Justin Parker

You have undoubtedly seen a slew of images depicting distant celestial bodies. While some seem to cover an area just a few times greater than a full moon, others are so small that they can hardly be seen in the night sky. They are all stunning. However, which deep sky photo project should you begin […]

A tripod and the Google Pixel 6 Pro are the only tools required. The Pixel 6 Pro is indeed a dream to use for night photography. Smartphones are equipped with two modes for taking photos in low light, one called Night Sight and the other called Astrophotography. Individually, they are designed to address a distinct

To take spectacular astrophotographs, you need the best astrophotography lens. In this article, I’m discussing what to look for in lenses when starting or perfecting your astrophotography career. What makes a good astrophotography lens? Settling for one specific type of lens for astrophotography can be such a big hustle. You are likely to run into

Unfortunately, there are no other smart phones that automatically stack, but there are applications that let you perform the stacking manually. Both Senator for Windows and Starry Landscape Stacker for Mac are excellent choices. How I Use My Phone For Astrophotography? Stars are a more difficult subject to photograph for many camera phones because they

A star tracker is an equatorial mount that sits atop a tripod to capture the movement of celestial bodies in the night sky. It enables the camera to follow a celestial object as it moves across the sky. You can Get more ideas about budget astrophotography star trackers as well as a cheap astrophotography kit

Background noise is an astrophotographer’s worst nightmare. Noise, which may be seen as tiny grains on the frame, is an annoyance at best. Low dynamic range or poor picture quality combined with noise may make some images useless. Regarding astrophotography, the ideas of noise versus signal are perhaps the most crucial. In other words, noise

An example of integration is Drizzle. “Dithering files” do not exist. To get drizzle work, all you need are your standard files, but you will need a lot of them, and they will need to be well dithered. It can also eliminate hot pixel and satellite trails, but Dithering increases the sensor ratio (SNR) and

Shifting the telescope’s pointing slightly in various directions between shots is known as dithering to dither in astrophotography. During the stacking process, this enables the removal of cold and hot pixels, cosmic radiation artefacts, fixed pattern noise, or even satellite or aircraft trails. You can refer this video to more understanding about dithering. Manual Dithering

It is possible to eliminate abnormalities like hot pixels or satellite tracks using dithering, enhancing the SNR. To reduce the fixed pattern noise, dithering may be applied to images taken with a DSLR camera. Astrophotographers refer to dithering as the movement of the picture sensor about our subject. In other words, we alter the picture