Tutorials on how to capture and process deep sky astrophotography images
Ever wondered how to process your Astro pictures in Pixinsight? And how to integrate your narrowband (Ha) with broadband (RGB) pictures? In this comprehensive Pixinsight tutorial, I offer a step-by-step walkthrough covering the entire process, from stacking and pre-processing your images in a linear state … Continue readingPixInsight Full Tutorial | HA-RGB | Step-by-Step | Photoshop Tips
In this blog, I’ll attempt to answer the 10 most frequently asked questions you guys have asked me over the past couple of years about astrophotography cameras. 1. Can I use my DSLR camera or smartphone for astrophotography? This is a basic question I get … Continue readingASTROPHOTOGRAPHY cameras: top 10 questions answered!
In this video, I’ll show you how to set up PHD2 to start autoguiding. If you’re looking for a guidescope and guidecamera, check out this blog to learn more.
I’m guessing you clicked on this link in search for a comprehensible guide to sequence generator pro. Indeed, it can be quite daunting the first time you open sequence generator pro and see the many buttons, options and menus. Of course, sequence generator pro has … Continue readingSequence Generator Pro: An Illustrative Guide
In this blog, I’ll mention five tips to improve your astrophotography hobby that I’ve picked up over the years. These tips may be useful when you are wondering how to: Increase the accuracy of your polar alignment; Select deepsky objects that are ideally sized for … Continue readingFive tips to improve your astrophotography
If you wonder what kind of astrophotography equipment, software and skills you need to get started in astrophotography you’ve come to the right blog! I discuss seven steps that are essential when starting your astrophotography hobby. It is my hope that this saves you some … Continue readingSeven Essential Steps to Start Astrophotography
One of the first things you want to learn as an amateur astrophotographer living in urban areas is how you can reduce artificial light pollution. This light pollution tends to reduce the signal to noise ratio in your astrophotography pictures and introduces a nasty brown-yellowish … Continue readingHow to combat city light pollution in astrophotography
One of the first things you will have to learn when getting into astrophotography is to polar align your telescope mount. When you just bought your first equatorial mount, this can be a little daunting. A good polar alignment can be achieved in five steps. … Continue readingFive tips to polar align your telescope mount like a pro