STAGE 1 - What can be done on a fixed tripod
How can we photograph faint objects?
A. Adding many short exposures
Trails from multiple exposures
Stacking with pattern matching
How can we photograph faint objects?
Andromeda Galaxy - single frame
Andromeda Galaxy - properly stacked
How to find the Andromeda Galaxy
Milky Way in Cygnus - annotated
Rievaulx Abbey and the Milky Way
Brougham Castle and the Milky Way
Filters in colour cameras (CMOS or CCD)
Milky Way from horizon to horizon
STAGE 2 - Motorised tripods can follow the stars
In the HEQ5 alignment telescope
Solar spectrum & Canon 5D MkII response
Why narrowband filtering works
Combined normal and H-alpha exposure
The Great Wall through a telescope
STAGE 3 - Putting the camera on a telescope
Newtonian telescope (reflector)
10 inch Newtonian on HEQ5 mount
Focussing with a Bahtinov mask
The Flame Nebula and the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33)
Keeping comets & asteroids still