Like most amateur astrophotographers, I find myself in a constant battle with light pollution. The ever-present glow of modern city lights can be seen...
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Telescope Live is an interesting platform that puts data from a network of global telescopes at your disposal. I signed up for a subscription,...
With the advent of new sensor technology, powerful computers, and advanced software to capture and process data, we can now squeeze the most resolution...
With our goal of recording the finest details we can, near the theoretical limit of our telescope, we need to eliminate any factors we...
In Part 1, we looked at factors to consider in choosing a telescope and mount for high-resolution planetary imaging. With that major task accomplished,...
Planetary and deep sky imaging have little in common, with different telescopes, cameras, software, and techniques required. Planetary imaging does have some advantages, though....
Why do we need to guide? With long exposure astrophotography, we need to track the motion of night sky perfectly as the Earth rotates...
Are you intimidated by manual polar alignment? To be sure, computer-controlled, GPS-equipped telescopes have largely automated this task. But, like star-hopping, polar alignment is...
To make high quality photos of deep sky objects, we need to integrate. Integrating is sometimes called stacking, and involves taking lots of images...
Whether observing or photographing, most people start with the Moon. As the sky’s brightest target, the Moon holds up with simple techniques, including holding...