Night Sky Imaging: Level Three
May 25th, 2010
Eyepiece Projection Imaging
Taking it One Step Deeper
Eyepiece Imaging takes your photography to the next level beyond wide-field. It requires more patience and involves some more skill, but the close-up images you will be able to capture of celestial objects can quite exciting, and simply take your breath away!
Best use:
moon’s craters
planets
star clusters
bright nebulae
Note some of these are things that can not be seen with the naked eye
Equipment:
digital camera with video capabilities
electronic tracking telescope
adapter with a firm connection from camera to telescope’s eyepiece
guidescope or off-axis guider for deep sky images
image stacking photo editing software
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