Category: Astronomy
The stars within us, the stars above us.
Astro-imaging and timekeeping
It’s somewhat often that I see an astro-imager get befuddled with a time-related issue. Sometimes their mount will be found pointing 1 hour ahead or behind the target after being commanded to slew to the target’s coordinates. Other times an Read More …
On N.I.N.A. as free and open source software
Time to time, the question of “what astrophotography software do I use?” is asked on forums. Users of various software relate their impressions and preferences and, presumably, the person who posed the question is armed with the knowledge and clarity Read More …
1Q2021 changes and improvements in NINA’s native QHY interface
I’ve been working on some improvements to NINA’s native driver for QHY cameras over the past several weeks. Part of this post is just informational in nature, explaining some new features, but there is also some important information that I Read More …
Offset: the misunderstood companion to gain
Astronomy cameras, especially CMOS-based ones, bristle with features and different controls and all affect the image data that they produce in some way or another. One might think of sensor gain (or on DSLRs, ISO) as one of the most Read More …
Introducing N.I.N.A. 1.10
After 10 months of hard work, the N.I.N.A. team, led by Stefan Berg, is proud to promote version 1.10 from active development to be the new stable release. Support ends for the prior N.I.N.A. stable, 1.9, and work on the Read More …
NINA 1.8: New feature preview
NINA developer Stanley Dimant has produced a video which details and explains the many new features and refinements which will debut with the upcoming 1.8 release. Read More …
A new telescope: William Optics Megrez 90
I’ve been really quiet with the astronomy-related blog posts over the past year, but that doesn’t mean that I’ve been straying from the hobby of amateur astronomy – far from it. I’ve signed up with two local clubs and have Read More …
Psychedelic Saturn
Another post card from the Cassini probe from a far-off corner of our solar system. There’s always beauty in the blackness, I tell you. This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with Read More …
Pictures of Turkey, the eclipse and Soulclipse festival are up
I fixed my gallery and uploaded the pictures that Talia and I took this past week as we travelled around Turkey. We started out in Istanbul in the old city, then we went on to the Antalya area of southern Read More …
First picture taken with my new solar telescope
I just received from Scopetronix the camera adaptor ring and mount to mate my Sony DSC-V1 camera to my Coronado Filters P.S.T. Naturally, I had to use it as soon as possible. I waited for a nice break in the Read More …