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iPhone plate solving app AstroHelm launches
Monday, May 11, 2026 by Austin Harris
Astronomical plate solving is a process used in astrophotography and telescope control to determine exactly where a telescope or camera is pointed in the night sky. Traditionally, this requires specialized software that takes an image from an astronomy camera, analyzes the pattern of stars in tha...
Astronomy equipment at NEAF 2026
Monday, April 13, 2026 by Richard Harris
NEAF has come and gone, another year in the books where astronomy enthusiasts and manufacturers from all over the world end up in the same place for a couple of very full days. If you’re not familiar with it, NEAF stands for the Northeast Astronomy Forum and Space Expo, and it’s really t...
Turning discarded astrophotography data into discoveries with SpacePixels
Thursday, March 26, 2026 by Russ Scritchfield
As astrophotographers, we spend so much time using rejection algorithms during stacking to perfectly erase anything that moves across our frames. But I started thinking about all the dynamic data we are throwing away, like faint asteroids, satellites, comets, streaks and other slow moving objects th...
Astrophoto processing: when you've gone too far
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 by Richard Harris
I have two truths rattling around in my head every time I sit down to process a deep sky target. The first is that we are standing on a pile of new tools that really do make this hobby easier. The second is that the same tools can quietly move us from astrophotography into something closer to digita...