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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?
Orion in Iron (and other weird narrowband filters)
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 seems to be layers. The green magnesium hangs…
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…
Es Reid’s Top Telescope Picks
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 scratch. As a result he is uniquely placed to give an…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Orion in Iron (and other weird narrowband filters)
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…