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Roll-Off Observatory

Here is a unique type of roll-off observatory designed by Ray Shore to house his 12″ Meade LX200 telescope. Instead of the roof rolling off on rails, the entire shed rolls away from the telescope! According to Ray, he just needed something large enough to protect the telescope when not in use. Extra room inside the observatory [...]

Center of Rosette Nebula

Ed Henry of Hay Creek Observatory has done it again! He produced a spectacular image of a deep space marvel. This time, he focused on the center of the Rosette Nebula which contains the open cluster, NGC 2244. This astro-photo was taken with his Meade 10 inch SCT at F4.9 and ST4000 CCD camera with AO-L. Total [...]

Astro-Imager Ray Shore’s Bio

Ray Shore has been an amateur astronomer since 1985. He has belonged to a couple of different astronomy organizations and has participated in several events over the years including star parties, public observatory nights, school science presentations, etc. He started into astrophotography just before the Mars opposition of 2003 and has been hooked ever since! [...]


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“Making Every Pixel Count- Powerful Processing in Photoshop” for Astrophotography

Making Every Pixel Count- Powerful Processing in Photoshop for Astrophotography. Learn to process astro-images in Adobe Photoshop like the experts do! Learn more about this incredible instructional DVD available through AstroPhotography Tonight!