Getting Started: Learning The Night Sky

Getting Started: Learning The Night Sky

  September 10, 2013    Unknown

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Astronomy is a fascinating hobby for the beginner and doesn't necessarily require complicated or expensive equipment to get started. Equipped with nothing more than the naked eye, a map of the stars and an inquisitive mind it is possible to observe many fascinating features...

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Capturing and Processing Andromeda

Capturing and Processing Andromeda

  September 01, 2013    Unknown

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I think this has to be my favourite image so far - captured last night from my back garden using my astro-moddified Canon EOS 1000D, attached to my Sky-Watcher Explorer 190MN Pro. The image is of our close neighbour - the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - and is the result of almost...

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