One of the things I was concerned about when moving from DSLR to CCD was the change in the size of the sensor chip I’d be imaging with. I was concerned about not being...
This beauty is the core of the Soul Nebula (also known as Westerhout 5), in Cassiopeia. this is an Emission Nebula, that has large cavities carved out of it by the radiation and solar winds...
This image was a nice side effect of an evening put aside to get plate solving working. Turns out that (for once), getting the plate solving sorted was so quick and easy that I...
This image is groundbreaking for me in several ways. Firstly, up until that point, it was by far the longest integration I had got on any object. Integration is the term to describe the...
Well… it’s taken it’s sweet time, but I think I’m finally there. Where, I hear you ask? Where is there? There, just so happens to be a point at which my imaging has finally...
See what I did there? No? Ah well… Today’s post is a bit of a lessons learned post. First – which of these statements is true :- Collimation is important SCTs keep their collimation...
This image is one I’ve wanted to capture for a while. This is one part of a string of galaxies known as Markarian’s Chain, that form part of the huge Virgo Cluster. I’ve decided...
This is a mono capture the Leo Trio of galaxies. People refer to it as the Leo Triplet, but I prefer the way Leo Trio rolls off the tongue…!
For the last few years, I’ve had what I like to call the ‘Flash Gremlins’ visiting me fairlyt regularly. This is how I dealt with them…
I recently acquired an addition to my astronomical imaging arsenal. A mono Atik 314L (not the 314L+), came up for an extremely good price on an astro-classifieds site, and finally, I bit the bullet...
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