Through My Lens

Director & Chief Architect, Trust & Safety at Intuit.
Writing about software architecture, astrophotography, and the craft of making things with intention.

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From the Gallery

Leo Triplet
Leo Triplet
M33 — Triangulum Galaxy
M33 — Triangulum Galaxy
M8 and M20 — Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
M8 and M20 — Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae
Meteora
Meteora
The Star Hunter
The Star Hunter

Stacking Starlight

An interactive guide to deep-space astrophotography. Explore how telescopes, mounts, plate solving, autoguiding, noise, calibration, and stacking work — through hands-on simulations.

Telescope optics
Equatorial mount
Mount comparison
Plate solving
PHD2 autoguiding
Backlash simulation
Autofocus
Narrowband filters
Pixel well capacity
Thermal noise
Master dark calibration
Explore the Interactive Guide →