Utilized other deconvolution filters a long time ago, which worked well when there was a consistent pattern across an area, like minimal star trailing. Have not tried BXT yet though. Is there a risk that I would be replacing my image with an AI simulacrum, a piece of AI art, not photography? I’m always concerned in postprocessing about heading too far in that direction. On the other hand, the Askar has a little purple fringing around some of the mid to bright white stars… which I knew before I bought it. So I might compromise my silly principles to apply a filter to remove those.
You can Patreon a monthly contribution to the developer of Lemmy, along with another contribution to the instance you usually use to help pay server costs. After that maybe also donate to the app you prefer to use (if not using Jerboa from the Lemmy developer, Dessalines).
While originally from Chicago, I live in NY now. I tried what they call pizza here, and it was indistinguishable from cardboard with some ketchup on top. 😁
Miyoko’s cashew milk based moz is the most realistic flavor and melts well. The Follow Your Heart Parmesan (sprinkled on top) does not melt well, but their provolone does. Also used some Daiya mozzarella which melts, but doesn’t tastes too great. Sauce with Roma paste, olive oil, marjoram, fennel, garlic is almost strong enough flavor to cover up the Daiya, but not quite. Wish there were more choices.
Exactly. Some places like Uno’s don’t garnish the sauce on top, but many other big name Chicago joints do… usually with just a little shredded or more commonly grated Parmesan.
Here’s an ancient one from 2004 when Comet Machholtz swung by M45… I can’t even remember what camera I had back then. It might have been what they used to call film?
Pressure treated 2x4s, fourteen sides, two of which are a door. Bolted into a ton of concrete. About to put the sides on. No pier, just a place to keep the tripod in a stable location to cut down on setup time. Top rail is level and smooth, but not sure yet if I’ll have the dome rotate, or just have removable sections.
Neighbor has tall trees to the northeast through northwest, but I moved it far enough away from the house to be able to still see most of the fun southern nebulae. Bortle 5 skies in my small town.
Aww heck… now you’re forcing me to paint little fake windows on the sides, and put in a garden with a pump driven waterfall and pond alongside it!
I did look to see if I could just buy a premade dome. With the normal petty theft in the area, I couldn’t really leave the polar aligned tripod standing in the back yard, let alone the assembled tripod and mount with a weatherproof cover over it.
Zounds!!! You can purchase or quickly build a DIY roll off roof shed pretty cheaply… but once you start looking at anything more classic looking the prices get ridiculous.
I have some neighbors with backyard lights… so built the fence to help block them more. And I’m not really losing the Western view next to the fence, as there are trees in that direction anyway.
Almost finished. Need a local artist to create a mural for the ceiling though. No dome rotation. Instead the top overlapping part above 20 degrees elevation (neighbor’s lights) is painted canvas in a frame I can unlatch, lift off, and set outside. Around seven feet high inside. Has a lock on the door.
I’ve used it a few times already. If ZWO equipment gets too cold below freezing, I can run a small space heater in there this winter for cold clear nights.
I’ve been eyeing this machine for a while since my goal is to really control my press just like I have with the Aero Press. Still haven’t decided if this is a worthwhile investment.
2000x1500pxls. One of my last unguided images with a WO GT71 and Fujifilm XT20, before springing big bucks for an ASIAIR and an ASI183MC Pro, along with a guider. 2.5 hours of 30s subs. SIRIL and GIMP.
No, but for an oddball reason… and not just because it was a high ISO noisy background on that image.
Specifically, I’m kind of weird, or more accurately very weird, about that topic. <begin uncalled for off-topic rant> SIRIL, which I really appreciate, now has StarNet++ built in as a plugin for star removal. But I haven’t used it. Because in my head there’s a difference between art and astrophotography.
AI programs like DALL-E are not too far from creating amazing astronomical art. In the next year or two I’ll be able to ask for an image of a magnitude 4 comet with a blue / white split tail to perfectly frame the Trifid nebula between the two tails, and it will look exactly correct… if it cannot do that already. It will be stunning. But is that astrophotography?
Using narrow band filters and false color pallettes is still representing exactly what’s there, but pulling in more detail not normally seen in the visible spectrum. Still astrophotography.
But even before StarNet++, GIMP for years let you select all stars, and not nebulosity, and then apply additional sharpening and lower intensity to de-emphasize the stars, and punch up the DSO. But now is it astrophotography? Or astronomical art? It’s still highly creative, just as much if not more effort, and even more visually amazing to see every wispy filament of a DSO without as many, or even any stars to obstruct the DSO’s glory. Yet… Is it that different than painting that image in Inkscape by hand as an art piece?
Or what if I dimmed an image of a mineral moon, and pasted it so the two halfs of the Veil nebula perfectly cradled it? Even if I captured the shots, that’s still just art. Everything is a shades of gray choice, so I don’t know if dimming all stars by 50% without removing any of them still qualifies as astrophotography, or if that number is 5%. And my silly opinion may shift now that I’ve upgraded my equipment again. <end uncalled for off-topic rant>
Great so far. I’m on Android, so I can start with a recipe from Ikawa and then tweak temperature and fan profiles as needed. Ikawa includes a sampler pack with the roaster, and none really blew me away, at least with the recipes provided, so I started buying bags from another green bean vendor closer to me. I prefer light medium so usually stop shortly after first crack. But I’m still trying to learn how to use rate of rise, and lower slower development to get different flavors from the same beans.
M8, M20 Pair (live.staticflickr.com)
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NGC7000, IC5070 Pair (drive.google.com)
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VdB 152 - Reflection Nebula in Cepheus (live.staticflickr.com)
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Priorities! (lemmy.ml)
[Homemade] Vegan Chicago Style Pizza (lemmy.world)
Semolina & corn meal crust. Meatball (plant based), green pepper, onion, 3 kinds of mushroom, 4 kinds of cheeze.
[image] Since many people seem to believe you can't tow with cars, here's roughly what dutch people end up doing on vacation. (feddit.de)
The Pleiades (Messier 45) (lemmy.world)
Taken from the backyard. I love this target. I keep adding more integration time to it to bring out further details.
astrophotography apps
any recommended apps for astrophotography?...
Observatory started (lemmy.world)
Pressure treated 2x4s, fourteen sides, two of which are a door. Bolted into a ton of concrete. About to put the sides on. No pier, just a place to keep the tripod in a stable location to cut down on setup time. Top rail is level and smooth, but not sure yet if I’ll have the dome rotate, or just have removable sections.
what is Everyone's opinion on the Flair Press? (lemmy.world)
I’ve been eyeing this machine for a while since my goal is to really control my press just like I have with the Aero Press. Still haven’t decided if this is a worthwhile investment.
NGC 6995 / East Veil, August 2022 (lemmy.world)
2000x1500pxls. One of my last unguided images with a WO GT71 and Fujifilm XT20, before springing big bucks for an ASIAIR and an ASI183MC Pro, along with a guider. 2.5 hours of 30s subs. SIRIL and GIMP.
It's that time of the week... (lemmy.world)
Are there any other home roasters in here?