Articles by Tracy Perry

This will be a simple article dealing with some common everyday astronomy terms that new astronomy and astrophotographers need to be aware of. I will be adding more to the list as time goes on, and any additions will be reflect as the article being udpdated.

When you get your Orange Pi 3 LTS, I'd recommend using an Ubuntu image instead of the Debian. I spent 8 hours trying to get the Debian image that was available at the time my Orange Pi can in to work with tightVNC, and never could. Once I used BalenaEtcher to install Ubuntu Jammy I had no...

If you are like me and have one of the older EQ-35 Pro's (mine is a rebadged William Optics) then you are probably familiar with the issues with the DEC axis stiction/tightness. My total RMS was never below 1.5 at the BEST of times, and I even followed the guide on "tuning" it that I found out...

This guide will help walk you through installing a ZWO EAF on the 72mm Apertura refactor telescope (APT-72EDR, and most likely the 60mm little brother of it) that is sold by High Point Scientific. This telescope is the same as offered by other vendors, simply rebadged. So the process should be...

This article/guide is a work in progress. I'll be adding to it as time goes along and I pick up more useful information.. I will try to detail, in various pages of this article, some of the issues that cropped up for me as a beginner, and some of the terminology that was somewhat confusing to...

This guide is courtesy of an individual I discovered while researching my NexStar 8se. I have simply copied the information and given credit as to the originating source. Before starting, you need to balance your 'scope tube away from the mount. Having therefore placed all accessories...

After looking (and ordering - backordered) an ASIAIR Plus, I got to doing some research and figured that I might also want to try another system since I do have 1 QHY camera that could be used for planetary capture. So, now began the hunt for somewhere with a Raspberry Pi 4GB in stock. If you...