A very important part of getting quality results in your astrophotography involves using good quality optics. Today's cameras can capture...

Astrophotography quickly becomes an expensive game. The reason for this is the number of premium pieces that must be collected to build a...

My final image that I will share from this year's SASP is the Eastern Veil nebula. I was quite pleased with this capture, done for 90...

M33 is one target that I have shot multiple times with the ASI533MC Pro. I have done it using the SN6 in 2021, and also with the ED80....

One of the important aspects to consider that is not discussed often enough is the size and weight of your imaging rig. Keeping your rig...

I shot 5 images at SASP 2023 this year. I did M33, The Veil Nebula, M45, M31, and the Crescent Nebula. I went deep on my images and I got...

SASP 2023 is now in the history books and will be remembered for the beautiful clear nights with dark skies and a lack of forest fire...

Ask any experienced astrophotographer what the most important part of a good imaging rig is, and I can promise you that if they have been...

Post collimation, on Saturday August 26th, I had a reasonably decent sky with an 11 day gibbous moon in the sky, and I was imaging from...

I must admit, this appeared to be a daunting task at first examination. I did a lot of reading and watched some videos. The more I read...

On Thursday, August 17th I got about an hour’s worth of clear sky – just enough to point my telescope at Vega as a collimation target...

The best part about building a new imaging system from scratch is that you get to start with a clean slate and window shop while you...

One of the most important and most affordable first steps that you can take on the road to getting better astro images is to start by...

When we look up at the sky, we think that space is a very busy place because we see so many stars. When we look more closely, we see all...

This is a list of the additional collection of frames you will want to shoot each time you image in order to post process your images...

I will be at the Saskatchewan Summer Star Party from Aug 17 to Aug 20th this year and I am bringing the roadshow, including the Chevy G...

Voyager 2 is now 12 billion miles from Earth. It was launched on August 20, 1977, some 46 years ago and only recently lost contact wit...

On Saturday, July 22 I finally got a decent evening with clear sky to get out with the Ultima 8 converted Hyperstar V4. The bar was set...

Credit: kwest/Shutterstock.com One of the arguments that I will often hear if I mention the concept of climate change is that “the...

In order to convert my Ultima 8 into a Hyperstar ready OTA, we had to remove the corrector plate, and then disassemble the factory inner...