Planetary Imaging is a fast growing field of astrophotography – boosted by tech-savvy amateur astronomers and the availability of excellent imaging cameras. The aim of this article is to serve as a tutorial for creating an RGB image using a monochrome camera, and/or to help you to decide whether mono RGB imaging is right for you.

There are many factors that influence high-resolution planetary imaging. This article discusses those factors and how to maximise your chance of getting a good image. This article is a step-by-step guide to the image processing routine I use, and aims to serve as a tutorial for those who want to experiment and try these techniques for yourself.

It’s been said that dobsonians are no good for astrophotography – that it can’t be done. Well i’m here to tell you that it can be done, and show you the ways you can do it!

You can produce some quite good results with a dob, it just requires practise, patience and perseverance.. and it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.

A Solar Eclipse is when the Earth passes into the Moon’s shadow. Observers in Australia and New Zealand will be able to view the Partial Solar Eclipse on the 7th February 2008.

Read this article to learn what a solar eclipse is, where and when you can see it, how to safely observe it and how to photograph it.

Cleaning the mirrors of a Newtonian telescope is a very dirty and very polarising subject! People are divided into two camps - those who will never clean their mirrors and those who aren’t afraid to do it often, if required.

This article describes the how-to for cleaning the mirrors of your Newtonian telescope. It doesn’t have to be scary, and it doesn’t have to be risky.

A Lunar Eclipse is when the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. Observers in Australia will be able to view the Total Lunar Eclipse on the 28th August, 2007.

Read this article to learn what a lunar eclipse is, where and when you can see it, how to observe it and how to photograph it.