As a beginner, I started with the equipment that I already had. But the telescope that I have is really not suited for photography. The recommendation for astrophotography telescopes for beginners are: short focal length, lightweight, refractors, with a large image circle. My telescope is a very long focal length, heavy, reflector, with a small image circle. There is nothing […]
Astronomy has been a difficult hobby for me to share with people. I try to take pictures, and share at work, with friends, or even here. Most of the time, it doesn’t get the enthusiasm that I feel stargazing. It is this desire to share, and see what more experienced astronomers are doing that has made me interested in joining […]
It has been a while since providing any updates about my astrophotography progress. And I have made some significant improvements. Seen below are some of my first good galaxy photos on the left. On the right are the same targets, but with some improved equipment, and technique. This dramatic improvement is due to a new camera. I put some money […]
This time of year is when many interesting celestial objects start to set too early in the night to take good pictures of. Liz’s favorite, the Pleiades, is already below the tree line by the time the sun begins to set, and is below the horizon by the time it is dark. My own favorites, Andromeda and the Orion constellation, […]
Part 1: The Bug I told myself a year ago, when I bought my telescope, that I was not going to get into astro-photography. There are lots of reasons not to get into this hobby. It is time consuming, expensive, and very challenging. Furthermore, the photos are not really marketable because NASA already took all of the photos that I […]
I have wanted to build a boat for a long time now. Sometimes I wanted to build a sailboat, and at other times, a rowboat. This time, I decided on a canoe. I figured, if I built something, I needed somewhere to store it, some way to carry it, and some reason to have it. A canoe is really the […]
As time passes by, my memory fades. I write this because we celebrated our one-year anniversary October 8-10, 2022, and I am writing this blog post January 7, 2023. Did I procrastinate? I think we all know the answer to that, but give me a break, I edit content for a living and at the end of the day, sometimes […]
New Astronomy Gear This fall, I was determined to use my telescope a little more than I had over the summer. Over the past months I seem to have found myriad excuses not to get it out. From the fine weather bike trips, to the excuse of finding a new job, I continually failed to get it out. With my […]
With the onset of winter this year, Liz and I haven’t been able to hike as often as we would like. So, we began to look for new ways to enjoy the outdoors without going far from home. It started with some binoculars that we already had, and really spiraled from there. The early night sky in December had a […]
The grind of work can sometimes become too much to handle. We look forward to the weekends, because we feel like we have more time to be present and enjoy life. We both have our own hobbies, as well as our own ways to relieve life’s daily stresses; sometimes, though, it feels like we don’t get to spend enough time […]
