Astro-photography Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/astro-photography/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:09:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg Astro-photography Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/astro-photography/ 32 32 2696646 The Eclipse from Aberystwyth https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/03/the-eclipse-from-aberystwyth/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/03/the-eclipse-from-aberystwyth/#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2015 19:00:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=18464 Morgan’s school gave special dispensation to the children today allowing them to stay out to watch the Eclipse until 10:30am before going to school. Anna and I were working, but we got in early, got on top of things and were then able to meet at the Arts Centre for 10 minutes to see and...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2015/03/the-eclipse-from-aberystwyth/feed/ 0 18464 Andromeda through my Meade 15mm Eyepiece https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/andromeda-through-my-meade-15mm-eyepiece/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/02/andromeda-through-my-meade-15mm-eyepiece/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 07:36:36 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12354 Christmas may only be a distant memory now, and my birthday was a couple of weeks before that, but one of my birthday presents was a Meade 15mm eyepiece for my Skywatcher 130 telescope. I have briefly used it once or twice since then but Sunday night was the first time I got to use it properly. This isn’t...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/05/photos-of-saturn/feed/ 1 10111 Tracking down the Andromeda Galaxy https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/tracking-down-the-andromeda-galaxy/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/tracking-down-the-andromeda-galaxy/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:14:09 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9525 After spending some working on the basics of piggyback astro-photography with some shots of Orion, I decided to turn my attention to the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). I hadn’t been able to see this object yet, either with the naked eye or through the telescope, but I had a good idea of where it was. I therefore...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/tracking-down-the-andromeda-galaxy/feed/ 2 9525 Astro-Photography – My First Attempts https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/astro-photography-my-first-attempts/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/astro-photography-my-first-attempts/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:26:18 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9515 We had another lovely clear night last night so once again it was time to get our new telescope out. I had to have a bit if help from Anna to carry it out as my back was still sore, but we all wrapped up warm and soon had the necessary equipment in the garden....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/astro-photography-my-first-attempts/feed/ 5 9515 Using an SLR with a Skywatcher Explorer 130M Telescope https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/using-an-slr-with-a-skywatcher-explorer-130m-telescope/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/01/using-an-slr-with-a-skywatcher-explorer-130m-telescope/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:37:44 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=9486 I’m really keen to take some photos through our new telescope. I knew this wouldn’t be easy. The world of astro-photography is complex with many diverse techniques that need to be learnt, practised and perfected. Some of the photos you can achieve are truly outstanding, but I think it will be many years before we...

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