Photographs from my own sessions, with notes on how each one was captured.
Things goes right sometimes, take out telescope wit energy, compelete aligning, track the objects to look at. Simple right ? No way !!! Connection lost, a gust of wind takes out of focus, camera connection lost, redo whole thing again. And still somehow clouds starts to cover. Getting a perfect shot is not as easy as we think, it requires everything to be right. These are some of my best captures, I think so, have a look.
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Best captured and processed image of Moon till now.
| Telescope | NexStar 130SLT |
| Mount | Tracked |
| Camera | ZWO ASI676MC 12 MP CMOS |
| Capture | exposure, frame rate, duration |
| Processing | Autostakkart + PIPP + RegiStax 6 |
I need to get more stable platform with good horizon to capture more stable frames. May be, on the bank of lake.
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I think my setup has some issue with either primary or secondary mirror. Some kind of circular spot with different focus seems weird.
| Telescope | NexStar 130SLT |
| Mount | Tracked |
| Camera | ZWO ASI676MC 12 MP CMOS |
| Capture | exposure, frame rate, duration |
| Processing | Autostakkart + PIPP + RegiStax 6 |
It is very easy to spot this gas giant, you can spot it with your bare eys, look up and it's there.
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| Telescope | NexStar 130SLT |
| Mount | Tracked |
| Camera | ZWO ASI676MC 12 MP CMOS |
| Capture | exposure, frame rate, duration |
| Processing | Autostakkart + PIPP + RegiStax 6 |
Just next day of the blood moon (08/29/2026), I was able to manage and solve the backlash issue on azimuth control. on the east sky of Wichita, at around 11:00 PM, I saw something bright and pointed at it. Surprising it was what I thought, Saturn, this is my first time seeing this gas giant with ring.
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Coming soon.
| Telescope | NexStar 130SLT |
| Mount | Tracked |
| Camera | ZWO ASI676MC 12 MP CMOS |
| Capture | exposure, frame rate, duration |
| Processing | Autostakkart + PIPP + RegiStax 6 |
Optional: coming up.
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Coming soon.
Optional: placeholder.
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Coming soon.
| Telescope | NexStar 130SLT |
| Mount | Tracked |
| Camera | ZWO ASI676MC 12 MP CMOS |
| Capture | exposure, frame rate, duration |
| Processing | Autostakkart + PIPP + RegiStax 6 |
Optional notes.