Month: February 2020

Equipment
Setup
Telescope

Polar Alignment

What is polar alignment and why is it so important? With a German Equatorial mount you need to make sure you are perfectly aligned to Polaris when you are in the northern hemisphere. This ensures your mount has the best chance of accurately tracking your chosen objects. Without correct alignment you will find that your […]

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Astrophotography
Nature
Night
Photos
Setup

The Astrophotography Stack

Unlike with traditional photography when we are imaging the night sky there isn’t much light hitting the sensor of your camera. We overcome this by taking multiple images (subs) of our target and then take calibration frames to reduce noice and vignetting. It’s not quite as simple as point and shoot! So what are these […]

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