Tag Archives: astro-imaging
Keith Grice- Manor Park Observatory
Posted on 07. Feb, 2010 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
It is our pleasure here at AstroPhotography Tonight to introduce some awesome talent from the world of astro-imaging. In the spotlight is Keith Grice of Manor Park Observatory located on the western side of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Keith’s website, www.manorparkobservatory.com, features his observatory, equipment, and helpful tutorials related astronomy and astrophotography.
Manor Park Observatory
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CGEM Review Part 4- Astrophotography
Posted on 31. Jan, 2010 by Ray Shore.
After getting the necessary equipment together and waiting for a clear night, I finally got to try out astrophotography with my CGEM! I spent a lot of time yesterday getting my observatory prepared with some last minute touches. Soon after sundown, I was performing a polar alignment in preparation for imaging M42, the Orion Nebula. This would [...]
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CGEM Astrophotography- The Next Phase
Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Ray Shore.
The next phase for me with my Celestron CGEM is to begin using it for astrophotography. I have done some webcam imaging of Jupiter with marginal results (not due to the CGEM, but other factors such as seeing conditions), but much of my interest is in imaging deep space objects such as nebula, star clusters, and [...]
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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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Celestron EdgeHD Preview Video
Posted on 26. Aug, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
You may have heard about a new and exciting product coming on the market from Celestron. It’s called the EdgeHD aplanatic Schmidt telescope. According to Celestron, this scope is “designed to produce aberration-free images across a wide visual and photographic field of view”. In fact, the EdgeHD performance is being compared to that of an astrograph when [...]
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Photoshop Astrophotography Instructional DVD
