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Hi! I’m Matt and I like to spend cold winter Minnesota nights in my backyard taking pictures of the night sky. Here are some pictures and things I’ve learned along the way.

C20 August 30 2023

New color pallet

August 30, 2023 · 2 min

M16 August 25 2023

Another rare sighting

August 25, 2023 · 2 min

M17 August 19 2023

Only in August

August 19, 2023 · 2 min

M51 May 27 2023

Trying to find a suitable target

May 27, 2023 · 1 min

M3 May 2 2023

Getting back into it

May 2, 2023 · 2 min

Calculating Ideal Sub-Exposure Length

Using math to figure out how long each sub-exposure should be

December 20, 2022 · 4 min

Pleiades Dec 4 2022

Seeing how many subs I could take

December 4, 2022 · 1 min

Heart Nebula Nov 27 2022

Finally using guiding to capture the heart nebula

November 27, 2022 · 2 min

Polar Alignment Without Polaris

Using the ASIAir to do polar alignment without being able to see Polaris

November 26, 2022 · 2 min

Andromeda November 19

The first clear night in weeks

November 19, 2022 · 1 min