I recently received a 14-inch reflecting telescope I’ll be using for high-resolution deep sky imaging. While most telescopes are collimated by the manufacturer, they...
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For ‘white light’ viewing of the Sun’s photosphere, many casual solar observers use front-mounted solar filters made from glass or a specialty solar film....
Where are you going? It seems like a fairly open question and yet when people ask me they’re almost always referring to April 8,...
Precision focusing is one of the most critical factors for getting crisp images. Most modern imaging software now features autofocus routines that, with the...
What would it take to be able to shoot deep-sky objects any clear night of the month, regardless of Moon phase? The answer...
The Lunatico AAG CloudWatcher, which I installed recently next to my observatory dome has worked well for monitoring weather (see my review on AGT...
I had always been interested in cloud detectors for my imaging sessions, but since most of my imaging is done from my backyard (semi-remote),...
In 2019, Oceanside Photo and Telescope (OPT) introduced the Radian Triad filter, an aggressive tri-band filter designed to allow one-shot color cameras to produce...
Rotators allow imagers to frame objects at the most suitable angle. Unless it’s a remote setup, rotation can be done manually, but that involves...
Observers and astrophotographers looking for the most detailed and accurate information about deep-sky objects will find it here in Annals of the Deep Sky....