Saturday, January 28, 2017
How I made a better Celestron AVX
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I'm in no position to complain, I got my AVX for jellybeans because a surplus shop thought it was broken. But if I had paid full price I...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017
Astrophotography: High ISO with short exposures or low ISO with long exposures?
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It is a very, very rainy night here and I've had a question nagging at my for a while. There are lots of suggestions on the internet for...
Friday, January 13, 2017
Astrophotography resolution: what should "good" look like?
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One of the interesting challenges of astrophotography is that there are so very many factors that go in to the result. Basically, it can be ...
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Astrophotography updates, buying problems for myself
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New optics! The main scope (for imaging) is an Astro-Tech AT6IN, and the new tracking scope is an Orion ShortTube-80, or ST80. There...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2016
360 degree microphotography
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Summary: we took a microscope objective to my camera, built a focus stacking rig, and then combined it all with a miniature lazy susan / ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Astrophotography: Solving Some Problems, Finding New Ones
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I made something I like! These are some of my changes: Better polar alignment; not seeing field rotation. This is my longest ex...
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Friday, November 13, 2015
Cheap light pollution filter
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As soon as you say "filter" the public perception is that the images are photoshopped, or a little bit fake. I'm not one for ...
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Image artifacts: Astrophotography is touchy
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Once I tied the camera to the back of my telescope and set up guiding I found plenty of new problems to solve: I've boosted that im...
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