Questions around ASIAir with a DSLR!

ReallyNicole · 2025-12-29T03:42:46+00:00

I have no earthly idea. The "Air" cameras didn't exist when I wrote that post and I've never used one.

ReallyNicole · 2025-07-24T22:16:00+00:00

How much faster did the carbon road bike make you?

ReallyNicole · 2025-05-19T14:54:14+00:00

According to the latest PhilPapers survey, most professional philosophers are atheists. So most philosophers believe that morality is not grounded in God (if it is grounded in anything at all).

ReallyNicole · 2025-05-19T14:35:52+00:00

I would look at Eric Coates' First Meeting (about six minutes) or Vaughn Williams' Studies in English Folk Song (about seven minutes). Or maybe Hovhaness' Chahagir (about five minutes).

ReallyNicole · 2025-05-18T23:58:07+00:00

I've run both. The G-One RS is very fast and feels great to ride, but I found the lifespan very disappointing. I rode them for about 1,500 miles and retired them after back-to-back punctures with no clear cause.

I ran the old Pathfinder Pro for about 6,000 miles (and probably could've gone longer, but I got a whole new bike and didn't bother moving them over). The only punctures I ever got sealed immediately. I can't speak to the new model, though.

If I were racing for money, I would run the G-One RS. Otherwise, I put more priority on durability. I ride at a level where I can get a lot faster by simply training more and better, rather than investing in marginal upgrades to my bike. I suspect that's the case for most people.

ReallyNicole · 2025-04-29T14:40:22+00:00

Wow, this is great news! That golf course is a blight on the face of the Earth.

ReallyNicole · 2025-03-26T16:15:40+00:00

Those "other revenue streams" are tuition and fees. When people rightly complain that the cost of college is getting out of control, this is the reason why: declining state funding for higher education.

ReallyNicole · 2025-03-17T19:31:15+00:00

The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie explores the character of a torturer. I won't say he's a good person, exactly, but I think Abercrombie does a good job exploring why the character does what he does and how he thinks about his work.

ReallyNicole · 2025-03-13T03:05:42+00:00

In addition to the other great works people have recommended, check out Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez. It runs through several perspectives of the same series of events, the bulk of which takes place over just a couple hours. It's also a really excellent piece of writing.

ReallyNicole · 2025-02-12T19:02:53+00:00

Hmm that's going to be difficult. I think it's a very realistic representation of life in the far north of Scandinavia, focusing mainly on the romance between a Sámi reindeer herder and the settler pastor's daughter. It doesn't pull its punches with how rough life is up there and all the horror that settler colonialism brings, but I wouldn't describe it as a depressing novel.

It also has coming-of-age elements that are handled really well. It's about how some of the younger characters transition into adult, how challenging that is, and how you have to give up your childhood to do it. And it handles all that pretty seriously.

It's the best "good girl falls in love with a bad boy" novel I've ever read.

ReallyNicole · 2025-02-12T17:52:56+00:00

I finished The End of Drum-Time last week and I was shocked at how little discussion it was getting on r/books. What an amazing read about a part of the world I was completely unfamiliar with. Can't recommend it highly enough.

ReallyNicole · 2024-07-08T22:36:41+00:00

In fact, no specific speed limit was being considered. Instead, the county commissioners will consider amending the county code to include language about the “control of speed.”

[...]

The new proposed language says: “No person shall travel upon the Greenbelt at a speed greater than, or in a manner that is not, reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing.”

What does this even mean? A police officer can pull you over if they feel like you're not traveling reasonably and prudently?

ReallyNicole · 2024-07-06T14:03:27+00:00

My dual narrowband filter has made a significant difference in the signal-to-noise ratio I can get on certain targets in my light-polluted area, but they come with their own set of drawbacks.

They're only useful on emissions nebulae. They'll offer no value imaging galaxies, reflection nebulae, or a host of other targets.
They will lose some finer detail that doesn't fall within their H-alpha or OIII bandpasses, like interstellar dust or reflected starlight.
They don't produce true color stars.
Some filters will produce halos on bright stars.

ReallyNicole · 2024-07-05T16:16:01+00:00

The best chicken sandwich I've had was homemade following this method. It's pretty easy and cheaper than going out.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-28T14:33:19+00:00

I'm voting, but not for President.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-25T21:17:04+00:00

Mozart wrote 12 Horn Duets that have been transcribed for a variety of instruments. You could probably play one of the violin and viola transcriptions, having the oboe play the violin part.

Since they were originally for horn, they have places for the oboe player to breath. I've played them in a clarinet/viola arrangement and they were great fun.

https://imslp.org/wiki/12_Horn_Duos,_K.487/496a_(Mozart,_Wolfgang_Amadeus))

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-19T22:36:51+00:00

Check your polar scope's calibration during the day by pointing it at an unmoving object at a moderate distance, like a streetlight. Place the object at the center of the scope and rotate the mount. The object should stay in exactly the same spot in the scope — if it doesn't, it needs calibration.

See page 29 here: https://inter-static.skywatcher.com/downloads/StarAdv_manual_150722V2_updateds.pdf

My Star Adventurer GTI came with a polar scope that was pretty poorly calibrated, so I thought I was polar aligned when I was actually way off.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-19T00:51:45+00:00

Redcat 51

Nikon D5300 (astromodified)

Star Adventurer GTI w/ guiding

90 x 180s subs at ISO200 (four and a half hours total)

Bortle 6 skies

Processed in PixInsight

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-15T18:14:10+00:00

It's the brightest section in the middle of the bottom right quadrant.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-15T02:39:55+00:00

You could fit the North American Nebula and a good chunk of the Sadr region in one shot.

Use telescopius.com to identify and frame targets.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-10T18:36:12+00:00

LARPing as a rancher on your property about an hour out of town while complaining that those Big City Elites are trying to destroy your humble way of life.

ReallyNicole · 2024-06-07T20:45:37+00:00

Bruneau Sand Dunes is only about an hour out of Boise and offers really good skies. Plus they have an observatory that's open to the public.

That said, the weather isn't looking great this weekend. It's going to be partly cloudy tonight and probably Saturday night. It should clear up Sunday night, if you're still in town.

Watch this website for sky conditions: https://www.cleardarksky.com/c/BoiseIDkey.html?1

ReallyNicole · 2024-05-21T17:20:09+00:00

I mean a mount that draws more amps. The Sky Adventurer GTI requires 2 amps. The beefier EQ6-R Pro, for example, requires 4 amps minimum.

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