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UPDATEDIC 1396 – Elephant’s Trunk Nebula Started By moonbeam on 8/2/2026 9:37:18 AM CST	0 replies 60 views	By moonbeam 8/2/2026
North American Nebula (NGC 7000) High-Res Astrophotography \| Takahashi FSQ-106 and ZWO 461MM Started By moonbeam on 7/25/2026 2:11:33 PM CST	0 replies 129 views	By moonbeam 7/25/2026
Sharpstar SCA-310 update on first usage Started By moonbeam on 7/11/2026 9:31:35 AM CST	1 reply 203 views	By moonbeam 7/11/2026
Using AI with astrophotography is faking it, plain and simple Started By moonbeam on 5/22/2026 2:59:13 PM CST	0 replies 413 views	By moonbeam 5/22/2026
Installing 50mm Square Chromas on a new ZWO filter wheel Started By moonbeam on 4/24/2026 4:51:25 PM CST	0 replies 469 views	By moonbeam 4/24/2026
Medium format astrophotography and TEC 180 FL Started By moonbeam on 4/6/2026 10:55:25 AM CST	0 replies 640 views	By moonbeam 4/6/2026
A shoutout to the talented women of astrophotography today! Started By moonbeam on 3/8/2026 8:18:35 AM CST	0 replies 863 views	By moonbeam 3/8/2026
Why We Photograph the Cosmos and What It Teaches Us About Ourselves Started By moonbeam on 2/19/2026 7:54:57 AM CST	0 replies 943 views	By moonbeam 2/19/2026
ZWO teases AM7 release! Started By moonbeam on 1/26/2026 11:24:43 AM CST	0 replies 1,287 views	By moonbeam 1/26/2026
Best RASA 11" V2 6200MM combo option for filters? Started By moonbeam on 11/15/2025 7:07:06 AM CST	1 reply 2,033 views	By moonbeam 11/15/2025
California nebula like you've never seen it (NGC 1499) Started By moonbeam on 10/6/2025 3:57:47 PM CST	1 reply 1,109 views	By moonbeam 10/6/2025
QHY Mini Cam 8 - First Light! Started By spazmagi on 8/5/2025 10:20:34 AM CST	2 replies 1,086 views	By spazmagi 8/5/2025
Takahashi Epsilon 160ED and ATIK 16200 M31 Andromeda galaxy Started By moonbeam on 8/22/2025 11:06:52 AM CST	1 reply 2,534 views	By moonbeam 8/22/2025
Guide Scope vs Off-Axis Guiding in Astrophotography Started By moonbeam on 8/19/2025 4:00:16 PM CST	0 replies 2,785 views	By moonbeam 8/19/2025
Outside tonight, clear in the Ozarks finally! Started By moonbeam on 5/20/2025 8:47:51 PM CST	0 replies 1,539 views	By moonbeam 5/20/2025
A normal Orion and friends with the Takahashi FSQ 106-EDX4 Started By moonbeam on 12/23/2024 6:55:36 PM CST	0 replies 1,302 views	By moonbeam 12/23/2024
SHO SHO SHO it's NGC 1893 and IC 405 together in a wide-field Started By moonbeam on 12/7/2024 11:30:54 AM CST	0 replies 1,350 views	By moonbeam 12/7/2024
Optical train for LX850 10 inch Started By Erik.jp.flinck on 11/29/2024 3:27:18 AM CST	3 replies 2,995 views	By Erik.jp.flinck 11/29/2024
C2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) over Springfield, Mo Started By moonbeam on 10/13/2024 9:42:53 PM CST	0 replies 2,323 views	By moonbeam 10/13/2024
Pleiades in the early fall Started By moonbeam on 10/5/2024 3:52:45 PM CST	0 replies 1,392 views	By moonbeam 10/5/2024
Andromeda Oxygen Arc - anyone else ever found it? Started By moonbeam on 9/1/2024 3:47:19 PM CST	0 replies 1,879 views	By moonbeam 9/1/2024
18 hours of Veil Nebula wide field Started By rharris on 8/9/2024 11:50:45 AM CST	1 reply 2,086 views	By rharris 8/9/2024
Elephant's Trunk Nebula with my Takahashi FSQ-106-EDX4 and 2600MM Started By rharris on 7/18/2024 7:04:59 PM CST	1 reply 1,567 views	By rharris 7/18/2024
M27 Dumbbell Nebula with a Takahashi FSQ106EDX4 instrument Started By rharris on 7/13/2024 4:20:50 PM CST	0 replies 1,592 views	By rharris 7/13/2024
What filters to use for astrophotography, narrowband: how narrow is too narrow? Started By rharris on 7/1/2024 8:23:21 PM CST	0 replies 1,669 views	By rharris 7/1/2024
NGC 6888 Cresent Nebula in SHO hubble, or HOO? Started By rharris on 6/1/2024 7:04:02 AM CST	1 reply 1,675 views	By rharris 6/1/2024