DSLR Camera Settings
DSLR Camera Settings for Astrophotography Camera controls and functions in the Canon 1000D (Digital Rebel XS) are accessed via a variety of buttons on the top and back of the continue...
Astrophotography 101
Quick Start Guide Part 1 for Beginner Digital Astrophotography If you have a digital camera and want to try your hand at astrophotography, but don’t really know where to continue...
Variable Stars
Types of Variable Stars: Cepheid, Pulsating and Cataclysmic Artist’s impression of the eclipsing binary system, including a pulsating star called a Cepheid variable. (Image: © ESO/L. Calçada) A variable continue...
James Webb telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope Observatory The Observatory of the James Webb Space Telescope is comprised of three elements: the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM), the Optical Telescope Element (OTE), continue...
ET – Europa or Enceladus?
There’s been a lot of chatter in the news about Europa and the possibility of life. Europa has been the astrobiology darling for a few years – but I think continue...