Since the sky was cloudless, I decided to try taking some photos of the constellations and Orion was overhead. The image was a good first attempt at taking night sky photos from the backyard. Two issues were planes flying through the image and the light pollution with the longer exposures. A better image is available […]
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I noticed a new product was being released called the Orion SteadyPix Quick Smartphone Adapter. I had been researching the options for afocal astrophotography. I have purchased a Carson HookUpz 2.0 and a different model of the SteadyPix Deluxe. One of the first thing interesting about the SteadyPix Quick was the price which was around
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I was reading about how to get started in astrophotography and that afocal photography was a good place to start. I purchased the Orion SteadyPix Deluxe Camera Mount. I did a test inside the house and the results were fine. I had to turn off the flash on my camera along with setting the delayed
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I decided to go with the Orion 10×50 Binocular Stargazing Kit. I liked this product for a couple of reason. First, it was the recommended size of binocular. Second, it came with a software program which was nice because I wanted to research astronomy software also. Lastly it had a small red flashlight and a
In my research into the Orion binoculars, I watched some videos on astrophotography. I was aware of the options for SLR adapters and CCD cameras. But what I wasn’t aware of was the concept of afocal photography. This is the process of pointing a camera through the eyepiece. Orion had options for point-and-shot, SLR and
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I started doing my research into the next telescope I should purchase. I currently have the Meade ETX90 but wanted to get something bigger. But, my initial research said that binoculars were actually a good first step. Orion Telescopes have a great set of videos. I watched their Getting Started video first which lead into
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