Beyond the images themselves, this is where my articles on the practical side of astrophotography live: buying decisions and hands-on reviews of mounts, cameras and filters, tutorials on guiding, flats and PixInsight workflows, plus visits to observatories and astronomical sites. It’s the technical and narrative side behind the images – the learning diary of my equipment and methods. You’ll find the finished images themselves in the astrophoto timeline.
The PixInsight plugin BlurXTerminator V2 was a spontaneous purchase for me. The result seriously surprised me.
My real world requirements-driven purchase and test of the Pegasus Astro Indigo OAG Off Axis Guider.
When should NoiseXTerminator be used, in linear or non-linear state?
Some starting points for those who are still looking for better guiding (like me) for astrophotography. If you got more good ideas for better guiding, please let me know in the comments.
After some months of thinking, my new high end APO and some bad guiding results forced me to find my luck in hypertuning my Sky-Watcher HEQ5 PRO mount.
My 3D printed model to use a TSOAG9 with a Takahashi FS-60CB. It works like a charm and makes a perfect mobile setup.
Star Test with this setup: Takahashi FS-60CB, 1.04 Flattener, APS-C, TS-OAG9, Pegasus Astro Focus Cube and a self-printed Adapter.
Here is what i have chosen as my mobile power supply for Astrophotography.
Is it necessary to use an UV/IR cut filter? If yes, is this something you can really see in your results?
A short tutorial howto configure the FoV in the Stellarium Mobile App.
I had the chance to visit the Astro-AG telescope at the Observatory Hoher List.
Here are a few examples of the so called CANON Banding, just to show how it looks like. I had to stretch a lot to get some.
Backlash can be an ugly problem in astrophotography. How does it look like and how to get rid of it?
A VISAC VC200L found a new home. I am looking forward to have a lot of fun with it.
I have seen several photos already. But today I saw them by myself. Luckily not on my IC5970 exposure.
Test-evening of 3 new components: Pegasus Astro and QHY toys.
One thing everyone got to do sooner or later: Cable Management. I did it building my own USB-Hub-Carrier.
Why a startracker can be understood as an upgrade to an existing goto mount. At least for me.
As a beginner in astrophotography there comes the day, when you stumble on dithering. And it is worth using it.
An evening with photos like cold milk.