Author Archives: Nerull

Startrails

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Nerull

Playing with new Canon G9 and CHDK. 1 hour of stacked 64 second exposures, dark frames disabled. Last image used as dark frame.

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M33 – Triangulum Galaxy

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Nerull
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Egg Bacon Sausage and Spam

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Nerull

I was glancing over my spam folder in gmail to make sure no legit emails got caught (Which gmail seems pretty good about), and I noticed that while there is plenty of penis enlargement, there seem to be few magic … Continue reading →

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Oops

Posted on November 15, 2009 by Nerull

Databases are an important part of site migrations. Who knew? I blame GoDaddy for making me ANGRY.

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Guitar Wiring WTF?

Posted on July 7, 2009 by Nerull

Worked on telecaster today which had a sound problem. Sound was very bassy and ‘muddy’, vs. the characteristic twang of a tele. Tone control seemed to have very little, if any, effect. I figured it was an electronics problem, so … Continue reading →

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Virgo Cluster

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Nerull

Fixed some problems with the mount, and as a test did a 2 hour (4×30 minute) exposure of the Virgo Cluster region. This photo contains M84, M84, and ‘The Eyes’. Click the image to see the full resolution version. A … Continue reading →

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Satellite in Orion

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Nerull

I made this awhile ago, but forgot to post it. While I was taking photos of M42, something passed across the field. I’m pretty sure this is a geosynchronous satellite. Each exposure is 20 seconds long, with about 10 seconds between them. … Continue reading →

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Astrophotography Setup

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Nerull

After posting an image, I should probably detail the new astrophoto setup at the Observatory. The big black thing is the Losmandy G11 sitting on a metal pier. It’s a very nice, heavy duty, and expensive mount (Though not Astrophysics … Continue reading →

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M42 – The Orion Nebula

Posted on November 1, 2008 by Nerull

Taken with SBIG ST-8 CCD through a Williams Optics 80mm Megrez II refractor, on a Losmandy G11 mount. Ten 20 second exposures combined in CCDStack.

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