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ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY IN THE WILDERNESS

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A Brief Guide to Calibration Frames: Bias, Dark, Flats and Dark Flats

Many Budding Astrophotographers are often confused on exactly what Calibration frames are and if they even need to use them since they do take quite...

A Guide to Shooting The Milky Way

THERE IS NOTHING QUITE LIKE CAPTURING THE MILKY WAY IN A PHOTOGRAPH. THE ROAD TO GETTING SUCH AN IMAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOWEVER, IS...

The Beginners Guide to using Backyard EOS

Backyard EOS has proven to be a powerful image acquisition tool for those images who want to use their Canon Digital SLR this program will...

A Guide to Using Astrophotography Tools v3.52

Astrophotography Tools has been the go-to choice for many imagers who use both Digital SLR as well as CCD and CMOS cameras. APT stands for...

Top 5 Image Acquisition Software for Beginners

Those new to astrophotography will often wonder where exactly to start when researching what Astrophotography acquisition software to use for remote capture or control of...

New Skills for Better DeepSky Astrophotography

                    Many DSLR Deep Sky Imagers can benefit from a few tips that are overlooked very...

Tweak your DSLR settings for better Astrophotography results

When shooting Astrophotography or even nightscapes you will see many benefits by tweaking your DSLR settings. Here are some tweaks that will help make your...

Capture Stunning Solar Images

In this 2 part series learn using an illustrated, step-by-step, walk-through of my procedure for processing hydrogen-alpha solar images. by Rick V In hopes of...

Astro-modifying your DSLR

When first getting into Astrophotography, there are several ways how you and others will begin this highly addictive and rewarding hobby. Some will already have...