Tadpoles
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 Soul Nebula Mosaic
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 […]
New Toys
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 […]
The Bubble – Two Ways
Half of the battle of taking a good astrophoto isn’t taking the photo – it’s the post processing! I’ve always been fairly confident in my ability to capture a target […]
The Wizard
September has been a VERY sparse month, with few clear nights. On the nights it WAS clear, we typically had other plans which meant no imaging for me – which […]
The Heart Nebula – Messing with Mosaics
The 533MC Pro is a cracking little camera, and I’ve been fantastically pleased with it. It’s sensor is quite small however – but that’s the tradeoff you pay for it […]
Tech Support in the Dark
I’ve often joked that astrophotography is a lot like doing tech support in the dark… Producing this image certainly felt like that. Some nights everything just works and it’s magical, […]
The Elephant’s Trunk
Whilst the reception I had from friends and family for the Crescent Nebula image was really positive, I found the ZWO 183MC camera a struggle to deal with. Luckily, I […]