Random nerdy stuff that makes the gears turn.
Quick little rundown of setting up SAMBA on your raspberry pi so you can view it through a finder window on your MacOS & Windows machines....
After shooting stars and galaxies and planets over the years, i realized there was something I hadn’t really ever paid attention to – the brightest star...
Having some issues getting this to work – if the nubmer is negative, it doesn’t act as I’d expect. With some help from the braintrust that...
I’ve been using Thomas Jacquin’s AllSky software for a few years now, and a few revisions. Currently they’re on v8.3, and its working quite well –...
Was able to catch my first northern lights in years – didn’t make it out to anywhere spectacular, but managed to get out of the light...
October 3rd at 5:07am an object entered the atmosphere and broke apart, trailing from horizon to horizon over a 75+ second span. 4 frames from this...
Here’s a quick group of lines that test different parts of the EndOfNight.sh. Copy the code below, save it into a .sh file of any name....
The meteor shower was very nice. I’m still learning the camera, and playing with a new star tracker – The Move Shoot Move. The learning curve...
This little project was undertaken out of frustration of having to remove the dome & re-seal it in order to focus; that and curiosity. Lucky for...
