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Diffusion Filter Overlay with Photoshop
[Article | 01/19/04 | by Suk Lee
You may have seen constellation photos where the major stars are highlighted and show up as beautifully colored orbs. Some of these are created in-camera b. . .

35mm Astrophotography Basics
[Article | 04/16/03 | by Rick Offenbecher
Hi, my name is Jenny and I've been an astronomer for the past 6 months. Three months ago I spent $1500 on a Celestron C8S-GT 8” go-to Schmidt-Cassegrain te. . .

Afocal Astrophotography with Film
[Article | 04/29/03 | by Eric Roel
As an old-timer in the Astronomy hobby, I would recommend that you enter Astrophotography with a film camera. My point is that you might not like it, so th. . .

Astro-Imaging: Climbing the Learning Curve
[Article | 02/14/07 | by Paul Rix
The purpose of this article is to illustrate the climb up the learning curve that everyone has to face when they start out in this immensely satisfying, ch. . .

Astrophotography with a digital camera
[Article | 04/16/03 | by Alan Cayless
Hi, my name is Jenny and I've been an astronomer for the past 6 months. Three months ago I spent £1500 on a 6" Newtonian telescope with motorised equatoria. . .

Autoguiding
[Article | 02/13/06 | by John Crilly
In olden times astrophotographers shot using 35mm film, frequently taking exposures of an hour or more. . .

Budget CCD Imaging Part IV - Deep Sky
[Article | 01/09/07 | by Jim Chung
CCD Imaging for the Budget Minded Novice Part IV - Deep Sky Object Imaging">. . .

CCD Imaging for the Budget Minded (Part III)
[Article | 02/21/06 | by Jim Chung
CCD Astro Imaging for the Budget Minded Novice - Part Three. . .

CCD Imaging for the Budget Minded Novice
[How To | 12/10/05 | by Jim Chung
My original concept was to present an alternative and inexpensive method of CCD imaging along with useful tips to implement it.. . .

Cloudy Nighter Anthony Wesley "Bird" Discovers Dark Impact Mark on Jupiter
[Article | 07/21/09 | by Mike Loffland
One of our own has discovered a dark impact mark on Jupiter. JPL and NASA have confirmed that it's an impact.. . .

Filters Battling Light Pollution
[Article | 03/17/06 | by Samir Kharusi
My home base is plagued by light pollution and after some "bench testing" for filter factors. . .

Finding the Optimal Sub-frame Exposure
[Article | 02/13/07 | by Charles Anstey
Finding the Optimal Sub-frame Exposure Length for Astrophotography. . .

First Year of Serious Astrophotography
[Article | 04/13/07 | by Charles Anstey
It was one year ago that I received my SBIG ST-10XE + CFW-8a + AO-7 after finding a good deal on a used one. . .

How to Drift Align
[User Review]  | 04/14/05 | by Gary McKenzie
Learn the necessary skill of drift alignment.. . .

Jenny’s Astrophotography Experience...a 5 part adventure
[Article | 04/29/03 | by Brian Anderson
Three months ago Jenny decided that she would finally take the financial plunge and get seriously involved in astronomy, a topic that had fascinated her si. . .

Lunar Astrophotography With Small Refractor
[Article | 06/08/06 | by Mark Kilner
Lunar Photography with a small refractor and a DSLR. . .

Manual Guiding
[Article | 02/23/06 | by Peter Kennett
Guiding is the act of ensuring that your telescope is tracking accurately during a long astrophotographic exposure. . .

Sierra Stars Observatory
[User Review]  | 01/07/08 | by David Snay
Test drive of the Sierra Stars Observatory. . .

Sub-Exposures in DSLRs
[Article | 12/23/06 | by Samir Kharusi
How short can we go with sub-exposures in DSLRs?. . .

The Frugal Astrophotographer
[Article | 04/29/09 | by Ging-Li Wang
There's no such thing as cheap astrophotography" is a phrase often repeated.  I beg to differ.  There is a continuum of cost in astrophotography (AP), f. . .

Webcam Astrophotography on the Mac
[User Review]  | 04/16/05 | by Neale Monks
Recently Mac users have seen a surge in the number and quality of the astrophotography tools available to them. . .

What's Wrong with the Celestron CGEM Mount?
[Article | 12/04/11 | by Greg Marshall
This is not so much a review of the CGEM as a detailed analysis of a problem related to guided astro-photography and only seen in some samples of the CGEM.. . .

Why Astrophotography
[Article | 10/15/08 | by Christopher Vedeler
I've been into astronomy for over 30 years which is most of my life. . .

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