Astrophotography Best Practices

Capture - Calibrate - Stack - Edit   Use a a planetarium app or star chart to plan your imaging session.  Ensure sufficient hard drive space, power, horizon and tree clearance, etc. Allow the telescope to reach ambient temperature before...

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California or Bust – a walk-through of astrophotography capture

One of the best ways to learn a new subject is to watch someone do it.  In this video, I go through the major steps of capturing the California Nebula, an emission nebula, under heavily light-polluted skies.  Along the...

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