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Stellarium- Awesome Free Planetarium!
Posted on 22. Feb, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
Have you heard of the planetarium program Stellarium? If not, AstroPhotography Tonight highly encourages you to check it out! Stellarium is a free planetarium program for your computer developed by the open source community. Since it is an open source program, anyone has the right to download and use the software for free, under the terms of [...]
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Backyard Observatory Plans by SkyShed
Posted on 15. Feb, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
Introduction Roll-off observatories are becoming very popular among amateur astronomers. They are relatively inexpensive to construct and provide convenient use of equipment at a moment’s notice. SkyShed plans provide you with all the information you will need to construct an easy to build, attractive and fully functional roll-off observatory. 95% of materials are available from your local [...]
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Photoshop Astrophotography Tutorial
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
Here is a good quick start guide to using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 for enhancing a planetary image. For this example, a recently processed image from Registax 4 was used. See Registax 4 tutorial here. In this photoshop tutorial, we will introduce some basic tools for cleaning up and enhancing an astro-photo including:
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Registax 4 Tutorial
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
This tutorial covers the basic steps of processing planetary videos using Registax 4. The Registax program is a free download compliments of Cor Berrevoets! To get started, you will need to download the program to your computer and run the setup program. Registax 4 download here. Be sure to watch the Registax 4 video tutorial below. It [...]
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Submit Your Stuff to AstroPhotography Tonight!
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
AstroPhotography Tonight is highly focused on that special breed of photographers- astrophotographers that is! If you have astrophotography related material that you would like to share, we would like to hear from you! We’ll feature your: