Hi, I’m Alex Helms. I’m a software engineer at Renesas during the day and an astrophotographer at night. I have been writing software since I was a kid, and professionally since 2014. In the past I developed micron-scale machine vision systems for wafer sort and test. Now I continue development of a green-field project for configuring timing devices at Renesas. Follow me on LinkedIn.

When the sun is down my telescope out capturing the beauty of the skies. I post completed projects from single images, to mosaics, to guides and how-tos. Check out the Astrophotography category to see my photos.