John A. Read

@learntostargaze.bsky.social

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Host of Learn To Stargaze. Author of the “Things to See With a Telescope” series. Johns Hopkins Grad Student.

Overly complex diagram of the systems engineering mindset.
Sunset from Carmel California. Sunlight reflecting off the water and a stream.
Bird on a sign that says “No Tie-Up” taken from the marina in Monterey California.
Seestar S30 smart telescope using its two cameras to track a small drone in landscape mode.
Holding a Newtonian telescope in such a way that I can manually track fast moving objects in the sky.
Open star cluster M38 taken with a Unistellar Odyssey Pro Smart Telescope.
Screen showing NINA software with half an arc minutes of precision achieved on the polar alignment.