DWARF 3 vs Draco on the Heart Nebula: What’s Not to Love?
Two DWARFLAB smart telescopes, one Heart Nebula (IC 1805), one Siril workflow: 7 hours 48 minutes on a 35mm DWARF 3 from a Bortle 6 driveway against 3 hours on a 90mm…
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DWARF 3 Milky Way From an Airplane Window at 38,000 Feet
Thirty seconds. That is all the light in this DWARF 3 Milky Way image, shot through an airplane window on a night flight from Korea to Thailand. The DWARF 3 sat by…
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DWARFLAB Draco vs. DWARF 3: First Real Data on the Eastern Veil Nebula
In August, I called Dwarflab Draco a dragon hunting inside the DWARF 3’s kingdom. At the time, that headline was a bet. The only number DWARFLAB had confirmed directly was 90mm of…
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DWARF 3 Filter Test: 7nm vs 30nm on the Eastern Veil Nebula
We measured a front mounted 7nm filter against the DWARF 3 built in 30nm filter on the Eastern Veil Nebula, matched regions, same night. Here is what the SNR numbers actually showed.
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DWARFLAB Draco vs. DWARF 3: The Dragon and the Dwarf
The Dwarf 3 surveys the night sky. The Draco goes hunting. That’s the split shaping up this week around Draco, the smart telescope DWARFLAB is teasing alongside its DWARF 3. For several…
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From 8 Minutes to 157 Hours: One Year of Deep-Sky Imaging success with the DWARF 3
M51 was the first target with the Dwarf 3. August 2025, Alt-Az mode, 8 minutes and 30 seconds of 15-second subs on a galaxy low in the summer sky. The telescope was…
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Trifid Nebula M20: A Warm-Up Session Low in the Sagittarius Steam
I didn’t go into the July 16 session expecting a keeper. The Trifid nebula was more of a question than a plan: what does the DWARF 3 actually do with a target…
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Iris Nebula NGC 7023: Six Hours of Blue Light With No Duo-Band Shortcut Available
The iris nebula (NGC 7023) is a reflection nebula, not an emission nebula. The distinction isn’t cosmetic. An emission nebula like the Eagle or the Clamshell glows because ultraviolet radiation from nearby…
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Eagle Nebula M16 in EQ Mode: What 12 Minutes of Alt-Az Data Couldn’t Show
The Eagle Nebula (M16) first showed up in this blog back in January, as a cautionary example rather than a subject in its own right. The Alt-Az vs EQ mode comparison post…