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DSLR Data for Astrophotography

DSLR Data for Astrophotography
Monday, 06 April, 2009 04:11 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 0 Comments

It is difficult as a beginner in DSLR astrophotography to determine the best way to go when it comes to the right camera, telescope, and method to achieve the desired results. Newbies in this type of astrophotograpy comb the web for a wide variety of information such as: The types of objects that can be imaged with [...]

The Changing Views of Saturn

Monday, 16 March, 2009 11:20 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 0 Comments

As we move toward Spring, Saturn’s placement high in the sky comes earlier each night. This makes it a nice target for camera and telescope as the night temperatures become easier to endure. A striking feature of Saturn this season is the near edge-on view of the rings. From our line of site, we get a [...]

Stellarium- Awesome Free Planetarium!

Sunday, 22 February, 2009 13:00 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 1 Comment

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 [...]

Photoshop Astrophotography Tutorial

Saturday, 07 February, 2009 18:08 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 0 Comments

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

Sunday, 01 February, 2009 18:31 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 2 Comments

  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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