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That’s me! Standing on the CS&T stage at the Boston Museum of Science on April 25, 2025. I gave on a talk on beginner astrophotography and it was a lot more fun than I anticipated!

This was all part of Space Week, put together by The Space Consortium. The Boston Museum of Science took part and held an array of “Meet a Scientist” talks that week. I was lucky enough to be one of those scientists.

Here is the blurb that they posted about the panel on the MOS.org website:

I loved interacting with everyone there. I took my Seestar S30 as well as a DSLR on my Move-Shoot-Move star tracker to show as examples of beginner gear. Thanks to everyone who stuck around to ask questions after the talk was over.

I hope I get a chance to do some more talks like this in the future. I would absolutely love to be back at the museum! Here are some more pictures from the event:

This was my first time at NEAF and I had a blast! Saw so many cool gear and met a lot of cool people. This video just shows some highlights.

I know I didn’t spend a lot of time recording at the Tele Vue booth with their new Naglers, I was busy admiring them in person! I ended up buying a 2.5x PowerMate and I’m really looking forward using it next planet season.

I didn’t spend a lot of money at this conference but in hindsight, Maybe I should have bought some other stuff! I’m looking forward to going again next year.

There’s a rare partial eclipse coming to Earth on March 29, 2025 and only about 5% of the total population of Earth will get a chance to see it without traveling.

Only 0.04% of people live in an area with more than 80% obscuration while 1.2% live with 30% or more obscuration. Are you in the path?

The iAFS is a revolutionary Inline Automatic Focuser by iOptron. It comes in two variations, the “2” for 2 inch and a “3” for 3 inch telescopes. I am thankful for iOptron giving me the opportunity to test the iAFS 2 on their iOptron RC8 telescope. The RC8 is a loaner telescope.

Read more about the iAFS2: https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/fa20.htm

Preorder the iAFS 2 here:
High Point Scientific: iOptron iAFS2 at HPS
Agena Astro: iOptron iAFS2 at Agena Astro

Have questions or comments? Ask in the video comments section.

This hobby is expensive! So we all try to do our best to save as much money as possible. One item that many astrophotographers seek is a Triplet Apochromatic Refractor. This type of telescope uses three lens elements to focus the light precisely enough to remove chromatic aberrations and give you the sharpest stars possible. It’s a bit more complicated than that but this the gist of it.

The Svbony SV550 is an 80mm Apochromatic Triplet giving all other triplets a run for their money. The base telescope is only $660 and with the coupon listed below, you can get an additional $30 off. Watch my video for a more in-depth review on this wonderful telescope.

Get the Svbony SV550 80mm Apochromatic Telescope directly from them:
$30 off Coupon code: nazastro30
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