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Come join the newest, most engaging and inclusive astronomy forum geared for beginners and advanced telescope users, astrophotography devotees, plus check out our "Astro" goods vendors.
If you are interested in getting started in AP (Astrophotography) or have just begun AP post your questions here. You can also post images if you want suggestions on how to improve them.
Just a simple question, can you use an iPad to operate / control a monochrome camera and refractor telescope rather than a laptop ? If so what do I...
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That's a very good choice if you are looking for a smallish sensor size. Everything else sounds great. I'm interested to see how that mount works out...
We've all seen them and go wow! so I've decided to give it a go. At the moment it's probably a case of all the gear and no idea, but thought it would...
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I moved this post over here (beginner's forum) because it is a project and I believe beginners would really benefit from this post. I think it would...
I'm struggling a bit with my alignment my telescope just would not point to the right stars last night I did the polar alignment bang on...
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Glad you got it sorted , most if not all EQ mounts still have the elevation etc circles really who uses them ? , even on a small EQ 1 I use my phone...
I’ve never encounter this weird kind of mottling before—no idea what it is???
After many years with my trusty SCT, I recently purchased an ASKAR...
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Just wondering, could this be caused by my forgetting to turn on my camera’s cooler? I can’t recall, but that would also have affected the flats and...
This is DSS stack of C2022 E3 ZTF. I've cropped the image down to show the dust elements. I've left a tiny section of the comet in (which was centre...
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These are are filters or a flattener - something not very close to the chip.
Flats should definitely remove these. You might post a light, dark and...
I am really having bad problems setting up my Mount and I hope someone can help me. what it is, I do a polar alignment, put in the date and...
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I think I know w what the problem is above the polariscope there's a little knob that turns left and right near R.A and it is very tight I have been...
Currently my sig other and I do a lot of photography. Mostly nature, mountains, wildlife, etc. My sig other has asked for a while now about getting a...
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You definitely came to the right place,very knowable and informative group of people, welcome aboard !
I'm not looking to buy an eq mount right now, this is more of an opinion question...would this be a good mount for AP or should I save some money and...
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Thanks for the info Gmetric. It did help. Like I said, I'm in no hurry and, in my mind, it's cheaper in the long run to get the best quality gear I...
When I take an exposure, on screen there appears to be like dark smudges on the image and it ruins my image when processing does anybody...
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I did an in-depth investigation of the dreaded dust motes. I inspected, then cleaned, then inspected again every optical surface in the image train....
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