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Five Planets in One Night
In early February 2025 six planets line up over my London roof, the night is clear, the atmosphere is beautifully calm and the Beast, my giant 16-inch Newtonian telescope, is ready to pounce! Find out more about the ASTRO GEAR USED HERE As darkness falls Saturn is already very low on the horizon. Normally looking…
Best Telescope for Christmas 2024
Best Telescope for Christmas 2024 Your first telescope has to be able to capture the nerdmaking moment when you see Jupiter or Saturn floating in a vast sea of blackness and you realise for the first time that we on earth are floating in the vast sea of blackness too. That’s what did it for…
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…
My new favourite mount: ZWO AM5
My New Favourite mount: ZWO AM5 The best astrophotography mount on the market: powerful, portable and accurate. And I’m not saying this due to some sponsorship deal – I don’t even own an AM5. My mate Andrew Abbott lent me his for my astro trip to the Canary Islands. ZWO AM5 is $2k in the…
What can you see through a $10k Telescope vid drops tomorrow (sat) at far too early AM!
The video is basically me looking through a giant C14 HD edge telescope
How to collimate a Newtonian telescope from basic to advanced level
You can watch the basic section of this video for free on youtube and you will gain a good understanding of how to collimate a Newtonian telescope. This video is for serious amateurs astrophotographers who are willing to go the extra mile to achieve excellent collimation and sharper images.The full video is 40 minutes long…
How long should my subs be? Camera settings for astrophotography
How to choose the best ISO/Gain and exposure length of your DSLR or astro camera for deep space astrophotography. An advanced tutorial.
Biscuit’s Latest Epic Astro Vid Premiers on Friday 9pm GMT
The video is jam packed with technical astro goodness as well as tear your hair out moments of inevitable biscuitiness. The mission is to build a telescope as sharp as Kitt Peak (again) only this time I have a neat trick and help from a guy who owns 3 CNC machines😍 Click on the vid…
The Sky-Watcher CQ350 Mount Review
Skywatcher’s new CQ350 astrophotography mount claims to allow you to image with a massive and I mean MASSIVE 35kg telescope for just £2.5k. Wow. A potential game changer. But can it really do it?
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…
Choosing a Mount for astrophotography
Choosing a Mount For Astrophotography – which mount is right for me – best performing mounts – best budget mounts All a mount has to do is hold the telescope…
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 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…
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…
Five Planets in One Night
In early February 2025 six planets line up over my London roof, the night is clear, the atmosphere is beautifully calm and the Beast, my giant 16-inch Newtonian telescope, is…
Best Telescope for Christmas 2024
Best Telescope for Christmas 2024 Your first telescope has to be able to capture the nerdmaking moment when you see Jupiter or Saturn floating in a vast sea of blackness…
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…
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…
My new favourite mount: ZWO AM5
My New Favourite mount: ZWO AM5 The best astrophotography mount on the market: powerful, portable and accurate. And I’m not saying this due to some sponsorship deal – I don’t…
What can you see through a $10k Telescope vid drops tomorrow (sat) at far too early AM!
The video is basically me looking through a giant C14 HD edge telescope
How to collimate a Newtonian telescope from basic to advanced level
You can watch the basic section of this video for free on youtube and you will gain a good understanding of how to collimate a Newtonian telescope. This video is…
How long should my subs be? Camera settings for astrophotography
How to choose the best ISO/Gain and exposure length of your DSLR or astro camera for deep space astrophotography. An advanced tutorial.