Heart Nebula Redux
Being somewhat of a digital packrat has it’s benefits! Bar a small incident involving a hard drive failure back in the summer, I NEVER get rid of old subframes, and […]
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 […]