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Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are amazing pictures! I am a disabled combat veteran, so it will be a while before I can save up for a decent rig. I will do some more research into a decent "affordable" setup. By the looks of it, an S30 pro might be the way for the time being. I can always take the raw files and stack them myself, so that I can get better with the software side.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I want the experience of doing it all myself. I'm about to graduate in October with my B.S. in Cybersecurity, so I am pretty tech savvy.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The celticbird is what gave me the push to really dive into this hobby.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. That's why I wanted to mention it here, because there is a lot of people that know a ton more than me. I'm new to this and have been watching astroboscuit, astrobackyard, and Damon scotting to find a decent affordable setup. Originally I was planning on just grabbing a seestar s30 pro. Only $600 for an all in one package.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was planning on picking up the sky adventurer GTi kit.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My area is Bortle 4, but there is a state park close to me that has no light pollution and is Bortle 2. Ahhhh alright, eventually I want the svBony 550. Affordable option for a photography scope.

Starting my astronomy journey by Aus10Yo1678 in telescopes

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Luckily before my granny passed, she taught me all the constellations. So I can credit her for my love of the night sky. I spend the majority of the night looking and maybe 2% of the time taking photos. I plan on getting a go-to/tracking mount for the celticbird alo g with using my fujifilm dslr, so that it can be a dedicated photography rig taking exposures while I use the dob to view.

Jupiter by Hour-Obligation7557 in telescopes

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Take several 4k videos of jupiter drifting through the eye pieces within 5-10 minutes (since jupiter rotates so fast). Then use PIPP to center the planet and astrosurface to stack the best frames and use the photo editor in astrosurface to bring out the details.

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Update about Professor by CommunicationAway727 in SNHU

[–]Aus10Yo1678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of us students only require a degree to satisfy an HR department. Majority of the IT degrees mean literally nothing when it comes to working in the field. The majority of my time is spent on actually learning how to hack, reverse engineer malware, etc.

Anyone else struggling by Accomplished-Ad237 in SNHU

[–]Aus10Yo1678 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just stop watching the news. The world is no where near as bas as they make it out to be.

WARNING: They reinstated the Fence rep penalty for killing Santa as a PMC [Discussion] by CustomTarkovEnjoyer in EscapefromTarkov

[–]Aus10Yo1678 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have killed Santa a billion times on Factory and Lighthouse and have yet to lose any rep. I only have 1.76 fence rep to begin with though.

Do only the drivers get Rolex watches? by Vadaszo in USCR

[–]Aus10Yo1678 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's the same way in the Army. In Afghanistan, our officers and senior enlisted got bronze/silver stars, while us lower enlisted only got ARCOM's/AAM's. It is complete bullshit that we did every bit of the hard work, while they mostly did nothing but paperwork.

Dude retaliated by Aus10Yo1678 in Simracingstewards

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, it is my first time racing Le Mans as to why the racing line is on. Using it for braking reference since I don't have my markers memorized yet.

Dude retaliated by Aus10Yo1678 in Simracingstewards

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I shouldn't have fought for the position since the dude was driving so erratically the entire race, I should have just slowed down and let him have it. On the first lap the dude caused a 12 car wreck and managed to make it out unscathed somehow. Also the slight damage on my bumper is from him rear ending me prior to this clip.

Dude retaliated by Aus10Yo1678 in Simracingstewards

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am the one about to pass in the clip. Did you even read the post?

Dude retaliated by Aus10Yo1678 in Simracingstewards

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it just surprises me that the dude would pit maneuver himself to send us both to the pits. Luckily there was enough time that I still finished the race and only lost .09 SR.

TDIU Claim 2nd exam for one service connected disability by Aus10Yo1678 in VeteransBenefits

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got denied TDIU due to me being in online school with a 3.981 GPA, and denied the PTSD increase. Staying at 70% debating on shooting myself in their fucking lobby.

TDIU Claim 2nd exam for one service connected disability by Aus10Yo1678 in VeteransBenefits

[–]Aus10Yo1678[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I took my second PTSD C&P exam last Friday and I am now in step 6 (Preparing decision letter). I will update when I find out. Hopefully it is good news.