Overcoming Challenges in Astrophotography
Star Bloating and Star Trailing problems What is Star Bloating? In astrophotography, star bloating refers to stars appearing larger and less defined than they actually are. It is typically caused […]
Astronomy
Autoguiding for Deep-Sky Astrophotography
For long exposure astrophotography of Deep-Sky Objects, autoguiding is a must. Read our guide to learn what Autoguiding is, and why you need to do it.
Optolong L-Ultimate Filter Review
Read our review of the Optolong L-Ultimate Filter – a 2-inch Filter designed for Colour CMOS Astronomy Cameras that makes light-polluted, narrowband astrophotography a breeze.
Introduction to the saxon Push Guide Smartphone Adapter
Learning the night sky has never been easier!
Read our introduction to the saxon Push Guide Smartphone Adapter and discover the night sky.
Problems finding focus with a DSLR
How I used the right type of Barlow to focus a DSLR on a small Newtonian telescope.
Astrophotography Filters part 3: Putting it all together
This is part 3 of my series on astrophotography with filters. Last time I explained how the human eye sees in colour, using three different types of cone cells. We […]
Astrophotography Filters part 2: Narrowband vs. RGB filters and how they work
This is part 2 of a series of blogs about filters and narrowband astrophotography. Bill explains how filters work, why you might use different filters and what a photo taken […]
Astrophotography Filters part 1: Getting into filters
This is part 1 of a series of blogs about narrowband photography. In this introduction part, Bill talks about how – and why – he moved from taking astrophotographs with […]
How to polar align a computerised equatorial mount in the Southern Hemisphere (without a polar scope)
This guide is suitable for all telescope owners of Synta computerised go-to EQ mounts, such as Sky-Watcher and saxon. In a previous blog, I explained how to polar align a […]
Setting up a Celestron NexStar Evolution telescope
Part two of the Celestron NexStar series. This guide is intended to help first time users and those who are experiencing difficulty with the Celestron SkyPortal (previously known as Celestron SkyQLink) […]