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Here's an image I captured last Tuesday night [Edit: actually, Monday night/Tuesday morning], a little less than a week before...

Have you tried flat frame calibration? I'm a stickler for flats. Every deep sky image I've ever posted here I've processed with flat...

I had to get up pretty early for these: Taken @ 800mm (f/8), these are about 1:2 or 1:3 downsized. Upper image @ 1/60s ISO 200...

Another Moon shot... I was out doing a test run with my telescope on September 5 2025 before the lunar eclipse on September 7. Here's...

hahaha ... point taken

Aka "a reality check".

If you contact and address politely a prof whose work/research overlaps with your issue and make sure you know what you're talking about...

I would focuss too on preliminary discussions, first, perhaps before you even made any other attempts; the/your first goal, in my...

Thank you both, @Dale and @fresh_42, for the valuable input which helps to sharpen the focus on the core issues. @Dale Your point about...

First: Thank you all very much for these very helpful ideas. @berkeman Thank you for your very practical perspective from an economic...

Hello Physics Forums Community, I'm hoping to draw upon the community's collective wisdom regarding a procedural challenge that I...

He's just a poor boy, nobody loves him.

Partially Arbitrary assumptions and/or conclusions ... [and perhaps unnecessary "attack" on the OP ...]

I'm always reminded of Asimov's Relativity of Wrong in those discussions. A new theory must explain all existing observations, and there...

I understand your skepticism - theoretical physics attracts many questionable claims, and caution is absolutely justified. My intention...