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Simple Processing and Stacking Astrophotography images using Jupyter / Python / NumPy
Recently, I have been diving into astrophotography using a Nikon D3300 DSLR camera. Although the camera only has a 24.2 megapixel sensor, it performs well for beginners and I have gotten a lot of use out of it. Equatorial camera mounts are common, which are used to keep camera alignment on objects in the sky…
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Messier Catalog
Charles Messier was an 18th-century French astronomer whose primary goal was to discover new comets. In the process of his comet searches, Messier occasionally found objects that appeared comet-like in the small telescopes he used, but which were not comets. They appeared to be permanent parts of the night sky (like the stars), but he…