An initial stab at the Orion nebula
This is my first ever attempt at an astrophotography image that isn’t a wide field of view or one of the moon.
This is my first ever attempt at an astrophotography image that isn’t a wide field of view or one of the moon.
Alanis can still wail
Here are some shots of building the printer. You can get it in kit form or pre-built with minimal assembly. Because I am a masochist, I elected to do the former. Total assembly took around 8 hours, I had to go in reverse for a bit because I had placed a stepper motor in the wrong location, but luckily they supplied gummy bears to go along with the build. ...
Spotted while walking around my neighborhood
On another of my walks around the neighborhood, looking up I spied a nice combination of sky, clouds, tree and flowers.
People at the tower of Pisa taken out of their intended context
Our new additions to the family
I tested the power supply yesterday and today connected it to the rest of the synthesizer. And wouldn’t you believe - things appear to be showing some signs of life! A couple of LEDs are not blinking - I would find it hilarious if I wired them up the wrong way - but VCO 1, the white noise generator, the, ADEG 1 and ADEG 2, and the LFO, are all putting out the correct waveforms. VCO 2 is doing something completely weird that is going to be “fun” to debug. ...