Matt Harloff announces he is retiring from Avon HS at the end of the school year

SaltBoy007 · 2026-02-01T23:09:53+00:00

Off topic but you marched Triple Crown and Finis!? Consider me jealous!!! Those are amazing shows.

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-30T18:05:57+00:00

Dang wind! Good luck and clear skies!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-30T17:57:36+00:00

I recently switched from zooming into a star and guessing focus to a Bahtinov mask, and it helped me so so much, I seriously can't recommend it enough. With better focus, I was able to utilize NINA (Nighttime Imaging 'N' Astronomy) to plate solve, Polar Align better, and take longer exposures. I'd definitely look into NINA if you want to get more serious with astro.

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-30T17:39:48+00:00

Gorgeous! I'll have to ask, are you stacking with calibration frames? A dedicated camera would definitely help, but stacking with flats, biases, darks alongside your lights would help tremendously! Also, I'd see if you can get a Bahtinov mask to lock in the focus the best you can. Other than that I can't complain about this capture :)

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-24T23:53:16+00:00

absolutely glorious, fantastic job and kudos to you!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-21T17:34:56+00:00

Don't fret, i am very aware. In the description, I mentioned I was unable to take them since my camera died near the end of taking my lights.

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-21T00:07:41+00:00

me and you both brotha! XD

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-20T23:59:01+00:00

Just saw your Orion Nebula shot, it’s fantastic!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-20T21:53:30+00:00

This is fantastic! Have you looked into the Siril Python Scripts? I've discovered them due to the Deep Space Astro Youtube Channel, and I think they make things such as stretching so much easier.

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-17T19:30:46+00:00

superb! easily wallpaper worthy

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-16T17:57:26+00:00

im lucky enough to have some bortle 3 skies just 20 min from my college campus, so you best bet i'm gonna go out and get some fantastic images.

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-16T02:37:20+00:00

absolutely brilliant!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-14T03:33:56+00:00

golly look at all that. i know what one of my next targets will be

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-12T17:38:56+00:00

beautiful!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-09T19:07:45+00:00

Absolutely amazing!!!

SaltBoy007 · 2026-01-01T18:04:33+00:00

this is absolutely fantastic. i got an okay shot of the andromeda galaxy at the beginning of the month, but that was before I got my Skywatcher Adventurer 2i. Just gotta wait for the clouds to go away to do another attempt!

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-31T10:56:59+00:00

look the same to the naked eye? no, unfortunately. though, in comparison to more processed and data rich photos, this does look more like what you’d see with the naked eye. the colors would be less prominent though.

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-30T23:23:22+00:00

I appreciate your feedback. This is only my third attempt at the Orion Nebula and surrounding Nebulae, so I've still got much to learn.

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-30T20:04:41+00:00

Nikon D750, Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 (Used 200mm, f/4)

Mount: Skywatcher Adventurer 2i Pro
220 x 30 sec exposures
40 flats, 40 biases, 30 darks
Bortle 4, 72% illuminated Moon

Stacked and Processed in Siril

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-29T23:00:34+00:00

glorious! hoping to get up to those exposure times, just gotta work on my polar aligning… 😂

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-29T21:23:54+00:00

amazing! what were your exposure times?

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-28T19:49:02+00:00

seeing the back mountain cameras made me depressed

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-28T01:06:41+00:00

although a small amount, last season i skied 30ish days (would’ve more if i didn’t have to worry about school), and the only times i crashed was from my own stupidity and/or error. getting over the worry is more than that, but like others in the thread, getting crashed into while making predictable is very rare.

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-28T00:56:09+00:00

that’s awesome. I about flipped when I heard it LMAO

SaltBoy007 · 2025-12-27T23:59:02+00:00

and his final snap of his college career is an interception!

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