by Shaphan Shank | Jan 11, 2022 | 2022, 01 January, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Nebulas, Study Guide, The Photo Focus
So you’ve invested in the necessary equipment, learned how to use it, and gathered a night’s worth of photos of some deep-sky target. You’ve also shot the calibration frames that you will need. The subframes from your camera, with a washed-out sky and a dull,...
by Shaphan Shank | Nov 24, 2021 | 2021, 11 November, Articles & Stories, Astronomy, Galaxies, Nebulas, Study Guide, Telescopes & Accessories, The Photo Focus
M81 and M82. Photo © Shaphan Shank. In my early teens, I knew almost nothing about astrophotography, except that I wanted to try it. My early dreams included using a very cheap CCD camera we had, along with our 8” Newtonian reflector. Then, a few years later, we had...