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I Tried My Hand at Astrophotography With a $500 Smart Telescope. Here's How It Went

Photography has become my most consistent creative practice outside of writing. I've used my cameras for astrophotography with varying levels of success. The main issue I faced was a total lack of ...
Ars Technica

Microscope/telescope eyepiece camera with good software for macOS

I have a colleague who's using an Omax A35 camera with ToupLite software to make micrographs. The issue with it is that the ToupLite software is not very good; I suspect it's a half-hearted port of a ...
SlashGear

The Largest Telescope In The World: How Many Megapixels Does Its Camera Have?

If you've ever tried to take a photo of the moon and stars, you know that astrophotography is incredibly challenging. Although there are tips and tricks for taking astrophotos on your cell phone, to ...
EurekAlert!

NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory installs LSST camera on telescope

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory, funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science, has achieved a major milestone with the installation of the ...
OPB

UW astronomers help power up telescope featuring world’s largest digital camera to map the night sky

Perched high on a ridge in the South American Andes, a new observatory aims to revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos and unravel some of the mysteries it holds. Featuring the world’s largest ...