterday and now both of my rigs will exclusively run these 👍 #astrophotography

@U2 Subscribed today and can't wait to get these 🤩

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@TheExtremeMusi1 Joshua Tree is massively superior 👍

Brothers In Arms or The Joshua Tree???

@AstrophotoCamp I read your blog and this result is very promising for the Stellavita and long focal lengths 👍 Will try my Edge HD8 at the weekend (2100mm) with the OSC Poseidon-C

Galaxy Messier 96 - First light for my Touptek SkyEye24AC and initial functionality test of the Touptek StellaVita. Check the blog for more details. ▼ Vixen VC200L | ToupTek SkyEye24AC astrocamp.eu/en/messier-96-… #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #deepsky #astroimaging

@SpaceBiz1 Thank you! Of course you can 🙏👍

@ScottUPPSALA Hello! Great photo 😍 Would you mind if we featured it in our article ‘Best Photos of the Week (with full credit, of course)?

First Galaxy picture of 2026 and it's NGC2403. Image taken with my Edge HD8 at 2100mm using a ZWO asi1600mm pro on the asiair plus. Next image I'm going to use my Player One Poseidon-C on Touptek's Stellavita 👍

@sjwolosz123 Well said 👍 I gave up when I realised that inhaling smoke into my lungs and then just blow it out again was really stupid 👍

Can't believe people still smoke cigarettes .. I used to until they cost $11.00 a pack .. and giving them up wasn't a hassle .. never got lozenges or patches , never did yoga or that nicotine gum locked up by the pharmacist .. Just quit . minor craving for the first hour and some within a week .. but it faded away without having to seek professional help , seances and support groups .. I think it was the power of not having enough money to eat .. The grumbling stomach prevailed . I started young , go to a foosball hangout as a 11 year old nerd and impress the older women "14 and 15 year olds " by smoking non filter Camel's .. go to the unattended cigarette machine and drop a quarter and a dime and bingo .. 20 killer sticks. . gave up smoking when I had to pay rent and power at 18 .. priorities !! .. when I became a carpenter and eventually elevated to " Here .. you read the plans and run the crew " .Foreman , Lead Carpenter and I was having to lead idiots .. I needed something to fill in those moments of rage . Something to allow me to look intense and in deep thought . when it was merely a mechanism from preventing me from strangling the help or going on a five state killn' spree .. Lead man has always got to be in the deep .. So smoking was my smokescreen . hacking all day and get home with my weakly paycheck and a 12 pack of beer and cigs .. out to the garage to listen to music , make music or spend the night crunching numbers and riddling out prints ..smoking like a freight train . . My parents both smoked and it eventually took their lives .. dad used to drive to North Carolina and buy the cheap cigarettes by the case ..The cigarettes didn't even burn normal . the glowing ember wouldn't break away when it was over an inch long .. I could only imagine what was the binder in the tobacco .. or was it even tobacco . It was unnatural . I worked a summer chopping tobacco in southern Maryland . spearing it and hanging it in barns .. farmer pay us kids a few bucks to swing a machete and chop our toes off .. later we'd sneak into the barn and roll us some Cubans .. get sick and throw up ...I've seen these auction houses in Maryland where an auctioneer would rattle pass a stack of Bacco and the worms , dirt and tobacco debri would be swept up and sold .. to make those cigarettes my parents smoked . It was safer to be behind a diesel bus in Baltimore than to smoke those killers .. Giving up smoking is easy ..easiest way is run out of money .. It's amazing how effective that method works

@carlossnaps Thanks for your kind words Carlos 😊 Appreciate it 🙏

@ScottUPPSALA Incredible capture! The detail in those dust lanes is exactly why I love photographing the cosmos. Every galaxy tells a story! 🔭

A work in progress 🤞😉 #astrophotography NGC2403

Second and last evening on NGC2403 and everything is working great again 😊🙏 Might even start on NGC2841 or NGC2903?

Test sessions in #astrophotography are greatly beneficial 👍 Set up my rig tonight and everything just worked! Here's a screenshot of NGC2403. Honestly it's been a while since I've had such a great session as tonight 🙂

Just done 3 hrs of luminance subs on NGC2403 with my Edge HD8 at 2100mm. Guiding was 0.40-0.45 RMS virtually the entire time 🙏#astrophotography

Also dialed in my redcat 51 too. Touptek 585C Player one Uranus-C uncooled camera acting as a guide camera. StellaVita controller Ioptron hem 15 mount. The new Stellavita software now puts it on a par with the asiair! Finally 😊👍 Will probably get another one 🙏😉

Dialed in my Edge HD8 this evening at the following specs - 2100mm focal length, f10 Zwo asi1600mm Zwo asi174 mini Zwo asiair plus Skywatcher EQ6-R PRO Working like a charm 😊

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@1ssve YouTube music is superior to both of these

Nahhh the quality difference of Spotify and Apple Music is insane 😭

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U2, their creative coma and the new songs on ‘Days of Ash’ that are fizzing with fury buff.ly/o0LpbdR

@BonosBible It's an absolute masterpiece 🤩👏

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Wow this is so great 😃👍