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    • The Jellyfish Nebula
    • The California Nebula
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    • B161 & LDN 1121
    • The Coma Cluster
    • The Ghost of Cassiopeia
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    • Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)
    • The Pinwheel Galaxy
    • The Bode and Cigar galaxies (M81 & M82)
    • NGC 7822
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    • Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
    • The Soul Nebula
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    • The Andromeda Galaxy
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    • The Cygnus Loop
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  • Reviews
    • Review: Optolong L-Quad Enhance
    • Review: ZWO Seestar S50
    • Review: BlurXTerminator
    • Review: Askar Colour Magic D1 and D2 Duo Band filters (Ha/OIII & SII/OIII)
    • Review: The Astrophotography Planner Custom Digital Edition
    • Review: Askar 130PHQ
    • Review: William Optics 50mm Guidescope with 1.25″ ROTO Lock
    • Dualband Filter Shootout: L-eXtreme vs L-Ultimate vs Colour Magic 6nm
    • Review: Eagle Image stacker
    • Review: PixInsight
    • Review: ZWO ASI120MM Mini
    • Review: William Optics 32mm Slide-base Uniguide Scope
    • Review: Askar FRA400 f/5.6 Quintuplet APO Astrograph
    • Review: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
    • Review: Cygnus Astro Cover
    • Review: ASIAIR Plus
    • Light pollution filter shootout (IDAS-LPS D1 vs P3 vs D3)
  • Articles
    • Guide: “Which filter should I use with my OSC camera?”
    • ZWO RMA: Sending a broken camera from the UK to China for repairs
    • Guide: using a Seestar S50 for public outreach star parties
    • ASIAIR guide: how to frame custom targets
    • Reprocessing Bonanza, 2022 edition
    • ASIAIR guide: How to use mains power
    • 10 Controversial Opinions
    • DIY Flats Panel
    • “How do you take those photos?”
    • Top 10 upgrades
    • How to get long integration times
    • OSC vs Mono from a city
  • PixInsight
    • PixInsight walkthroughs
    • PixInsight Guide: IntegerResample (knowing when to bin your data)
    • PixInsight guide: Pre-processing
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Category: Articles

Cat Links Articles, Reviews

Review: PixInsight

Posted on December 17, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro Image processing is key to successful astrophotography. Just as you need the right tools for taking pictures, such as

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10 Controversial Opinions

Posted on December 9, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro Over my years dabbling in astrophotography I’ve formed a few opinions that are a little outside mainstream thinking. To

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DIY Flats Panel

Posted on September 27, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro How to make your own cheap and simple, but effective, Flats Panel. Update, Jan 2023 After I bought my

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“How do you take those photos?”

Posted on August 20, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro Most of the content on this website is aimed at astrophotographers, but actually the most common question I’m asked

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Top 10 upgrades

Posted on June 15, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro Astrophotography can be a money pit, so it makes sense to consider which upgrades will give most bang for

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How to get long integration times

Posted on June 14, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro With astrophotography we don’t just take a single photo and call it a day. Instead, we take lots of

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OSC vs Mono from a city

Posted on June 12, 2021March 16, 2025 Lee

Intro So you’re an astrophotographer in a city and are looking to get a new camera to image deep sky

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