I'm Justin Pickens, an amateur astronomer and astrophotographer from Austin, Texas.
Blog Post
Feb 25, 2026
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Bog Post 11:
Feb 19, 2026
3 min read
Blog Post 10: Trying to get a few more nebulae in before galaxy season.
Feb 10, 2026
Blog Post 9: Reflecting on how much I've learned and how much more room I have to grow!
Feb 5, 2026
Blog Post 8: I couldn't help but return to the Orion Nebula but this time with my full astro rig.
Newsletter
Feb 4, 2026
Newsletter 2: What January had to show in the dark.
Jan 26, 2026
Blog Post 7: Using a mistake to try a new processing method.
Jan 21, 2026
Blog Post 6: Returning to photograph my first deep sky object.
Jan 15, 2026
Blog Post 5: 8-bit fun in the night sky!
Jan 8, 2026
Newsletter 1: What December had to show in the dark.
Dec 30, 2025
Blog Post 4: Photographing one of my favorite sights in the night sky.
Dec 17, 2025
Bog Post 3: A quiet night on the Pleiades turns into an unexpected encounter with a tumbling relic of spaceflight.
Dec 11, 2025
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Blog Post 2: Imaging the Triangulum Galaxy and Heart Nebula in a single night from the backyard.
Dec 9, 2025
5 min read
Blog Post 1: This is my first post on my new platform. Capturing the Andromeda Galaxy from Breckenridge, Colorado on 11/25/2024 on my Dwarf 3 smart telescope and processing in PixInsight.
