Photography Photography
Photography
Landscape, Portrait and anything else
Photography
Landscape, Portrait and anything else
Music Digitised

Music Digitised

For most of 2020, and 2021 the world has been in lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic. For me, one...

Why so quiet?

Why so quiet?

It’s been a while since I last posted. I’ve been busy with lots of things. Changed job, the covid pandemic...

What out what links to a given table

What out what links to a given table

I needed to find out what tables referenced a given table by foreign key.  I needed to know this as...

Ascom Gps

Ascom Gps

Ascom GPS is a new program that I’ve created.  It’s taken me a while to get this into production, mainly...

ASCOM Driver for Meade LX-90

ASCOM Driver for Meade LX-90

ASCOM is a software platform that allows software applications to interact with hardware devices like telescopes, filter wheels, cameras and...

Horsehead nebula

Figuring out the offset

Figuring out the offset

In my last post, I said that I needed to figure out what the correct offset for my camera is. ...

What exposure length do I need?

What exposure length do I need?

This is a very difficult question to answer for astro photos.   Firstly, let’s go back to basics. When taking a...

Types of images that need capturing

Types of images that need capturing

When capturing images it’s not as simple as pointing the camera to the night sky and releasing the shutter.  The...

What about the software?

What about the software?

I have new cameras that are more sensitive.   The scope can track, I’ve got the ability to autoguide.     However,...