One of the most common problems I’ve had in years in astrophotography, probably because I never spent lots of money for a “motorized Focuser with attributes”, was the change of focus during the shooting session, perhaps due to sudden changes in temperature but also the weight of the camera, it could also be partly due…
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Astrophotography and Mac Osx users, the best free software in circulation
Taking advantage of my upgrade to Sierra (Osx 10.12) and appreciating the fluidity of how he turns the system I have been wondering what program in astronomy and astrophotography have a Mac user and I found an interesting news that I was lost, being for much of my time on windows, namely: That’s all for…
Two lenses, one small and one large, to assess the potential of the Drizzle2x
In this Post, which follows the images posted on Flickr and 500px, I wanted to show the potential of processing in Drizzle, albeit with modest equipment, DSLR, having blessed with two great Chinese import lenses and having taken the same patch of sky with a camera like that, we start from the small but powerful…
The most known and used software for processing astrophotography deepsky
There’s plenty of choice in terms of software for processing of deep sky pictures, few free unfortunately, many paid and with disparate and in this post I will try to elencarveli. As far as we are concerned, as you can see from our pictures, and like many others we do not just use one software…
CCD images vs DSLR compared to the same FOV
Often use these acronyms and I will try to give the explanation but it is useful “chewing” in order to better understand all information resources available on the Web (forums/sites/chat) For FOV Field Of View means, which is the field of view, and there is for instance a weblink to calculate the field of view…
The colors of the Milky way, between reality and interpretation
You may have noticed browsing on Internet that there are many photographs of the milky way, often different from each other and with many imaginative colours, which one is the correct one? To try to do a bit of clarity, it must be said that regardless of which use a camera modified for astronomy or…
a Flatfield machine Macgyver style!
Since I picked up this wonderful hobby that is 15 years after a stop of astrophotography, full in the digital age, I found myself in a new world, the guide of the pictures that was done manually with the Illuminated Reticle eyepiece has evolved in the Guide Camera for your personal computer or stand-alone, Foucault knife has…