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Celestron CGEM Review- Part 2
Posted on 28. Sep, 2009 by Ray Shore.
This is the second in a series of reviews for my new CGEM mount from Orion Telescopes and Binoculars. This review covers the first night out with the CGEM. It was mostly a test of the goto functionality of the telescope. I recived the CGEM on Monday September 14th, 2009 but didn’t get a chance [...]
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Celestron CGEM Review- Part 1
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Ray Shore.
This is the first of a series of reviews planned for my new Celestron CGEM mount. I had my eye on the CGEM ever since it was first announced by Celestron. Some of the attractive features were its payload, Permanent Periodic Error Correction (PEC), new All-star polar alignment, and its ability to track well past [...]
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Jupiter’s Changing Elevation
Posted on 28. Aug, 2009 by Ray Shore.
If you are a planetary astrophotographer in the northern hemisphere, you have probably been frustrated with your attempts to acquire nicely detailed images of Jupiter in the last couple of years. Even if you obtained perfect telescope collimation, allowed your scope to reach thermal equilibrium, achieved critical focus, imaged during the best seeing conditions, etc., chances [...]
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Five Tips for Enhanced Webcam Astrophotography
Posted on 13. Jun, 2009 by Ray Shore.
So you know the basics of imaging the planets with an astrophotography webcam. You have mastered the process of capturing the AVI, running it through Registax, and cleaning it up in Photoshop. But how do you tease out that extra bit of detail that separates your photos from all the rest you have ever taken? [...]
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DSLR Astrophotography Tutorial
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Ray Shore.
Introduction This DSLR astrophotography tutorial provides my method for obtaining the deep space images found in my deep space image gallery. I hope it will be useful for beginners in astrophotography with a digital camera; specifically a digital SLR (DSLR). Below are a few of my favorite astrophotos that I have taken using my telescope and [...]