AstroPhotography Techniques

Provided below are some outlines, demonstrations and cheat sheets that can be used to help provide guidance on some AstroPhotography techniques.

Referenced Software

 

 

 

Date

Technique

Video Download (MP4)

Cheat Sheet

Examples

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2020.06.01

Lucky Image Processing

 

 

General overview of processing flow for planets, moon and the sun

2015.09.05

Creating Meteor Trails Photos

Show how to merge background star field with images containing Meteor Trails using the freeware GIMP II imaging software.

2017.09.04

Creating Solar Eclipse Timelapse Movies

 

 

Details on setting up, photographing and processing images to create a time-lapse movie of a eclipse.

 

 

Hardware

Subject

Video Download (MP4)

Reference

Comments

SCT Collimation

 How to collimate your SCT Telescope

 

 

 

 

 

PixInsight

Subject

Reference

Comments

Drizzle

Drizzle is a technique applied after images have been captured and was developed by NASA to reconstruct undersampled images.  In the Image below, the Top Left image represents the original object, the Bottom Left is the captured image, and the Bottom Right is the captured image with Drizzle applied to it.  This technique is applied to images when processing (IE in Pixinsight).

Criteria:

  • Over 20 frames taken (the more the better)

  • Undersampled frames (ie Hyperstar configuration)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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