How to Mount a Guide Scope to Your DSLR / Mirrorless Camera without a Telescope
I have several good Canon DSLR lenses that I have been using for Astrophotography. Using my Sky-Watcher HEQ5 Go To mount with a good polar alignment, I’ve been able to get 3 – 3.5 minute exposures. I wanted to take…
Mindset and Tips for Learning Deep Sky Astrophotography
It’s the middle of the night, you’re learning new photography techniques with new equipment, and photographing long exposures on dim or invisible objects. What could go wrong? Everything and anything! The other night I was photographing the Lagoon Nebula. It…
Deep Sky Astrophotography – Frame Types You Need to Shoot
Astrophotography differs from most other forms of photography in that not only do you need to take multiple exposures and stack them, you also need to take different types of frames / images. Typically, multiple frame types (Lights, Darks, Flats,…
Deep Sky Astrophotography – Finding Your DSO Target in the Night Sky
If you don’t have a GoTo Mount, it can be a challenge to find your Deep Sky Object (DSO) in the night sky. However, there are techniques to help you locate your target. In this blog, I will discuss several…
How to Add a Comet to Stellarium
Comets are not preloaded into Stellarium, but it is quick and easy to load one so you can find where and when you can see a comet in the night sky. Here are the steps to add a comet to…
How to Polar Align a Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer for Astrophotography
An accurate polar alignment is key to being able to take longer deep sky astrophotography exposures and to capture more information in your images. It’s important to take your time and get it as accurate as possible. Polar alignment, leveling…
How to Set Up the Sky-Watcher Star Adventurer for a Deep Sky Astrophotography Shoot
When I first started out in deep sky astrophotography, I made myself a checklist to set up my equipment for an astrophotography shoot. If I didn’t do this, I knew I would forget a step and have to start over. …
Learning Deep Sky Astrophotography – Camera Settings
The camera settings will for Deep Sky Astrophotography will be different from other types of photography as you will be taking multiple images of a dim or invisible subject at night and then stack the images together. Here are the…
Learning Deep Sky Astrophotography Tutorial
What is Deep Sky Astrophotography? It is photographing deep space objects like nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters. These objects are very faint or even invisible to the human eye but can create beautiful images when photographed using astrophotography techniques that…
Learning Deep Sky Astrophotography – Planning Your Composition
Composing faint or invisible deep sky astrophotography targets can be problematic. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques that can help with composing your target. There are two good and free tools you can use during planning to compose your image…
