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That also seems to me to be a very small tracking error. I believe the Losmandy G-11 equatorial mount does not claim to have that accuracy. But it may well come close to achieving it. It would be...

I've been using this lens for about 9 months now with my NEX-5N, and find it most useful, particularly for astrophotography. For terrestrial shots, its considerable distortion is less noticeable...

To be honest, that comet had escaped my notice as a possibility for northern hemisphere observation. But here's a link that discusses its visibility in the...

Wow! What a bizarre comet! That certainly is a unique perspective. I don't remember seeing another comet image looking anything like yours. Great technique in capturing a very interesting image....

Hi Wade, It does seem like there was a bit of an outburst for this shower reported in some locations. Although I captured 18 with the camera, I only saw about 8 with the naked eye in about 4-1/2...

Thanks for sharing your first results - they are quite good. You picked up a lot of nice star clouds, particularly in the southern Milky Way. I really enjoyed your 2nd and 3rd star shots, where you...

Thanks, Bob for your dose of reality regarding the so-called "super Moon". I appreciate how your reply brought out the hype, but also included specifics about image size, imaging techniques etc....

For those of you interested in the Astrotrac guider, there's a nice how-to article on Cloudy Nights: http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2868

Hi Steevo72, Thanks for sharing your interesting image of the Moon. Yes, the Moon can be very bright compared to other objects around it. Even if the Moon is all that's in your image, there can be...

The Samyang is a nice little lens, which works well in astrophotography. I've only used it wide open, but even then its not bad compared to others. In the extreme corners the brighter stars show a...

Saturday night after I got off work, I drove to my remote dark site for meteor photography. Sunday morning May 5th was the predicted maximum of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Although it's a...

Hi VirtualImage, Most of your questions are answered in the article in this link: http://www.dpreview.com/articles/2705562354/building-using-a-tracking-mount-for-astrophotography But here are some...

Sorry, some glitch ate my posting. It's late, so I'll post some meteor photos from the Eta Aquarid meteor shower tomorrow.

Thanks for sharing. It's nice to see, even familiar scenes captured with different equipment. How did you boost the focal length? - Barlow or eyepiece projection? Most of mine are as well. Ones...

Hi Starman, The use of an astro-video camera can produce some superb lunar/planetgary images. As Trollman has made reference, they have high frame rates, short exposures, low noise characteristics...

Here's an image from a few years ago (April 16, 2008) using an Olympus C5050 camera (5 megapixel) with a C-8. I believe it is a singe image. Some post processing with Photoshop Elements and...

Nice camera. I've got one of those "Blue Cubes" as well, but it only covers 1/4 the real estate as yours (640 X 480). The small sensor size of these cameras contributes to getting a nice magnified...

Very nice image Michael! It shows that excellent results are not limited to refractors or Schmidt-Cassegraine telescopes - your Newtonian does an great job. I guess its not what you have that...

Hi Trollman, Very nice images you have been sharing. There's something about a quality refractor like yours that is very special. Many times such an instrument will perform as well or better than a...