I wanted to remove the compression fitting in my imaging train for a while. It was surprisingly difficult getting an all-threaded setup with my Explore Scientific ED102 due to the male M54 x 0.75 threads on the focuser draw-tube and same male M54 threads on … continue readinggoodbye compression fittings
The horsehead nebula is another winter target easily found next to alnitak, which is a bright star in orion’s belt. I photographed this target on two recent occasions. Once before and again after making some equipment modifications. For both of these imaging sessions, I used … continue readinghorsehead nebula – DSLR astro-mod comparison
On christmas eve, I was able to capture both orion nebula and the pleiades cluster. This was great because I could recycle darks, flats and bias frames in processing both images. I was still using the Nikon D300 at the time and quickly saw it … continue readingm45 – pleiades cluster
The orion nebula is a very bright object in the winter sky. This is a perfect target for my nikon d300 with short exposures. Setting up is still a bit of a pain with no automation in my process yet. I 3d printed a bahtinov … continue readingm42 – orion nebula
Now that I have a telescope and proper mount, I decided to re-attempt the m31 – andromeda galaxy photo. I’m still using the Nikon D300 which is limited to 30 second exposures, but I have also added PixInsight to my image stacking and processing toolkit. … continue readingm31 – take two
This summer, I attempted to get my first astronomy photo that shows some interesting detail. After about a month of unsuccessful nights, I got the process worked out to produce this stacked photo of the Andromeda galaxy. I had to limit exposures to 10 sec … continue readingfirst astrophoto – m31 andromeda galaxy