You're just taking pictures of the sky, right? How hard can it be to just point something up and click a button? People generally aren't that condescending when asking about the difficulties of imaging deep sky objects, but they clearly don't understand how damn hard this is. And that's fine, why would they? Most people …
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June has arrived and the treasures of the Southern Milky Way are coming into a viewable window for me by about 11:30PM. Great objects like M51 and M101 are still perched high in the sky after dusk, but if I'm being honest, they don't pique my interest as much as the brightness of the Lagoon …
I haven't been out under the stars much at all lately due to weather and busy schedules, but I found myself staring up last night at a clear sky. It was too windy, and too late to bring out the whole rig. I dragged out the mount and my daughter's 70mm f10 toy scope to …
Noticeable changes in the sky usually take thousands of years to happen. Your kids noticeably change everyday if you're paying attention. Since about Mid-April, life and weather got in the way of my hobbies. For about 6 weeks, I haven't had a truly clear night. On the acceptable nights, I just wasn't in the mood. …
I got out under the stars last night for the first time in two weeks! I screwed up the location of my mount by about a foot and M101 was on the edge of tree branches most of the night, wasting a couple hours. I wasn't even upset about it. I was just happy to …
I stumbled upon this last night after not imaging for a couple weeks due to weather. There are no release notes on the version, but I've been waiting for this since I started, so I went ahead and downloaded it. So far, so good. The look and feel are basically the same with only slight …
Regardless of your mount, or OTA, or camera, there are things every astrophotgrapher needs to survive. These aren't equipment related, but something all of us can relate to. 1. An understanding or similarly interested spouse and/or family. When you start in with astrophotography, if you decide to stay with it through the first levels of …
