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North Star Astro

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NordSteorra
@nordsteorra Aug 29, 2026, 11:11 PM UTC

Solar eclipse shot from my front garden

I shot the eclipse in my front garden with the dwarf mini in time lapse mode, i think it turned out quite nice even if the neighbours house clipped the end of the eclopse. It also is quite good at de…

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NordSteorra
@nordsteorra Aug 3, 2026, 11:18 AM UTC

Cloud cloud go away and never come back

Despite the cloud i did get 17 x 5min imagaes on the heart nebula with my cute 60 edf from altair astro, it was supposed to be clear all night :-( i deleted about 60% of my images due to cloud. The i…

33 upvotes 1 replies $0.27
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@nordsteorra Jul 24, 2026, 11:32 AM UTC

My best space image yet +space PIG

This is the best image i have shot yet of the Elephants trunk nebula and of ic1396 as a whole. I shot the image over 2 nights using a Quad band filter which seperates the light into Hydrogen Alpha &a…

21 upvotes 4 replies $0.41
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@nordsteorra Jul 9, 2026, 5:30 PM UTC

Its been a while but i am back sort of

Last October my body decided to betray me and i had a massive stroke, i spent 3 months in the hospital, i had to learn everything again and still struggle to walk and lift anything but i love my astr…

33 upvotes 2 replies $0.53
NordSteorra
@nordsteorra Oct 13, 2025, 5:53 AM UTC

Shooting Andromeda 3 years apart

Just like any good photographer we like to improve on previous projects, Andromeda being the closest main Galaxy it makes a wonderful wide field target whether it be a 135mm lens or an 80m telescope.…

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@nordsteorra Sep 12, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC

Pine feat canon lens adapter ascom and indi

So this is a quick review of a lens adapter to be used with Canon lens to be used with a dedicated astronomy camera, it is from a company called pine feat, this has been purchased with my own money a…

23 upvotes 1 replies $0.91
NordSteorra
@nordsteorra May 7, 2025, 3:57 PM UTC

First light using my new telescope mount

So i finally did it and got a mount that wont fail me and i went for the Skywatcher EQ6r-pro, i got it second hand but works so nicely, v little mechanical backlash. On top of my mount sit an 80mm tr…

55 upvotes 10 replies $1.23
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@nordsteorra Jan 31, 2025, 4:08 PM UTC

1st Attempt at the Hubble Pallete (Rosette Nebula)

This is something i have wanted to do for a while and i had a thin window of opportunity last night between 6pm and 9pm before the clouds rolled in and spoiled the party. img source www.altairastro.c…

40 upvotes 5 replies $1.22
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@nordsteorra Jan 28, 2025, 6:15 PM UTC

Using a decade old camera to capture a deep space Star Factory

Old cameras still have a purpose for wide field astrophotography and they can produce some amazing results, the Canon 600d was released in 2011 and the version i am using has been modified by removin…

33 upvotes 1 replies $1.30
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@nordsteorra Dec 26, 2024, 10:50 AM UTC

Astrophotography December 2024 Jupiter & Andromeda

New Astro Rig & an Old Astro Rig battling Clouds & Wind, the 1st two images are shot with my 8se which is a long focal length SCT at 2032mm & the 3rd is a bodged experiment using a Canon…

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