Monthly Report ( October 2026 )

I continued stagazing in this month even (^_^;.

It’s so funny ❤

I succeeded capturing the satellite Rhea, yap (^_^)/.

Star trails of satellites were seen with long exposures.

Income and Expenditure in October 2026

	month balance	total balance
internet charges (mon)	1,320 yen▼	64,900 yen▼
domain acquisition fee	0 yen＿	1 yen▼
domain renewal fee (1yr)	0 yen＿	5,800 yen▼
buy plugin	0 yen＿
buy software	0 yen＿
affiliate income	（99 yen▲）0 yen＿	（756 yen▲）1,010 yen▲
surveyance costs	0 yen＿	6,145 yen▼
Grand total	1,320 yen▼	75,636 yen▼

The affiliate in this month is 99 yen. Almost reaches triple-digit ❤.

In this month, I repeated posting only once a week. The result is the views are increased. About 1.4 times higher than the previous month. It would be a method to increase views. Because Google Search updates once a week. Posting once or twice a month won’t be increased the views.

I will continue this pattern even in November.

System defense starting from zero day

Starting on October 17, a zero-day attacks were exploiting PHP vulnerabilities, and my web hosting service also went down on October 21.

AI said that the site using Apache was mainly the victim, and my site is using NginX. My sites can be browsed even in downtime. I guess my sites are okay, but AI also said there is a risk of being attacked when to upload files or use .mod files even with NginX. It was when I uploaded several images for passkey-related posts, so I decided to start system defense by clearing the BIOS, just in case. Somehow file-uploading took longer only during this period.

It requires measures.

Go to my PC site to get the latest firmware then update it (I don’t do it yet (^_^;). And I checked all device connections to ensure there were no suspicious connections. Additionally, set an Admin password to prevent BIOS tampering (I don’t do it yet (^_^;). Password is set to the F-word, to insult hackers.

I launched Windows 11 and checked for any suspicious USB connections. There is no intruder in my room (if it were, ninja battle begun!). Next, I checked the Wi-Fi connection to make sure there were no suspicious connections. If it were, I think it is just to be used my Wi-Fi 7 without my permission. So I don’t mind. Also I did not check the Wi-Fi infection by bots. It is supposed no mean.

By these, the possibility of infection was only supposed from the internet. As my Win11 system has core isolation, the unauthorized tampering with the system is not allowed. SmartScreen does not even allow BIOS rewriting from Windows. So, the possibility of infection is supposed that some suspicious .dll file might be placed on Edge. But I don’t know it well, so I ignored it.

The most important part is left untouched! (^_^;

Also fix a security hole in my room

To prevent physical hacking by intruders, I also conceal a security hole in my room. The usual strategy is to disable USB, but my PC also connects the monitor via USB, so I can’t do it. I will absolutely does not allow intruders on principle.

Wow~❤ You can see the inside of my room. . .

You can see the passwords on the monitor, right?!

I will take measures.

There was a vulnerability in the door, so I added a mailbox.

Price is 4,125 yen. Very cheap~~.

Rough customization that is just loosen the screws then insert it from above (^_^;. I was disappointed a bit that does not have any key, but the visor behind the door interrupts to open the mailbox, so it is okay as it was.

I bought it on online shopping site, but this site did not even ask for a security code to use a credit card. It is a major company, though. Do they realize that such a thing is pointless? It is a name that does not appear in the recent hacking incidents in Japan.

I guess they are protecting what they should be guarding.

Making an astrophoto from scratch 2

This month, I challenged to star clusters and galaxies with the Dwarf mini.

I will escape from the fuss of the world.

I live freely.

Challenge to M2

Roughly operating the Dwarf mini, images of the M2 came into my view.

Oh, isn’t this a star cluster older than the Milky Way? It is said 13 billion years ago.

I will capture it.

Taking a photo from the balcony in my room, in the middle of the city, so the light pollution is really bad.

But Dwarf mini has noise cancellation function, so it’s fine, maybe. . .

The image is chosen “Stars Only” to emphasize a group of stars. Just by selecting this, the dark frame works and the screen darkens (^_^)/. But the color of the stars is so white that cannot capture the feature of being 13 billion years old.

So I will retouch it.

Excel launched (^_^;.

Taking a screenshot of the Dwarf mini’s screen, I increased the color temperature with comparing.

It seemed the preset 7,200K was fine.

Here is the finished image.

M2 is a group of low-mass stars, so there is no red stars yet.

It is a star cluster likely to live longer than our galaxy.

Accident happened here. . .

It succeeded easily, so I will capture Andromeda Galaxy next.

The Andromeda Galaxy passes near the zenith, by watching YouTube, EQ (equatorial) mode is better for. I will set it up following the navigation. I can do it soon, but——

The camera was fallen from the second floor !!

The tripod was taken apart. . .

Machine is so delicate that I thought it broken, but it was fine surprisingly.

The machine is still running.

I got an accident like below.

Before taken a photo, the camera is almost beaten up (^_^;。

It is miracle that is still working.

Challenge to Neptune

But there is possibility of the lens was misaligned, so I pended to capture the galaxy, then I aimed nearby stars. I captured the lunar surface, being checked no blurry. Then I will challenge to Neptune, where is a bit far place. Asking AI, it said that Dwarf mini only can capture Neptune as a dot, so it might be a good examination.

I succeeded easily.

I could capture Neptune in its outline!

Did hitting the head improve the performance?!

On my smartphone, the satellite Triton repeated appearing and disappearing, but when I stuck it, only showed an afterimage. Also, the image do not look like this when the weather condition would be good.

It captures the true Neptune that is actually a blue-greyish planet.

Challenge to Saturn again

Capturing Neptune was an extraordinary success, I will challenge to Saturn’s rings again.

With a lot of try, finally I succeeded.

I customized the parameters, I aimed a good spot.

After converting to images, it tends to be dark, so I set it as a bit brilliant position. It works well.

Saturn’s stripes are almost visible!

In 2032, the ring’s tilt will get its maximum, so I will try again at that time.

Challenge to Andromeda galaxy

As Dwarf Mini likely works well, I will restart capturing the Andromeda galaxy.

My desire could not be stopped again (^_^)/.

I succeeded it easily.

The Dwarf mini has the feature “Mozaic Mode” that allows you to increase the range up to 1.8 times. By default, the Andromeda Galaxy does not frame all in, so I stretched both vertical and horizontal lengths to 1.5 times. The lines at the edge will be automatically erased by pressing some image editing button.

I set “Star Reduction” to see the companion galaxies M32 and M110 clearly.

I felt it a bit deserted, so I will use smartphone’s image editor.

I choosed “Dynamic” processing.

I can express the feature of a spiral galaxy well (^_^)/.

I cannot believe the day has come to capture the Andromeda Galaxy. . .

Like this, the month has also passed.

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