iOptron control programs: Commander and Commander Lite – what’s the difference?
With the release of the free iOptron Lite app for Android (the IOS version has been out for a while), we thought it’s time to explain what this package does,…
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Voyager – Review
My Journey So Far I am an astrophotographer that started looking up with a camera on a Telescope around September 2016, my start on AP was like every other person,…
Read MoreImaging galaxies using Hydrogen Alpha
Taking monochrome images of a galaxy in red, green and blue light allows you to make a full colour image, in a similar way to your eyes detecting the three colours and your brain combining them in the colour image. But you add exposures taken through a Hydrogen alpha filter, which draws out emission nebulas in the galaxy.
Catching a Lunar Eclipse using a remote facility
For the Lunar Eclipse of September 2025, Bill used a remote facility that Sidereal Trading had installed at a club in Victoria to get a sequence of images. It didn’t go quite to plan, but he got the shots anyway.
What objects can you see with a small refractor telescope?
What can this thing see? It’s a common question This is what a client asked me this morning. I’ve been asked a number of times now and I thought it’d…
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