The pro/am cooperation in planetary astronomy is currently experimenting a serious renewal. On june 7, 8 and 9, the Astronomical society of Touraine (SAT), in France, organized the astronomical nights of Touraine, a week-end of observations for amateurs. Several speakers had been invited by the SAT to give talks on…
Apart of imaging belts on Uranus, you may want to make color images of the planet :). Uranus is far away, small and not very bright, yet it delivers at the eyepiece a very charming view of a definitely planetary object. Here is a tutorial to achieve good color images…
In 2012, we have seen for probably the first time in History, amateur observers imaging non-ambiguous details on the disk of Uranus. With the following tutorial, learn how to do it by yourself !
To make good planetary images, we are always told that it is essential to collimate the telescope, otherwise its theoretical performances will collapse. This is completely true. However, observers sometimes find collimation is difficult, tedious, and at a result they do not adjust it as often as they should. Here…
Now that I have my video files of Neptune, how do I process them ? There is very little chance that you get details on Neptune. It would require a very big diameter and the use of a near IR filter. In colour, there are certainly none to see at…
The planet Neptune is now observable in Capricorn and will be at opposition this year on August 27th. It is probably the most difficult planet to image, due to its very small size (2,4″) and its low magnitude. However some tips can be found !
Most observers are used to think that Red light is the best way to achieve high resolution imaging. However, this is not completely true…