deep space
My new widefield travel rig
My New Widefield Travel Rig I’m excited about modern widefield travel rigs because they potentially have the power to reveal the Orion Spur – the mini spiral arm which we belong to – something that I’ve never seen, but I think in order to do that I’ll probably need to tweak my set up and…
Betty’s Horse Sale
20% off Betty’s limited edition print of the horsehead – Time running – neigh galloping out (sorry)! Hi folks, I’m back from an epic adventure on the volcanic island of La Palma where Betty took a brilliant pic of the Horsehead Nebula. Although I’m not releasing the video on YouTube just yet, I wanted to offer…
Naked Astrophotography
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 ward off the clouds. This is more about having…
Best Value Telescope for Astrophotography
I think that 8 inch Newtonians hit a massive astrophotography sweet spot. Proof of this are seen in the astrophotos of Lyaphine and other members of my discord server as well as tests that were done in Big Amateur Telescope last year.
Best All Round Telescope
What is the Best All Round Telescope? The best all round telescope would zoom into the planets with ferocious detail and be fat enough to reveal the huge faint whispy deep space nebula and galaxies whilst being small enough to put on a tracking mount for astrophotography. I asked fellow nerds from all over the…
Deep Space Lucky Imaging
– theory – gear Lucky imaging gives us amateurs the possibility of shooting deep space targets at resolutions hitherto only seen in multi million dollar professional observatories. The basic premise behind lucky imaging is explained in the first five minutes of my video: 300 Amateurs take on NASA Benefits DRAWBACKS Lucky Imaging Theory The Enemy…
Smart Telescopes
Smart Telescopes Good or bad?… In February 2021 I got asked to review a fully automated telescope for CH5’s the gadget show. They gave me 20minutes to review Vaonis’s Stellina before the cameras started rolling 😂. Not long but as I went through the specs it dawned on me that if she does what she…
My old Travel Rig
The Ultimate Travel Rig I bought my Tak FS60cb second hand and paired with a no longer produced and relatively cheap Borg x0.7 super reducer. New the Tak FS60cb with it’s dedicated reducer costs £1173. Probably the best travel scope out there but not budgety . If you swap the scope for the bargain Sky…
Your First Astrophotography Rig
Astrophotography isn’t about high magnification! Most folks assume you need a big powerful telescope for astrophotography. When you use a big telescope at high magnification keeping the scope “still” is tough but when you don’t zoom in much its a lot easier and a lot cheaper. “But what’s the point of not shooting at a high…
What is the best beginners astrophography rig?
Now this is a question for the noob and seasoned nerd alike because the best beginners astrophotography rig is basically a travel rig and its essential for old astrofarts like myself to have a great little travel rig… Travel rigs aren’t just for when you’re going somewhere nice and dark but have little room in…
