PUERTO RICO · BORTLE 7

Deep space,
shot through city light.

Nebulae, supernova remnants and the Moon, all captured with a Dwarf 3 smart telescope under one of the most light polluted skies in Puerto Rico.

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THE STORY

My sky glows orange.
I shoot deep space anyway.

Ever since I was a kid I was obsessed with the cosmos. I used to make my mother buy me science books so I could learn more and more about space. That kid never really left. Today I shoot from Puerto Rico, under a Bortle 7 sky where streetlights wash out all but the brightest stars. Every image on this site was captured through that glow with a Dwarf 3 smart telescope, one short exposure at a time, stacked for hours until the signal finally beat the light pollution.

If you shoot from a city too, you know the hard part isn't the capture. It's the processing. That's why I'm building a tool for people in the same boat.

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A browser based processor that works with any FITS file, whether it comes from a Seestar, a Dwarf, a Vespera or a full rig. Drop in your data, pick an object aware preset and get a clean image out. It's free, and it runs entirely on your own machine.

  • 01Object aware presets that give galaxies, nebulae and clusters the right stretch
  • 02Runs in the browser, nothing to install, works on any laptop
  • 03Gradient removal tuned for light polluted skies, Bortle 6 to 9

The Astrojoe Planner app is coming to iPhone and Android — it works out what to shoot tonight and the exact settings to use, then hands the session straight to Studio. Leave your email and I'll tell you when it's out.

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