I’ve been spending some time reading about techniques for post processing digital images. There are certainly a lot of information about digital filters and their effect on the picture. But there is not that much information on the net about which filter to apply to an astrophoto that will make it look more “pleasing”.
I guess [...]
Hawaii astronomical society held their monthly public star party at Dillingham Airfield near Kaena Point last Saturday. Dillingham is a very dark site, one of the few left on Oahu. The airfield only has 1 runway for light aircrafts.
Usually, about 15-20 club members and about 30 or so general public will show up at the [...]
A friend of mine loaned me his Canon XTi for the weekend so that I could try out a DSLR camera before I make my purchase. I plan to head out to some dark skies on Saturday but I couldn’t wait to test out the camera. So I set it out on my balcony and [...]
Tropical storm Felicia came by last week and gave us some much needed rain. She even parted the clouds a couple of nights ago and gave me a clear sky. I went out to the balcony and saw that Scorpian is starting to hang low on the horizon and I could start to see Sagittarius. [...]