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Celestron CGEM Review- Part 1

CGEM Review- Final Assembly
Saturday, 19 September, 2009 21:02 Written by Ray Shore 32 Comments

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

Credit: Radio Jove Project Team
Friday, 28 August, 2009 18:47 Written by Ray Shore 3 Comments

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

Saturday, 13 June, 2009 15:59 Written by Ray Shore 2 Comments

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? [...]

DSLR Astrophotography Tutorial

Monday, 16 February, 2009 20:06 Written by Ray Shore 6 Comments

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 [...]

Webcam Astrophotography Tutorial for Planets

Thursday, 29 January, 2009 20:33 Written by Ray Shore 9 Comments

Introduction This webcam astrophotography tutorial is intended to explain my method for obtaining the planetary images found in my solar system image gallery. I hope it will be useful to those who are just starting out in astrophotography with a webcam. Below are a few of my favorite astrophotos that I have taken using my [...]

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