by astrobiscuit | Feb 7, 2023 | review
Who is this mount for? To do astrophotography seriously you need a seriously big telescope. And to carry a big telescope you need a big mount. Up until now that meant splashing out about five thousand pounds but Skywatcher’s new CQ350 astrophotography mount claims to...
by astrobiscuit | Jan 29, 2023 | biscuit news, Uncategorized
I’ve been experimenting with unusual narrowband filters. In this pic BLUE= iron and methylide emission lines (aka the G band) , Green = Mg and Orange= Sodium. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it turns out to be most interesting. A bit like an onion there...
by astrobiscuit | Dec 27, 2022 | biscuit news
This is not a new clique of naturist astrophotographers who enjoy parading around star parties in their birthday suit. Not that I am against taking your kit off for a good cause such as performing the ancient Hopi Indian rain dance backwards around your telescope to...
by astrobiscuit | Nov 27, 2022 | review
I think that 8 inch Newtonians hit a massive astrophotography sweet spot. Proof of this are seen in the astrophotos of the new generation of astrophotographers like Lyaphine. Lyaphine who is member of my discord server (you can join us here) discovered a planetary...
by astrobiscuit | Nov 26, 2022 | review
Es Reid designs optical systems. He’s currently working on a very high powered and fancy microscope for an important company in Cambridge. On the side he bench tests commercial telescopes for First Light Optics and makes sure the telescopes they sell are up to...
