Tag Archives: astrophotographer
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:
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Webcam Astrophotography Tutorial for Planets
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Ray Shore.
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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Roll-Off Observatory
Posted on 27. Jan, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
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 [...]
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Center of Rosette Nebula
Posted on 25. Jan, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
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 [...]