Free Astro Software
First, I need to clarify what I mean by “free”. I do not mean that this is software that you are free to do with as you wish, but it is probably free for personal use. Always check the terms and...
View ArticlePiggyback adventure
Imaging a wide field of view of the sky and overcoming the problem of star trails can be achieved by piggybacking a camera on top of a telescope on a motorised equatorial mount. Things never being...
View ArticleDigital SLR for astrophotography
Initial experiments with my Fuji S9500 indicated that aside form short (30 second exposure) of the constellations it simply wasn’t going to measure up to the requirements of more serious...
View ArticleOrion Nebula – first imaging target
A good target for a first experiment in astrophotography in winter is the Orion Nebula at an apaprent magnitude of 4. Having acheived a reasonsble 3-star telescope alignment some quick experiments...
View ArticleProblems with long exposures
Following the previous post I’ve been asked (a) “Why 30 second exposures?” and (b) “Why a stack of five?”. Good questions. The answers are (a) because after that the tracking on my mount was starting...
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