Astrophotography Reports Archives
A New Look at Yesterday's CCD Imaging Gear
Jan 30 2007 04:10 AM |
jrcrilly
in Astrophotography Reports
This is intended as a brief recap and overview of the development of the very popular line of astronomical imaging cameras and accessories offered by the Santa Barbara Imaging Group
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CN Report: Meade DSI Pro
Jan 13 2006 02:30 AM |
Jim Thommes
in Astrophotography Reports
This latest DSI-Pro offering from Meade makes a very sensitive astronomical sensor available to the amateur astronomer at a price pretty much unprecedented for the features offered
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CN Report: Meade RCX400 12" Telescope (Part I)
Aug 02 2005 03:36 AM |
jrcrilly
in Astrophotography Reports
Our own imager John Crilly reviews Part I of the Meade RCX400
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CN Report: Basic Webcam Photometry
Apr 26 2005 05:06 AM |
NJScope
in Astrophotography Reports
Learn the basics of webcam photometry.
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Kevin Alton
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SBIG ST402 Astro-Camera
Apr 19 2005 05:30 AM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
The ST402 is a B&W camera with temperature regulated Peltier cooling...
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CN Report: SAC8 Peltier Cooled Astro-Camera
Mar 23 2005 02:27 PM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
Suk Lee shows us what this "ultimate hot-rodded webcam" can do - and how to do it
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Canon Digital Rebel: Deepsky Imaging Made Easy?
Feb 25 2005 04:57 AM |
Chris Graham
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Deep Sky imaging made easy? Anjal Sharma takes you step by step through using the Canon Digital rebel to take some great astrophotos.
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How to Equatorially Mount and Polar Align your Nexstar 8i
Feb 25 2005 05:31 AM |
Guest
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Anjal Sharma takes you step by step through EQ mounting and polar aligning the Nexstar 8i. Learn the tips and tricks to this configuration.
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Meade DSI: Deep Sky Astrophotos "Your First Night Out"?
Feb 25 2005 05:06 AM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
"Take pictures just like these your first night out" proclaims the Meade box. Is it true? Suk Lee examines this question in great detail.
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CN Report: Large Format Astrophotography
Mar 21 2005 09:29 AM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
For non-astronomical photography, large format is used because of the versatility of large format cameras in terms of their ability to control perspective (buildings don't look like they're falling backwards) and the plane of focus (e.g. can create VERY deep focus in widefield shots), and because of the quality of image possible with the inherently large piece of film. No matter how fine your lens, film granularity limits how big you can make prints -- the less magnification required, the higher the final quality.
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CN Report: SAC8 CCD Camera
Mar 23 2005 02:16 PM |
Craig
in Astrophotography Reports
Craig Stark shares a detailed analysis of (and some great images from) this economical imaging camera
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CN Report: Meade LPI vs. Philips TouCam Pro Webcam Comparo
Mar 21 2005 09:42 AM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
Both webcams are *tiny*, not much bigger than the average 20mm Plossl (the TouCam Pro is shown with a Mogg 1.25" nosepiece attached), so neither is going to strain even the smallest telescope. The LPI has a nice feature that the 1.25" nosepiece is actually a screw-on sleeve. Unscrewing it reveals a 0.965" sleeve, a thoughtful touch. Additionally, the 1.25" nosepiece is threaded for standard 1.25" filters.
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Planetary and Lunar Imaging
Feb 25 2005 05:15 AM |
Guest
in Astrophotography Reports
Thinking of getting into planetary or lunar imaging? Mark Estes walks you through the basics of this rewarding hobby.
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CN Report: Digital Microscopy
Mar 23 2005 02:03 PM |
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in Astrophotography Reports
Mark Estes subtitles his report as "How to Get Your Astrophotography Fix During Times of Poor Weather"
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CN Report: Basic Solar Imaging Session
Mar 23 2005 02:22 PM |
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in Astrophotography Reports
Mark Estes shares a Solar imaging session with us, and makes it look simple
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CN Report: Photoshop Basics for Astrophotos
Mar 23 2005 02:41 PM |
Guest
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Dave Cornish shares his techniques for polishing astronomical images with PhotoShop
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CN Report: SAC7 Air Cooled CCD Camera
Mar 23 2005 02:10 PM |
Suk Lee
in Astrophotography Reports
Suk Lee takes an in-depth look at the operation and capabilities of this inexpensive imaging option
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CN Report: Scopetronix Maxview II 40mm Eyepiece Review
Mar 21 2005 09:34 AM |
Guest
in Astrophotography Reports
At a zoom of 7.5x, the vignetting begins to diminish and is nearly eliminated at a zoom of 10x in both figures. This, however, is not due to any specific optical phenomena, but rather is a result of the digital zoom of the 707. Essentially, it is simply cropping and resizing the zoom 5x image, therefore reducing the appearance of the vignetting. Yet not all performance is about vignetting. Field curvature or flatness is also an important aspect.
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Mike Kudenov
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