I appreciate this isn’t astrophotography related, but a camera and 300mm lens was used. It just happened to be daytime and it was pointed horizontally! I recently took a landscape photo of Blackpool, set to a backdrop of the snowy peaks of The Lake District. It garnered enough attention that with thanks to National Park … Continue reading Buy a copy of View of Blackpool and The Lakes
Equipment Mount: SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro Telescope: William Optics SpaceCat51 (Accessories: WO Cat Series Saddle Handlebar for Guide Scope) Focuser: DeepSkyDad AF3 Imaging Camera: Altair Astro Hypercam 183C Guide Camera + Scope: ZWO ASI120MC-S + ZWO MiniScope Polar Alignment: QHY CCD Polemaster Imaging Computer: Raspberry Pi 4, 4Gb Ram, 64Gb Sandisk Extreme running Stellarmate 1.4.6 (Beta … Continue reading My Field Setup: WO SpaceCat51, SkyWatcher EQM-35 Pro, Altair Astro 183C, Stellarmate Raspberry Pi
2019 (Current) 2018 – August 2019 Mount SkyWatcher EQ6-R Pro with EQ6 8in extension pier and Altair TMS Dual Losmandy Side-By-Side mounting plate. QHYCCD Polemaster Pegasus Pocket Power Box (for dew heater power and control, power 183C TEC cooling and Pegasus Motor Control) Telescopes Ostara HR152 Achromat Refractor with Pegasus Motor Focus Controller and Kendrick … Continue reading My equipment
For long exposures (of which I’ll take to mean over 1 minute in length for any length telescope), setting up your mount correctly – before you even place a telescope on it – is vital. Heck, even battling against a Go-To is made easier if you setup your mount correctly in the first place. And … Continue reading The basics: How to set up your equatorial mount and polar align with a Polemaster
The Amateur Astrophotographer's Cookbook 