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Reaching for the Stars from the Lens of a Telescope

1308 F1 coverToday’s digital camera sensors have the benefit of acting like a bucket that collects photons (light) - the longer the exposure, the more light (color and detail) is captured and displayed in the photograph. Long exposures from these cameras can capture light far too faint for our unaided eyes to see. These long exposures require precise tracking of the sky. Stars are like pinpoints of light. Tracking errors quickly elongate stars in a photograph, and then they look oblong or like streaks. The equipment that is available today allows amateur astronomers the opportunity to take astrophotography images that rival the detail taken by professionals just a decade ago.

Excerpts from Eddie’s Deep-Sky Photo Album

Here are a few of the beautiful images Eddie Pavlu has captured during the...

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