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  • FedEx tracking
    Not sure when they changed this but now FedEx tracking information is completely useless. They have taken out all location identifiers. Have no idea where my package came from or where it is. 
     

FedEx tracking

13 March 2026 at 15:52

Not sure when they changed this but now FedEx tracking information is completely useless. They have taken out all location identifiers. Have no idea where my package came from or where it is. 

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  • Seagull nebula
    Seagull nebula (IC2177) is a large emission nebula in Canis Major constellation at ~3700 ly. It spans more than 200 ly and contains gas, dust and newborn hot stars that emit intense radiation and make the nebula glow. Total exposure for this image was 1 hour (20 × 3 min) - taken using WO UC108 with ASI2600MC-Duo and Optolong LeXtreme narrowband filter. 
     

Seagull nebula

25 March 2026 at 12:39

Seagull nebula (IC2177) is a large emission nebula in Canis Major constellation at ~3700 ly. It spans more than 200 ly and contains gas, dust and newborn hot stars that emit intense radiation and make the nebula glow.

Total exposure for this image was 1 hour (20 × 3 min) - taken using WO UC108 with ASI2600MC-Duo and Optolong LeXtreme narrowband filter. 

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  • Orion widefield
    Watched a YouTube video about shooting Orion targets in a widefield shot and wanted to give it a try. Clouds limited my total exposure to only 18 minutes but I like how this turned out. There was a horrible gradient because of the moon that messed up the full image. Here is a crop showing Orion, Running man, Horsehead and Flame nebulae.  Taken with Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens attached to Nikon Z6. Exposure: 37×30sec  
     

Orion widefield

26 March 2026 at 15:44

Watched a YouTube video about shooting Orion targets in a widefield shot and wanted to give it a try. Clouds limited my total exposure to only 18 minutes but I like how this turned out. There was a horrible gradient because of the moon that messed up the full image. Here is a crop showing Orion, Running man, Horsehead and Flame nebulae. 

Taken with Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens attached to Nikon Z6. Exposure: 37×30sec  

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  • win some
    If you challenge yourself properly, you win some and lose most.
     
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  • Bury your dead
    Completed my third book this year in the Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny   https://hardcover.app/books/bury-your-dead/reviews/@parag?referrer_id=79734
     
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  • Fitness challenge
    Apple Fitness is throwing an easy challenge at me again. For April, it is 5 minute walks for 14 days. Why? I can imagine it doing this if I fail at completing the harder challenges but that is not the case. Stupid AI!
     

Fitness challenge

2 April 2026 at 12:40

Apple Fitness is throwing an easy challenge at me again. For April, it is 5 minute walks for 14 days. Why? I can imagine it doing this if I fail at completing the harder challenges but that is not the case. Stupid AI!

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