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The Cosmos in Focus

Find out what's new in astronomy, cosmology, astrophotography, and related Science & Technology as well as general posts on all of these things, and more! This section is simply a list of articles and such that don't belong elsewhere.

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InfluxDB and Grafana

Quick Summary: I started using Telegraf to send data to InfluxDB so I could view it with Grafana. Here's how that has transformed the AstropotaPOD.

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How NOT to Take Images

My mount and my guiding were conflicting with each other, so I got this crappy image of the Iris Nebula

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