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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · 21h

My first attempt on C/2025 A6,
hope you like the results^^

Date: 04.10.2025

Lights: 32 x 180"
Darks: 20 x 180"
Flats: 30

Telescope: WO Redcat 51
Camera: Asi533MC Pro

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quoth the snow leopard, "nevermorg" @apoapsis.bsky.social · Jul 19

GO! MY LABUBU MISSILE! KILL!

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jul 3

Starting to get my pictures sorted from Antidotum 2025. Here is a rough selection of some good ones. Hope you like the results^^

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Flightradar24 @flightradar24.com · Jun 13

We have some questions about this one.

Playback at fr24.com/data/aircraf...

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · May 14

Some more shots i got with the FS-12. Hope you like the results^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Feb 21

Finally got some results. These look better than I initially expected to be honest^^'

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yupdown @yupdown.net · May 28

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jan 9

2/2
The autoguider locks onto a star as reference point and sends correctional commands to the mount to cancel out its tracking error, allowing longer exposure times. The quality of the guiding profile is shown in the graph for the RA and DEC axis.

Its just a rough summary, hope this makes sense^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jan 9

1/2
In short, the autoguider consists of the guiding camera, the guiding scope (the smaller one on the main telescope) and the software. Before imaging you have to polar align the mount but it has a certain tracking error depending on the quality of the polar alignment.

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jan 7

Thanks^^

The first picture shows the final result of the Nebula with all subframes stacked and edited.

The second picture shows the autoguider (left) and the software for the imaging camera (right).

The last picture just shows the telescope covered in ice because i thought it looked neat^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jan 5

Additional details:

Lights:
22 x 600" gain100 (3h 40min)
62 x 300" gain360 (5h 10min)

Total: 8h 50min

Darks:
18 x 600" gain100
25 x 300" gain360

Flats:
25

Scope:
Skywatcher 250/1200

Mount:
EQ-6pro

Camera:
Asi533MCpro

Filter:
Optolong L-eNhance

Post-processing:
DeepSkyStacker
Photoshop CC

Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Jan 5

I finally was able bring out the newtonian again and decided to go for M1. Unfortunately a lot of the lightframes went bad because for some reason the autoguider started drifting off but I tried to make the most of it. Have to check out the guider later^^'

Hope you like the result^^

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Dylan O’Donnell @dylanodonnell.bsky.social · Nov 17

Perfect polar alignment. #astrophotography

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Dec 18

Got myself something interesting last week. Still gotta figure out a thing or two before I can get first results from it^^'

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Dec 10

Thanks^^
I just got one when leveling up my 777-300ER!!

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thanks for the info, because I got a few A220-100s "just" as ultra rare and I wondered how to get that effect^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Dec 9

Nice one, do the ultra rare ones show up at random or are there certain places where to get them?^^'

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Stedilnik @stedilnik.bsky.social · Dec 8

Remember her?

This is her now.

Feeling old yet?

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thanks^^

Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 18

Thanks, its easier to capture when the iss is illuminated but for this transit you needed the exact time to get it. I managed to capture five frames and this one was the best out of those^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 16

I did a thing last night^^
I just randomly checked for potential lunar transits and it turned out that there would happen one not far away. So I packed up my stuff and gave it a shot. Hope you like the result^^

Setup:
Skywatcher 254/1200
Eq-6pro
Canon Eos 90D

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 16

Thanks^^

Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 12

Thanks, sometimes its a bit of a challenge but it definitely pays off^^

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Nov 12

Finally managed to scrape together some more exposure time on a current project.
Hope you like the result^^

Object: NGC1499

Filter: Optolong l-eNhance
84 x 300" (7h 0min)

Filter: Optolong h-alpha 7nm
01 x 600" (0h 10min)
15 x 900" (3h 45min)

Total time: 10h 55min

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Piper @itspiper.bsky.social · Oct 18

I think the royal navy wants to tell me something. Not quite sure what exactly tho...

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