The first of three images from a single night.When shooting with my One Shot Colour camera, I often use a dual-narrowband filter - for certain targets it can mimic the effect of shooting narrowband with a mono camera.I've owned a couple of Optolong dual narrowband...
When stuff works fine this hobby can be wonderfully relaxing. When stuff doesn't work fine, it tends to feel more like a job at times!I've had issues with my last two consecutive nights of imaging. The first night I was attempting to build a mosaic...
This one I had to work hard for! Dealing with winds gusting to 30mph (which plays havok with the guiding system I use to keep my mount pointing at my target very accurately), I spent two nights capturing the data for this target.I then spent 2 full...
The weatherman had promised me a clear night. The weatherman broke his promise!What I'd hoped would be a full night acquiring data on this target was truncated by the sudden appearance of a bank of heavy cloud. I only managed to capture the Hydrogen Alpha...
One of the most iconic targets in the night sky, and one that I've never had the chance to capture before.Normally imaged in broadband, I've had to image this in Narrowband whilst I await the delivery of a new filter wheel and some RGB filters.Presented...
A first foray into Monochrome imaging using my new ZWO 533MM pro camera.Monochrome cameras are more sensitive than one shot colour cameras, but require you to shoot through colour (or narrowband) filters in order to create a colour image.This image is comprised of 114 5...
The Soul Nebula is an emission nebula located in the constellation Cassiopeia.With the arrival of my new scope, I wanted to push it a little, and opted to build another mosaic, as my previous Heart Nebula mosaic was still my favourite image to date.I've also...
A pretty successful six months of progress had convinced me that astrophotography was something I was keen to pursue, so October saw me investing in some new equipment - firstly a new telescope, a William Optics Flurostar 91.While the Skywatcher ED80 had produced some cracking...