PauloF

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19 Jun, 2026

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Ansião, Portugal

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Astronomy enthusiast since a small kid, but really never had the chance to do it until after retiring in 2020 at 66 years of age.
I'm just an apprentice learning how to deal with this (now) very high tech discipline.
Cheers and Clear Skies everyone!

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PauloF_2026

NGC7000 - North America Nebula

3 h 20 m

M13 Global Cluster in Hercules

2 h 27 m

SH2-129 Flying Bat Nebula

5 h 0 m

M27 - DumbBell "planetary" Nebula

2 h 0 m

M63 Sunflower Galaxy

5 h 25 m

M51

4 h 36 m

M63 Sunflower Galaxy

4 h 15 m

M81 (Bode's) and M82 (Cigar) Galaxies

4 h 15 m

M106 and "friends"

4 h 10 m

3 h 28 m

M101

4 h 5 m

My rig on the new concrete pole

0 m

0 m

1 h 50 m

2 h 25 m

NGC7000 - North America Nebula

4 h 5 m

NGC6992 - Eastern Veil Nebula

3 h 50 m

M31 - Andromeda galaxy

4 h 24 m

4 h 10 m

3 h 50 m

4 h 40 m

3 h 10 m

5 h 0 m

Debut on site

M33

3 h 20 m

Equipment filter

Telescope or Lens: Sky-Watcher 72ED Evostar DS Pro Sky-Watcher 72ED evostar

Main Camera: ZWO ASI183 MC PRO

Mount: Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Pro (Rowan belt drive) HEQ5 Pro (Rowan belt modification)

Software: ASIStudio 1.20.0 GraXpert 3.1.0rc2 Siril 1.4.2 Affinity Photo 2.6.5 ASIStudio 1.19.0 Siril 1.4.0 ASIStudio 1.18.1 AutoStakkert 4.0.13; Affinity Photo 2.6.5 ZWO ASIStudio 1.18.0; Siril 1.4.0; Affinity Photo 2.6.5 DSS 6.1.0; GraXpert 3.1.0 rc2; Siril 1.4.0; Affinity Photo 2.6.5 ZWO ASIStudio 1.17.0; GraXpert 3.1.0 rc2; Siril 1.4.0; Affinity Photo 2.6.5 ZWO ASIStudio 1.18.0; GraXpert 3.1.0 rc2; Affinity Photo 2.6.5

Accessories: ZWO EAF ZWO EFW ZWO ASIAIR PRO (2.5.2-13.41) Askar OAG-M54 CCD47 Reducer/Flattener Askar FMA135 ZWO ASIAIR PRO (2.5.1-13.31) ASIAIR PRO; Field Flattener 2"; ZWO EAF; ZWO Filter Wheel mini;

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