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Can I name a Star ? Step outside on a clear evening, and you will be able to see a sky full of faint twinkling stars. The stars have been a great source of mystery, curiosity and awe since man first b..
Listed on 2012-03-24 21:08:36
To calibrate an image we have to take dark and flat frames.Dark frames are frames taken with the scope covered so that only contain information noise.As the noise is random it is necessary to tak..
Listed on 2012-02-21 10:12:17
Sharp focus is critical to get good pictures. I use an electric focuser because it adjust focus without introducing vibrations. To fully determine the exact point where the image is focused I use a Ha..
Listed on 2012-02-18 15:19:54
Sharp focus is critical to get good pictures. I use an electric focuser because it adjust focus without introducing vibrations. To fully determine the exact point where the image is focused I use a Ha..
Listed on 2012-02-18 15:11:45
For Astrophotography we should have a clear dark sky with good seeing, good transparency and no light pollution. Unfortunately, lack of regulations against light pollution makes it significant in most..
Listed on 2012-01-27 19:54:26
In this Astrophotography article we'll see the most important tips of every step in the process to obtain deep space images . Observation conditions - the most important factor is sky transpare..
Listed on 2012-01-27 19:39:10
NASA Astronomers say that for the first time they have spotted two Earth-sized worlds orbiting a Sun-like star, in another big advance in the search for the study of so-called exoplanets. One of ..
Listed on 2011-12-21 01:03:02
Millions of flaming balls of gas float in the sky, out past the atmosphere surrounding our tiny, tiny planet, past the moon, and our own burning star-- billions and billions of stars are just tiny pi..
Listed on 2011-12-14 14:43:11
Scientists have discovered the two biggest black holes ever observed, each with a mass billions of times greater than the Sun’s, according to a study published overnight. The two giants are..
Listed on 2011-12-12 17:30:04
Astronomers with NASA’s Kepler mission have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in a “habitable zone” around a star not unlike our own. The planet, Kepler 22-b, lie..
Listed on 2011-12-12 17:28:18