The MallinCam DS16cTEC has been designed from the ground up to accommodate the most demanding wide field astronomical video imaging applications. It features a new CMOS cooling system approach that was first debuted last fall in the MallinCam DS10cTEC. The new cooling system is a result of Rock Mallin’s past […]
Every year since 1997, the Astronomischer Arbeitskreis Salzkammergut astronomy club in Austria has published the CCD-Guide in DVD format, which assists astrophotographers in planning their imaging projects. Besides a huge number of reference images, the CCD-Guide contains software to find images, to view images and to obtain all necessary data. […]
It’s time to start making plans for NEAF/NEAIC 2019! The events will again be held in at Suffern, New York just a short 30-minute drive from New York City. NEAIC The Northeast Astro-imaging Conference (NEAIC) will kick things off with two days of seminars and displays of interest to those […]
Astrospheric has teamed up with OPT to host the “Sub Zero Winter” astrophotography competition. Targeted at North American imagers who brave the chilly winter nights, the contest is open to anyone who would like to participate. The theme for the inaugural competition is “Sub Zero Winter” and Astrospheric already has […]
AG Optical Systems has announced that they are now offering optics sourced from Paul Jones of Star Instruments for the company’s line of astrographs. Jones has decades of experience making premium level optics for world-renowned telescopes such as those from RC Optical Systems. The Convergent Series is a premium line […]
Warren Keller and Ron Brecher with IP4AP are teaming up again to present a three-day PixInsight workshop in Mesa, Arizona, September 21-23, 2018 and in Lake Forest, California September 28-30, 2018. If you’re new to image processing, PixInsight is a very powerful and much less expensive alternative to Photoshop. It is […]
Vintage SBIG ST Astronomy Camera Review: Over the years, I have been amazed when reading magazine advertisements for astronomical cameras. The year-to-year advances in the quantity, quality, sophistication and automation of available options have been astounding. But, so have increases in overall prices. Yes, there are affordable cameras capable […]
Jerry Lodriguss’ latest book, A Beginner’s Guide to Astronomical Image Processing, will teach you how to process your long-exposure deep-sky images to produce beautiful results. Taking the image is just the first half of the job. Processing the image is the other half. Jerry’s latest book is written in HTML5 […]