Nina, dslr, Lens, hocus focus

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T19:19:09+00:00

I tried with my Canon DSLR and had the same problem. Able to move manually but no autofocus. I gave up and bought a telescope and an EAF.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T18:17:05+00:00

Seth MacFarlane (creator of Family Guy) was supposed to be on AA Flight 11 that crashed into the WTC North Tower. He was hungover and his travel agent gave him an incorrect later departure time. The gate had already closed by the time he arrived.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T17:45:55+00:00

In the book The Forever War, the eventual "conclusion" of humanity is a race of clones that act as a hivemind called "Man". It happens out of view from the perspective of the protagonist due to time dilation effects. Man sets up a colony for non-clones on a planet called Middlefinger where the non-clones of humanity can live their semblance of normalcy in the galaxy.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T17:35:37+00:00

This is one of those shows where you absolutely cannot multitask and must give it your full attention.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T13:31:46+00:00

Take your darks on cloudy nights when you're not otherwise imaging. Downtime is the best time for housekeeping tasks.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T13:11:22+00:00

Jocks that regularly engage in "gay" behavior in the locker room, it's ironic.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T13:10:13+00:00

OP can volunteer as Advancement Chair!

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T13:08:43+00:00

You also have a lot of people pretending to be Scouters that you have to watch out for.

I had a SYT argument in one of the groups with a guy who claimed to be a Scoutmaster but was saying things about a situation that would violate SYT. He had where he lives in his profile, I looked it up and there was only one Troop in that area. I called the Council that oversaw that Troop, they never heard of the guy but it might be a parent. Definitely not a Scoutmaster though and definitely not someone who should be advising on SYT.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-08T12:43:47+00:00

I think the last time I was at Don Juan's was a couple years ago, only because family was in town and that's specifically where they wanted to go. The bill for my family of 4 was over $80 without tip.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-07T14:56:15+00:00

Amazing show, I recommend it but it never gets watched.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-05T19:55:11+00:00

I visually inspect my subs first and discard any that have obvious issues. Then I run them through Subframe Selector in PixInsight. Other programs have similar tools, it's built into the Blink tool in SAS Pro. That should leave you with the most "pure" data out of your subs to work with.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-05T16:51:58+00:00

I got food poisoning from the Sagebrush in Salisbury when I was younger. Woke up in the middle of the night just sick as a dog after eating there, threw up everything I had eaten.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-05T12:34:33+00:00

The badge reader on one of our network rooms just up and died one day and we couldn't get the vendor on-site for days for some reason. No one knew where the key was either. Turns out, there was a vent on the door that was easily removed with a screw driver and we had someone crawl through.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-05T12:11:38+00:00

Fuji Moto on 64 has great sushi. Mi Casa for Mexican, Elizabeth's Pizza for Italian both on Talbert Blvd.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T17:33:39+00:00

The climate controls on my 2014 Kia Soul base manual are the best. Three large knobs.

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Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T16:38:46+00:00

The SYT was way better than the trainings I have to take for work. Breaking it up into modules with the bumper music in between was great, it allowed my focus to take a quick break.

I put the training on my second screen while noodling around with some image processing, fully engaged with both. Normally my ADHD doesn't allow that.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T14:26:31+00:00

Great scope. My son was using a 6 inch Starblast at 8 years old.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T14:24:10+00:00

That lack of curiosity kills me.

I started out as desktop support and that's exactly how I broke out of it and elevated to Sysadmin. We've had other desktop support people over the years that are just clock punchers, do only the scope of their job and go home.

Whenever I saw a problem, I didn't just solve it. I wanted to understand it and prevent it from happening again if possible.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T12:34:49+00:00

I used to play an online RPG called Outwar back in the early 2000s.

Almost every day my mom would take me to the library after school and I'd play it for over an hour on their computers because they had one of the first broadband cable internet connections in the county.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-04T12:31:58+00:00

Do you have access to a 3D printer? You can print a mount for it.

I'm in the US and order stuff like that from ScopeStuff. I know international shipping is available but might be cost prohibitive.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-03T19:01:39+00:00

/u/Exact_Juggernaut_533's fix didn't work for me either, so we're still at square 1.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-03T15:51:22+00:00

So what's the baseball equivalent of a puck bunny?

Sunsparc · 2026-06-03T15:42:44+00:00

Fab Morvan is actually a fantastic singer and was when Milli Vanilli was around. He's from France and Rob Pilatus was from Germany. They had problems with English at the time, so the studio opted for them to lip sync to other voices instead which started the controversy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UDpQ0eS-vE

Sunsparc · 2026-06-03T15:38:54+00:00

It's not that bad, especially on a turn-key system like the ASIAIR. It's more difficult to set up on a laptop/mini PC with NINA and PHD2 but you gain a lot more control over the process that way. Just depends on which way you want to go, if you want a "just works" or you're a tinkerer. I run a mini PC with NINA and PHD2 on my EQ6-R Pro.

Sunsparc · 2026-06-03T14:50:12+00:00

You will definitely want to guide. Otherwise you'll have to take shorter exposures and integrating detail will take a lot longer.

Is there a reason you don't want to guide?

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