Imaging Jupiter – How Many Frames to Stack?
Planetary (as well as deep sky) imaging requires stacking multiple picture frames, either actual still images or the frames from a video.
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Computer Looking Up
Astronomy, and Computer Technology
Equipment & Processing
This is your technical guide to the tools and techniques of astrophotography. From detailed reviews of telescopes, mounts, and cameras to step-by-step tutorials on image processing software, this category will help you choose the right gear and get the most out of your astronomical captures.
Equipment Obsession
A non-photographer taking pictures in a hobby he knows little about, and then writing about it all in a venue not his forte!
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Re-Imagining Orion
After I took my first true pictures of Orion early last week, while pleased with the results, I felt the images were still lacking.
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Four Nights, One Lamp, Four Phases
This format was unintentional at the start, but by Thursday I decided to trek along with the experiment as long as the clouds would stay away.
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Jupiter Animations 2017
On May 31st I took a good sample set of Jupiter images to attempt an animated GIF.
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Short Animation of Io, Jupiter, and Europa, May 16th
I attempted to put together a sequence of Jupiter images to make an animation.
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Merging the Telescope World with the Real World
The important aspect of this picture is that it captures all of Jupiter’s Galilean moons.
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First Attempt at Jupiter Animated GIF, with Io
Putting together this animated GIF was mostly an accident turned prototype.
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Fixing a Venus Image
When I took my latest Venus pictures a few days ago, I created them by stacking video through PIPP, AutoStakkert, and RegiStax.
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Grinding a Telescope Mirror: The Non-DIY Project
I asked myself, “could I grind my own primary mirror?” My weak answer was…maybe.
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