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A Flower Made of Dust and StarlightNGC 7023
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A Pinwheel in Ursa MajorM101
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Back Under the StarsGetting back under the stars after a long, cloudy stretch. A thirty-minute drive to dark skies at Camp Floyd, Utah, two moonless nights, and finished images of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, and M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
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The Great Globular Cluster in HerculesM13
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The Heart of the Virgo ClusterA Six-Panel Mosaic of Markarian's Chain
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The Great Globular Cluster in Hercules
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A Pinwheel in Ursa Major
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The Heart of the Virgo Cluster
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Fire and Ice in Auriga
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The Mistake That Became Something Beautiful
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Andromeda Galaxy
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Back Under the Stars
IMAGE PROCESSINGJun 15, 2026
Back Under the StarsGetting back under the stars after a long, cloudy stretch. A thirty-minute drive to dark skies at Camp Floyd, Utah, two moonless nights, and finished images of M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, and M13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
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The Great Orion Nebula: Measuring Progress in Imaging and Processing
IMAGE PROCESSINGJan 20, 2026
The Great Orion Nebula: Measuring Progress in Imaging and ProcessingA three-stage journey through the Orion Nebula, tracing my growth in astrophotography from a smart telescope to a full mono LRGB + narrowband workflow, and the lessons learned processing a 45-hour HDR image with nearly 3,000 exposures.
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PFR Sentinel: From Pier Anxiety to a Purpose‑Built Tool
PYTHON PROGRAMJan 2, 2026
PFR Sentinel: From Pier Anxiety to a Purpose‑Built ToolI built PFR Sentinel because I was tired of logging into a remote observatory just to see if my pier was okay. What started as a small script became a purpose-built tool shaped by community feedback and vibe coding.
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