Aurora Borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen!? Yes! This is a timelapse captured from my allsky camera on May 10/11. The real show was right after dusk, and it faded as the night went… Continue Reading... "Aurora Borealis"
I finally got to see an astronomical event! The clouds tried, but I was able to see the entire eclipse. I used the big scope to take a timelapse of it, with an exposure every ten seconds. Continue Reading... "Solar Eclipse"
Having just spent an entire Saturday working on an image, I thought I would give a synopsis of what it takes to create a deep space image. Many people are not aware of the details, patience, statistics, and computer processing power that is required. Many people think that you just… Continue Reading... "What it takes to create a deep space image"
Unless you have been living on Mercury the last few years, you have probably heard of the James Webb Space Telescope. It was successfully launched on Christmas day from French Guyana. It was delayed several years due to the complexity of its deployment. We didn’t want another HST debacle, did… Continue Reading... "James Webb Space Telescope"
That’s all I get this winter. 🙁 I figured out a couple of issues with my D5300 that made a time lapse the other night not work so well. I gave it another try tonight. I’m getting a little better at this each time. This is five second exposures over… Continue Reading... "Cloudy nights"
I had previously full-spectrum modified my Nikon D5300 when I initially wanted to use it as a dedicated astronomy camera. This modification lets in a lot of deep red and infrared light, which gives the images a strong red balance and not great focusing abilities. It also renders it useless… Continue Reading... "Moonrise"
I recently purchased a cheap 50mm f/1.8 lens for my Nikon D5300. The poor camera has just been sitting in a case for almost a year, I figured it needed something to do. I hope to start doing wide-field images with it when a mount that I ordered comes in.… Continue Reading... "First timelapse"
