Astronomy Blog

So, despite being days following the observation I wanted to share my experience with hunting down my first comet using the CPC. I’ve noticed that quite a few have had difficulty with obtaining it (as did I) and to this point I’ve yet to observe it by means of my binos. I think its a little bit of [...]

30-20 second pics, and 8-30 second pics at 1000 iso taken with unfiltered Nikon D70s and Meade 8″ LX200R at prime focus in alt/az mode. Stacked using DeepSkyStacker and corrected with Adobe PhotoShop with the help of the ebook, “A Guide to Astrophotography with Digital SLR Cameras” by Jerry Lodriguss. This was my first attempt at Astrophotography, hope [...]