Category : How To
I have just uploaded 2 new Geoptik videos. There are now 4 in the series (so far). 1. Unboxing the Geoptik CCD to Canon Lens adaptor 2. How to set up the Geoptik CCD to Canon Lens adaptor 3. How to focus the lens on a Geoptik CCD to Lens adaptor 4. Setting backfocus and
At last my guiding seems to be working, after using a finder guider for a couple of years with mixed results, I think I have it cracked. I originally used to expose my QHY5 camera on my Skywatcher finderscope every 2 seconds for guiding, and have aggressiveness setting of 4-5. I also used to use
In the past I have attached the Skywatcher Auto Focusers to my Skywatcher ED120 and ED80 DS-Pro models, so as soon as I purchased a new Skywatcher Equinox 66 I immediately went out and purchased another Skywatcher Auto Focuser and set to work attaching it to my Equinox 66. These simple jobs rarely are simple
One of the main problems I found with Maxim DL when setting up the Autosequences was that if I set it up to do LRGB imaging and repeated each filter by say 20 times, instead of Maxim doing 20 frames in Red, then moving onto the Green filter to do 20 frames, it would do
For ages my Meade Handset on my LX200 GPS telescope has been very unresponsive to key presses. I always find myself having to hammer the keys in order to get the handset to register the key press. But I did not want to buy a new Meade handset as they are so expensive, so I
Since the weather has been very cold lately I thought about putting in a warm type of partition in the observatory to keep me warm whilst imaging, but I knew there was a way to remotely control your PC, as a lot of people do it, now I know how and it did not cost
After buying my A4 sheet of Baader solar filter paper I have been making all sorts of filters. The last of which has been a solar filter for my Canon 450D digital SLR camera, but my method of construction will work for any SLR camera, as its really simple. I started with a flower shaped
I have seen these pleasing images where the stars have spikes coming out of them, most notably on the pleiades (seven sisters) images. I want to be able to get these in my images as well, and now I have found out how to get them by using a diffraction mask on my LX200. Today
I am starting to get quite excited about having Comet Lulin to image, so if your like me and want to know how to plan your observing or astrophotography then you’ll need to know how to find Comet Lullin in the sky. I began using an old version of Starry Night Pro, but that would
After buying my Panasonic SD9 HD camcorder I was thinking if it could be used for astronomy. I wondered if I would have to take a trip to my local astronomy store to see if they had anything in stock to allow me to connect my camcorder to my LX200 telescope. In the same way