I’ve just added a new page to my website that is dedicated to helping you understand how to pick an exposure for astrophotography. Whether you’re new to the hobby, getting a new camera, or are just curious. You can head over to my webpage on How To Pick An Exposure Time For Astrophotography. Within it …
In adding 4kg of weight to the DSLR I had attached, it was more tricky to get the rice to stay in place. However, during the actual use the ZWO CAA was able to rotate quickly, quietly and smoothly even with the additional weight hanging on to it. It barely noticed the additional weight.
If you’re like me, then you’ve been a bit keen on the release of the new ZWO Camera Angle Adjuster (CAA). So I was very happy when mine came through the post. Though that happiness very quickly became confusion as attaching the ZWO CAA to a Sky-Watcher Evostar Telescope proved a little fiddly. In this article, I’m going to show you how I went about attaching these ready for a clear night.
With January over (finally), it’s time to look forwards to what delights The Night Sky February 2025 will bring us! The Night Sky is a curated list of deep sky objects such as galaxies, nebulae and star clusters that I think are interesting to photograph throughout February’s night skies. What you can expect is targets …
Welcome to The Night Sky January 2025! Start of a new year, and I hope the end of 2024 went well for you. The Night Sky is a curated list of deep sky objects such as galaxies, nebulae and star clusters that I think are interesting to photograph throughout January’s night skies. What you can …
“The issue previously would be that those targets would all want a different rotation on the camera. Unless you didn’t mind totally cropping parts of the galaxy or nebula out by just having the wrong framing. The ZWO CAA aims to change that now by including rotation in the planning stage.”
The ZWO ASI585mc is a small chip dedicated astronomy camera. It can handle lots of astrophotography challenges – but is it any good?
“How to set the equatorial home position”? is a question I remember asking at the very start of my adventure into astrophotography. If I’m being honest, the literature back then was a bit sketchy. Dry. Not as easy as it really ought to have been. So I set about making this tutorial on how to set the equatorial home position.