Several of our members are very skilful astrophotographers.
The posts below give advice, explanations and top tips about how they achieve their wonderful results.
Image credit FAS member Geof Lewis
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Top tips for photography
Top tips to improve your viewing and astrophotography John Axtell is an experienced astrophotographer with his CV including writing for the Sky at Night magazine and running nearby Astronomy groups.…
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Using a DSLR camera
Astrophotography with a DSLR camera Our February meeting didn’t sound as if it would be a great success. We had known some time ago that the original speaker had postponed.…
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Planetary imaging
Geof Lewis shares his imaging secrets Geof Lewis achieved a first in his recent talk – a gasp of astonishment. His theme was Planetary Imaging and the gasp came as…
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Top Tips on using DSLR
Geof Lewis shares his top tips on DSLR astrophotography I am always amazed by the images of the night sky captured by society members. They seem to me to be…
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Summer Observing
The long Summer evenings don’t necessarily mean that observing and imaging are out of the question. The Moon is still an easy and sometimes overlooked target and yet our natural satellite is…
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DSLR Camera set up
Camera set up for Wide Field Astrophotography with DSLR Equipment· Film or digital camera with manual mode and long exposure, preferably a DSLR· Tripod (can be any size)· Remote control…
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WebCam Imaging
WebCam Imaging MasterClass I’ve dabbled with webcam imaging before, but hitherto I’ve only achieved mediochre results – seeing perhaps a couple of cloud belts on Jupiter, some suggestion of a red spot, the…
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Variable Stars: VW Cephei
VW Cep Observing Notes 2007-2008 W Ursa Majoris Stars are contact eclipsing binaries with very short periods (fractions of a day), and because they are so close together the stars…