Comets Explained: Origins, Tails, and How to Observe
A deep guide to comets: origins in the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt, how their tails form, historic missions, and practical tips for observing and imaging.

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Listen to Bernard Miller describe his journey into AstroPhotography and detail how he captured this stunning image of the Sculptor Galaxy.
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Drew Evans talks about his passion for astrophotography, the equipment used and tips for post processing image data.
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Hear D.j Van Bourgondien as he talks about using his Celestron EdgeHD 8″ telescope to capture this image of the Fireworks Galaxy
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A deep guide to comets: origins in the Oort Cloud and Kuiper Belt, how their tails form, historic missions, and practical tips for observing and imaging.

 When you look through a telescope at the Moon, you might be a little confused as to why it looks flipped left to right or rotated on its side 180 degrees. Your finderscope perhaps produces an image similarly flipped upside-down. This can be a headache to understand, and many beginners often wonder why it
Learn narrowband imaging with Hα, OIII, SII and dual-band filters for OSC and DSLR cameras. Master capture, calibration, processing, and color mapping.