I have been interested in astronomy since childhood. For several years I have been interested in planetary astrophotography. Now I am taking my first steps in the Deep Sky. I wish everyone a clear sky.
Hello everyone! I hope everybody is doing well today. last night was a great night in my area for astrophotography so I decided to shoot the leo triplet. This time I used nina and direct guider (Since I have no guide scope!) For dithering. I set it a...
NINA dithering relevant to deep sky astrophotography workflow and image quality.
Hello. I am from Ohio and have been away from astronomy for about 25 years. The last telescope I had was a Celestron C4.5 Firstscope. Before that was a refractor I had as a kid for many years from a Johnson Smith catalog (anyone remember those) and w...
Returning astronomer seeking community connection and equipment advice like author.
Hey all, firstly this community seems excellent. A lot of people and a lot of knowledge. So, I was hoping I could get some general advice here. I’ve been very interested in space since I was a kid. The subject of Astrophotography always seemed too ou...
General gear advice useful for transitioning to deep sky equipment.
Lately, I have been just kind of “down in the dumps” about the quality of the images I have been producing. I feel like no matter how I much try and learn or try to pay extra attention to my data when processing, The results haven’t been satisfactory...
Image quality improvement directly relevant to author's deep sky pursuits.
Hello everyone! As you can guess from the title, I’m still fairly new to this hobby. I have a tracker but not a go-to mount unfortunately, so all my targets so far have been the classic easy ones to find - the ones you can pretty much see with the na...
Target finding techniques applicable to author's new deep sky interests.