Become a Time Traveling Astropotamus!
Learn how Time Machines work, the basics of astrophotography, how to process your astro images, and more! Join me as we take off on this incredible voyage together, and you can be a time traveling Astropotamus, just like me!
For those of you that need information on what equipment to start out with, some ideas for what to take pictures of, and some basics for how to process your images, you definitely want to start with the Let's Start at the Beginning button above. If you think you're a little past that, and want to find out how I do things - and to be clear, I'm still learning, myself! - then you can read the posts below for general "how-to" articles. I also encourage you to check out my Equipment page where I discuss the equipment I use, and my Articles page where I talk about the lastest in space-related topics.
With the software, equipment, and resources available to a modern Astropotamus, you can plan, control, automate, and fix just about every aspect of amateur astrophotography. What a glorious time to be an Astropotamus!
If you want to take a good picture, you need a solid mount. Here's some considerations to keep in mind.
Pointing a camera at the sky is one thing. Doing it while you're sleeping is another.
If someone asked you to find the constellation called the Big Dipper, would you know where to look? The answer may surprise you!
We take a break from astroimaging for a moment to talk about things that go bang.
There's a car dealership in my town that claims that you can't stack cars. But have you ever tried to stack stars?