Category: Astrophotography Showcase

Astrophotography on a Budget

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Tuesday, 18 October, 2011 19:38 Written by Martin Cohen 4 Comments

Many years ago, before digital photography revolutionized the medium, taking a beautiful shot of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31), or even a detailed image of the moon, showing its many craters, rilles and mountains would only be possible if you had a large wallet and access to highly specialized equipment and techniques. For the average amateur [...]

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Keith Grice- Griceland Observatory

Manor Observatory- 12" Meade LX200
Sunday, 07 February, 2010 18:14 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 2 Comments

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 Griceland Observatory located on the western side of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Keith’s website, www.gricelandobservatory.com, features his observatory, equipment, and helpful tutorials related astronomy and astrophotography.

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The Changing Views of Saturn

Monday, 16 March, 2009 11:20 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 0 Comments

As we move toward Spring, Saturn’s placement high in the sky comes earlier each night. This makes it a nice target for camera and telescope as the night temperatures become easier to endure. A striking feature of Saturn this season is the near edge-on view of the rings. From our line of site, we get a [...]

Webcam Astrophotography Tutorial for Planets

Thursday, 29 January, 2009 20:33 Written by Ray Shore 9 Comments

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 [...]

Center of Rosette Nebula

Sunday, 25 January, 2009 17:51 Written by AstroPhotography Tonight 1 Comment

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 [...]

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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!