Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for astrophotography techniques, equipment setup, and image processing workflows on the Mac. Whether you're learning to take calibration frames, remove light pollution in Astro Pixel Processor, set up a Raspberry Pi for remote imaging, or polar align your mount, these tutorials walk you through the process with practical, tested instructions.
Using Topaz Denoise AI for Astrophotography
The debate over AI (artificial intelligence) based tools in astrophotography There’s amassive debatehappeningright nowacross astrophotographyInternet forumsover whether or not AI based tools should be
What are astrophotography calibration frames, and why should I use them?
Understanding Calibration Frames in Astrophotography: A Beginner's Guide When you get your start in astrophotography, the complexity can quickly become overwhelming. You’re
Remote telescope imaging on the Mac or PC using a Raspberry Pi
This tutorial is the second part of a tutorial I wrote a few weeks ago.In the first part, I covered how to set up
Setting up the Raspberry Pi for Remote Telescope Imaging over your home network
This is part one of a two part series on remote imaging in your back yard. It’s difficult to brave the mosquitos at night.
How the Telescope Field of View Affects Equipment and Object Selection
Your field of view (FOV) is the view your telescope has of the star field in the night sky. Telescope and camera selection has an
5 things to consider if you're interested in astrophotography
The setup shown above is what I could consider a rather advanced setup. In all likelihood you’ll start in this hobby with a much
Using Astro Pixel Processor to calibrate and integrate multiple imaging sessions
The beautiful thing about astrophotography is that the effects of imaging are additive. You can essentially shoot the same object, night after night, even with
Removing light pollution with Astro Pixel Processor
The above screenshot is what my Luminance data looks like after a few nights of imaging the same object. In this particular image I was
How to take easy flats using an inexpensive light source.
Here’s my setup at 5:30 am this morning. Taking good flats is key. I had been using the dawn sky to shoot flats
Tutorial for Astro Pixel Processor to calibrate and process a bi-color astronomy image of the Veil Nebula
To get started, you'll need to have taken a full set of light images to process. In addition you will need darks, flats,
Using the EKOS sequencer to capture the Wizard Nebula (NGC7380) on the Mac
This will be a general walkthrough of a typical capture session with my AstroTechAT6RC setup. This should be a good walkthrough for someone not familiar