by astrobiscuit | Sep 30, 2022 | Big Amateur Telescope, Uncategorized
Hey folks. The Andromeda’s monumentally powerful, light eating, time and space bending, supermassive black hole has created a weird formation in the galaxy’s nucleus. According to pictures taken by Hubble the singularity is encircled by a blue halo of fast orbiting...
by astrobiscuit | Sep 15, 2022 | patreon, Uncategorized
Dear patrons as a special thank you for helping me to keep doing this thing that I’m doing I’ve made an exclusive patrons only astrophotography video tutorial. In this video I answer the question “how long should your subs be?” A simple...
by astrobiscuit | Sep 15, 2022 | patreon, Uncategorized
Hey folks, here is the patrons only video tutorial on how to collimate a newtonian. Its not quite finished – partly because I need a night of good seeing to really show off the biscuit method (I will need to reshoot the last scene) and partly because I’ve...
by astrobiscuit | Sep 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Fellow nerds, while the moon shines itelescope is FREE! Time to dust off those narrowband filters 😁 here’s what my buddy, Mladen from iTelescope had to say…. Want to do narrowband imaging on 20″ and 24″ telescopes? iTelescope ‘Full Moon Happy...
by astrobiscuit | May 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
What is the best portable telescope for astrophtography? To escape the UK’s HORRENDOUS weather the biscuit man wants to put together the ultimate astrophotography travel rig; a telescope with a resolution of 2arcseconds which fits in a suitcase. If successful...
by astrobiscuit | May 7, 2022 | Big Amateur Telescope, Uncategorized
This is a 5 month timelapse of Hubble’s variable nebula. Pretty astonishing innit! And a testament to the power of us AMATEURs when we band together. Well done BAT members. This makes me very proud. The video squeezes 5 months of the nebula’s...
