Shooting all night in remote woods at -15C is brutal. The biggest challenge is frozen fingers and feet. The only refuge was my car, where I took shelter during small breaks. Yet I managed to complete this imaging session and have a beautiful image to share. The Whirlpool Galaxy is one of my favorites, because […]
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Imaging the Horsehead Nebula
Another cold winter session and I’m trying out my new LifePixel modified Nikon D5300. The h-alpha response is incredible. I can finally see strong dark red signal registering. This is a great improvement over my D3200 camera. In addition, I have stopped using dark frames. It is too time consuming and a pain to accurately […]
A special moment
Captured my first deep space object (dso). This was a very memorable moment. I had the DSLR connected to my Orion ST80 as I was going through the alignment procedure. Obviously with the camera live-view display, it was not possible to see anything but bright stars. But after I calibrated the mount with 2 bright […]