Astronomy and Astrophotography

• Benchmarking of astro-processing apps 2020-11-13
• Impact of LED city lights on astrophotography 2021-12-10
• Connecting Canon EOS R cameras to T2 and M48 lenses and telescopes 2023-11-12
• ASCOM for end user application developers 2012-02-19

Solar system astrophotography

• Planetary imaging with atmospheric dispersion corrector 2011-05-18
• What is better - short exposures with high gain or longer exposures with lower gain? 2014-03-15
• Showcasing my planetary Dall Kirkham telescope 2018-11-18
• Astrophotography - hobby with nice views and lots of hardware 2018-12-07
• Christopher Go Planetary imaging video tutorials 2020-11-20

Planets

• Saturn imaging tips 2011-03-27
• Optimizing UV Venus imaging 2012-04-01
• Imaging Jupiter in ammonia absorption bands 2013-12-22
• Catching Jupiter inner and outer mini moons 2011-11-03
• What about imaging sodium and sulphur clouds in the Jupiter - Io system? 2016-10-02
• Luminance filters in planetary astrophotography 2021-12-19

Moon

• Lunar petrographic imaging - showing minerals and age in colors 2012-01-11
• My filters and first results of lunar petrographic imaging 2012-03-05

Sun

• Solar H-alpha imaging and observing with a 35 mm Lunt 2012-02-10
• Image alignment with imgalt for stop motion astronomical animations 2014-11-16

Processing planetary images

• Features of FireCapture 2.2 2012-10-15
• Processing planetary images 2010-08-24
• Planetary, Lunar and Solar image stacking in Autostakkert2 2012-02-27
• Stacking and sharpening planetary images in practice 2014-05-01
• Planetary maps and de-rotation with WinJUPOS 2010-08-27
• Creating LRGB images from color cameras 2010-12-27

Webcams

• Testing webcams in planetary astrophotography 2010-12-14
• MS LifeCams in planetary and lunar astrophotography 2011-08-10
• MS Lifecam Studio conversion for Solar System photography 2012-04-17
• Cheap USB 2.0 webcams are quite disappointing 2012-03-05

Small planetary cameras

• Cheap guider and color planetary camera - QHY5R-II 2016-04-11
• Flea 3 with ICX618 CCD - the best thing for planetary imaging 2012-05-26
• Testing Point Grey Firefly MV cameras 2012-05-24
• Small, cheap and good cameras for planetary and lunary imaging 2012-01-15
• First tests of Basler Ace acA640-100gm for planetary imaging 2010-05-30
• Testing Basler Scout scA640-120gm 2010-05-18
• Tips for imaging planets with DMK21 2010-08-24
• Looking at cheap high resolution analogue cameras for video astronomy use 2016-09-26

Bigger lunar/solar and universal cameras

• Testing Ximea XiC MC023MG-SY camera with mono IMX174 sensor 2021-02-22
• Simple and non-invasive cooling of ASI120M camera 2014-09-23
• Testing Point Grey Blackfly BFLY-PGE-05S2M-CS camera in planetary imaging 2013-10-26
• Testing xiQ cameras with big mono CMV4000 CMOSIS sensors for solar imaging 2013-07-07
• Point Grey Chameleon - lunar and solar camera 2011-11-26
• Testing IDS Imaging UI-1245LE-M-GL camera in planetary, lunar and solar astrophotography 2012-03-06
• Review of IDS Imaging UI-1240ML-NIR-GL camera 2013-08-18
• Testing fast USB3 camera - Ximea xiQ MQ013MG-E2 2012-09-15
• Testing Tucsen Discovery M15 sCMOS camera 2012-10-31
• Taking a quick look at Sony IMX174 CMOS sensor 2014-01-11

Planetary imaging other hardware

• Industry filters in planetary astrophotography 2011-01-08
• Testing Baader professional and amateur LRGB filters 2012-05-26
• IDAS Type 4 filters for visual and infrared color imaging 2014-09-23

DS imaging

• Light pollution effect on deep space astrophotography 2023-09-17
• RedCat 51 and ToupTek ATR3-16000-KPA for lightweight astrophotography 2020-01-12
• Lenses in DS astrophotography 2016-05-15
• What can you expect from new cooled CMOS based cameras in DS astrophotography? 2015-11-08
• Fighting light pollution with Astronomik CLS and CLS-CCD filters 2011-11-03
• How to guide a mount with PHD? 2011-08-11
• Astrophotography acquisition and processing in Nebulosity 2011-08-12
• Making HDR images of deep space objects in IRIS 2012-02-27
• Wide field imaging with DMK/DBK/DFK cameras and CS lens 2010-11-16

Narrowband imaging - other exotic bands

• Helium, argon, neutral oxygen and other bands in narrowband imaging 2011-05-18
• M27 Dumbbell Nebula in common and exotic bands 2023-09-09
• Choosing Edmund Optics filters for helium, oxygen and argon narrowband imaging 2011-09-08

DS imaging hardware

• Quick look at Omegon veTEC 432 M camera 2021-10-24
• Sesto Senso 2 motofocuser quick review 2020-11-15
• Brightstar Mammut Lyuba L429-M - new entry level camera 2011-08-05
• QHY5 and Atik Titan guide star finding comparison 2012-04-29
• Atik Titan - a handy guider and imaging camera 2012-05-21
• Celestron Radial Guider and Brightstar Advanced Off Axis Guider 2011-08-07
• TS 1,25' and 2' filter drawer review 2011-08-04
• Cooling solutions for QHY5 2011-08-20
• Quick test of a Optec NextGen 0.5 SCT reducer 2011-08-29
• TSFlip - Flip Mirror and Off Axis Guiding System in one device 2012-03-30
• IDAS Type 4 filters for visual and infrared color imaging 2014-09-23

Spectroscopy

• Prism spectroscope and some astronomy fun 2010-01-09
• Capturing and processing spectrums with Star Analyser 2010-04-11
• Sirius spectrum 2010-04-11
• Saturn absorption bands recorded with Star Analyser 2010-04-11

Other

• Mounting custom industrial filters in astronomical filter cells 2022-05-23
• MightMak 60 - small and cheap maksutov telescope 2020-02-09
• Takahashi Collimation Telescope for RC, DK, SCT and Cassegrain telescope collimation 2019-12-29
• Quick review of few recent astrophotography books 2019-08-19
• Astrophotography on a Teclast X80h tablet running Windows 8.1 on a classical x86_64 Intel CPU 2015-02-08
• Stability of heavy scopes on popular mounts 2012-11-11
• A quick look at Baader Hyperion Zoom Barlow 2012-10-21
• Comparing photography to astrophotography 2012-05-25
• Polar re-alignment on stars in new SkyWatcher SynScan firmware 2012-04-12
• Home made SCT cooler 2011-01-23
• Small fan assembly for cooling SCT during use 2012-11-11
• Cooling cams with USB powered Peltier devices 2011-09-07