Tag Archives: Astrophotography Tutorials
DSLR Astrophotography Calculator
Posted on 14. Apr, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
When trying to decide on the optimal DSLR and telescope combination, it is important to know how much of the sky will be included in the field of view. Furthermore, it is important to match the focal length of the telescope with the imaging sensor for obtaining the best results. There is a handy (and free) [...]
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DSLR Data for Astrophotography
Posted on 06. Apr, 2009 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
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 [...]
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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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DSLR Astrophotography Tutorial
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Ray Shore.
Introduction This DSLR astrophotography tutorial provides my method for obtaining the deep space images found in my deep space image gallery. I hope it will be useful for beginners in astrophotography with a digital camera; specifically a digital SLR (DSLR). Below are a few of my favorite astrophotos that I have taken using my telescope and [...]
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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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Photoshop Astrophotography Instructional DVD
