Advances in Astrophotography – Early Images of Planets

August 25, 2013 | View Scope

After Daguerre success photographing the Moon, it became clear that photography will have a great impact on astronomy.

However it was not until 1858 that the first success came in photographing a body contained within our … Continue reading →Read More

Using Registax

February 28, 2013 | View Scope | 3 Comments

Stacking the Footage

Ok so from the last post we have captured our footage and are now ready to move this into Registax for stacking. What this program does is analyse the video, splits the video into frames, removes the … Continue reading →

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Mercury, Venus and Saturn – The Three Amigos

December 7, 2012 | View Scope

The winter mornings produce some fantastic skies and is an ideal time to see 3 of the planets of the solar system with the naked eye.

In a southeast direction between 7 and 8 is an ideal time to get a great view of Mercury, Venus and Saturn in the sky.

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