Tag Archives: astrophotography
Interview with Jay GaBany- Blackbird Observatory
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 by Ray Shore.
If you spend enough time researching astrophotography, chances are you will encounter the work of Jay GaBany of Blackbird Observatory in New Mexico. Jay is an accomplished astrophotographer with many of his works appearing on popular space-related websites such as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD). His images have been featured in numerous magazine articles and books [...]
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Photoshop Astrophotography Instructional DVD
Posted on 23. Jan, 2010 by AstroPhotography Tonight.
“Making Every Pixel Count- Powerful Processing in Photoshop” for Astrophotography. You have invested heavily in the ideal astrophotography setup. You have spent numerous hours perfecting your techniques for acquiring the best images possible through your camera at the telescope. The goal is a masterpiece that you can showcase with pride for all of your hard work and investment. But [...]
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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
