Basically, learning how this stuff works is a huge learning curve. Taking photos of tiny objects outside of our turbulent atmosphere doesn't follow normal photography rules. The distortion that comes from atmospheric seeing causes all kinds of problems, and it must be overcome. The second set of photos were captured with a telescope that was only 1" larger, but was otherwise virtually identical to the first one. The difference was I knew how to watch for proper atmospheric conditions and knew how to leverage software in the right way to apply lucky imaging and sharpening algorithms to the data once it was captured, resulting in views that rival space telescopes.
ajamesmccarthy on June 23rd, 2022 at 20:11 UTC »
I describe my astrophotography journey in this blog
Basically, learning how this stuff works is a huge learning curve. Taking photos of tiny objects outside of our turbulent atmosphere doesn't follow normal photography rules. The distortion that comes from atmospheric seeing causes all kinds of problems, and it must be overcome. The second set of photos were captured with a telescope that was only 1" larger, but was otherwise virtually identical to the first one. The difference was I knew how to watch for proper atmospheric conditions and knew how to leverage software in the right way to apply lucky imaging and sharpening algorithms to the data once it was captured, resulting in views that rival space telescopes.
stainedglasshole19 on June 23rd, 2022 at 20:15 UTC »
These are fantastic photographs!
Amasterclass on June 23rd, 2022 at 20:49 UTC »
Mad difference between the two. It’s bonkers seeing other planets in our solar system so clearly