Astrophotography Magazine
Your Digital Resource For Astrophotography
“If you are an imager and aren’t reading Astrophotography Magazine, why not? It’s evolved to the point where I can say it’s the best thing done on the subject in a long time—maybe ever. I should have mentioned it more often, but with the near-demise of this here blog over the last three years, I never got around to it. Well, the blog is back and I’m telling y'all to get to this magazine's website and get your hands on it”.
by Rod Mollise
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THE NEW WEIGHTED BATCHPREPROCESSING V1.4.0
Eagle3 one year on
OPTOLONG L-ENHANCE FILTER FOR ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
What is this filter though and how does it work? Why do you need it?
SOLAR AND LUNAR TRANSITS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Have you ever watched the International Space Station pass overhead on a clear night?
Amy Astro
SHOOTING WITH AN ASTRO-DSLR IN THE ATACAMA DESERT
For the first two weeks of July 2019, I had the grand opportunity to take a vacation to northern Chile.
ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY ON THE GO
I travel and I camp quite a lot. And I love astrophotography. How can you mix these two? Some time ago, I was using a traditional German equatorial mount, a guidescope and a laptop for astrophotography.
A PENTAX LENS BASED IMAGING RIG
1+ year ago I started to work on a Pentax lens based imaging system. I saw some wide angle shots that were made with 30 - 60mm lenses that looked amazing.
SHOOTING THE JANUARY 2019 TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE
Total Lunar Eclipses happen at about the same frequency as Total Solar Eclipses.
SKYWATCHER EVOSTAR 72ED REVIEW
I just bought my first real telescope – the SkyWatcher Evostar 72ED! I have been looking for a beginner astrophotography telescope for a few months (upgrade from a telephoto lens), and the time to choose finally came.
GRAND MESA OBSERVATORY
Grand Mesa Observatory was born from the idea that in today's age of technology and connectivity, dark skies should be easily accessible for all.
MORE SHORT EXPOSURES OR FEWER LONG EXPOSURES –
WHICH IS BETTER?
When I first started out with deep sky imaging, I too wanted to know the answer to this question. Would more short exposures or fewer long exposures be the best way to go for deep sky imaging?
IMAGING WITH A C8
When I’m speaking about the history of Schmidt Cassegrains at star parties, club meetings, or cons, I often get puzzled looks and questions from new amateurs about one of the things I say: “One of the big reasons for the 8-inch SCTs becoming the most popular commercial telescope in the 70s was astrophotography.”
DOBSONIAN ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
You don't need to have expensive high end setup to start doing Astrophotography.
GETTING MORE OUT OF YOUR EQ MOUNT
In less than 3 years I have built the almost, unenviable reputation for mount tuning. As one of only a handful of mount tuning businesses world wide we can safely say we're pretty experienced at what we do.
WILLIAM OPTICS REDCAT 51
In your hands, the RedCat is small and its metal body is surprisingly weighty (glass is quite heavy too and this has 4 precision elements).
NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS
What are noctilucent clouds? Why is it so important to study them?
BUDGET LENSES
This image of the Orion Nebula was taken, not with a telescope, but with a camera lens older than myself attached to an entry-level modded DSLR camera.
A 5SEC EXPOSURE – EAST CAPE LIGHTHOUSE
Often when you talk about astrophotography, first things that come to mind are Long Exposure and High ISO.
DEEP SKY IMAGING IN SEVEN EASY (SORTA) STEP
Naturally you’ve got to assemble the telescope and mount. But where should you assemble them?
HEQ5 PRO MOUNT - UPGRADE
2010 I bought a used skywatcher HEQ5Pro. It was practically new and used very little.
FULL FRAME VS CROP SENSOR: IS FULL FRAME WORTH THE EXTRA COST?
Full frame, crop sensor DX, APS-C, FX, full frame equivalent